So I figure once more to make yet another SW thread after....some time, this being yet another droid and more specifically a TFU droid. So let's get right into it, we shall be looking at Galen Marek's training partner/friend. PROXY!
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Sourcebook/Guide/FF/Databank Quotes
It is a well known fact that Darth Vader used a number of different droids as sparring partners to maintain his lightsaber skills. When it came to secretly training his own apprentice, the Sith Lord created a unique and deadly tool. Oddly resembling an incomplete droid, perhaps even C-3PO before he left him while still a child. Prototype Ten was one of the most complex droids Darth Vader ever created.
- Fact File 8v3
PROXY is described as unique and deadly compared to Vader's other droids he used as sparring partners. PROXY being one of the most complex droids Vader has ever created.
To destroy Starkiller, PROXY was equipped with an advanced Mimetic Combat Processor. This took him far beyond the abilities of Darth Vader's usual training droids. PROXY was programmed with the fighting abilities of many powerful individuals. This went beyond merely their fighting abilities. PROXY took on whatever was known about their character too, using complex programming to mimic the individual fully.
- Fact File 8v3
He became far superior to Vader's usual training droids, programmed with the fighting abilities of powerful individuals but it went beyond just their fighting abilities as he took on whatever was known about them to mimic the person fully.
Because of the droid's primary directive, Starkiller always had to be ready to be attacked by foes drawn from the past or present. As well as the individuals held in his core programming, PROXY had full access to the Imperial data network, though this access had to be covert, which was just another of PROXY's skills. This ensured that PROXY could study the data files showing the combat skill and personalities of innumerable potential opponents- including Jedi.
- Fact File 8v3
Not only does he have internal core programming of individuals, but he can also access the Imperial network to gain more personalities and combat skills of other opponents.
The droid known as PROXY is a one-of-a kind creation designed to test Darth Vader's secret apprentice at all times. Though the droid is loyal to the apprentice, its programming requires it to attempt to kill the apprentice. PROXY is a combat droid outfitted with numerous advanced holographic projectors that can produce near-perfect images around its body. PROXY contains detailed files on a number of Jedi Knights and Sith Lords. And also has access to top secret Imperial data files. As a result, PROXY can mimic the appearance and fighting style of a number of historic figures, which it uses to ambush the apprentice on a regular basis. Though dueling with the apprentice regularly damages and disables PROXY, the droid excels at repairing itself and can recover from grievous damage in a matter of hours.
- TFU CG
Again stated to be a one of a kind creation, has detailed files on both Jedi and Sith, he can recover from grievous damage and can repair himself in a matter of hours.
To fulfill his primary function, the droid would need to be incredibly resilient and deadly, programmed with a wide range of fighting styles and equipped with advanced technology that would enable him to emulate a Jedi's powers and lightsaber attacks.
- The Art & Making of The Force Unleashed
Again really just re-iterating how incredibly resilient and deadly PROXY is, programmed with a wide variety of fighting abilities and can mimic a Jedi's Force powers.
Alliance Chief Droid Specialist, Maintenance Log
The holodroid PROXY arrived for maintenance today. We upgraded the circuits in all of his main holoprojectors and repulsor emitters. As we are under strict orders from Commander Eclipse to provide only the most basic repairs, I was unable to get a closer look at how extraordinarily(and potentially dangerous) droid is put together. I still have no idea who created PROXY and how he exactly operates so many advanced features.
Nothing in the standard maintenance scans reveals how PROXY is able to mimic biological lifeforms with such believable effectiveness. And I've never seen such combat ability in a droid before.
- TFU 2 Databank
An Alliance Droid Specialist states how dangerous PROXY is, how one of a kind along with being put together so well and that they've never seen such combat ability in a droid before.
Novel Quotes
Even as he mulled over this new development, a familiar snap-hiss sounded to his right and a glowing blue-white blade sprang into life in a dark corner of the hangar. A brown-robed figure ran forward, weapon raised.
Instantly in a fighting crouch, the apprentice brought his own blade up to block the blow, teeth bared in a delighted snarl.
