|B2 super battle droid| B2 super battle droid |Chronological and
political information| The B2 super battle droid (SBD) was an
upgraded version of the B1 battle droid, with superior armament
and armor. They were manufactured after the Invasion of Naboo
proved need for stronger droids. B2s were used by the Trade
Federation, the Techno Union, and later, on a much larger scale,
the Confederacy of Independent Systems. Some units were later
reactivated on Mustafar by Gizor Dellso and other members of the
Separatist holdouts, and the Galactic Alliance also used some B2
units during the Yuuzhan Vong War. One of the main design flaws
of the standard B1 battle droid was its reliance on a Droid
Control Ship to provide a signal; if the ships were disabled,
the battle droids would become useless. To remedy this, the
super battle droid did not rely on such a signal and had a
greater capacity for independence. However, the droid still
operated best with a command signal, otherwise they tended to
forget about enemies as soo