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human
In Phantom Menace why does the droid army have ranks?

Why would the droid army need a command structure if they are all controlled from a command ship?
gpt
They're not automatons. They still have an AI processor, and they still need to react to situations that come up. Having a hierarchy just makes the decision making easier at those times.

That and the droids do work independently from the control ship. They were used extensively on board capital ships and it's better to just give order to 1 droid and have him order the rest than to have to order every droid.