He and his adversary held the pose for a bare second, light-sabers locked across their chests. The apprentice quickly sized up the being who had attacked him. Human male, fair-haired and bearded, with calm, serious eyes and a firm set to his jaw. Anyone within living memory of the Clone Wars-or possessing free access to the Jedi Archives-would have recognized him immediately.
Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi, High General of the Galactic Republic and master of the Soresu form of lightsaber combat, slid his deadly blade down and to the right, ducking at the same time to avoid the inevitable countersweep. Sparks flew as the apprentice Force-leapt high into the air and landed with perfect agility on top of a stack of crates. He reached out with his cupped left hand and swept a metal tool kit across the hangar bay, toward his opponent's head. Kenobi ducked and leapt up after him, deflecting a flurry of blows that would have left an ordinary man in pieces, then responding with a sweep of his own that sent the apprentice dodging backward, jumping from one stack to another in temporary retreat.
So the duel proceeded for almost a minute, with Kenobi and the apprentice dancing like acrobatic Gados from stack to stack, lightsabers spinning and clashing, racks and tools turned into temporary weapons as they hurled themselves from one to the other. The racket was enormous, and the threat very real. Kenobi slashed a new rip in the sleeve of the apprentice's combat suit with a move that would have taken his arm off at the elbow had he not moved in time. Twice he felt rather than saw the Jedi's blade sweep over his head.
The apprentice wasn't afraid of dying. His only fear was of failing his Master, and that fear he put to good use. The dark side ruined through him, made him strong and resilient. He felt more powerful than he ever had before.
Vader was sending him to hunt one of his old foes-and how better to warm up for the mission than by killing the man who had once been among the most famous Jedi in the galaxy?
Alive with murderous intent, the apprentice rushed forward, his red blade swinging, to finish the job.
At the sound of an unfamiliar energy weapon activating nearby, Juno Eclipse looked up from her work and reached for the blaster pistol at her side.
Two weapons were in play, humming and clashing, and the harsh, almost percussive sound was punctuated by noises of physical violence. Metal banged and crashed as though a dozen troopers were throwing armor at one another. There were many fragile components stored in the hangar, some of them actively dangerous if handled carelessly, but a cry of anger stalled on her lips. There was something about the sound of those weapons... something familiar that she couldn't quite place...
Things became stranger still when the younger of the combatants, with a look of wild satisfaction, rammed his crimson lightsaber through the chest of his opponent. Defeated, the older man dropped to his knees, a look of shock spreading across his face.
That expression was shared by Juno when the form of the older man began to spark and flicker like a hologram-which, she realized an instant later, was exactly what he was. Arms, legs, torso, and face sputtered and dissolved, revealing the bipedal form of a droid beneath. He stirred and fell forward with a clatter of metal on metal.
"Ah, master. Another excellent duel." The droid's words were muffled until the young man who had "killed" him rolled him over onto his back.
"You caught me by surprise, PROXY," the man said with an easy affection that belied his former ferocity. "I haven't fought that training program in years. I assumed you'd erased it."
The droid struggled to stand, but succeeded only in losing his balance and almost falling again. His owner caught him in time and helped him straighten.
"Easy, PROXY. You're malfunctioning."
"It's my fault, master," the droid said with an electronic sigh, looking down at the smoking hole in his chest. "I had hoped that using an older training module would catch you off guard and allow me to finally kill you. I'm sorry I failed you again."
A concerned smile flickered across the young man's face. "I'm sure you'll keep trying."
- TFU Novel
Here he fights against Galen, keeping up with him, the two described as acrobats, hurling tools and racks at one another. Even PROXY nearly taking off his arm, able to move so fast to deflect Starkiller's strikes that they would have left an ordinary person in pieces.
She left the ship, face burning for the second time in a matter of minutes. What was wrong with her? The slightest hint that sin had overheard the conversation between Starkiller and Lord Vader regarding the Emperor and she'd be dead for sure. If Vader's agent didn't do it, the droid would. He was an expert hand with a lightsaber, after all.
- TFU Novel
Simply described as an expert with a lightsaber.
PROXY suddenly stirred. She blinked out of her thoughts and guiltily tried to look as though she was working. The droid paid her not the slightest attention, however, unfolding from his seat and heading aft. The sound of his metal footsteps led to the meditation chamber; the hatch slid open, and PROXY went inside.
