Hunter-Killer probot
Hunter-Killer probot
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- "Uh-oh...probe's checkn' out themarauder!
That ain't no ordinary patrol droid...that's an ImperialHunter-Killer!" - ―Shug Ninx and Salla Zend[4]
TheHunter-Killer probot, also known as theH-K probot, was a bizarre evolution of the more commonViper probe droid. Produced byArakyd Laboratories, they were commonly used as autonomous patrol vehicles nearImperialworlds.
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- "S'closin' on usfast, shug. Hit him! Hit him!
H-K droid's got some kind ofdefectors! The Falcon's missiles are bouncin' off his shields likepebbles!" - ―Salla Zend and Shug Ninx, after engaging Judgement 12-X7[4]
Hunter-Killerschematics.
Shaped roughly like its design predecessor, the Hunter-Killer was a technological monstrosity scaled up tocapital ship-size. The interior of eachdroid was designed to be a detainment platform for capturedstarships, withtractor beam projectors covering the droid's outer hull, ready to drag wayward ships into one of several internal docking bays.
Following capture, prisoners would be held inside the droid, until the Imperial officer in charge was notified of the capture and had determined the appropriate course of action. They were often used withImperial Customs Frigates andGuardian-class patrol ships.
However, like capital-ships, it possessed a design flaw: Someone imprisoned could gain access and hijack a Hunter-Killer probot via its control room and thus it created the risk of it turning against the Empire.
History[]
- "Judgement 12-X7 to security command... apprehension and detainment of YT-1300 quarry in progress."
- ―Judgement 12-X7, an HK probot stationed on Byss moving to detain theMillennium Falcon.[4]
A Hunter-Killer probot around theEmperor's Citadel onByss.
After the Viper probe droids proved successful at locatingRebel bases, Arakyd gambled by producing a massive 150 meter droid. The H-K found great favor in the Empire, used to capturesmugglers and Rebel ships.
A number of Hunter-Killers were stationed aroundByss afterPalpatine's return. A notable flaw in the design was exploited when smugglersShug Ninx andSalla Zend were captured by the HK probotJudgement 12-X7 while aidingNew Republic agents infiltrate Byss. After being detained within Judgement 12-X7 while piloting theMillennium Falcon to avoid Imperial detection, Shug and Salla were able to hot-wire the droid, taking control of the probot's circuitry and using it to rescueHan Solo,Chewbacca, andLeia Organa Solo from an Imperial prison. However, while attempting to flee, the escaping Republic prisoners were spotted by an Imperial patrol and in response Shug turned the probot's attack systems against the patrol, resulting in a firefight with the prison's own security forces. While the Imperials engaged the rogue probot Shug, Salla, Solo, Chewbacca, and Leia all boarded the Millennium Falcon which was still docked within Judgement 12-X7 alongside aForce projection ofLuke Skywalker. Taking off from within the reprogrammed probot, the Millennium Falcon and its crew managed to escape Byss just as the prison'sturbolasers found their mark and destroyed Judgement 12-X7.[4]
Appearances[]
"Raid on Brentaal" —The Far Orbit Project- Dark Empire audio drama
- Dark Empire 5(First appearance)
