T3-M4

"Statement: Oh, do shut up, you beeping little trash compactor."

- HK-47

T3-M4 (sometimes called Teethree for short) was a T3-series utility droid that accompanied Revan during the Jedi Civil War in 3,956 BBY and, later, the Jedi Exile in 3,951 BBY.

Biography
"You don't talk much, do you?"

- Revan

T3-M4 was a late-prototype model of the T3-series utility droid, built on Taris by Duwani Mechanical Products. It was customized by Janice Nall, a droid vendor on the same planet, for the local crime lord Davik Kang. The droid was top-of-the-range for its time, and featured exceptional code-breaking and computer slicing skills, in addition to being able to mount armor and weapon upgrades. T3-M4's original purpose was to aid Canderous Ordo in breaking into a Sith military base on Taris for Davik Kang. Revan, under the advice of Canderous, assisted in stealing the launch codes from the base and the motley group managed to escape the planet without being vaporized by the Sith blockade.

When Ebon Hawk, Davik's most appreciated light freighter, came into Revan's possession, T3 accompanied its crew for the rest of their journey, eventually being taken by Revan to the borders of the Unknown Regions.

T3-M4 resurfaced five years after the end of the Jedi Civil War when the Ebon Hawk returned to known space with T3-M4, a non-operational HK-47, the Jedi Exile, and a former Jedi by the name of Kreia onboard. T3-M4 was instrumental in getting the heavily damaged Ebon Hawk to the Peragus mining facility while all the other crew members were incapacitated. Unfortunately, an HK assassin droid appeared and shut down T3-M4.

When the Exile awakened in the medical bay of the mining facility, T3-M4 helped the ex-jedi gain access to the Peragus fuel depot before being found and disabled by the HK-50 droid and dumped in a fuel line, only to be discovered by the Exile and Atton Rand as they made their escape from the facility.

After the Jedi Exile and the others escaped from the Peragus system on the Ebon Hawk, they were forced to refuge to Telos, where they were detained at Citadel Station. Atris had the impounded Ebon Hawk stolen from Citadel Station and moved to her Jedi academy in the polar region of Telos. T3-M4 was detained with the ship, and was thus also taken by Atris. At Atris's academy, his memory banks were downloaded by Atris's Handmaidens. The link between the academy's computer and T3-M4 worked both ways, however, and the droid was able to download a holorecording of the Exile's trial before the Jedi Council and a list of the locations of the remaining Jedi Masters.

When the Exile was captured on Nar Shaddaa by Exchange thugs in the employ of Goto, T3-M4 once again came to the rescue. With the aid of a Chadra-Fan Pazaak player known as The Champ, the droid was "sold" to Vogga the Hutt and sent to work in his shipping warehouse. Goto had been intercepting all of Vogga's shipping by following his transport's transponder codes. The freighters would be captured by Goto's droid yacht, which was cloaked in orbit. To find and infiltrate the yacht, T3-M4 stole the transponder codes for one of Vogga's freighters and fought his way out of the warehouse when three HK-50 assassin droids tried to stop him. The Ebon Hawk's codes were then changed to match the freighter, and Goto's yacht intercepted the ship as planned, allowing for the rescue of the Exile and the destruction of the cloaked yacht.

During the Exile's journeys, T3-M4 was responsible for the Ebon Hawk's navigation, as he alone could access the navigation records of the ship due to a voice-printed lockout. Presumably, they had been locked by Revan to hide his destination. Eventually, after the destruction of Malachor V &mdash; Revan's last known location &mdash; along with its Sith academy, the droid fulfilled his final mission by guiding the Ebon Hawk into the Unknown Regions. The Exile and T3-M4, as well as HK-47, left the explored space, and it is unknown what happened to them.

Abilities
"Amused query: I think you will find the odds are somewhat in our favor. Now, will you be giving us the codes, or not?"

- An HK-50 droid

T3-M4 had many abilities and was fully deserving of the monicker of 'utility droid'. Much like R2-D2, he had a personality, due to him never having a memory wipe. There is evidence that he was even resistant to memory wipes: if another droid attempted to erase T3-M4's memory, T3 could replicate the other droid's numeric matrices, slice into its system, and short-circuit that droid instead.

He could make security spikes in his spare time and could turn himself into makeshift workbench which the Jedi Exile used to upgrade or take apart objects in the field. He also sported the ability to have many types of armor put on him, as well as several upgrades and processors. He utilized weapons, such as blasters and disruptors, as well as one of many types of flamethrowers, scramblers, and shock arms. He was also capable of creating computer slicing spikes for Revan's party. He could hack computers and open locked doors and containers with ease.

Behind the scenes

 * During the development of KotOR I, T3-M4 was known as T3-M3. A trace of this designation can be found in script files.


 * In an early game demo shown at the Electronic Entertainment Expo, T3 was casted as belonging to Bastila.


 * As an example of T3's loyalty, on the moon Nar Shaddaa the player has the option of selling T3-M4 to a droid dealer. Even if sold, T3-M4 will still come to the Jedi Exile's aid after the Exile is kidnapped and taken aboard Goto's droid yacht. This loyalty is no doubt due to the fact that T3 has not had a memory wipe in his lifetime.


 * If the Jedi Exile has a good Repair and Computer skill, the ex-jedi can not only use T3 to unlock a final message from Bastila Shan or Carth Onasi depending on the player's choices in the beginning of the game when meeting Atton Rand, but also give him Dexterity and Constitution upgrades, as well as some Exile/droid telekinesis and Regeneration.


 * In cut content of Knights of the Old Republic II, the Exile could ask T3 if he knew Mandalore. It would be here that T3 would display a hologram of Revan leaving Canderous on the edge of the galaxy although the hologram would not be seen by the player.


 * T3 is likely based on another utility droid from the Star Wars movies, who was also made famous by his limited vocabulary, quirky personality, and comical antics, R2-D2.


 * T3-M4's relationship with HK-47 was different than that of C-3PO and R2-D2. T3-M4 and HK-47 did not get along, as seen in some dialog with the two of them.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords