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The '''J9 worker drone''' was a [[Droid/Legends|droid]] produced by [[Roche Hive Mechanical Apparatus Design and Construction Activity for Those Who Need the Hive's Machines|Roche]], and was considered a crash-and-burn disaster for three reasons: Its personality was flat, its name was unappealing and misleading, and its bug-like appearance was a turn-off to countless mammalian species throughout the galaxy.

==History==
Very simply put, the [[Verpine/Legends|Verpine]] had no idea how to market a [[Protocol droid/Legends|protocol droid]], and buyers avoided the J9 like a deadly virus. This caused Roche to slash prices to offset their mounting losses. When buyers did finally buy the droids at bottom basement prices, they often took the name worker drone literally, and placed the droids in factories and starports where their advanced cognitive functions were wasted. Roche tried to change this by advertising the J9 to fellow arthropods such as the [[Sic-Six/Legends|Sic-Six]], and the [[Flakax]], but this really only caught on with the [[Xi'Dec/Legends|Xi'Dec]], to a limited degree.

Even though almost every J9 was stuck in a labor job, they were the most intelligent labor droids one could ever find, because of their [[Arjan II logic computer]] that had a processing capacity to rival [[SyntheTech]]'s [[AA-1 VerboBrain/Legends|AA-1 VerboBrain]]. This unit, when combined with the [[TranLang II Communication module]] that featured over one million languages, made the droid sophisticated enough to interact with organics.

The J9s were tall units that were equipped with the angular [[Roche Hive Mechanical Apparatus Design and Construction Activity for Those Who Need the Hive's Machines]] signature piston-controlled arms and legs, identical to the [[8D smelter droid]]. The hips were joined by awkward joint mechanisms and were the most vulnerable feature. The unit's large, streamlined head seemed out of proportion with the rest of the body. The J9's huge photoreceptors were keyed to the Verpine optical range, much of which was in the ultraviolet part of the spectrum. The droid's excellent olfactory sensor and [[Torplex/Legends|Torplex]] microwave sensor allowed it to perceive details far beyond visual wavelengths.

==Appearances==
*{{Shortstory|story=When the Desert Wind Turns: The Stormtrooper's Tale|book=Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina}}
*{{WEGCite|book=The Far Orbit Project|story=Preparing for War}} {{Po}}
*{{Film|VI}} {{1st}}
*''[["Lapti Nek": The Music Video from Jabba's Palace]]''
*[[Return of the Jedi 1|''Return of the Jedi'' 1]]
*{{DarkStryder|Plant Food|The Kathol Outback}}

==Sources==
*[[Star Wars: Return of the Jedi Coloring Book (Max Rebo)|''Star Wars: Return of the Jedi Coloring Book'' (Max Rebo)]] {{Po}}
*[[Star Wars: Return of the Jedi Coloring Book (Luke Skywalker)|''Star Wars: Return of the Jedi Coloring Book'' (Luke Skywalker)]] {{Po}}
*''[[Galaxy Guide 7: Mos Eisley]]''
*''[[The DarkStryder Campaign]]''
*''[[Cynabar's Fantastic Technology: Droids]]''
*''[[Star Wars: The Action Figure Archive]]''
*{{EGCite|D|8D8 Smelting Operator}}
*{{EGCite|D|J9 Worker Drone}}

==Notes and references==
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[[Category:J9 worker drones| ]]
[[Category:Protocol droid models]]
[[Category:Roche Hive Mechanical Apparatus Design and Construction Activity for Those Who Need the Hive's Machines products]]