CA-11 was built by a den of criminals on an outback desert world, created as a decoy droid for their crimes. When illegal things were going on, CA-11 would act with two functions in mind, distract, and get away, often acting as the criminals getaway driver. However, these criminals soon were either captured or killed, leaving CA-11 in a deactivated state in their bunker, where he stayed for years. Later, CA-11 was reactivated by a local group of droid dealers looking for some spare parts. Before he could be scrapped however, CA-11 saw the danger and remembered his functions distract, and get away, leaving him running away from the droid dealers.

Greed: CA-11 is a sucker for credits. During his service life with the criminals who built him, he saw a wide range and amount of credits. Seeing appreciation for credits for most of the time he was operational, CA-11 grew very interested in the procurement of them, and so his greed often overtakes his normal processes.

Obsession: Similar to the ones who created him, CA-11 gained a certain sense of obsession with gambling. This obsession has led him to situations where he once wagered his own arm in a bet. CA-11 may have won that bet, but that was just luck, as sometimes, even a droid finds themselves in a spot of bad luck.