"Explanation: My programming dictates that I must serve a master until one of several events: First: The death of my master. Once the death has been confirmed, I am required to shut down, and seal all memories of my previous masters within an auxiliary memory core. Upon restart, the first individual who claims ownership of me will become my master. Second: I am returned to the possession of my maker. At this point, I default to my maker as master, and all inaccessible memory cores are unlocked. At present, it is unlikely that my maker would be an issue, as Darth Revan is still most likely within my home dimension. Third: In the event that I am physically unable to return to my master, whether by damage or total inaccessibility of transport, I am required to undergo the same shut down protocol as detailed in the first scenario," HK listed off, barely pausing to breathe in between long sentences.

"Hypothesis: If I were to become convinced that return to my master is impossible, then the third scenario's programming will activate and I will be required to come into the possession of a new master. While my programming still remains intact, the lack of auxiliary memory cores within this meatbag chassis likely means that in the event of this protocol becoming active, my memories will not be locked, and therefore I will retain all my current functionality and data I have acquired through the successful termination of all the targets I have been sent against previously." Which would be nice. He'd spent most of his existence as the droid equivalent of an amnesiac, and it had been very irritating at the time, not knowing who was to blame.