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The Droid Starfighter, also known as the Variable Geometry Self-Propelled Battle Droid or Vulture Droid, is a fictional starfighter used by the Trade Federation in the Star Wars universe. Like the rest of the Trade Federation's armed forces it carried no living pilot but rather a droid brain that was linked to the Trade Federation Droid Control Ship. Each Trade Federation battleship carried 1,500 droid starfighters.
The starfighter carried four blaster cannons and two proton torpedo launchers and could reach 1,200km/h in an planet atmosphere. When not in flight, the ship could transform into a walking weapons platform.
A droid starfighter was capable of manuevers that would kill an organic pilot, but they lacked the resourcefulness and cunning of living pilots. Additionally, they could only function for 35 minutes before having to be refuelled.
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