BFC And Flying Artoo

[jedisaber]

hey, "i was under the impression" that artoo got his thrusters that we recently saw in E2 taken out, and thats why he didnt have them in the OT, but yet in the BFC, it says things like "...the dome-topped droid drifted up and forward on tiny puffs of thruster gas..." and "...artoo's thrusters could not hold against the screaming wind..." So which is it, he had them taken out or he always had them.

[Darth Vegas]

First off this is redundant. Second, wrong forum.

[jedisaber]

correction, Black Fleet Crisis is EU discussion, and i dont care if its redundant, i just want to know the truth

[Darth Vegas]

The official site databank says that they were removed, as the anti-grav boosters only last so long, they we're not replaced.

[jedisaber]

so whats up with the so called "thrusters" iread about in book 2 of black fleet

[JediKeri.]

Huh

[jedisaber]

it says that artoo jets around with his own thrusters, in The Black Fleet Crisis: Shield Of Lies

[jedisaber]

so it is a way of getting more posts counted

[Luvinna.]

Okay. How about this theory: Artoo has anti-grav booster in ATOC, they're removed before the OT, then he has thrusters installed before the BFC. That work? style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif

[jedisaber]

yeah, but why would they be taken out just to be put back in, it works but doesnt make sense

[Luvinna.]

The old ones would be taken out because they were old. Why do people buy new computers? Because their old one is old or out dated.

I remember reading somewhere that the anti-grav boosters used in ATOC had a 20 year life. Once they die and quit working, what's the point of leaving them in? (Or maybe they did get left in, and they just didn't work anymore.) Later, they come up with these thrusters and decide to take out the now non-functional anit-grav boosters and replace them with the thrusters.

[Angel Starmaster]

Well, -as a Navy man I can personally account for this, as we fix and maintain all of the gear we work with- any mechanical device with moving parts (thrusters) or exposure to liquids (thrusters) have to be maintained on a regular basis otherwise they jam up and crappy and they ain't worth what you paid for 'em.
Given that Artoo can prolly do most of his own regular maintenance, with the exception of changing his uh..."thruster juices," and given the futuristic basis for the SW setting....
I'd say that Artoo had them taken out when they finally pooped out on him. So I agree.
The question is; when exactly where they removed? And moreover, by whom under what circumstances?

[Flight]

Shortly after the release of AOTC, HoloNet News released a simple explanation (http://www.holonetnews.com/55/business/1359_2.html): the warranty on Industrial Automaton astromech rocket boosters only lasts twenty years. ANH is twenty-two years post-AOTC. Artoo can't fly in the OT - his hover rocket warranty expired.

Additionally, according to The New Essential Guide to Characters, Artoo and Threepio went through several different owners between the PT and the OT. One of these owners may have replaced the rocket boosters, which might have been useless without the warranty anyway, with other accessories.

Evidently, Pablo Hidalgo, the author who wrote the HoloNet piece, and Daniel Wallace, the author of the NeGTC, were unaware of the explanation each had written. They don't directly contradict, though, so it works.

[Angel Starmaster]

Suppose droids are like laptops? Take off the cover and void the warrenty?

[jedisaber]

maybe... thats true though, he could have possibly taken them out himself, but i must comment that neither artoo or threepio are notatall like our day laptops,,, how rude...