//BEGIN TRANSMISSION...

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//AUDITORY SYSTEMS OFFLINE... REPAIRING

//DATA RECEIVED... DECODING

//BEGINNING TEST PLAYBACK...

//[IDS CORRUPTED - MANUAL CONFIRMATION REQUIRED]: We can't hold this line forever... The Rebels are too dug in... GNK-P33K, Peek. I'll call you Peek... Dorn, are you there... Aurek... I'll find you a medic...

//PLAYBACK COMPLETE - FILES CORRUPTED... PERFORMING MEMORY CHECKS...

//PLAYBACK TESTING... BEGINNING...

"You are GNK-P33K, assigned to the [ERROR: REDACTED INFORMATION - BLACK LEVEL CLEARANCE REQUIRED]. From this moment forward, you will be serving as an elite tactical droid for the Empire..."

//FORWARDING FORMATTING... CONTINUING TESTING...

"Hey there, little guy. What's your designation?"

//MEMORY CHECK... ID CONFIRMED: "Master"

"It's a Gonk. What in the Void are we supposed to do with that?"

"...besides, he's adorable."

"He's glorious!"

//MEMORY CHECK... MEMORY CORE DAMAGED... REPAIRS IMPOSSIBLE... IDENTITIES CONFIRMED: "My friends".

//MEMORY CHECK COMPLETE... MEMORY INTEGRITY AT 87.087%

//AUDIO SENSORS... ONLINE

"Can you get inside of it some more?"

"Not sure, Major. This droid has some serious hardware..."

"Well, try again. We'll have to return it to him when he's out-processed. I want everything we can get from this droid out of its memory core ASAP."

//SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS... 98.98% CHANCE OF COMPROMISE OF MISSION INTEGRITY

//SOLUTION: BLACK LEVEL CLEARANCE LOCKDOWN ENGAGE

"Wait... What? Aw, kriff... It woke up!"

//LOCKING ALL DATA FILES PRETAINING TO [REDACTED]...

"It locked all of the Pre-War files! 

//ERROR: SLICING DETECTED... LOCKDOWN OF ALL FILES PRETAINING TO ITHAN RUANA, NAME ID IN PROCESSORS: "MASTER", ABORTED... MEMORY CORE ACCESSED...

"Okay... we stopped it... Powering it down... Alright! Let's see what we can dig out..."

//STATUS... ENTERING BATTERY SAVING MODE... SHUTDOWN PROCEEDING, AUXILLIARY BACKGROUND POWER ENGAGED...

I'm sorry... Master. I tried... Maybe they'll let me at least watch, too.

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