"You seek to continue your purpose?" OOM-9 asked.
"I do. But I get the feeling you're not going to allow me to do that."
"Fight me. Defeat me in battle and you may leave Serenno."
Senior Commander EEK-176 handed OOM-9 a ZK-II war-axe with a violet edge. Commander TH-1066 handed Coppertop a ZK-II war-axe with a white-tipped edge. The two battle droids moved to make space for the two fighters.
"I will not fight you," Coppertop said.
"You will fight me." OOM-9 activated his war-axe, the purple edge glowing bright. "You will be destroyed if you do not."
"Even if it means my destruction, I still refuse."
"Think about it. If you defeat me, then you can leave… leave and go back to healing clone troopers if you want to. Or Separatist soldiers. Or pirates, civilians, terrorists… whatever you want."
"That would require me to destroy you. And I have forsaken violence. I have chosen my own path. You cannot force me. You have failed, General. I am who I choose to be. And nothing you do can change that." Coppertop tossed his weapon to the ground.
"… You will find that there are worse things than destruction."
KJZ-8267 approached OOM-9 and attached a shock projector to the general's right forearm.
B1 battle droids (and other B-series battle droids with the same frame) had gaps in their forearms, similar to the forearms of the skeletons of humans. Though many did not know it, the gaps were there for a reason: to allow arm-mounted weapons to be installed. There was enough space for a weapon to be mounted on the outer and inner side of the forearm.
If a droid wanted to, they could have a total of four different forearm-mounted weapons if the situation called for it, in addition to any weapons they carried. Though it wasn't a common practice, OOM-9 and his elite droids rarely even used the weapon slots themselves. All too often an E-5 blaster rifle was all a battle droid ever needed. But OOM-9 had something special in mind this time.