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this lowly 88-series calculation droid learned to covet credits while acting as an accountant for the Woostri HoloScan Database. Roughly humanoid in shape, 8t88 was a spindly automaton which was given arms and a crocodilian head that resembled the those of its Tiss'sharl master. However, during a mission to Woostri, 8t88's head was stolen by Zokor Polpot and replaced with that of a JMM-series assassin droid. 8t88 was unable to reconcile its new situation, and began to consider this "disfigurement" as an act of prejudice against droids. It was then that 8t88 became obsessed with finding and hurting Polpot, and set to work locating any and all information on his whereabouts. This activity eventually led 8t88 to discover bartering, as many sources of information wanted better information in return. Thus, 8t88 became one of the New Order's most successful infochants, and gained a fortune in credits. After outbidding Balancesheet, 8t88 was hired by Jerec to obtain the location of the Valley of the Jedi from Morgan Katarn. The droid managed to steal Morgan's journal disk, which led Jerec to Sulon and the ceiling tiles Katarn's home, which formed a puzzle that was used to hide the Valley's location. However, for its part in the search for the Valley of the Jedi, 8t88 was beheaded by Gorc and Pic aboard the Sulon Star. Kyle Katarn, the son of Morgan Katarn, managed to recover the droid's head and learned for himself of the location of the Valley. 8t88's body managed to survive the second beheading, and the droid continued to wander the galaxy in search of a suitable replacement. After many such heads, 8t88 managed to secure the head of an EV-series droid shortly before traveling to Mawan. The droid's appearance on Mawan coincided with a fatal accident that took the life of Zokor Polpot, and 8t88 suddenly found itself on the galaxy's most-wanted lists.