OOM command battle droid

"If they're down here, sir, we'll find them."

OOM command battle droids were any OOM-series battle droids used by the Trade Federation and Confederacy of Independent Systems for the purposes of transmitting orders from the Central Control Computer to squads of infantry or security battle droids. Until the Clone Wars, the commanders were the only OOM units to possess intelligence and independence apart from the Central Control Computer. A notable command battle droid was OOM-9, who commanded the droid forces in the Invasion of Naboo.

Characteristics[]

OOMCommandBattleDroid-HeroesOnBothSides — Some OOM commanders were equipped with backpacks and had additional yellow markings on their arms.

The OOM command battle droid were constructed by Baktoid Combat Automata^[1] and had a set of black sensors along with tan plating. The droids also had masculine programming^[2] and was 1.91 meters in height. Yellow markings on their torsos and heads marked the status as a command battle droid.^[1]

They contained programming which allowed them to adapt to circumstances, which sometimes malfunctioned.^[4] They received long-distance signals allowing them to be far from base with their squads, and reported directly to the Central Control Computer.^[5] If a command droid lost contact with a CCC, it would remain active for three minutes, upon which time it would enter standby mode for a further ten minutes, after which it shut down completely.^[6]

History[]

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The OOM command battle droids were deployed as part of the Trade Federation Droid Army in 32 BBY.^[7] During the Invasion of Naboo, OOM commanders, along with organic officers, took charge of regular infantry droids.^[5] OOM command battle droids were in charge of the droids sent to hunt Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi and Qui-Gon Jinn.^[8] OOM-9 reported directly to Viceroy Nute Gunray. After the Droid Control Ship was destroyed, all the droid units on Naboo shut down.^[2]

Maridun OOM macrobinoculars — An OOM commander on Maridun using macrobinoculars.

Trade Federation OOM command droids joined the Separatist Droid Army.^[3] Battle droid officers led company-level formations^[7] and were assigned as captains of Separatist starships. Certain battle droids were granted additional programming and assigned as officers.^[9] Following the demise of the Separatist Council, all units of the Separatist Droid Army were deactivated,^[10] barring those used by Separatist holdouts.^[7]

Behind the scenes[]

OOMCommandBattleDroid-CargoOfDoom — An OOM Commander active during the Clone Wars, showcasing the additional yellow coloring applied on some units' arm joints.

Battle droid commanders first appeared in the 1999 film Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace and its tie-ins, one example being Command Officer OOM-9. These specialist models were first identified as belonging to an "OOM Series" in the 2002 Revised Edition of the Star Wars Roleplaying Game.^[11]

Prior to the release of Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones, it was claimed that the command droids' intelligence and independence were traits they shared with the security battle droids,^[12]^[6] both possessing low-grade electronic brains that differentiated them from pilot and infantry droids.^[6] Other sources state that all battle droid types had structurally identical control signal receivers and simple processors, each pre-programmed with specialized subroutines to increase efficency for their specific job function.^[13]