Designed as a nasty surprise for opposing troops in the
interminable wars of Mithros-B, the
droid mine has become a standard weapon of terror throughout the
sector, and beyond. In form, the droid mine appears to be nothing
more than a standard droid of any type. However, it's internal
mechanisms have been changed to be little more than six thermal
detonators rigged in tandem. Many of the higher mental functions
of the droid are disabled to allow this change to be made, unless
the original form of the droid was capacious enough to include the
detonators without modification. The droids are always fitted with
range finding codes that allow them to determine the precise
distance they must close to in order for their payload to be most
effective.
They have been known to operate in pairs, with one droid
taking out the security guards, and the second taking the main
target. In either case, they are usually not noticed the first
time the tactic is attempted, and even where this tactic is known,
it is remarkably hard to restrict all droid traffic away from all
targets of significance. It is equally difficult to detect the
thermal detonators once inside the droid without a full scan, and
a partial disassembly, something that security forces simply cannot
afford to do with every droid all the time.