So, every RP (or I should say most RPs, I suppose) have a rule to the effect that any attack in a turn based RP must have some conceivable way of countering it. A "no moding" rule, basically. It's essentially an unwritten rule of turn based RP anyway, but here it's Rule 1.1. It seems to me that slicing needs to be considered an "attack" in the sense that it is meant to assail a character in a way that its typist doesn't want, and because I think every typist has a reasonable expectation of privacy and would expect to have an opportunity to counter any attempt to slice into their files, records, datapads, etc. If slicing is considered an attack, then, the character in question must have a way of knowing that they're being sliced, and must have some conceivable way to counter it.

An example might help. Some time ago, in the 11 ABY timeline, the New Republic set up a listening post on Eriadu in order to monitor the transmissions of the Pentastar Alignment. This listening post was disguised as a bar, with a New Republic Intelligence agent posing as a bartender and shipping in components for his monitoring equipment under the guise of imported wine, liquor, etc. Throughout this, it was never explicitly stated that this was a listening post; however, many hints were made about, say, "discounts" to Eriadu officials so that the imported cargo wasn't inspected, or hints about the wine cellar being off limits, or people coming and going from the bar at strange hours. In this situation, Moff Konig, the leader of the Pentastar Alignment, had a way of knowing that his transmissions were being monitored, if he managed to figure it out. As it happened, he never did figure it out, and the operation was successful.

There's another way of doing this, too, and there's a more recent example for it; a few weeks ago, Talri planted a surveillance device in the office of Ilanah Thanatos, disguised as a bouquet. In the narration of his post, however, he mentioned that it was, in fact, a surveillance device. Ilanah, as a mature and impartial RPer, did not use this OOC knowledge to her benefit. Personally, I prefer this method, but I appreciate that there are circumstances where an RPer can't be relied upon not to use OOC knowledge to their benefit, and so, I think, the covert method must also be permissible.

The thing to remember though, in both cases, is that the target must have a way of knowing they're being sliced, or monitored, and must also have some reasonable way of countering it. I hope that covers it. Again, I'm feeling pretty sick and I've already written this post once, so I might be leaving something out. Maybe Orion can spot me, if that's the case. I just wanted to get this out here as a reference for RPers, and also so managers can't be accused of being capricious when they call people out on this basis. But now, to address this request specifically.

As I said, a slicer droid is fine, but I'm not sure I'm okay with this one. The strange, muscular-looking appendages and feet, and the organic-looking interior of the droid, to me, just aren't "Star Warsy." I also don't think I like the idea of a droid that's capable of slicing also being capable of combat. It seems to me that, in fairness, it should be more of an asset that needs to be defended, rather than defending itself. But not to worry—there are already many slicer droids in Star Wars to choose from. The fact that they're all rather small and defenseless means, at least, that I'm not the only person who has that impression of them. But yes, perhaps choose one of those and then get back to us, if you will.

Also, as you mentioned in Messenger, a background on how your character acquired it would be helpful too.

Jace Varitek
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