AD-01 was developed by an insane, but brilliant, Twi'lek droid development scientist in a remote part of Tatooine. It took him nearly six years to develop the first model in the AD-# series. Working from the schematics of a much older assassin unit, long since discontinued, the scientist focused most of his efforts on creating one of the most advanced sapient AIs in existence. Unfortunately, not two months after the droid was complete and in the final phases of testing and tweaking, directors of Imperial funding got wind of the project. Word came down that the project was being axed – no more funding, no compensation for past investments or current debts. This left the designer holding the bag to the tune of some 1 million credits. Fortunately, the Twi'lek's troubles came to an end very qu