The result of this maneuver gathers a bit more attention than necessary, as the shuttle is taken in by a tractor beam and the dreadnought's droid crew proceeds to cart off the astromechs off for interrogation.
WAC, however, is exempted because he is to take the role of the pilot for the team, while M5-BZ has his memory core is removed so that Gascon can use him as a disguise and rolling command platform.Īs the mission begins, WAC over-confidently decides to take matters in his own hands by setting their transport shuttle on a collision course with their targeted ship in order to attract its attention. Gubacher, who outfits most of the droids with special gadgets for the mission. Gascon, whose strict and no-nonsense attitude immediately is off to a wrong start with WAC's flippancy, wastes no time going through the finer details of the plan and takes the droid to see the technician Dr. The mission is to be led by the diminutive Colonel Meebur Gascon, a highly esteemed strategist for the Grand Army of the Republic. Thus, several Republican droids are assembled in the Jedi Temple war room: the astromech droids R2-D2, QT-KT, M5-BZ, and U9-C4, as well as WAC-47, an overenthusiastic and bumbling pit droid who promptly arrives late for the mission briefing by Master Windu because of a hearing mistake and thus does nothing to garner much confidence from the others. Since the mission involves a special level of infiltration capability, the Council has decided to employ a team of handpicked droids for the undertaking. The Jedi High Council has devised a plan to capture a Separatist decoding module from within the vault of an enemy battleship. The droids must overcome numerous challenging obstacles to succeed in this crucial assignment." Plot summary " R2-D2 is part of a team of Republic droids chosen for an important mission led by the diminutive Colonel Gascon to obtain an encryption module from a Separatist dreadnought.