Takeda Kaga Haakan

[Takeda]

Name: Takeda Kaga Haakan

Race: Kwa descendant
Age: 67 (adult - middle age)
Faction: N/A
Force Sensitive: Yes
Height: 2.73 Meters - 8FT 10IN
Weight: 920 Pounds
Eyes: Amber-gold
Skin: Blue and Dark Grey and heavily tattooed

Appearance: General appearance is that of a very large blue and dark gray marked lizard-man, typically wearing robes over armor or fatigues; or if working on the ship a more utilitarian type clothing. He has cut off his hair to better display his tattoos and markings.

NPCs: A basic modified R2 unit called Dweezel or trashcan depending on his mood.

Personality: His general disposition is that of a quiet brooding sort, which he cultivates highly among those he works with. For those that are his close companions they find he is much more animated and quite gregarious. He has left behind the culture that his line of the Kwa have degenerated into (a remote semi-nomadic and tribal culture centered around trade and mercenary activities) He still retains his strong sense of personal honor.

Weapons: A specially modified heavy blaster and pistol, a very-very large slug thrower pistol, A big knife and often a large single edged curved sword.

Ship: Banju Twelve - A salvaged and heavily modified transport based roughly on the design of a YT2000. (edited: the YT2000 specifications are much too small to have a properly sized ship for a critter that big) The main power-plant is still within the primary hull but the drives are mounted externally in nacelles. The ship is roughly painted dark gray (aside from the never-ending repairs that need to be repainted) and bears almost no resemblance externally to a YT2000, the modifications being that extensive. The ship was acquired as derelict as payment for a trade debt.
(See below for pics and specifications)

Education: Basic schooling for his caste within the Clans; general academics, political science, martial
arts, trade and negotiations. Since out and about in the greater world he has taken on his more useful technical skills. A case of equal "I can break it or fix it".

History:
Takeda was born on one of moons of a backwater system into a stable clan. His childhood was spent
much as any other clan male, honing his skills to be in useful service to the clan lord. As he grew older he was assigned more and more duties off-world and in dealings with off-worlders. His curiosity and intellect made a good match and he picked up many useful skills and brought them home to the clan, while not a gifted teacher he managed to reduce his clans reliance on outside labor. After a decade of such service and acquiring a decent amount of private wealth, he asked
leave of the clan-lord to set out in the greater world to further his development and eventual usefulness to the clan. The clan-lord begrudgingly agreed to this and he has since been traveling the space-lanes growing and learning his skills, and now he turns to the galactic core
knowing where that is where his future and the future of his clan will be.

While force sensitive and having odd feelings at times, he has not been trained nor educated about the force, other than rumor and superstition.

Role play Experience: Extensive, mostly tabletop.

Various Pics and Equipage
Ship:
Name: Banju-12
Type: Light Freighter (Huge)
Length: 51.25 Meters (Main Hull)
Cargo Space: Yet to be determined
Crew: 2 for normal operations, can operated by 1
Powerplant:
2 main liquid metal reactors
2 auxiliary slug reactors

Sub-light engines:
12 upgraded Slayn & Korpil JZ-6 Fusial Thrust Engines
(6 per nacelle) Total KTU: 1076 Top Speed: 90MGLT

Hyperdrive:
Make and model unknown: Rating 0.8 (needs rebuild)

Armaments:
Dorsal Turret:
Quickfire Tri-Laser cannon
Modified Heavy Laser Cannon

Ventral Turret:
Quickfire Dual Laser Cannon
Dual mount heavy repeating blasters

Main Hull:
Forward facing Turbolaser
(Not fully installed and functional)



Heavily modified and adapted Heavy Blaster

[Takeda]

N'sai-Kwa - Kwa subspecies

Homeworld: Kest-Rhoa - Kest system, Rishi Maze
Common Languages: Kwa, Basic

Average height: 3.0 meters
Skin color: Cobalt blue with black markings, often enhanced by tattoos.
Distinctions: Saurian, Tails, Huge size, Claws, Keen sense of smell, Keen eyesight, tough hide.
Average lifespan: 500 years

The N'sai-Kwa are a created sub-species of Kwa, originally from Dathomir, developed as one or the genetically altered Kwa super-soldiers. Towards then end of the war between the Kwa-Holdings and the Rakatan Infinite Empire, a portion of this group became quite outspoken and challenged the established order of the Kwa. Seeing that the corruption that plagued the leadership of Kwa would bring about their downfall, they attempted a coup but failed, choosing exile over fighting their brethren, they exiled themselves and left the Kwa behind.

1. Biology and appearance
Evolved from the Kwa, this sub-species was genetically modified to produce more gifted warriors for the Kwa-Rakatan war. Several different sub-species were engineered during this time, a "perfect" template not being found prior to the fall of the Kwa Holdings.