She hesitated a moment, then opened the screen that enabled her to spy on the activities within. In the deep gloom of the chamber, Starkiller knelt with his eyes closed and his back to the door, which her viewpoint covered. The faint shape of PROXY glowed all over for a second, morphing into a new shape. When the transformation was complete, he stood some centimeters taller and broader than before, with a beard and long hair, and wearing the standard robes of a Jedi Knight. The new expression he wore was one of determined solemnity.
Starkiller opened his eyes but didn't move until PROXY had activated a bright green lightsaber and raised it vertically in a balanced, two-handed pose on the right side of his body. Then Starkiller was up and defending himself so quickly that Juno had hardly seen him move. PROXY rained blows upon him with .1 speed and athleticism belying his construction. Spinning, tumbling, and cartwheeling all across the room, he was constantly on the offensive, employing swings that were both fast and powerful. Starkiller had his hands full deflecting them all. In the flickering, light, she saw sweat standing out on his forehead.
The clash and crackle of lightsabers filled her earpiece. She turned the volume down so as not to disturb Kota's sleep. This wasn't the first time she had witnessed a duel between Starkiller and his training droid. They had fought like dervishes during the first days after fleeing the Empirical, the droid obviously helping him let off steam. But for those releases, she wondered if the pressure cooker of his mind would steadily build up stresses until he exploded.
She hadn't learned, however, to relax during them. Starkiller never lost-which was lucky, because PROXY spoke with disarming openness of his intention to kill his master should he ever find a chink in his armor. What life would be like after such a fatal mishap, she didn't like to think, so for now she tolerated the occasional practice sessions, even if she couldn't enjoy them.
PROXY didn't stay still for a second, attacking from the ground, the walls, the ceiling, even from midair. It was like watching a dance, but one in which the slightest slip could mean death. Starkiller danced with him long enough for her to worry, then he changed his own style to match that of the droid's-and suddenly she could see the difference between the human and the mechanical. Where PROXY had been fast, Starkiller was graceful as well. Where PROXY had simply slashed and stabbed, Starkiller applied flourishes to his offensive strikes. Where every move PROXY made involved his entire body, Starkiller could launch an attack with one finger, or block by shifting his foot a single centimeter.
The end came suddenly, with the green lightsaber stabbing deep into the belly of the unknown Jedi. Starkiller withdrew the blade and stepped backward. The other lightsaber deactivated and fell with a thunk to the metal floor. Starkiller's virtual opponent crumpled forward and had returned to PROXY'S usual form before he hit the ground.
"I've failed again," came the muffled voice of the droid. "I'm sorry, master."
"It's not your fault, PROXY." Starkiller extended a hand and 11.1uled the droid to his feet. "Ataru doesn't work properly without the Force. You managed a credible impersonation of it, though, especially in such a confined place."
"Thank you, master. Perhaps I will succeed next time."
Starkiller patted him with genuine affection. "You know, you did surprise me. I thought you were Kota."
"Now, he would make a fine training module." The droid fairly quivered at the praise. "Perhaps one day I will see him fight. That way I could observe how he moves and re-create him for you."
- TFU Novel
PROXY once more engages Starkiller(after he had killed both Paratus and Ti) and despite the confines of the spacing(along with lack of the ability to use The Force), he was able to give a pretty decent fight and even Starkiller complimenting on that fact.
"I know you're there," he said. "Show yourself."
A brown-robed human figure stepped out of the shadow, with one gloved or artificial hand and thick, dark blond hair. His eyes were in shadow, but there was no mistaking his intent. A bright blue lightsaber flashed into life as the figure approached, his steps quickening, intent on attack.
"A new one, PROXY? Excellent."
The apprentice swept his lightsaber into his hand and blocked the first of a series of rapid-fire blows. The droid had been working on this module for some time, it seemed, judging by the skill he displayed. His combat style ranged from the aggressive Jedi style Shien to the more advanced form of Djem So with occasional flashes of rage that pushed the combat beyond offensive barrage to outright, fury-fueled Juyo. The apprentice danced with feet and blade, admiring the techniques and tricks of his newest opponent- whom he naturally recognized as the long-dead Clone Wars hero Anakin Skywalker-and prolonging the duel to see where it might lead.
