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Produced by GAT Practical Technologies, the X-105 "HARPY" was initially designed to assist in the exploration and terraforming of hostile worlds during the Colonial Expansion era, and was quite financially successful due to its adaptability, reliability, and the overall pleasant nature of its controlling Virtual Intelligence. However, the X-105 also saw protracted use as a combat unit during the later years of the Betelgeuse Uprising, when desperate Separatists realized that the lightweight, highly maneuverable units were not only adept at delivering explosive payloads and shredding the armor of mechanized infantry with their talons, but their on-board manufacturing protocols allowed them to replicate flocks of BUBO support drones in a combat-ready state --filling the skies with gleaming metal clouds of disposable mechanical owls armed with handguns and sharp objects.