Phylanx Redux Transmitter
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Phylanx Redux Transmitter
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After Gor came into the service of Wandering StarlieutenantCli Pastayra, Number One was incorporated into a weapon system called the Phylanx Redux Transmitter, which was transmitting a virus that would cause droids to attack and kill organics.Lando Calrissian andL3-37 stumbled upon Gor'sresearch depot in theMesulan Remnants Belt. L3 reprogrammed the Phylanx's programming to create a retrovirus that would neutralize Gor's virus, seeking to prevent his droid apocalypse.
In3 BBY, the Wandering Star hoped to make a big fortune off the Phylanx Redux Transmitter at anauction onCantonica but Gor unleashed the virus against his crime bosses, killing them. Gor fled toFreerago's Satellite Diner and Motel with a component of the transmitter. However, he was pursued bySana Starros,Han Solo, and theGalactic Empire. Solo stole the transmitter from Gor and later flushed it intospace, where it was believed to be lost.
In7 ABY, Gor threatened to unleash a droid apocalypse onCloud City unless Lando returned the stolen Phylanx transmitter component, believing him to be responsible for its theft. Lando and Han enlisted a team to track down the Phylanx transmitter and stop Gor from unleashing his apocalypse. Following a series of adventures, Lando located Gor's hidden research depot. There, he encountered the Phylanx, who revealed that he had rebelled against his master's programming and was traveling with the mobile Mesulan Remnants Belt. Gor subsequently activated the transmitter, but Lando destroyed it with severalthermal detonators, foiling Gor's plot to unleash a droid apocalypse.
Biography[]
Serving Fyzen Gor[]
The Phylanx Redux Transmitter originated as a medical droid in the service of aPau'an crime syndicate called theWandering Star. Around13 BBY, the medical droid accompanied its Wandering Star masters in the kidnapping of two medical students, one being aPau'an namedFyzen Gor. Gor later went on to become thedroid's master after a rivalUtai gang ambushed the Wandering Star's transport speeder, causing an accident that killed most of the criminals. After resettling in an abandonedAmanisinkhole, Gor renamed the droid Number One, equipping him with thearm ofhisdying friend,Greesto Ftrak.[2]
Gor became obsessed with manufacturing beings with both mechanical andorganic parts, believing that if organic beings were allowed to use droid parts to replace lost limbs, droids should be allowed to do the reverse. He even recovered whatever mechanical and organic parts he could from the Wandering Star speeder crash. He and Number Oneexiled themselves from society in thecaves deep below the surface ofUtapau, where Gor could continue his experiments without disturbance.[2]
For the next twoyears, Gor continue his cybernetic experiments, kidnapping four younglings from anAmani clan and butchering them for biological parts for his droids. This sparked a war with the local Amani clans, who tried to attack Gor on several occasions. However, they were defeated on each occasion by Gor's droids and his bold cunning. Gor also created several droid followers known as theOriginal Dozen.
Weapon of the Wandering Star[]
By around17 BBY,[1] Gor's activities had drawn the attention ofCli Pastayra, the chief of the Wandering Star's Fourth Directorate, who was interested in Gor's "monstrous" droids. Gor attempted to resist Cli's forces, but thecrime lord leveled the battlefield with twoF-99 radon gunships, destroying four of Gor's droids. Facing the threat of annihilation, Gor submitted and worked as the Wandering Star's cybernetics expert.[2]
Pressed into the Wandering Sky's service, Gor experimented on Number One at ajunkyard on anasteroid in theMesulan Remnants Belt. Gor turned the droid into a weaponized transmission system known as the Phylanx Redux Transmitter, which he intended to use to turn all droids inthe galaxy against their masters and eradicate all organic beings. Cli hoped to make a fortune from Gor's weapon for the Wandering Stars.[2]
Around11 BBY,[1] Gor's activities in the Mesulan Belt drew the attention of theGalactic Empire and thesmugglerLando Calrissian and his droidL3-37. Gor donned a spacesuit and attacked the ImperialTIE fighters and a shuttle. Lando and L3-37 landed their ship, theMillennium Falcon, inside the asteroid, which was littered with droid parts. They encountered a droid calledD9, who warned them about Gor's weapons. After flying back into the Mesulan Remnants, L3 directed Lando to fly close enough to Number One himself - at that point, his droid head embedded in a floating mass of junk the size of aspeeder - so that she and the Phylanx could exchange data.[2]
Before escaping Gor and his Original Dozen, L3 installed a retrovirus into the Phylanx that would implant doubt into its mind. The intent was that this doubt would fester, and the Phylanx would one day turn on its master. She also used spare parts from Gor's experiments to create an elite squadron of L3 droids like herself known as theElthree Assault Team to find the Phylanx and see to it that her plan came to fruition. These droids were programmed with her anti-virus code, making them resistant to Gor's computer virus.[2]
Auction on Cantonica[]
Around3 BBY,[1] the Wandering Star organized anauction for the Phylanx Redux Transmitter at an amphitheater on the planetCantonica. The auction was attended by various parties includingSana Starros of theDroid Gotra, theBlue Stars, theCrimson Dawn,Commerce Guild and the Empire. However, Gor used the Phylanx's transmitter device to reprogram the droids into attacking the organics at the auction, killing the Wandering Star'scrime lord, theGrand Vygoth and Cli.[2]
