ED-209 (209)

ED-209's History

The Enforcement Droid, Series 209, or ED-209, were a fully-automated series of peacekeeping machines created by Omni Consumer Products. The units were programmed for urban pacification, but OCP also negotiated contracts with the military for use in war.

During its first demonstration, ED-209 malfunctioned disastrously, blasting junior executive Mr. Kinney to death over a sustained period of time. Unable to stop the droid's rampage, Dr. McNamara and his fellow technicians struggled to gain control over their faulty robot, having to pull some sort of plug to finally shut it down. Because of the Kinney tragedy, the RoboCop program was given the green-light.

When RoboCop attempted to arrest Dick Jones (who was the collaborator of notorious mobster and alleged cop-killer Clarence Boddicker), Jones deployed ED-209. After taking severe hits, RoboCop escaped down a flight of stairs which stumped the droid, whose huge feet couldn't support it on the small steps, causing it to fall.

After its scuffle with RoboCop, Dick Jones took the opportunity to give the ED-209 project the green light, with RoboCop seemingly gone. An ED-209 was posted at the entrance of OCP, where it spotted an approaching RoboCop, who had reaffirmed his original identity as Alex Murphy and destroyed the robot with a Cobra Cannon from Clarence Boddicker (whom he'd just killed).

Attorney General Marcos later approved the 209 series for deployment in five American cities, including Detroit. Despite widespread complaints of malfunction, one of which getting its foot stuck in a manhole, the 209 series continually stayed in service even when OCP was taken over by the Kanemitsu Corporation. They were rarely seen on the streets and usually used as guards near OCP buildings.