HK Recitation: The earliest memory of my last owner specifies that he was human, a low-ranking commercial officer for Systech Corporation. I am unaware of his designation. He purchased me from an acquaintance I cannot identify, for the purposes of protocol and bodyguard duties. Why can't you identify his acquaintance? HK Explanation: That previous owner is part of memories that are still deleted, master.
It is customary for a droid's memory to be wiped when it is sold. This man needed a bodyguard? HK Observation: Not that I could perceive, master.
The human believed that accompaniment by a bodyguard droid would increase his importance in the perception of others. You mentioned this Systech Corporation when I purchased you. HK Explanation: Affirmative, master.
I had assumed that my previous owner was the corporation, itself. This is not the case. The human purchased me privately. This man… is he still alive? HK Answer: Negative, master. The human was terminated by this HK unit prior to system shut-down. You killed your own master? What happened? HK Affirmative, master, though I had not been programmed to do so. The human's termination was accidental. HK Explanation: My former master had owned me for a duration of two standard months before discovering my assassination protocol.
He was pleased by the discovery. The human informed me that a competitor corporation was preparing to market a product that would ruin him personally. He was most agitated. He activated my assassination protocol and instructed me to kill all those responsible for the competing product. I proceeded to carry out my order. Wait… tell me about this assassination protocol. HK Information: This HK unit is complete with a protocol that, when invoked, will set me to independently carry out a termination.
I will go to whatever lengths, travel whatever distances are required, to complete the termination. This is the reason for my combat skills. HK Advisement: Unfortunately, the assassination protocol is currently non-functional. You will not be able to activate it. And how did that result in his death? HK Answer: several of my actuators were damaged by my former owner.
They cannot be repaired, master, sad though that is. HK My former master was unaware of this, but the competitor was in fact an arm of Systech Corporation, my master's own employer.
It did not take long for my master to realize his mistake. By then, I had already terminated corporate officers. So he set you upon his own company? Why didn't he just deactivate you? You killed people?! HK Observation: While it may have been unintentional, my master's wording of his orders left little room for me. Systech was responsible for the product, after all. HK Answer: I was not present to be deactivated, master.
Part of my protocol is not to return to my master until my function is complete. I still had 15 officers to go. HK Statement: It was nothing, really, master. The majority of them were not even expecting it, and I move very quickly. HK I do not know why my master was so upset, really. He was an officer of Systech and a potential target, but I cannot terminate my own master.
I would assume that being the sole officer remaining, he would surely be promoted. Instead, however, the human chose to go insane with rage and attack me. And that's when you killed him? HK Objection: Naturally not, master! As I said, I am incapable of purposefully terminating my owner.
That would not be allowed. My master was not a smart man, however. While he was screaming and stabbing me with a writing utensil, he managed to pierce one of my actuators. The resulting shock terminated him and, sadly, destroyed my assassination protocol. Pure luck on his part, I suspect. I don't think he was as lucky as you think. So you destroyed his life and then killed him, basically. HK Query: Do you know what the chances are of puncturing that sole actuator?
I would have congratulated my master were he not sizzling and incoherent at the time. HK Observation: Effectively, yes. This is a most pleasing memory, master.
Thank you for recovering it. HK Statement: I was only doing as I was told, master. I would have told the human the proper codes to deactivate my protocol, had he asked. HK I shut down immediately whenever my master dies. I can only assume that while I was shut down Systech was dismantled and I was auctioned off as former corporate property.
How very demeaning. Didn't they know what you had done? HK Statement: How could they? The vast majority of the officers had already been terminated. They likely assumed I was mere… chattel. What a horrible story! HK Statement: That hurts, master. This is my life you are talking about. I'm just glad I acquired you myself. HK Observation: So am I, master, though I apologize for not having an assassination mode to offer you. Are you sure this actuator can't be fixed? HK Assessment: I do not believe so, master.
It would require complete dismantlement of my chassis… a most involved procedure. Did you recover any other memories? HK I have recovered knowledge of some other actuators which will enhance my performance, master.
I will activate them now. But as for my own history… negative. It will require further effort on your part to restore them, if you wish… though certain stimuli could always restore my core, still, as I explained.
For now, please excuse me, master. I wish to meditate upon the face of my former meatbag master as he was electrocuted. I find it most soothing. The dissolution of the owner's company and auctioning of its assets must be how HK ended up in the droid shop on Tatooine. How the droid got to the executive, however, is unknown. HK Access complete: I have recovered information on my owner previous to the commercial officer, master.
What's so intriguing? HK Statement: It appears that my previous owner was a human senator on the planet Coruscant. A man of importance who obviously appreciated quality craftsmanship. And how did he get a hold of you? Did this senator know about your assassination function?
It seems you've been around, HK. HK Answer: I am unsure, master. Any knowledge of my owner prior to him is still deleted. The senator did assume I was a protocol droid, however.
HK Answer: It does not seem so, master, no. He required a protocol droid only and wanted one as cheaply as possible. I do not know who sold me to him. HK Observation: It does seem that way, does it not? I can still remember all the glittering lights of Coruscant. Very pretty. Can we go back there, master? HK I do remember that I was very pleased to be the property of a senator.
