IN-GA 44

"I shall perform to the utmost of my operational parameters, Master Quon."

- IN-GA 44

IN-GA 44, or Inga, was a Human replica droid created by the Sluissi scientist Alessi Quon for the Experi-Tech office of Imperial Intelligence. She was based on a design by famous droidmaker Massad Thrumble and was not covered in the synthskin overlay common to most HRDs. She was armed with hidden blasters in her forearms and had jets in her calves that enabled her to fly. She worked with the Imperial Intelligence agent Jahan Cross on field assignments.

Biography
IN-GA 44 was a Human replica droid created by Alessi Quon for the Imperial Intelligence branch of the Galactic Empire. She was a companion and aide to Imperial Intelligence agent Jahan Cross.

Mission on Wayland
She was present with Jahan Cross on Wayland when he was investigating Colonel Milosh Muhrlein who was in charge of the Imperial Research Station 61. She went through the Colonel's records and found confirmation that experimental droids and devices created at the station were the same as those available on the black market. When Muhrlein's attempt to bribe Cross failed, IN-GA 44 switched into battle mode at Cross' command and took out his two prototype battle droids, B-2A and B-2B.

After leaving Wayland, Inga accompanied Cross to Coruscant. During Cross's debriefing with Armand Isard, she was in the Experi-Tech office where she was being evaluated by her creator, Alessi Quon. After his debriefing, Cross went to get her. Despite Quon's objections, he released IN-GA 44 to Jahan for a mission to the planet Etti IV.

Corporate Sector
Upon arriving at Mondder Spaceport on Etti IV in the Corporate Sector with Cross aboard Imperial Shuttle 9604, IN-GA 44 stayed with Jahan's possessions to keep an eye on them and prevent anyone from inspecting them. Later, she accompanied Cross to a party at the Imperial Embassy, where the droid identified and commented on VIPs for Cross. She gave him information about Elli Stark, the daughter of Iaco Stark; Dah'lis Stark, the second wife of Iaco Stark; Emesh Nar, the aide to the ambassador Blains Vorlin and Iaclyn Stark, the son of Iaco Stark. Cross then sent her back to his room so she could do some research and look for links between Emesh Nar and the Stark family. Inga found out Nar and Iaclyn Star were boyhood friends and that the Stark family had used its connections to get Nar his position of aide to Ambassador Vorlin. She was contacted by Cross during his escape from the Stark Compound. While updating Cross on the connection between Nar and the Starks, she was ambushed by Emesh Nar and Iaclyn Stark and was hit with an ion blast that disabled her. The droid was then shipped to the Eclipse space station that was orbiting the planet Reltooine.

On the Eclipse
While on the Eclipse, IN-GA 44 was reprogrammed by Iaclyn Stark with Iron Eclipse virus that allowed the Starks to command any droid. When Jahan Cross and Elli Stark attempted to escape from Iaco Stark and his army of droids, IN-GA 44 blocked the doorway and was ordered to kill them by Iaco Stark. She opened fire on Cross with her blasters but was unable to kill him, consistently pulling her shots wide. The order to protect the agent was too deeply wired into her matrix. Cross commanded her to kill Stark, but this order, too, proved impossible due to Iron Eclipse programming. Cross suggested that by knocking out the repulsorlift generators that held the space station in orbit, she could fulfill both mandates. IN-GA 44 saw the logic in the plan and headed to the lower levels of the space station. Stark ordered his droids to stop her before she could complete her sabotage. Inga breached the lift shafts and flew down to the generators which she destroyed with her blasters. The resulting shockwave disabled her weapons and jets, and the other droids caught up. She destroyed many in vicious hand to hand combat. IN-GA 44 then made her way to an exterior door, where she contacted Cross via comlink. She explained that she was unable to fly and therefore could not escape the dying station. Cross had earlier been rescued from the dying station by Solo and Chewbacca in the Millennium Falcon. Cross decided not to return to the station and explained that he couldn't jeopardize the Falcon by returning. Cross also thought IN-GA 44 might still be infected by the Iron Eclipse virus and that she could be dangerous. If she was not, she would have the only remaining copies of the virus's code, and Cross didn't want that to fall into the Empire's hands. IN-GA 44 was destroyed along with the rest of Eclipse as it could no longer resist the pull of Reltooine's gravity and fell into the atmosphere of the planet.

Characteristics
IN-GA 44 was a bipedal humanoid-shaped droid with a female personality. She was clad in silver and purple plating. She had two green photoreceptors on her face along with five fingers at the end of each arm. Inga did not have any individual toes. IN-GA 44 was extremely adept in combat and was able to successfully defeat multiple opponents at the same time. She was armed with hidden blasters in her forearms and had leg jets located in her calves that enabled her to fly. She was a Fourth-degree droid designed for combat operations.

Behind the scenes
IN-GA 44 was created by John Ostrander for the Star Wars: Agent of the Empire: Iron Eclipse story arc published by Dark Horse Comics from December 2011 to April 2012.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Agent of the Empire: Iron Eclipse, Part 1
 * Star Wars: Agent of the Empire: Iron Eclipse, Part 2
 * Star Wars: Agent of the Empire: Iron Eclipse, Part 3
 * ''Star Wars: Agent of the Empire: Iron Eclipse, Part 4
 * ''Star Wars: Agent of the Empire: Iron Eclipse, Part 5