RL-18 was a masculine pilot droid who piloted the Tycoon Trader for Bala Waleen and the Hutt Cartel during the High Republic Era. Bala hired his former girlfriend Lourna Dee, without knowing it was her, to protect shipments of glitterstim from hijacking by Nihil marauders. He was destroyed by Nihil member Towl
RL-18 appeared in flashbacks in the 2021 audio drama The High Republic: Tempest Runner, written by Cavan Scott.
RL-18 appeared in flashbacks in the 2021 audio drama The High Republic: Tempest Runner, written by Cavan Scott.