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| - The jump droid was a CIS B2 super battle droid, essentially the B2 version of the air battle droid, used during the Clone Wars.
- Their uses included destroying clone commandos and destroying flying aircraft vehicles, such as the Galactic Republic LAAT/i or the Wookiee Catamaran. They were the CIS's response to the growing threat of jet troopers. The jump droid was in the same line as the popular air battle droid, but it was far more advanced. Their armament consisted of a wrist blaster for basic hits and a MiniMag PTL missile launcher for use in destroying LAAT/i's and other Republic aircraft. They were first deployed on Geonosis as a test run, and gave the Confederacy positive thoughts on their abilities. Thus, they were sent anywhere jet troopers were detected, including Rhen Var, Yorn Skot, and Ruhe. After Darth Vader shut down the command signal of all the battle droids, most of the jump droids were deactivated. However, some were taken by the Empire for research on the dark trooper project. Others joined the Galactic Droid Empire and were cut off from the central signal, thus not being deactivated. Aligning with the GDE, they conquered several planets and served only for them until the New CIS/GDE Wars ended.
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