HPD-02

The HPD-02 (for Hovering Protocol Droid, Mark 2) was a droid series designed and manufactured by Hudrel Robotics and Android Corporation. It was marketed as a for more active owners and those traveling over unpredictable terrain, as well as those who simply wanted their protocol droids to be able to move faster than the normal, shuffling gait of a stereotypical humaniform protocol droid.

Unlike most protocol droids, the HPD series were built with pods. The earlier HPD-01 had a semispheric repulsorpod, with a microphone and multidirectional sensors extending up on a post. Though it was entirely functional, its lack of a humanoid appearance lost some of the comfort most humanoids derived from conversing with droids that at least vaguely resembled them. As such, the HPD-02 was produced.

The HPD-02 retained the Mark 1's semispheric repulsorpod, but its top was replaced with a generic humaniform protocol droid torso, head, and arms. Its yellow sensor was a single band around its head, allowing it to retain the Mark 1's ability to see in all directions. The Mark 2 could perceive light in the infrared, visible, and ultraviolet spectra, and could register sounds above and below auditory range. Its standard programming included every language used in the Golden Empire, apart from, as well as data on all known customs and cultures in the Empire.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Integration purchased a large supply of HPD-02s. Deputy Minister Rezzew Saktati took one of those droids to Toriafas in 155 ABY.