HK-44

"Explanation: I am a modified model of the HK-series. Prior to my reprogramming by Master Beren, I quite enjoyed murdering defenceless Humans, even if my master did not command me to. Now, I kill only when my master tells me to do so. Even then, I don't like killing others. Admittance: The only things I enjoy now, are walking the forests of Alderaan, engaging in conversations with other organics, and tea."

- HK-44 on his programming HK-44, known mostly as Heke, was a Hunter-Killer assassin droid and former Jedi hunter of the Sith Empire. Somewhere during the Great Galactic War, a Light Sith Lord, named Prince Beren Gerthlin, reprogrammed the droid using a modified HK protocol pacifist package. This made Heke more humanitarian and peaceful, but did not completely delete his hunter-killer programming. Shortly after defeating the dreaded Dark Lord Darth Nox, the Galactic Republic allowed Heke's current owner, Strove Vangasa, to install a freedom chip inside Heke's head, which allowed him to break free of his programming and making him able to make his own decisions. After the installation, Heke no longer vocally prefixed every statement he made with a speech conditional that described the type of statement that it was. For example, if asking a question, he would first say "Query:" before beginning to speak. After being given free will, he stopped speaking this way.