4-LOM

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## Biography

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4-LOM was a LOM-series protocol droidmanufactured by Industrial Automaton who was programmed by a specific individual. The programmer told him about a planet where droids rose up. 4-LOM was assigned to a luxury liner, but logic glitches and personality software corruption allowed 4-LOM to override his programming. 4-LOM rewrote his programming, and became a galacticthief, and later a bounty hunter. As a criminal 4-LOM was known for specializing in anticipating the moves of its targets. The Droid Gotra used 4-LOM's story as proof that a droids original programmed function did not determine its future. Industrial Automaton however, tried to bury the droids story, fearing that the public might learn their protocol droids could potentially turn into lethal killers.4-LOM often worked together with the tracker Zuckuss, one of the first traditional Gandfindsmen to leave his homeworld, the planet Gand, and claimed several high profile bounties for the Hutt Clan. Working with his partner, 4-LOM would provide analysis and information to help Zuckuss's mysterious ways.

### Galactic Civil War

#### Service on Cymoon 1

"*Identity confirmed. Han Solo. Small-time smuggler and galactic pirate.*"
"*Small-time?*"
―4-LOM and Han Solo on Cymoon 1

Shortly after the Battle of Yavin, 4-LOM was present on the moon Cymoon 1, the location of Weapons Factory Alpha—the largest weapons factory in the galaxy, where an envoy from the Warlord of the Outer Rim Territories was to meet and hold negotiations with a negotiator from the Galactic Empire. 4-LOM, Overseer Aggadeen and a squad of Stormtroopers awaited the envoy atop a landing platform that led into the factory. Soon a shuttle arrived, and three humans along with an astromech droidemerged. The leader introduced himself as Han Solo, the official emissary to Jabba the Hutt. The droid was able to confirm Solo's identity as a small time smuggler and pirate in the employment of Jabba. The LOM-series protocol droid also discovered that Solo had a 50,000 credit bounty on him—to which Solo tried to explain but was cut off by Aggadeen who led Solo and his bodyguards into the factory.

#### Witness at Jabba's Palace

"*«What can I do for the Empire, Lord Vader?»*"
"*Dismiss the audience, Hutt.*"
―Jabba the Hutt and Darth Vader

Following the destruction of the weapons factory on Cymoon 1, 4-LOM returned to Jabba's Palace. He was present in the Hutt's Palace when Darth Vader, on a mission to negotiate with the Hutt, arrived at the crime lord's palace. The Sith Lord told the Hutt to dispense with his audience, and 4-LOM departed the room.

#### The hunt for the *Millennium Falcon*

"*There will be a substantial reward for the one who finds the Millennium Falcon. You are free to use any methods necessary, but I want them alive.*"
―Darth Vader to 4-LOM and several other bounty hunters

Shortly after the Battle of Hoth, both 4-LOM and Zuckuss assembled, along with fellow bounty hunters Boba Fett, Dengar, Bossk, and IG-88, aboard the Super Star Destroyer*Executor*, and were hired by Darth Vader to locate the *Millennium Falcon*. However, the bounty was collected by Fett who tracked down the light freighter to Cloud City on Bespin.

When Darth Vader and the Empire sent out the call for bounty hunters to assist in the capture of Han Solo—now an ally of the Rebel Alliance—Jabba Desilijic Tiure ordered 4-LOM and Zuckuss to liaise with Vader in the Hoth system. The two were unsure whether or not the Empire knew of their involvement in the capture of Nardix, though they were unable to resist the possibility of capturing Solo and earning enough money to buy Zuckuss's replacement lungs. Thus, they traveled to Hoth in the *Mist Hunter*. Zuckuss meditated for the entire journey, hoping to discover if Vader knew of their accepting of the bounty on Nardix, while an anxious 4-LOM prepared the ship for an immediate second hyperspace jump in case they were flying into a trap. Eventually, Zuckuss deduced that while Vader did know, he was willing to waive any punishment for the time being, as Solo was more important to him than handing out retribution to the bounty hunters.

The *Mist Hunter* entered realspace to unexpectedly find itself in the midst of a large battle. Eager to appease their Imperial employers, 4-LOM and his partner fired upon the first Rebel ship they encountered, the GR-75 medium transport *Bright Hope*, damaging it severely with one of Zuckuss's intuitive shots. They docked with the *Executor*, Vader's flagship, and Zuckuss injected himself with an abundance of painkillers so that none aboard would suspect his injuries. On the bridge of the Star Dreadnought, the duo learned that four other bounty hunters had been assigned to the hunt: their old foes Boba Fett, IG-88B, Bossk, and Dengar. As they departed the Super Star Destroyer, 4-LOM performed intuition for the first time, without having to run any calculations whatsoever: he was able to deduce that Vader was offering them one last chance to redeem themselves over the Nardix affair. Delighted, he made plans to practice intuition, and hoped to use it in the hunt for Han Solo.

When the two hunters returned to the *Mist Hunter*, Zuckuss predicted that Solo would travel to the Rebel rendezvous point; the Gand began meditating with the intention of learning the exact location of the rendezvous, while 4-LOM went to one of the ship's cells to attempt to meditate himself. He produced few results, though at one point the possibility of the Rebels setting up their rendezvous point outside the galaxy entered his mind. His logic programs, however, promptly discounted the possibility. The logic programs were supposed to prevent 4-LOM from thinking an illogical thought; only then did 4-LOM realize that to achieve intuition he had to override logic. He said nothing of his discovery to Zuckuss.

Several hours after their meeting with Vader, Zuckuss was able to precisely locate the Rebels' location using his findsman abilities. He learned that the Rebels had, remarkably, set their rendezvous point beyond the Galactic Rim. When Zuckuss discovered that 4-LOM had been attempting to perform intuition, he confronted the droid, accusing him of stealing the Gand's abilities. 4-LOM replied by telling Zuckuss that he did not wish to steal the Gand's intuition, but simply to learn it for himself. The two soon put their squabbling behind them as they set to work formulating a plan. They decided to ambush Solo at the rendezvous point, though knowing they would not be able to simply walk into the base uninvited, 4-LOM and his partner contrived to rescue one of the disabled Rebel transports around Hoth to appease the Rebels. They chose a damaged vessel named the *Bright Hope*—the very ship they had helped to disable on their entry to the system.