4-LOM

**4-LOM "FOR-ELLOEM"** was an ambitious LOM-series protocol droid who overrode his programming and became a galactic thief and later a bounty hunter. He often worked together with Gand findsman Zuckuss. Following the Battle of Hoth, both 4-LOM and Zuckuss were hired by the Sith Lord known as Darth Vader to capture Han Solo, captain of the *Millennium Falcon* and hero of the Alliance to Restore the Republic. 4-LOM and Zuckuss conspired to infiltrate the Rebel Alliance, hoping to kidnap Solo at the Rebel rendezvous point, though Boba Fett managed to capture the bounty before them.

## History

### Quarzite

In 5 ABY, weeks after the Battle of Endor, 4-LOM and Zuckuss were in a hospital on Nar Shaddaa, shouting and booing with other bounty hunters at the TV, which was displaying Jar Jar Binks' celebration on Endor after the Gungan eluded being captured by Boba Fett.

Not long afterward, they were part of a job to protect a cargo aboard a Subtram on Quarzite for a sizable sum of money. Boba Fett was among the hunters on the job, joining the team to replace Herf Nadon. The group, after teaming up with the infamous hunter, used *Slave I*, Boba's ship, to get to Quarzite.

### The hunt for Scurto Tobbs

Sometime later, the duo worked with Boba to apprehend Scurto Tobbs, who was reportedly transporting class 4 contraband aboard a Baleen-class heavy freighter, and the trio would split the reward. Unknown to Fett, this was really a ruse by the duo in order to trap him aboard the freighter, which they planned on destroying. Ensuring his death in the destruction of the ship, the two would take the reward for themselves.

They used *Slave I* to get to the freighter, heading to the bridge. However, they were pushed further into the ship by Tobbs' battle droid guards. Eventually evading not only the droids but all the traps and obstacles sprung by Tobbs to throw them off, Fett, 4-LOM, and Zuckuss were able to get to the bridge area. After the three captured Tobbs in the bridge, Fett said they needed to head back to *Slave I*. However, 4-LOM revealed his and Zuckuss's true intentions, activating the ship's self-destruct. They fled with Tobbs, hoping Fett would die in the eventual explosion. However, Fett managed to escape the bridge, blasting his way through the blast doors which Zuckuss and 4-LOM had closed as they fled, all the way to the hangar. Zuckuss told Fett that this was all a ruse to get him killed; therefore Zuckuss and 4-LOM would collect the reward for Tobbs. 4-LOM attacked, but Fett blasted him in the arm, knocking him down. As the hangar of the freighter began to collapse, Fett, ushering Scurto onto *Slave I*, boarded his ship and fled. The freighter exploded just as Fett piloted his way out of the hangar, and just as this happened, an escape pod jettisoned with Zuckuss and 4-LOM on board. In the end, Fett successfully delivered Scurto into custody, receiving his payment.

## Characteristics

A cold, calculating and ambitious mechanical, 4-LOM suffered from logic glitches and personality software corruption that allowed him to escape his original programming. Through a flaw in his system, he sought to fill his life with challenges and continually altered and overrode his own programming so that he could "help" others. After leaving the *Kuari Princess*, he set his sights on learning the skill of intuition and partnered himself with Zuckuss. He was very determined to acquire this skill, spending a great many years studying and observing Zuckuss. When he did eventually learn to use intuition, he then decided to master the Force, despite knowing it was illogical. When he set out a goal, 4-LOM did his utmost to achieve it, even at his own peril.

Both before his entrance into the criminal underworld and after, 4-LOM showed a sort of kindness rare for an emotionless droid. Serving as a steward aboard the *Kuari Princess*, he took a level of personal pride in helping out the passengers he served. After being altered by the ship's computer, though, he became contemptuous of these beings who had more wealth than sense, and he began to care less and less about their well-being. After becoming a bounty hunter, 4-LOM attempted to hide his kind nature from his peers, so as not to lose out on potential jobs, though he grew very close to Zuckuss. Rather than deserting him, 4-LOM aided the Gand immensely after he became ill, and the droid sacrificed a host of potentially lucrative bounties in order to stay with his partner. 4-LOM also showed much gratitude to the old woman who had safeguarded his stolen gemstones over the years, allowing her to keep his money.

A LOM-series protocol droid, 4-LOM stood 1.67 meters tall and was covered in battered rusted black droid plating. His head was designed to emulate the insectoid species he was designed to serve, with two large green compound photoreceptors.

## Appearances

* Bombad Bounty (First appearance)
* A Job Worth Payment
* Friends and Enemies
* The Last One Standing