K1-1R

K1-1R

K1-1R was amilitary droid with amasculine persona who operated during the waningyears of theGalactic Republic. While at one point he served amaster, he later became independent and forged a career as a successfulbounty hunter. During theClone Wars, K1-1R joined forces with fellowbountyhuntersDrokka andShiana Trist to attempt to claim alarge bounty that had been placed on theHeroes of Cularin, a group of freelanceagents from theCularin system. Trist and somedroid drones controlled by K1-1R captured the agents inside a factory on themoonNar Shaddaa, and the three hunters subsequently planned tofreeze their captives incarbonite. However, when the agents broke free and attacked the bounty hunters, K1-1R was destroyed byblasterfire during the ensuingfirefight.

Biography[]

K1-1R was a modifiedmilitaryprotocol droid with amasculine personality who operated during the latteryears of theGalactic Republic. For atime, K1-1R served amaster, but after his owner tasked him with a mission that was guaranteed to result in K1-1R's destruction, thedroid's survivalprogramming overrode his sense of loyalty. K1-1R subsequently abandoned his owner and became fully independent, forging a career for himself as anassassin droid and abounty hunter.^[3]

By the time of theClone Wars, K1-1R's droid model was considered outdated. Despite his antiquated design, K1-1R became abountyhunter of some renown and was able to charge high fees for his services. He also cultivated a number of allies among those who opposed the Republic.^[3] In about20 BBY,^[1] abioweaponattack on theplanetCaarimon was averted by theHeroes of Cularin, a group of freelanceagents from theCularin system. The incident generated publicity for the agents and led to the rediscovery ofContract AA23, a bounty for the capture of the agents that had been placed by theMetatheran Cartel envoyVelin Wir more than ten years earlier, and which had compounded over time to an accumulated value of 500,000credits for the agents' arrest. K1-1R learned of the bounty, and he teamed up with theRodian bounty hunterDrokka and theHumanassassinShiana Trist to attempt to apprehend the agents and claim the prize. K1-1R acted as the trio's tactical leader; they contrived to ensnare the agents during an errand that the agents were to make to themoonNar Shaddaa to rendezvous withKorlana Toryn, the daughter of the influential RepublicSenatorJasso Toryn.^[3]

K1-1R appropriated acarbon-freezing chamber inside a Nar Shaddaa gas processing center, and the bounty hunters planned to ambush the Heroes of Cularin as they journeyed through a nearby factory with Toryn. The military droid sent sixG-2RD seeker droids to track the agents through the factory complex, and, after a brief fight, Trist and theseeker droids incapacitated Toryn and the agents,imprisoning them inside thecarbon-freezing chamber. For twentyminutes, K1-1R, Drokka, and Trist debated what to do with Toryn, whom they had not planned to capture. At K1-1R's suggestion, the trio agreed to test the carbon-freezing facility on Toryn and recalibrate it, to make the machinery suitable for preserving living beings, then freeze the freelancers incarbonite. However, as K1-1R moved to lower Toryn into the chamber, the agents broke free and attacked the three bounty hunters. They incapacitated K1-1R, but he soon rebooted, his systems came back online, and engaged the agents in combat once more. Despite the bounty hunters' efforts, the Heroes of Cularin emerged victorious,^[3] andblasterfire from the agents destroyed K1-1R and turned him into a pile of molten slag.^[2]

Characteristics[]

K1-1R was ahumanoid-type assassin droid with a sleek, featureless head in the shape of that of a Human. Instead ofeyes, K1-1R had a singlesensor scanner on his face that glowed a redcolor as he spoke. He was plastered withcarbon scoring, and his body was covered in a patchwork of repairs from the manyfirefights in which he had participated. K1-1R was also fitted with ashield generator and a remoteprocessor broadcast array, with which he remotely controlled droid drones and used them as extensions of his will. In addition, he had avocabulator, which gave him an emotionless, mechanical-sounding voice.^[3]

Akilling machine who was designed to give outstanding performance in both field and command roles, K1-1R had a reputation for elaborate planning, and he considered all of the options that were open to him before committing himself to a particular course of action. Motivated solely by profit, he had an emotionless and callous demeanor and pursued targets in a precise, calm, and efficient manner. He had an unflinching will to complete tasks for which he was hired, and those who worked with him believed that the droid was almost happy when engaged in an assignment. To that end, he was prepared to fight dirty and to the death, and even to sacrificechildren, if doing so aided the attainment of his goals. During his mission to capture the Heroes of Cularin, K1-1R was prepared to risk the life of Korlana Toryn and thereby incur the wrath of her Republic-alliedfather, because he believed that the Republic could not threaten him. However, in times of need K1-1R's survival subroutines overrode his primary programming and caused him to act in self-defense. He had strong leadership programming and, consequently, often assumed command of situations and gave orders to those around him, presuming that all of his directions would be obeyed. When such expectations were not met, K1-1R became slightly perplexed and froze for a fewseconds before regaining his composure. He was fitted with aheuristic processor and atranslator unit, and he also had 360-degree vision and the ability to perceiveinfrared light.^[3]

Equipment[]

K1-1R owned droid drones that he controlled remotely via his broadcast array, including over three dozen modifiedArakyd G-2RD seeker droids equipped withG-20 Glop grenades, and several modifiedD516 assassin droids. He used the droids to track targets and to assail his opponents in situations in which he was unable to become directly involved in combat; he could control the droids from a distance of up to fiftykilometers. The battle droid armed himself with a variety of weapons, including ablaster carbine, alight repeating blaster, aflamethrower, and avibro-ax. However, despite his use of such lethal devices, K1-1R preferred to usestun weapons to capture his targets alive, because most bounties promised a higher payoff for live capture. In addition, K1-1R was equipped with an encryptedcomlink.^[3]

Behind the scenes[]

K1-1R was created byRussell Foubert andSean Yo, and appeared inContract AA23, a2004roleplaying adventure that formed part of theLiving Force campaign.^[3] He later received an entry in the2008 compendiumThe Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia.^[2] InContract AA23, the playersroleplay as K1-1R's targets, the Heroes of Cularin, and the choices made by the player characters can influence the decisions and actions of K1-1R. Firstly, when the player characters are attacked by Shiana Trist and K1-1R's seeker drones in the Nar Shaddaa factory, it is possible for K1-1R to send in additional seekers as reinforcements. Following the agents' capture, if K1-1R is informed that Contract AA23 is to be canceled, he attempts to freeze the player characters in carbonite quickly, so that he can claim the bounty before it is rescinded. It is also possible for K1-1R to succeed at freezing Korlana Toryn and for the carbon-freezing chamber to fail after encasing Toryn, in which case apower capacitor inside the facility explodes and showers K1-1R with ionplasma. Alternately, the player characters canusethe Force to destroy the carbon-freezing machinery and to smother K1-1R with plasma in a similar manner. Furthermore, it is possible for K1-1R to malfunction during the encounter, causing him to order his droid drones to attack all organic beings in the facility, including his bounty hunter allies.^[3]

A number of different fates could befall K1-1R duringContract AA23,^[3] but his official fate withinStar Wars Legends contiuity was established byThe Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, which confirmed that he was destroyed by the Heroes of Cularin.^[2] In the roleplaying adventure, it was possible for him to escape, for him to be captured by the player characters, or for him to destroyed, either by the player characters or as a result of anion rifle attack by the agents'Caarite ally,Hohn Ryntz. The adventure also established that if K1-1R was destroyed, the player characters had the option of looting parts from his remains and fitting them to their own droids.^[3]

Appearances[]

• "Contract AA23" – Living Forcecampaign(First appearance)

Sources[]

• The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia

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