- "I suspect when the time is right, this device can be used to pinpoint the location of the HK factory - and I... I mean, we... can deal with them once and for all."
- ―HK-47, to Meetra Surik
The HK Manufacturing Plant was a secret droid factory used by the crime lord G0-T0 to create HK-50 series assassin droids during the Dark Wars.
History[]
- "The location of the factory churning out these copies eludes me. And I do not know where they would have obtained schematics of my design. They are built from my template, of that I know for certain. "
- ―HK-47, to Meetra Surik
After Darth Revan witnessed first-hand the abilities of the HK-47 assassin droid he created, he decided that more droids of this design would make excellent agents for his purposes. HK-47 became the basis for a new model of HK-series assassin droids: the HK-50. Revan was captured and his memory was erased before this plan could be realized, however, and the production on the HK-50 model ceases for several years. Eventually, the crime lord G0-T0, who was in fact a planning droid previously assigned to Telos IV, discovered the HK-50 manufacturing facility and reactivated it, disseminating the new model assassin droids throughout the galaxy searching for the Jedi.[2]
During her travels Meetra Surik visited to the Telos factory along with HK-47. The assassin droid convinced the HK-50 models to join his cause. The combined droid forces later helped defeat G0-T0 in a showdown on Malachor V allowing for the planet to finally be destroyed.[1]
Behind the scenes[]
- "The facility that is creating these cruder, unsophisticated versions of me is located on Telos. I propose we go there and turn it into a smoldering crater."
- ―HK-47, to Meetra Surik
The HK manufacturing plant was deleted from Knights of the Old Republic II, though many of the source files were included with the PC version. The "entrance" to the HK Manufacturing Plant however is still in game though the door is sealed shut. When the PC reaches the Military Base on Telos, a door labeled "Sub-Level" is sealed. Beyond the door is supposed to be an elevator leading down into the sub level of the base where a number of control rooms are present to the base and then another elevator into the actual Manufacturing Plant.[3][4]
The HK Manufacturing Plant has been restored by The Sith Lords Restored Content Mod.[4]
Cut Content[]
In the cut version of the game, the plant was run by G0-T0 to produceHK-50 and HK-51 assassin droids. HK-47 visited the plant during Meetra Surik's journey to locate missing Jedi Council members. During his time in the factory, HK-47 fought a large number of HK-50 droids, and a much smaller number of HK-51 droids. HK-47 had the option to persuade either the HK-50 or the HK-51 droids to join him and defeat G0-T0 on Malachor V. He also had the option to destroy all the droids.[4]
According to Chris Avellone, Bao-Dur was intended to die while helping HK-47 reach and shut down the factory.[5]
Appearances[]
- Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords (First mentioned) (Door and location only; backstory, function, and miscellaneous content were cut)
Sources[]
- The New Essential Guide to Droids
- Knights of the Old Republic Campaign Guide
- The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The New Essential Guide to Droids
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Knights of the Old Republic Campaign Guide
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 TSL Restored Content Mod on deadlystream.com
- ↑ Chris Avellone's blog on forums.obsidian.net (content now obsolete; archived from the original)