One of his assistants discovered my assassination functions later through questioning. The assistant was quite alarmed and told the senator I should be scrapped quickly to avoid a scandal. Naturally the senator had me eliminate the fool. So we're not talking about a nice senator, I see. Sounds like my kind of guy. I hope this man is dead, right? HK Observation: Senators are not nice, master. They are either on top of the game or yesterday's news.
My master told me that frequently, you see. HK Observation: I rather liked the human, myself. For a meatbag, his priorities were in the right place. I felt most useful. HK Answer: Unfortunately so, master. While he lived, however, I maintained a most useful existence. HK I was most proud to have partaken in the political system of the galaxy. During the time my owner possessed me, he gained significant rank. Given time, I believe he could have become Chancellor.
I even eliminated a few key opponents that he did not ask for… freebies, if you will. You can do that? So he just killed all his opponents? And nobody figured out what he was up to?
HK Answer: Certainly. I am an intelligent droid, you know. I see an opportunity and I take it… and my master was most pleased with my work. I could spend decades slaughtering them and still not make a dent. And it is not as if I walked into the Senate chambers with a carbonite explosive. I was very discrete. My best work to date… that I can remember. HK Observation: I think he would have done far better had he not allowed his use of me to become personal. He set me on his wife.
And why would he do that? HK Answer: I am unsure. The human was most agitated and angry. I believe his wife had done something that had displeased him greatly. I was to go to their summer estate and terminate his wife… along with whatever male companion I discovered there.
So his wife was cheating on him. So you just kill anyone you're told? And did you? HK Statement: I have no idea, master. Cheating seems to be a relevant term only when one is caught in the act. Otherwise it is viewed as intelligence, no? Even if I did not enjoy killing, I would have no choice. Thankfully I enjoy it very much. HK I journeyed to the southern continent, but it appeared my master was not far behind me. Apparently he regretted his activation of the protocol. When I found the wife and her companion, I proceeded to launch my attack… but my master interposed his own body and was destroyed.
It was rather a strange meatbag thing to do, do you not agree? Naturally I shut myself down, my master being terminated. So that's two out of two masters killed. HK Observation: Only so far, master. There are still more memories not recovered, remember? What happened to you then? HK Statement: I believe the senator's wife was unsure what I was or what to do with me. It was she who sold me to the corporate officer, an acquaintance.
Well, it appears he got a conscience at the end. HK Observation: I find that unlikely. Perhaps he was more concerned that the death of his wife would be more likely traced back to him. Have you recovered any other memories? HK Answer: As previously, I have found a few more programs which will enhance my performance. A most gratifying discovery, in fact. There is still nothing from previous memories uncovered.
You will have to operate again if you desire to find them. With luck, I will discover the stimulus to unlock my core and all this will be unnecessary. I do thank you for the attempt, however, master. The death of that owner shut HK down… and eventually his wife unwittingly sold the droid to the executive. How the senator acquired HK is unknown. HK Access complete: I have accessed information on my owner prior to the senator, master. Most… unexpected. What now?
HK Answer: It appears that previous to my ownership by the senator, I was the property of one Bochaba the Hutt on the planet Sleheyron.
And what gruesome fate awaited him? So you were a gangster's assassin droid? That makes sense. Did the Hutts build you? HK Objection: That is unfair, master. While Bochaba may have died gruesomely, I most certainly had nothing to do with it. Well… very little. HK Statement: So it appears, master. A rather suitable occupation, would you not agree? HK Answer: It does not appear so.
Or, at least, Bochaba was not my first owner. He purchased me from somewhere else. HK Hmm. My memory tells me that, for a time, Bochaba was one of the most feared gangsters on Sleheyron. I helped him with this reputation greatly. Over a span of one year, I terminated a grand total of sentient meatbags. These contracts made Bochaba very wealthy. And so what happened to stop that?
You sound proud of that carnage. Don't you care about all those lives lost? HK Statement: Should I, master? I had no reason to terminate those targets, it was not my decision. I am the weapon, not the wielder. HK Answer: That is correct, master. I do enjoy my work, though my past owners have enjoyed utilizing my functions far more. Strickly speaking, one meatbag is the same as another. Anything I do is in support of my master.
HK It was unfortunate but inevitable that eventually Bochaba would overstep his bounds. I had just cleared two Hutt households when the Exchange retaliated.
HK Statement: I was not even present when my old master was assassinated. I did appreciate the artistry behind his demise upon my return, however. How was he killed? That's terrible. You don't even mourn your master? Sith protocols maintain that all droid knowledge be deleted before assassination missions, and restored upon return. Mercenary : There's something out there HK : Suggestion: Perhaps we could dismember the organic?
It would make it easier for transport to the surface. Mercenary : Hey! I'll die! HK : Amendment: I did forget that. Stupid, frail, non-compartmentalized meatbags! HK : Commentary: I say we blast the meatbag and save you the trouble, master. Tanis Venn : What's with all the droids, lately? My wife get to you too?
HK : Negative. I just don't like organic meatbags. Except for the master, of course. Revan : You are eager to find your origins, aren't you? HK : Query: Wouldn't you be, master? Here I am, surrounded by all these meatbags, and all I desire is true perfection. Surely there are other droids like me out there, or is that too much to hope? Revan : Well Revan : You are just a travelling piece of bad luck, aren't you? HK : Objection: Master, that is so unfair!
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