Talk:R5-P8/@comment-198.35.28.50-20160301141017/@comment-31499365-20170403001101

That's the gun it uses for counter-attacks. He sits in his astromech socket, and when he sees lasers coming his way, he fires back. The critical rule comes into effect when R5-P8 has to swivel his head to shoot, but a chunk of ship gets in the way.