AS-3
Astromech Socket
A droid bay that fits every common astromech chassis and, more importantly, lets the droid actually reach the systems it is meant to fix.
UNIT PRICE
47,000 GCR
LEAD TIME
14 standard days
RATING
Universal fit
Specification
| Chassis fit | Universal — 9 common astromech forms |
|---|---|
| Bus access | Full read/write, permissioned |
| Environmental seal | Rated to vacuum and 4 atm |
| Ejection | Explosive bolt, pilot and droid initiated |
| Power to droid | 4 kW continuous, 12 kW burst |
| Retention | Triple lock, 14 g sustained |
| Mass | 118 kg |
| Certification | Droid Interface Standard, Rev. 4 |
Flight notes
- Compliant retention collar fits nine common chassis forms without an adapter.
- Bus access runs through a four-tier permission layer the flight crew controls.
- Ejection can be initiated by the pilot or by the droid.
- Holds at fourteen g sustained and seals to vacuum and four atmospheres.
HULL COMPATIBILITY
A droid socket is a hole in your hull that you have deliberately made. It deserves more design attention than it usually gets.
Universal, actually
Nine common astromech chassis forms fit the AS-3 without an adapter. The retention collar is compliant rather than keyed, which means a unit that was never designed for your ship still seats correctly and still holds at fourteen g.
Permissioned bus access
The droid gets full read/write access to the systems bus — that is the point of having one — but through a permission layer the flight crew controls. Your astromech can re-route power and patch a failing coupling. It cannot silently change your jump solution unless you have said it may.
Ejection works both ways
Explosive bolt ejection can be triggered by the pilot or by the droid. Droid-initiated ejection sounds alarming until you consider the case where the socket is on fire and the crew is busy. Several customers have written to us about this feature. All of them still had a droid.
Fitting notes
Requires a 0.9 m hull penetration with local reinforcement — we supply the ring. Pairs naturally with the NC-1701 navicomputer. See the revised wiring standards before you run cable.
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Pairs well in the same bay
Open a work order
Tell us what you fly. We'll tell you what fits.
Send a hull class and a mission profile and our systems engineers will return a fitted parts list, a lead time and a drydock window — usually within one standard day.