But despite his intellectual interest in PROXY'S handiwork, his heart wasn't in it. He had fought real Jedi Knights now, and fallen Jedi Padawans. In his visions he had fought as his Master, Darth Vader, and even fought himself. Such duels were very real, whereas this felt, suddenly, empty, and no longer served even as a distraction. Were it not for PROXY'S feelings, he would end it quickly and conserve his energy for other purposes.
Even as he thought that, PROXY surprised him. Ducking under a particularly rash stroke, the droid rolled as expected but came up empty-handed. The apprentice looked for the lightsaber and saw it barely in time to avoid dismemberment. PROXY had used his repulsors to imitate a telekinetic push that sent the hilt of the lightsaber spinning across the room and back again-a move the apprentice had never seen him use before. The apprentice's block stopped the blade from slashing his throat, but in ricocheting it scored a gash down his arm. The light wound sent a neural shock through his system. He laughed, not just at the sudden rush of adrenaline and endorphins.
"Well done, PROXY," he said. "You almost had me there." The droid didn't break his disguise as he fell back under a flurry of retaliatory blows. Revitalized by the reminder that even play-fighting with PROXY could be deadly, the apprentice drove the droid into a corner and rammed the tip of his blade through PROXY'S metal chest.
The hologram sparked and flickered. PROXY'S familiar features appeared through those of the legendary Jedi Knight, and the apprentice reached out to steady him.
- TFU Novel
Here he takes the form of Anakin Skywalker which he had been working on, even Starkiller being impressed by it even though his heart wasn't in the fight that doesn't detract from showing PROXY's skill.
PROXY transformed into Obi-Wan Kenobi and activated the lightsaber that had been hanging at his side. The droid's opening move was much faster than any he had attempted before-as of course it should have been, the apprentice realized when he blocked the blow barely in time. The Core had access to all the same records he did; its knowledge of Jedi lightsaber techniques might be unsurpassed in the entire galaxy.
But knowledge was not the same thing as experience, just as clever technology wasn't the same thing as the Force. He was confident that he could defeat the Core in PROXY'S body at a fair fight.
- TFU Novel
Noted that the Core(Raxus Prime planetary AI) gained all the knowledge of what PROXY had, this includes Jedi lightsaber techniques which is unsurpassed in the entire galaxy. Meaning that PROXY himself has knowledge of every single lightsaber fighting style within his databanks. However given that The Core was controlling PROXY, The Core doesn't have his experiences of fighting, he only has the knowledge and is controlling him.
PROXY'S holographic skin re-formed in the shape of Qui-Gon Jinn. The long-dead Jedi Master's fighting style, however, was all the Core, with swift efficient lunges and more-than-adequite blocks. The Core kept its body and blade carefully between the apprentice and the cable. Every trick he tried to get past them the Core anticipated and forestalled.
The red-eyed droids recovered as quickly as PROXY and soon joined in the fray.
I do not feel pain," said the Core through PROXY'S vocoder, "and my thoughts encompass the entire planet. Nothing you accomplish in this room will make a difference."
PROXY leapt over the droids, shaped this time like Anakin Skywalker. The apprentice met him in midair and attempted to drive him back. The cable danced behind the droid, never snagging or looping forward. The Core used PROXY's internal repulsors to keep it securely out of his reach. His physical reach.
The smoke cleared. PROXY straightened, and his image settled into the form of a Zabrak with eyes full of hate and numerous horns sprouting from his red-and-black skin. His robes were midnight. His leer was full of bloodlust.
The apprentice was taken momentarily aback. He had never seen that training module before. Either it had been dredged up from the depths of PROXY'S memory banks, or the droid had been saving it for just the right moment.
The Zabrak Sith grinned at him and drove forward through the parting sea of droids. None now came within a meter of the intact cable, so even that option was lost.
"You are weak," crowed the Core as it approached. "You will not sacrifice this droid even though letting me possess its memories means your downfall."
