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11-4D, pronounced OneOne-FourDee and often referred to as 4D, of the droid model of the same name, was a multi-appendage bipedal droid that served under multiple masters in the decades preceding the Clone Wars. It's programming included piloting and medical expertise. The droid later became the property of the Order of the Sith Lords when it served as an aide to the Sith Lord Darth Plagueis.

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Meeting the Sith
11-4D served as a medical droid in a medical facility on the planet Obroa-skai, where he performed research, as well as completing various surgeries on a wide variety of species using his multiple-appendages. 11-4D was given to the Togruta Captain Ellin Lah because of the payments owed to Lah by the medical facility, and although the exchange was meant to be temporary, Lah kept the droid, who served on her freighter the Woebegone. In the year 67 BBY, 11-4D and the eight other crew members of the Woebegone were on the ocean world Bal'demnic after having arrived there from the world Ord Mantell. The droid waited for the rest of the crew to return from the Kon'meas Spaceport in the main cabin space of the freighter, which was currently in a refrigerated hangar after taking on a fresh cargo of sea life.

Upon the return of the other crew members to the ship, 11-4D reported that everything was shipworthy. Along with the Zabrak crew member Maa Kaap, 11-4D sealed the ship before leaving Bal'demnic and jumping to hyperspace, on route to the world Ithor, close to the world of Muunilinst. It was while they were completing the jump that the crew of the Woebegone discovered that they had a stowaway in cargo bay 4. Five crew members went to confront the stowaway, who turned out to be a Muun, and unknown to the crew, was actualy the Sith Lord Darth Plagueis who went under the name Hego Damask. The Sith had been stranded on Bal'demnic after his starship was destroyed during a mission to the world, and he had stowed away upon the ship to maintain a low profile as he tried to get back to the Muun homeworld of Muunilinst. As soon as the crew members had returned to the main cabin to discuss what to do with the Muun, 11-4D began to monitor the conversation.

The droid contributed to the conversation, in which 11-4D enlightened the other crew members that if the Muun stowaway's business on Bal'demnic was going to affect the planet in a negative way, and it became known that the crew of the Woebegone were the ones who got him off world, the crew might lose their reputation in the Auril sector, in which Bal'demnic was located. A decision was made; the Woebegone would drop out of hyperspace and contact the authorities on Bal'demnic to see if the Muun was on the wanted list, and if he was, they would turn around to deliver the Muun to the authorities. If he was not, the crew would negotiate a fee for taking the Muun to Ithor. Captain Lah then went to confront the Muun about their decision, while 11-4D and the others stayed where they were.

Just as the freigter came out of hyperspace, the Muun Sith Lord raced into the cabin area, and began to attack the crew members there with his lightsaber after giving the enough time to draw their blasters. In the resulting spray of blaster bolts, 11-4D was only able to dodge them by using the droid's ability to calculate trajectories. Darth Plagueis quickly dispatched the entire crew of the Woebegon, save for 11-4D, who the Sith all but ignored as he examined each of his victims. After finishing, Plagueis had 11-4D set a new course for the ship, and prepare food and drink before tending to a wound Plagueis had received during his time on Bal'demnic. As the freighter reached the coordinates supplied by Plagueis and came out of hyperspace, 11-4D was at the control console, and responded to Plagueis' queries on how the droid became part of the Woebegone.

11-4D transmitted a code given to it by the Muun over the comm to Deep Space Demolition and Removal, the space station that the coordinates had taken them to. Accompanying the Muun to the landing bay after docking, the droid raised the boarding ramp of the Woebegone and activated the anti-intrusion system to prevent others from boarding the ship and seeing the carnage aboard. As Plaguies meet with a Nikto to have the Woebegone slagged, 11-4D was only save from the same fate due to the fact that his memory storage could be erased according to the Muun's needs. Although 11-4D remained with the ship as it was slagged, he created a complete audio-vidio recording of the incident instead of joining the Woebegone.

Aborah
Upon arriving at Muunilinst's skyhook High Port Space Center from Deep Space Demolition, 11-4D and the droids new master were greeted by several Muuns led by the elder Larsh Hill at the High Port Immigration's customs control station. 11-4D accompanied Plagueis to his home on the island of Aborah by speeder after decending from High Port via the skyhook turbolifts, and was escorted by the Sith on a tour of his retreat. As they got deeper into the retreat, the pair came across Plagueis' workplace, which contained numerous test chambers and many caged creatures. After being set to its own devices as the droid wandered about the laboratories and galleries, 11-4D returned hours later to report to the Sith. 11-4D inquired if the data related to Plaguies' project would be available to upload, as the droid was unfamiliar with many of the things it had seen. and found out that he would have to scan most of the data, starting with the history of the Sith. Upon further inquiring, 11-4D discovered the purpose of the Sith Lord's project: to conquer death.

When 11-4D's master returned from the moon of Sojourn where he had been meeting with other influential members of the galaxy, Plagueis brought back with him the young Bith Darth Venamis, who he had defeated after the Bith had attacked him on Sojourn. In one of the Sith Lord's laboratories, 11-4D assessed the condition of the Bith, who was currently suspended in a Bacta tank, and found that his physical state was stable.

11-4D served as a personal assistant to the Dark Lord of the Sith for many years. Hence, the droid was one of the select few who knew that Darth Plagueis and Hego Damask, magister of Damask Holdings, were one and the same. As with Plagueis, 11-4D also knew that the Dark Lord's Human apprentice, Darth Sidious, was actually Palpatine, the sole-surviving member of a noble family that hailed from the planet Naboo.

While Palpatine ascended in the political domain of the Galactic Republic in his guise as Palpatine, Plagueis all but completely removed himself from public affairs, choosing to concentrate his efforts on increasing his knowledge of the Force. 11-4D served as an intermediary between the Dark Lord and his Sun Guard protectors. The droid also aided its Master's efforts to manipulate the midi-chlorians. One notable account was when 11-4D assisted his master to experiment on the Bith Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Venamis, who was in a comatose state. By this time, 11-4D had been upgraded to better serve in its capacity as Plagueis' servant, thus outfitting its appendages as needed with blasters or medical attachments, depending on the nature of the mission.

On the eve of Senator Palpatine's election to the office of Supreme Chancellor in 32 BBY, 11-4D was present in Hego Damask's penthouse at Kaldani Spires Residential Apartments where the two Sith Lords convened to discuss the progress of the Sith Grand Plan. It was then, however, when the apprentice betrayed and murdered his Master. 11-4D moved to help the fallen Dark Lord, but was halted from doing so by order of its new owner. Afterward, the droid became the possession of the Republic's new Chancellor.

Behind the scenes
According to author James Luceno in a Facebook Q&A, "There's a scene at the end of Labyrinth of Evil where a couple of droids get the drop on the good guys who are closing in on Sidious's secret lair. I like to think the 11-4D might have been in that room, and he was surely present when Anakin was fitted with the suit."

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Darth Plagueis

Notes and references
Category:Clerical workers and assistants Category:Droids Category:Masculine programming