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Hopefully the "race" I decided to go with is fine.

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Name: R5-T1, though its creator and those it gives permission call it "Rusty".
Age: Has been active for 5 galactic standard years
Class: Smuggler
Home Planet: Coruscant, Jaren Kell's Workshop

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Appearance: R5's chassis was built in a manner reminiscent of a human skeleton, with as little bulk and as sleek as possible. Its full frame is colored with a mix of black and brown hues, and is built from lightweight yet sturdy materials, designed to resist blaster fire as well as mimick a nearly full range of human articulation. R5's head structure is the most unique thing about its design, however. Instead of a humanoid face donning its vaguely human head shape, R5 has a series of 4 optical sensors mounted in the general eye area, three smaller ones on the left, and one large one on the right. Instead of a mouth-shaped speaker, R5 has a large, plated speaker jutting out slightly from its head. In place of ears, R5 has a single antenna mounted to the right side of its head structure, which it uses to receive both analog sound as well as comms traffic.

Personality: R5-T1 is an odd sort, even for a droid. While most humanoid droids are preprogrammed with a unique personality that emulates a human, R5 was built differently. Installed in its personality matrix are the mental scans, memories, and history of its elderly creator, Jaren Kell. However, R5 currently lacks the ability to perfectly emulate its creator, and although it speaks with an accurate modulation of Kell's voice as a young man, R5's speech patterns are cold and specifically devoid of emotion. R5 refers to itself in the 3rd person as "this unit", and its vocabulator intentionally chooses words to convey no sense of personal emotion. This leaves R5 sounding more like a computer or more basic model of droid, though it does possess the ability to think and act independently.

History: Jaren Kell was an aging droidsmith and retired first mate of the [i]Queen of Krayt[/i], a smuggling ship that had won him his fortune and retirement. In his workshop in the upper levels of Coruscant, Kell was crafting what he considered to be his life's work: a droid, loaded with all his memories and mental acumen, but still capable of being its own individual. After over 5 years of work and devotion to this project, Kell was finally ready to activate the droid. Christening it "R5-T1" or "Rusty" as his old crewmates had called Kell, he flipped the switch. 

The project was a remarkable success, despite some intentional inhibitors that limited R5's emotion emulation and vocabulator. Kell managed to get R5 to receive nearly his entire life story in a matter of moments. After roughly a year of tests and trials and even simple conversation, Kell was ready to release R5 out into the world, though the droid itself was hesitant. After being asked about the emotion inhibitors, Kell explained to R5 that in order for the inhibitors to release, R5 would have to accumulate knowledge and experience beyond what Kell had programmed into him. R5 would have to become someone new.

Now 4 years later, R5 has become a decent smuggler and engineer in its own right, and although it doesn't know it yet, the inhibitors have slowly begun their process of shutting down.

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Equipment: R5 carries a heavy blaster pistol and a light belt of grenades for inevitable firefights, while also carrying an assortment of engineering and mechanic tools for both self-repair and fixing external objects. R5's chassis is sturdy enough to fill the role of light body armor, though R5 much prefers to use personal shielding when it can get its hands on it.

Skills: R5 contains all the knowledge and memories of its creator, and as such is an excellent mechanic and engineer when it comes to droids. Though Kell wasn't the best crack shot out there, he was no slouch in a firefight, and neither is R5. However, R5's inhibited emotion emulation restricts its abilities in social situations, despite Kell himself having a reputation as a bit of a smooth-talker.

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Misc: Although R5 can't explain it, R5 has a habit of mimicking Kell's twitches and body language, often leaning against things, flipping a credit chit in its hand or even picking at its "teeth".
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Okay, so this is definitely the sheet I've really struggled with the most on whether to accept it. You've created a character that is really different to the rest that have been written up. I really like the idea of Rusty, but I'm finding at the moment that he isn't as well developed in the CS as I'd like. What is his allegiance? Where was Kell's loyalty? The droid is currently just a bit ambiguous and there, and is bordering on novelty. There is a lot to love in this sheet though, in particular this bit got to me;

"Now 4 years later, R5 has become a decent smuggler and engineer in its own right, and although it doesn't know it yet, the inhibitors have slowly begun their process of shutting down."

I'm going with my gut on this one, and I will accept you into the RP on the condition that you just add a little more to the sheet, flesh out that backstory a bit more, get some more of that emotion in there, and give me some more clarity on some of the things too. You mention for example that he uses words that convey no emotion, yet is a smooth talker? I'd like to see the sheet re-worked a little bit and some more development before you can post in the CS tab. I hope you're still interested and up to the challenge!