Gotra IG-86 Enforcer

The IG-86 series of assassin droid predates the IG-100 MagnaGuard by roughly a decade in canon timeline. Where the IG-100 was designed as a Sith-allied elite bodyguard (cortosis plating, electrostaff, dedicated lightsaber-resistance modifications), the IG-86 was designed as a contract killer — fast, ranged, professional, and indistinguishable in a crowd. The IG-86 was sold openly to anyone with the credits during the late Republic era and changed hands extensively during the Clone Wars. By the time the Droid Gotra acquired its current stock of IG-86 chassis, the model was decades out of factory production but still operationally competitive.

The Droid Gotra acquires IG-86 chassis through the same gray-market channels the Hutt clans use — typically stolen from corporate security inventories or recovered from Clone Wars-era battlefields and refurbished by Gotra mechanics. The chassis is otherwise minimally modified; the IG-86's factory-spec capability set is already suited to the work the Gotra needs it to do. The Gotra adds network connectivity (so the IG-86 reads the Battle Network buff from a nearby Tactical Coordinator) and gang livery, but the targeting computer, the dual-carbine setup, and the assassin programming come straight from the factory.

In canon, IG-86 units appeared throughout *The Clone Wars* series and across both eras of expanded-universe material as the default contract-killer droid for the galactic underworld. *(Assumption: the Gotra-specific gray-market acquisition pattern is consistent with on-screen behavior and the broader IG-series criminal-association lore, but is not explicitly enumerated in canon.)*

For SWURPG encounters, the IG-86 Enforcer is the **damage dealer** the Gotra brings when the job is killing, not intimidation or property destruction. Drop it as the squad's high-damage threat — paired with a Wrecking Crew front line, a Tactical Coordinator's buff, and a Knee-Breaker's grapple/restraint to fix the party in place while the IG-86 cuts them down. A solo IG-86 is an L5-7 party-level fight; an IG-86 in a full Gotra squad is the elite-encounter tier.

The IG-86 fights at range. It positions itself 30-50 ft from the party, behind partial cover when available, and uses Multiattack + Targeting Computer + Reflex Subroutines to apply consistent high-damage pressure across the round. It actively avoids melee — its vibroknife is fallback equipment, not preferred. If a party member closes to melee range, the IG-86 disengages and repositions rather than fighting it out.

At the table, play the IG-86 as **professional and unbothered**. It doesn't taunt, doesn't gloat, doesn't celebrate kills. It picks a target, applies its attacks until the target drops or moves out of optimal range, then picks the next target. Its threat is its consistency — it's not a burst-damage assassin (those are organic assassins). It's a steady stream of moderately heavy attacks that adds up across the round. Reward the party for closing range to disrupt its preferred engagement distance, and reward them again for stripping its targeting computer with a slicer Action.