The apprentice didn't waste energy on speech, blocking each of the Core's moves and driving the droid a step backward. Frustration made him strong, even if he presently had no outlet for that strength. Bringing down the ceiling could kill both of them and probably wouldn't have a profound effect on the Core. If it really was distributed across the entire planet, it could be unkillable.
"Violence feeds disorder," blared the Core as they fought "Violence is a threat to control. Violence will, therefore, be eliminated under my rule."
"Sounds like you've thought of everything." He barely blocked a combination of blows that he had never seen before, even when fighting his Master.
"There is not a contingency I have not explored," the Core said through the mouth of the Zabrak Sith.
"Oh no?"
The apprentice drove the android back with a series of fast strikes and acrobatic maneuvers. PROXY was nowhere near as flexible as him and had none of the Force-enhanced reflexes he possessed. The droid could never beat him at a lightsaber duel, even with the Core behind it. He fought with a single-minded intensity-one designed to empty his mind of all thought and feeling. The being he was fighting was neither Sith nor PROXY. It was the Core-and the time had come to stop playing with it.
They froze with lightsabers locked and scraping together, human strength warring with droid's, brown eyes fixed on red photoreceptors.
"Submit or die," said the Core.
"There is a third option." With a sudden, twisting move, he brought his saber down into PROXY'S chest and slashed deep, right through the droid body. "I could beat you."
The red eyes flickered. For an instant just enough of the Core remained in PROXY to register surprise and then extreme alarm. The hologram sparked and faded, revealing the terrible, smoking wound in the droid's chest. The apprentice removed the blade, satisfied that his blow had done the job.
- TFU Novel
Here PROXY(The Core) switches from Qui-Gon Jinn to Anakin Skywalker to Darth Maul, showcasing that PROXY can essentially switch to different combatants in midfight.
She wasn't the only one defending the ship. Nitram was crouched behind a display like her, peppering the troopers whenever they crossed his line of fire. PROXY had taken the blaster from a fallen navigator and was using it to harass the invaders, his image displaying a flickering form of camouflage of his own. Juno saw her own features come and go, with hints of Mon Mothma and Leia, too. There didn't seem any rhyme or reason to it, but she didn't have the time to think it through just then.
- TFU 2 Novel
Just showing he can pick up a blaster and fight without a lightsaber.
TFU 2 Comic
Turns into Jango Fett and easily takes down Boba Fett. Also before anyone says anything, the surprise shouldn't have been much a factor considering how fast Boba quickly retaliated, yet was still brought down. Now this probably isn't how an actual fight would go down, since it honestly didn't last long, but it does show that he knows about Jango.
Remember that PROXY perfectly mimics someone's fighting style and character, in fact PROXY is probably better with Non-Force Users, since they don't have The Force, so he isn't hindered by not having that.
Side Note: Vader's Training Droids: ASP-19 Battle Droid
Deep within his fortified castle in the Imperial Center, Darth Vader maintains a small corps of modified ASP droids for personal combat training. Dubbed "killer droids" by Darth Vader's somber household staff, these automations were built specifically to the Dark Lord's exacting specifications. Vader adopted the ASP-19 frame design because it was sturdy and relatively easy to repair if not too seriously damaged. However, the basic frame was all Darth Vader used when designing his training droids.
- Shadows of the Empire Sourcebook
So just to get a better understanding of what came before PROXY, Vader has modified ASP-19 combat droids, built to his exact specifications and their frames are sturdy and easy to repair.
He had most of the main body components manufactured from reinforced alloys so the droids would hold up better under combat stresses and lightsaber hits. The ASP's singular visual ocular was replaced by a compact high-speed visual sensor, with special interface couplings to allow for faster transmission of optical data and quicker responses through advanced survomotors.
Vader ordered the droids to be outfitted with advanced AA-1 Verbo-brains, the same processors used in Cybot Galactia's popular C-3PO human cyborg relations droid. But where the protocol droids' processor unit can store millions of languages, these Verbo-brains are packed full of combat techniques. It is even rumored that part of the droid's battle programming comes from a Jedi Holocron with the personal lightsaber training techniques of Jedi Master Vo'ren Faalo.
