VL-44, also known as "Vee-El Forty-Four," was a security droid that seemed to have begun as a PK-series worker droid. During the Cold War, he provided service to the Resistance.
Sometime between the years of 31 and 32 ABY, Admiral Ackbar of the Resistance was taken prisoner by the First Order. The Resistance put together a squad, headed by Captain Hoff, with the goal of discovering Ackbar's location and rescuing him. Ultimately, Hoff's squad captured a droid called O-MR1, who they thought possessed knowledge of Ackbar's whereabouts.
While returning to the Resistance's base, Hoff's squad experienced a crash landing on Taul. The only ones to survive the crash were VL-44, O-MR1, and the droids C-3PO, 2MED2, CO-34, and PZ-99. This group of droids then decided to collaborate in order to find a means of returning home. Soon after joining forces, the droids detected a signal originating from a First Order ship. While they were headed toward the ship, the group was attacked by spice spiders. PZ-99 sacrificed himself to protect the others, diverting the attention of all the spice spiders, which led to his destruction. The remaining droids proceeded onward, but they were soon attacked by Thidaxx and can-cell. During this attack, 2MED2, CO-34, and VL-44 were all destroyed.