Flame Battle Droid

Flame battle droids were battle droids used by the Trade Federation droid army, the Confederacy of Independent Systems droid army, the Galactic Droid Empire droid army, and eventually the New Confederacy of Independent Systems droid army.

They were basically B-1 battle droids with CZ-28 Flamestrikes instead of their brother's E-5 blaster rifles. Originally manufactured on Eos for the Trade Federation, they were used to kill unusually tough Naboo guards. After the failure of the Trade Federation, they were used during the Wookiee Trade Guild conflict as personal bodyguards to Count Dooku.

Description
Manufactured on the hot, volcanic planet of Eos, they were perfectly trained for using a weapon as unpredictable as the flamethrower. They were nearly identical to battle droids, but several internal components were modified or rearranged. Their databanks were expanded to hold more memory, their reflexes were quickened, and their aiming was improved. After a satisfying showdown between a flame battle droid and an assassin droid equipped with a flamethrower as well, the battle droids were quickly used during the Invasion of Naboo.

Their flamethrowers were modified by the Trade Federation to supply more ammunition and better targeting. Flame battle droids were used on many occassions as commandos. However, they were never officially deemed commandos by the Confederacy or the Trade Federation. Flame battle droids could adapt to virtually any environment, making them more sophisticated than organic commandos that could not adapt to harsh cold environments such as Ilum and volcanic environments such as Eos. They were also used on environments were it was too toxic, such as Raxus Prime.

Eos
Baktoid was the first designer of the plans. The Trade Federation, along with the B-1 battle droid, Baron droid, and several other battle droids, bought the plans. At a secret droid facility on the volcanic planet of Eos, the first Flame battle droid prototypes were produced. Several native Eosians were killed in test runs of the Trade Federation. The Federation bought several Pollux assassination droids as examples of armed opponents to test the final finished version of the Flame battle droids. The droids easily won over the assassination droids, fighting with a mixture of quickened reflexes, better memory, improved aiming, and several other advancements of the B-1 battle droids.

Naboo
The Flame battle droids saw their first deployment during the Sieges of Naboo, killing any citizen or Gungan that stood in the way of the incoming landing crafts and MTTs. After completing this assignment they reported to OOM-9 for their next task: to halt the uprising occurring in the capital city. Several Naboo guards were killed in the battle, and the Flame battle droids set several Naboo guards in flames, killing more and more citizens. After the queen escaped in her Naboo Royal Cruiser, the Flame battle droids were permenantly stationed on the Saak'ak command ship incase of the return of the queen. However, once the second battle of Theed began, the Flame battle droids were again more destructive and killed more citizens. After they were shut down by the central droid control ship, they were abandoned by the Trade Federation.

Kashyyyk
The Trade Federation was threatened on Kashyyyk by the Wookiee Trade Guild. Again, the droid army was deployed to quiet this small conflict. This was the first time the Flame battle droids were given a protection assignment; they were asked to guard Dooku, the new leader of the Trade Federation armies. Dooku fought well as a Sith, and the Flame battle droids scored more victories, this time killing Wookiees. As the battle started to turn to the Federation's favor, the Wookiees fought harder. In the end, the Trade Federation made a victory, and a new conflict began called the Separatist Crisis.

Clone Wars
After the Separatist Crisis became more and more threatening to the Galactic Republic, more and more battles ensued between the newly formed Separatists and Galactic Republic. The Separatist movement quickly was renamed the Confederacy of Independent Systems. TO BE CONTINUED