R5-D4 (Arfive-Defour)

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Info

Title	R5-D4 (Arfive-Defour)
Side	Light
Type	Character — Droid
Set	A New Hope
Publisher	Decipher
Era	Decipher era
Rarity	C2
Uniqueness	Unrestricted
Destiny	4
Power	1
Deploy	2
Forfeit	3
Icons	Nav Computer
GEMP ID	2_15o
Versions	Decipher — this page (2_15o) Decipher (Japanese) - R5-D4 (Arfive-Defour) (Japanese) (1302_15o), A New Hope (Japanese), September 1997 PC Errata — R5-D4 (Arfive-Defour) (PC Errata) (2_15)

R5-D4 (Arfive-Defour) is a Light Character (Droid) from A New Hope.

Card Text

While aboard any starship, adds 1 to power and maneuver. If on a starship hit by an Ion Cannon, restores armor/maneuver and hyperspeed during your next control phase.

Lore

Cheap astromech droid commonly referred to as 'Red.' Purposely blew his motivator to prevent splitting up R2-D2 and C-3PO on Tatooine. Poor navigator but skilled mechanic.

Joke

The lore says he blew his motivator on purpose, to keep R2-D2 and C-3PO together. In Star Wars it just blows, and Luke tells his uncle "This R2 unit has a bad motivator." And as a "skilled mechanic", he could fix himself later. On the cards, R5-D4 adds 1 to power aboard a starship, while R2-D2, the droid he stepped aside for, adds 2 aboard a starfighter. See Jokes.

Rulings

• This card is not a maintenance droid (e.g. for Echo Base Garrison).

Pulled by

• Hero Of A Thousand Devices (V)

Characteristics

• Astromech Droid
• r-unit

Counterpart

• R5-A2 (Arfive-Aytoo)

Sources

• Original printed face: R5-D4 (Arfive-Defour), Decipher (archived 12 June 2002).
• Complete Card List (Decipher PDF, archive 28 September 2007) — Light Character: R5-D4 (Arfive-Defour), A New Hope, C2
• Printed face: Decipher.com card image (Wayback copy of decipher.com/starwars/cardlists)
• Rule-derived nav computer capability (not a printed icon): Star Wars CCG Glossary, Decipher, entries "astromech" and "nav computer icon", pp. 15 and 94 (archived 15 December 2006).

References