# Decrypting droid names
**URL:** https://forums.oldtimersguild.com/t/decrypting-droid-names/32031
**Category:** Star Wars: The Old Republic
**Tags:** request, humor
**Created:** [March 25, 2021, 3:25am UTC](https://forums.oldtimersguild.com/t/decrypting-droid-names/32031 "2021-03-25T03:25:51Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@ribbit](https://forums.oldtimersguild.com/u/ribbit)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2021, 3:25am UTC](https://forums.oldtimersguild.com/t/decrypting-droid-names/32031/1 "2021-03-25T03:25:51Z")
I have a new hobby: decrypting droid names using leetspeak or whatever it’s called, where numbers represent letters (1=i, 3=E, 4=A, 7=T, 8=B or “ate”, and so forth. I don’t know them all.). There are some fun names, but there are many that I don’t “get”. Maybe not all names translate into something. I’m wondering if you’ve noticed ones that I haven’t or can explain ones I’m not sure of or have wrong. I try to put where I’ve seen them in parentheses after each one.
- M8-3R = Mater (I forget where)
- RE-1 = Rei or Rey (pet)
- D-LZ8 = The lazy eight, which is several things, including an aerial maneuver performed in a plane. (Republic Makeb storyline)
- ZAN-3LO = Zanelo, which is a surname, but also Zane Lo, who appears to be a person involved with porn films. I didn’t want to click on any of those google links. (Republic Makeb storyline)
- MT-4T (pet) = MT-AT is a spider tank in Star Wars - the Mountain Terrain Armored Transport. MTAT is also an acronym that’s used for many things in real life.
- CB-08-4 = See Boba? Fett, I assume. (Taris droid that tests you after being infected by rakghouls)
- M4-Y8 = Maybe? (pet)
- T3-G2 = Tegz, which can easily be a reference to a real person. (Shadow of Revan Prelude questgiver on Pub fleet.)
I’ll add more as I find them.
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### Author:  [@Splutty](https://forums.oldtimersguild.com/u/Splutty)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2021, 3:01pm UTC](https://forums.oldtimersguild.com/t/decrypting-droid-names/32031/2 "2021-03-25T15:01:47Z")
I’m not sure what to make of RZDZ. 😃
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### Author:  [@ribbit](https://forums.oldtimersguild.com/u/ribbit)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2021, 4:08pm UTC](https://forums.oldtimersguild.com/t/decrypting-droid-names/32031/3 "2021-03-25T16:08:31Z")
Or C2-N2.