HK-47 vs The Emperor

Okay, I haven't played KOTOR in for-fricken-ever. A discussion on Revan's Empire vs. The Galactic Empire prompted me to make this. Sorry if I seem a bit perplexed, but I have forgotten all about this droid's skills.

Fishy says he can take Emperor Palpatine. Is this true?

Setting: Death Star II

In the second Death Star? Ha he doesn't stand a chance...

He will be discovered before he even gets to Palpatine and if he would reach Palpatine the people there will spot him.

HK can take Palpatine if he's lucky and has a lot of things working for him. HK is good but I don't think he could take Palpatine in the Death Star.

Although he might be able to fly up in the shaft Palpatine went down in and then shoot him in the back, gas him or launch a dozen thermal detonators. The chances of him winning however are extremely small. On the other hand I don't see it past HK to just blow up the entire Death Star to get to Palps.

No Stormtroopers, security sensors, Vader, disciples, Hands, or blasters are alloted to Palpatine. This is strictly between him and the Emperor.

pardon?

I wanted it made clear that Sidious can't use his henchmen in this duel.

Um... Is HK sporting a Mandalorian Ripper Assault Rifle or something? That would be heavily in his favor, but I don't think a droid could destroy a Sith Lord.

Probably not, but he might find a way to Ambush Sidious I wouldn't see it past him. Its unlikely that he would win but far from impossible especially in this situation.

sidious will outsmart the bot, chances are he may have forseen these events and will counter any assassination attempt made by the bot.

He would have encountered many assasination attempts during his reign, but come on...this is HK were talking about.

In a straight fight he would get uber fried by Sidious' lightning, but I doubt even Sidious could comprehend what goes on in that bastard droids mind/hard-drive thingme.

The astromech droid (T3 or something) took him out by using a droid stunner or some sort of lightning. Sidious lightning would probably fry him in no time.

Originally posted by kamikz
The astromech droid (T3 or something) took him out by using a droid stunner or some sort of lightning. Sidious lightning would probably fry him in no time.

yes i agree with you

Did you see what that one HK droid done to Peragus? And this ones a bad mofo aswell. He would lose in an open fight but would probably end up bumping off most of the Imperial Government while at it.

Originally posted by exanda kane
Did you see what that one HK droid done to Peragus? And this ones a bad mofo aswell. He would lose in an open fight but would probably end up bumping off most of the Imperial Government while at it.

Which shows that an HK droid has an amazing ability to learn and great skills with computers and whatever. He might be able to do some very effective things at the Death Star and pretty much take it out before anybody notices that he's more then just a normal droid. But on the other hand he might be discovered and killed.

And if he's fighting Palpatine alone, Palp must know he is there and you can bet your ass off he has a lot of security things build in the Death Star to make sure he doesn't just die.

yeh well so the bottomline is palpy survives

Not necessarily if you understood what was implied above.

I think Escape didn't want any security stuff or things to get in the way, just a plain normal battle with Sidious against HK, and took the death star just for it's looks. And I don't think his intentions to this battle was if HK could blow up the Death Star or not. Am I right?

Anyway, I don't see how HK is going to avoid Sidious force lightning, it will probably destroy him right away and we havent seen anyone dodge it really. He could do it with one hand and deflect with the other. He could also pull in his guns.

Although HK is the best assassin droid ever I don't think he stands a chance to the power of the Emperor.
Or did I miss something special that HK could do against him?

Originally posted by kamikz
I think Escape didn't want any security stuff or things to get in the way, just a plain normal battle with Sidious against HK, and took the death star just for it's looks. And I don't think his intentions to this battle was if HK could blow up the Death Star or not. Am I right?

Anyway, I don't see how HK is going to avoid Sidious force lightning, it will probably destroy him right away and we havent seen anyone dodge it really. He could do it with one hand and deflect with the other. He could also pull in his guns.

Although HK is the best assassin droid ever I don't think he stands a chance to the power of the Emperor.
Or did I miss something special that HK could do against him?

No in a straight up battle HK is dead no questions asked. If he would walk towards Palpatine he is just dead.

He might have had a chance if the Death Star was operational and he had time on his hands, he could have perhaps figured out a way to take down much of the star and destroy Palpatine from the inside out without anybody finding out. I don't see it passed him to succeed with a mission like that.

Oh I see, well in that case I agree with you.

It depends. The only way to kill a powerful force user like that is to shoot them repeatedly or stab them in the back.

I think that Sidious would be able to sense HK. He has no force ability to hide his intentions and Sidious is relatively perceptive. HK would shoot at him, Sidious would block the blaster bolt with his hands, then rip HK in half with a shrug.

You can read the minds of droids now? Besides trained Jedi didn't manage to do that, so I don't think Sidious would be able to, if you can read the minds of droids you can be sure HK has some form of protection against it. And I don't think he's stupid enough to just shoot Sidious in the back, at least I hope not. It would be really cheap if it would work and well be really stupid if it didn't.