The noted differences between this variant and that of the main-line Kwa race is the N'Sai are much heavier framed, their claws and teeth more pronounced, and much more massive musculature. However the N'Sai-Kwa lost all telepathic ability common to the Kwa. While this makes them highly resistant to attempts to read, contact, or control their mind, it also means they are unable to develop any conscious telepathic power by another means.

2. History
See Kwa.
As the Kwa-Rakatan war progressed many of the soldiers of this sub-species became disillusioned with the increasingly corrupt Kwa leadership and organized a coup. This failing, due in large part to the lack of telepathic ability, led to a portion of the soldiers who attempted the coup exiling themselves, and distancing themselves from known Kwa worlds, customs, and technology.

The N'sai-Kwa traveled for several generations before finding the suitable world Kest to inhabit within the Rishi Maze. Due to the extremely long time spent traveling and searching, slight differences of the overall group, manifested on the different ships. These ship families later evolved into the Clans. The Clans took up residency in different parts of the world, to prevent a concentrated Kwa culture from re-emerging. Within several generations, much of the original Kwa technology had been abandoned and dismantled. Kest was ideal in that it was very remote from any known hyperspace route, and highly isolated from any Kwa gate.

From the period of 18,000-4,900 BBY the N'sai were effectively cut off from the rest of the galaxy, having by this time lost space-faring technology. The N'sai developed their own unique culture, frequently engaging in skirmish warfare amongst themselves.

At different points in their feudal-era other races had made tentative contact, but no permanent contact was established.

By about 5,200 BBY the N'sai had re-progressed to an modern-industrial era, though space-travel was technically possible there was no reason to do so. In 4,902 A small group of fleeing Sith arrived and settled in a remote and desolate area of Kest. Their presence went undetected for a number of years as they tried to rebuild their culture. Early tentative excursions by the Sith survivors demonstrated that they would choose to consolidate their power before making their presence known and attempting to enslave the N'sai. By raiding neighboring systems they grew their culture and with an army of enhanced slaves they set out to subjugate the N'sai.

The Sith met with strong initial successes the clans being closest to them being on the fringes and small and isolated form the rest of the N'sai clans. Survivors of these attacks plead for assistance from the Taisho. Who put out a call for the clans to mobilize against the threat.
Because the stories provided by the survivors of the clans were so conflicted, it was believed that they had been found by the Rakatan. In short the clans mobilized to the warrior and for the first time since exile fought under a united banner. The Sith were wholly unprepared for what beset them and within an agonizing few days were eradicated. With the speed of the response, much of the heavy equipment of the N'sai was not brought to bear and a good deal of the buildings and equipment of the Sith survived. Most importantly was complete and functioning starships. Within a few hundred years the N'sai returned to the stars and began exploring parts of the Rishi Maze and the Outer Rim. Several suitable worlds were found and N'Sai culture expanded to several star systems in short order. However as reports came back of the events going on in the galaxy, the N'sai chose to remain in semi-seclusion, which they maintain to this day.


3. Society and culture
N'sai culture is based around warrior tradition. For a time because of the abandonment of Kwa technology their industrial capacity was greatly reduced and an agrarian culture developed.

The culture is broken down into different groups called clans that were originally of familial lineage but over time has come to be more in common with a guild or corporation. The clans while all following the warrior tradition then developed other skills that benefited the society as a whole. As the population grew and spread most of the habitable sections of the planet were divided up, and as resources grew scarce the skirmishes between clans developed a more serious note. In order to prevent the destruction of their society, the Clans came together and elected a Taisho from among their number. This Overlord heard disputes and managed the overall guidance of the N'sai. In time however the position became corrupt as several clans vied for this power to further their own aims, resulting in a stagnancy at the Taisho's court. In time the power and authority of the Taisho waned and came back to rest with the clans. In the last hundred years an enterprising clanlord led a series of raids and consolidated his power having other clans pay him tribute and in turn providing mediation and support for inter-clan disputes, effectively replacing the Taisho with himself, but instead of supplanting the Taisho directly, he provided relief to the Taisho and his court in exchange for legitimacy. This Great-Lord effectively administers the affairs of the overall N'sai state, while leaving the day-to-day running of the clans to their own lords.


4. Appearances
No notable appearances so far.

5. Sources
Wookieepedia - Starwars Wikipedia

6. Notes and references
Under the entries for Mind-Prison on Wookieepedia they specifically mention the Mind-Prison's use to contain Kwa super-soldiers. While this is not the origin of the concept of this character, I include this as a reference since the full history of the Kwa is under-explained on Wookieepedia and their may be better or more complete information within canon.