R3-N9

R3-N9, more commonly referred to as "Nines", was the personal astromech droid for Jaxx Nassin.

Nines was originally assigned fleet duties with the Galactic Empire during the Galactic Civil War performing complex navigational duties onboard the Star Destroyer *Revengeance*. Following the fall of the Galactic Empire, the New Republic repurposed Nines to serve automated freight liners transiting Mid-Rim systems. The New Republic assumed these trade lanes were safe from pirate attacks as most pirate organizations had kept to the Outer Rim Territories. Nines had earned a reputation of being a loud mouth to his droid compatriots during his time in freight service as he felt his computational abilities could be used better elsewhere than ferrying cargo between systems. Despite the New Republic reprogramming Imperial droids, Nines retained some of the personality he had developed during his years working on board Star Destroyers.

The Galactic Corsairs, feeling emboldened by successful raids on luxury liners that ventured too far from the Galactic Core, began targeting the New Republic's automated freighter fleet. When they raided Nine's freighter convoy, he attempted to defend his cargo after being boarded, but the Corsairs quickly overwhelmed him and what light security the New Republic had bothered to station onboard the cargo ships. Nines was severely damaged during the raid, but was taken as part of the Corsair's haul. Jaxx, having a penchant for slicing and droid engineering, quickly took an interest in the R3 series droid.

R3 series droids came equipped with Intellex V computer brains, which were well known for their computational power. Jaxx wanted to leverage that power to enhance the Corsair's slicing capabilities to crack more complex security. After weeks of sourcing new astromech components, Jaxx was able to repair Nines and deprogram him of his New Republic restrictions, leaving the droid with a bit of a mean streak. Nines was loyal neither to the New Republic nor the Galactic Empire that came before it after his deprogramming was finished. He felt that Jaxx, and by extension the Corsairs, understood his capabilities and voluntarily joined to be Jaxx's personal astromech droid. Nines quickly became a major asset when plugged into the astromech socket of Jaxx's Y-Wing.

Nines' personality developed to have a slight superiority complex. He knows that his advanced computational power puts him on a level above most other droids. He also was an accomplished slicing droid, able to slice through some of the most complex digital security in under half the time it would take an R2 or R4 series droid to complete. Originally equipped with a transparisteel dome, Jaxx replaced the dome with a typical plastex dome in an effort to make Nines less identifiable as an R3 series in passing.

When Jaxx fled the Corsairs to join the Emperor's Hammer, Nines stayed by his side and accompanied him to the Hammer's Fleet.