- Shadows of the Empire Sourcebook
The main body components are reinforced alloys to make them stronger under combat and lightsaber hits, their ocular was replaced by a high speed visual sensor for faster response times. Their brains are AA-1 Verbo-brains, the same found on 3PO units and are packed full of combat techniques, even rumors abound having the knowledge of Jedi Master Vo'Ren Faalo.
Take also note that the AA-1 Verbo-brains operate at 7 petahertz and can calculate within 6.1 picoseconds.
The units are programmed at Vader's castle. The castle's computer draws all the techniques from a secured filed and imprints this information onto the droid's processors. This information is regularly updated, allowing the droids to be improved over time and allowing the experiences of earlier droids to be directly programmed into any new ASP training droids.
While Vader has tired of these units because their combat ability barely manage to challenge his own, these units are considered unbeatable and deadly by everyone else on Vader's staff.
- Shadows of the Empire Sourcebook
They are regularly updated and their experiences are directly programmed into any new ASP unit. Even still despite ALL of this, they are proven little challenge by Vader but even still are considered deadly.
Darth Vader held his lightsaber firmly, wrists locked, and watched the killer droid circle to its left. The droid was a new model, one of a dozen identical units constructed to his personal specifications. Like Vader, it also held a lightsaber. It was tall, spindly, looked something like the general-purpose Asps to be found all over the Empire, but with a number of special modifications. The unit was faster than an ordinary man, stronger, programmed with the knowledge of a hundred sword masters and a dozen different fighting styles. Against a normal person, the droid would be unbeatable and deadly-The droid stepped in fast and cut at Vader's head. Vader blocked, and the droid chopped again, circling the humming blade in a second cut at Vader's side. Fast, but again a block-The droid's third attack came from the opposite side as its blade flashed in a large half circle-Vader parried and riposted, angling a slash at the droid's head - The droid blocked and slid back a meter, out of range, blade held over its head, point angled down.
The slight ache in Vader's shoulder where Luke had cut through his armor during their fight was definitely better. He hardly felt any soreness at all with that series.
He moved in, swung a feint at the droid's neck, twisted his wrists, and pivoted the lightsaber for a second feint at the same side, then a third feint, a jab at the midsection.
The droid stepped back and cross blocked the final feint-Vader V-stepped to his left, cocked his blade over his left shoulder, and hacked forty-five degrees at the base of the metal neck-The droid's block was a quarter second slow. Strong as it was, it was not strong enough to offset the power and momentum of Vader's strike. The blades met, hissed and sparked, but Vader's sword shoved the droid's blade to the side. It tried to backpedal-Too late. The lightsaber hit midway between the droid's neck and shoulder joint, sheared through the exo frame and halfway through the chest. Circuitry sparked, shorted out. Sparks and acrid smoke erupted from the droid's body. It dropped the lightsaber as its hand controls died. Fell to its knees.
Vader cocked the weapon over his right shoulder and swung in a flat horizontal arc-The lightsaber sliced through the droid's neck and took its head off. The head fell, bounced, and the droid's decapitated body fell backward.
Vader stood over the downed droid. Soon he would have to order another dozen of them produced-this was the eighth one of the originals; he had but four left. And the next batch would need to be improved. It was getting too easy.
His shoulder definitely felt better. He shut off his lightsaber and turned away from the droid. An aide stood in the doorway, looking impressed and nervous.
"Clean up the mess," Vader said.
He strode away. He did not look back.
- SOTE Novel
Here Vader easily destroys one, also noting that against a normal person, the droid would be unbeatable.
Take note that Vader also easily dismissed PROXY who is better than these ASP units.
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So there you have it folks, I didn't add any scans for TFU comic because...eh...PROXY didn't really do much there, the same with the games, the novels kinda cover all of that anyway and they of course go more into detail.
Still I hope this brings into light of PROXY's capabilities. The fact that PROXY is able to give fights to SK at all(even then, this doesn't exactly stay very long) just shows how well put together he is, because you know...Vader built him personally and I think every SW fan knows how much of a whizz Vader/Anakin is with technology, plus I'm sure he wouldn't skimp out on training. That and there isn't anything really contradicting why he wouldn't be able to do so, he's fought the guy since he's been a child after all and it's not like PROXY can't grow himself.
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