R5-C3

R5-C3, often referred to as R5, was an R5-series astromech droid manufactured by Industrial Automaton and sold to the Galactic Empire. At some point it was placed in service to Lieutenant Delof Terallo, and accompanied him on a mission to Yavin 4.

Biography
Constructed in a factory during the reign of the Galactic Empire, R5-C3 was built as part of an astromech droid line intended for budget buyers, and therefore had less capabilities than other R-series droids. The Empire purchased the droid and it eventually came into the possession of Delof Terallo, a lieutenant in the Imperial Army, and often accompanied him on missions.

In 3 ABY, Terallo, alongside Sergeant Zekk Ryen, was dispatched to Yavin 4 to find any usable leftover devices or machinery from the numerous conflicts that had taken place in recent years. R5 joined them and, when they discovered a cavern filled with Massassi warriors, the droid used its flashlight to illuminate the chamber. When the ancient soldiers killed Ryen, Terallo and his droid fled further into the cavern where they encountered a strange artefact. R5 attempted to interact with it, but was unable to find any way to open it. When the Sith Lord Darth Syrinn revealed herself as the gatekeeper of the artefact, a Sith holocron, the droid stayed well away while Lieutenant Terallo interacted with it.

After Terallo was offered the chance to become a Sith Lord under Syrinn's tutelage, he called in the Imperial Reclamation Service to recover the holocron. He was greeted by Inquisitor Wupera Kavos, who told him that he knew too much already and stabbed him with her lightsaber, before noticing the droid clinging to the wall of the cavern chamber and taking it with her as Terallo lay dying. When they finally exited the cavern, the droid turned back to see that Delof had disappeared, therefore believing he may have been able to survive.

Appearances

 * Ancient Artifice 

Behind the Scenes
R5-C3 was created by HarmonyGrex for the author's first Star Wars fan fiction short story, Ancient Artifice. The droid will reappear in a more significant role in the sequel, Survival.