Like the droideka, the Vulture droid starfighter, more properly referred to as the Variable Geometry Self-Propelled Battle Droid, Mark I, was originally a Trade Federation product designed and developed by a technically gifted alien civilization who modeled the battle droid on their own likeness. In the case of the Vulture droid, it was the Xi Charrians of Haor Chall Engineering who provided the design of one of the most notorious fighters of the Clone Wars. Years after the end of that galactic conflagration, Vulture droids would again see service, this time in the hands of the Yanibar Guard Fleet after being recovered, repaired, and modified by arms company Kraechar Arms.