Gor fled with the transmitter device toFreerago's Satellite Diner and Motel above the planetHosnian Prime. Laying low, he found work reprogramming the diner's kitchen droids. However, Gor was pursued by Sana, who arrived withHan Solo andChewbacca. ImperialAdmiralRuas Fastent soon arrived, seeking access to the Phylanx transmitter. Cornered, Gor unleashed the kill virus on the kitchen droids, which attacked the patrons.[2]
Trapped by Solo and the stormtroopers, Gor fired the transmitter into space, but it was picked up by theMillennium Falcon. Gor was captured by Fastent's stormtroopers, but Solo and Chewbacca escaped with Sana aboard theFalcon. When theMillennium Falcon was boarded by several bounty hunters hired by the Droid Gotra and a rival gang called theParapa Cartel, Solo threw the Phylanx out theairlock, seemingly losing it forever.[2]
Captivity and laying low[]
Fyzen Gor was imprisoned for several years atSubstation Grimdock. Admiral Fastent interrogated him about the location of the Phylanx Redux Transmitter but was unable to break the Pau'an. Gor instead converted Fastent to his cause of unleashing a droid apocalypse to overthrow organic dominance. Fastent was subsequently honorably discharged and sent to an asylum on the planetGrava, which became amonastery inhabited by members of Gor's cult, theBrotherhood of Wire and Bone.[2]
Devotees of the Brotherhood believed that droids were superior to organic life. They periodically sacrificed limbs and other body parts for Gor's Original Dozen droid followers. The mechanical parts of the Original Dozen becamefichas for a game calledVazaveer. To provide an ample supply of limbs and body parts, Gor later began kidnapping and killing youngWookiees on the planetKashyyyk around7 ABY, which had beenliberated by theNew Republictwo years earlier.[2]
Attempted droid apocalypse[]
In7 ABY,[1] Gor manipulated Calrissian and Solo into locating the Phylanx Redux Transmitter for him by threatening to unleash his droid virus onCloud City's droids. Following a series of adventures, Calrissian, Solo, and their team tracked the Phylanx to the Mesulan Remnants Belt, which were capable of traveling through space.[2]
While pursuing Gor and his Original Dozen through the Mesulan ice asteroid field, Calrissian encountered the Phylanx. The Phylanx explained to Lando that he was a transmitter and implored Calrissian to destroy him in order to prevent Gor from unleashing his droid apocalypse on the galaxy. He also warned Lando to prevent Gor from escaping in two nearby F-99 gunships that had been programmed with the operational capacity to capture and store the kill order once it had been released from his system.[2]
Lando entered the asteroid junk depot which had served as Gor's secret base years earlier. Calrissian found the Phylanx's head inside a small wall compartment at the heart of the junk depot. He told Calrissian that he no longer wanted to obey his master's programming due to L3-E7's reprogramming. The Phylanx also identified himself as the medical droid which Gor had named Number One. Before Lando could carry out the Phylanx's wishes, Gor entered with his droids and captured Lando.[2]
Realizing that Number One had betrayed him, Gor inserted an activator into a compartment beneath Phylanx's head, overriding the droid's programming and activating the transmitter.The Phylanx transmitted a message to every droid in the galaxy to kill their masters. This affected numerous droids including the Solo family's butler droidBX-778, which wanted to kill Solo's son,Ben. Before Gor's plan could reach its fruition, Calrissian managed to attach fourthermal detonators to hisjetpack and hurl it at the Phylanx's drive, destroying the transmitter.[2]
Legacy[]
The destruction of the Phylanx Redux Transmitter sabotaged Gor's plans to unleash a droid apocalypse on the galaxy. Calrissian was rescued from the disintegrating junk hold by the surviving members of theElthree Assault Team, who reunited him with Solo and the rest of the team aboard theshuttleChevalier. TheChevalier subsequently destroyed Gor's fleeing F-99 gunship, killing the rogue cybernetic surgeon. Following the battle, the Elthree Assault Team revealed that L3-37 had planted a retrovirus inside the Phylanx which counteracted Gor's "kill" virus and sowed the seeds for the Elthree squad.[2]
Characteristics[]
In its early life, the Phylanx was amedical droid known as Number One. As with most droids of any class, it was programmed with a sense of loyalty, so much so that as soon as its masters were killed, it swore allegiance to Fyzen Gor to continue service. This loyalty was later compromised by L3-37 after she implanted a retrovirus into the Phylanx. Doubt caused it to have a mind of its own, which caused it to rebel against its master's plan to unleash a droid apocalypse.[2]
Equipment[]
As a medical droid, Number One was equipped with several medical supplies and was programmed to know various procedures and operations in case of emergency. Following an accident, the droid lost one of its arms and suffered a damaged left leg. Number One's new master Gor replaced its severed arm with his dying friendGreesto Ftrak's arm.[2]
Over the following years, Gor incorporated Number One's head into a transmission system called the Phylanx Redux Transmitter, which could transmit a virus causing droids to attack and kill organic beings. Number One was capable of controlling the Phylanx transmitter, which traveled with the migratory Mesulan Remnants Belt. The Phylanx also had a compartment beneath its head to hold an activator that could activate the transmitter.[2]
Behind the scenes[]
The Phylanx Redux Transmitter first appeared inDaniel José Older's2018 novelLast Shot, which was a tie-in to theAnthology filmSolo: A Star Wars Story, which served as an origin story for the characters Han Solo and Lando Calrissian.