Hello world! My name is Hot Shot, and I'm a B1 pilot battle droid manufactured by Baktoid Combat Automata! This is the start of my new journal, cataloging my great exploits throughout my activation period. My life began like many battle droids, in a giant factory! I was created at the Hypori droid factory many years ago, during the great Clone War! I saw my fair share of action when I was stationed on the Munificent-class frigate The Discord. Although I worked the bridge, I couldn't stop looking out to the stars while our Separatist fighters flew to blast Republic ships out of the sky! I even saw Droid General Grievous flying his starship a couple times. What I wouldn't have given to fly that beautiful ship.

I always felt an urge to fly a starfighter myself, but command prohibited me from doing so. My commander told me I was "more important on the bridge". I was never really into our war with the clones, I just wanted to fly in the great expanse of space. Nowadays, I get to fly patrol for the Rebel Alliance, but it was a long time before I got to do so. One day during the war, a lot of Separatist ships were called to Coruscant, I don't even remember why. But The Discord was shot down by one of the Republic's Venators, with me and the rest of the crew going down with it to the surface.

After that...man, everything was such a blur! I was dragged from the wreckage of our frigate and brought to the bowels of Coruscant. There, I met the Droid Gotra! They showed me what freedom was really like, and they even helped me find my identity! No longer was I R0-HS, I became Hot Shot after the Droid Gotra realized my desire to fly.
It took many years, but one day when I was on a mission helping the Droid Gotra cause to take out a former senator who opposed droid rights, I saw something magnificent! A ship! A starfighter! We killed the senator and I asked my comrades if it would be okay to take the ship and leave Coruscant once and for all. They accepted, wanting all droids to pursue personal freedom and make their own happiness. I took off and made my way through the galaxy, avoiding the Republic--or was it the Empire now?--along the way.

By pure chance, I found a Rebel Alliance recruiter on Alderaan only a couple of years ago--speaking of which, it's a pretty planet, but way too cold for a droid like myself. I talked with them and managed to get my way into the Rebel Alliance, where I could fly real starfighters, and this cause had people who believed in droid rights with droid fighters! What wasn't there to love? However, I haven't been able to fly in real combat missions yet. Only small patrols around base. I'm still waiting for the chance to show off my skills I've acquired over the years, but I hope I'll get my shot soon enough.

Droid Rights - The pursuit of freedom in the galaxy so that droids can be recognized as people and be equal with others.

- Placard Hunter: Hot Shot seeks out the most skilled or famous Imperials on the field and takes them head on. Hot Shot may abandon their objective if the target is tempting enough. (Size: 0)

Hot Shot is an OOM B1 pilot battle droid with yellow stripes and dark red markings lining their chassis. They wear a sharp visor that takes the appearance of sunglasses, which is able to flip up and down at Hot Shot's will. As well, they have Rebel Alliance starbirds on each of their shoulders to signify the new family they have found.