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The '''Guardian Corps''' of the infamous pre-[[Galactic Republic/Legends|Republic]] dictator [[Xim/Legends|Xim the Despot]] were one of the earliest forms of [[Battle droid/Legends|battle droids]].

==Description==
[[File:XimsWarRobot_egtd.png|thumb|left|180px|War-robot [[:Category:Technical drawing images|schematics]].]]
These war-robots were [[Humanoid/Legends|humanoid]] in form and dwarfed their [[Human/Legends|Human]] counterparts. Their Human [[Tionese (people)|Tionese]] designers were influenced by ancient [[Rakata/Legends|Rakatan]] droid designs, and the rarest and highest-ranking of the Guardian Corps, the [[Crimson Condottiere]]s, employed Rakatan [[The Force/Legends|Force]]-energizing dynamos. Covered with thick armor plating coated with a mirrored reflective surface for deflecting enemy fire and reinforced stress points, they were dangerous foes.

Shielded apertures built into their arms and hands contained a variety of chemical and energy weapons, including ancient heat beams and particle dischargers. Their heavy cranial turrets were adorned with tiny unit insignias which carried optical lenses and a speaker. These droids were relatively mindless and were controlled from transmission horns installed on military command podiums.

Certain variants of the model including the [[Corps Commander]]s were designed with greater independence and could be distinguished by a golden death-head emblem on their breastplates in contrast to the white born by standard models. Despite being outdated by modern era standards, they were still deadly opponents in combat.

==History==
[[File:GuardianCorps-FF60.jpg|thumb|left|180px|One of Xim's war-robots standing to attention.]]

During his reign from [[25,130 BBY]] &ndash; [[25,100 BBY]], the [[Tionese (people)|Tionese]] dictator Xim controlled his empire through the use of the highest technology available at the time including the Guardian Corps. He used them to conquer countless worlds, creating an empire which covered much of the [[Tion Cluster/Legends|Tion Cluster]] including the [[Livien League]] and its capital [[Desevro/Legends|Desevro]] and stretched from the [[Radama Void]] to [[the Maw]].

However, his empire eventually came into contact with the [[Hutt Empire]]. Hoping to vanquish the [[Hutt/Legends|Hutts]] and become the master of the entire [[Si'Klaata Cluster/Legends|Si'Klaata Cluster]], he committed nearly all of his resources to the [[Xim Wars|campaign]]. However, at the [[Third Battle of Vontor]], the Hutts unleashed their new army of [[Klatooinian/Legends|Klatooinian]], [[Nikto/Legends|Nikto]], and [[Vodran (species)/Legends|Vodran]] mercenaries on Xim's army. These soldiers decimated his military forces, thus ending his reign.

Xim was killed at [[Vontor/Legends|Vontor]] according to Tionese history, but actually died a slave in the dungeons of [[Kossak Inijic Ar'durv|Kossak the Hutt]] on [[Varl/Legends|Varl]]. His treasure ship, the [[Queen of Ranroon/Legends|''Queen of Ranroon'']], escaped to the planet of [[Dellalt/Legends|Dellalt]]. There, it would be guarded for millennia by a thousand of his surviving war-robots and a secret brotherhood known as the "Survivors," descended from the original crew and elite guards on board the ship.

Millennia later in [[2 BBY/Legends|2 BBY]], [[Han Solo/Legends|Han Solo]] and [[Chewbacca/Legends|Chewbacca]] encountered the Guardian Corps during an adventure on Dellalt. These war-robots were used by the Survivors against a group of offworlders who started a semi-legal [[J'uoch's mining camp|mining camp]] near the Survivor encampment. However, nearly all of the Corps was destroyed.<ref name="HSATLL">''[[Han Solo and the Lost Legacy]]''</ref> Later, several archaeologists and researchers including the [[Ruurian/Legends|Ruurian]] [[S. V. Skynx]] began researching these ancient war-robots.

While many droids were taken as trophies by the Hutts, most assumed that they were actually just decorations for the cities the Hutts lived in. In truth, the Guardian Corps was actually a desperate failsafe which were to be activated in the event of an invasion of [[Hutt Space/Legends|Hutt Space]].

[[File:Ximsbigrobotguy.png|thumb|right|160px|One of the War-Robots looks down.]]

==Appearances==
*{{Hnn|47|life/13314_4.html|New Xim Exhibit to Tour|https://web.archive.org/web/20130728110928/http://www.holonetnews.com/47/life/13314_4.html}} {{Mo}}
*''[[Han Solo and the Lost Legacy]]'' {{1st}}
*{{Journal|5|Galaxywide NewsNets}}

==Sources==
*{{GSWUCite|1|war robot}}
*''[[The Essential Guide to Planets and Moons]]''
*{{EGCite|D|Xim's war-robot}}

==Notes and references==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Blog|danwallace|52|Endnotes for The New Essential Guide to Droids: PART 1 of 3|Continuity, Criticisms, and Captain Panaka|Daniel Wallace|archivedate=20110923004806}}

{{Interlang
|es=Cuerpo Guardián
|ru=Корпус стражей
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[[Category:Battle droid models]]
[[Category:Xim's empire]]