Crab Droid

CRAB DROID



LM-432 crab droids were battle droids used by the NZRE Empire during the Clone Wars. They were nicknamed "muckrackers" because of their extensive use in marshy terrain. Their name was derived from their six-legged scuttling movement and organic appearance. A Crab Droid is three feet tall, and could use its legs to attack infantry in its way. As well as their powerful pincer legs, LM-432 crab droids were armed with twin blasters located on the bottom of the droid's body. These blasters were capable of rapid fire and a powerful double blast. They were also equipped with a vacuum pump system integrated into their forward pincers, which could suck up and then spit out mud to either clear space for NZRE forces or obscure the visual sensors of enemy forces. This earned them the nickname of "muckracker". Crab droids also used their front two pincers to whack opponents out of the way or to crush them with their ends. The crab droid was also equipped with three glowing photoreceptor eyes and communication/sensor antennae- making it seem like it was a living creature rather than a machine - a feature many of the NZRE Empires' droids included. LM-432 units' legs were protected by armorplast-shielding that could deflect blaster shots. At least one crab droid was seen fighting on Rodia during the Mission to Rodia. Also a large number of them were used in the Battle of Malastare, but nearly all were destroyed by the electro-proton bomb. They were also heavily used as security in the NZRE prison, Citadel. Many were used because of the rough terrain, to capture the Jedi who were escaping. Crab droids were first deployed in conflicts on marshy worlds, but their ability to cross difficult terrain and even scale jagged surfaces led to their usage elsewhere, such as at the Battle of Utapau. When in pursuit of an enemy it could move very fast in short bursts to overtake it, and in this way run over their target. The best, and probably the hardest way to destroy a Crab Droid was to leap on top of it and shoot it from above, this method is performed by 501st Clone Troopers during the Battle of Utapau.