The LOM-series protocol droid, also known as a LOM-series droid was a model of protocol droid manufactured by Industrial Automaton. They were designed with insectile features to emulate the species they were created to serve, the sentient Gand. Due to Cybot Galactica's hold over the protocol droid market with their 3PO-series, the LOM-series was a spectacular failure when Automaton attempted to introduce it, with even Arakyd Industries' RA-7 protocol droid selling more.
The LOM-series had a flaw that allowed the personality software of a droid to be corrupted. Many LOM-series droids became enforcers in the galaxy's Outer Rim Territories. 4-LOM was a LOM-series protocol droid who overrode his programming and became a bounty hunter, though ISB agent Andressa Divo came to suspect the Droid Gotra was behind the programming change in order to give their droid rights movement a symbol. Another LOM-series droid, 1-JAC, also worked as a bounty hunter, as did a LOM-series unit in the employ of crime lord Jabba Desilijic Tiure. One LOM unit in service to the Galactic Empire was based at Weapons Factory Alpha.
