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Varenon
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incept date 15 aby
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Unique
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Neutral
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6'
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Yellow
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Assassin
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History
In 11 ABY following the fall of the reborn Emperor and the creation of the Jedi Praxeum, several criminal organizations were alarmed by the Jedi's establishment as a threat to their existence. Once such was the Lenoris Corporation, a private biological organization based on Varenon, a remote unexplored desert world. Lenoris specialized in illegal biotic and genetic experimentation outside the jurisdiction of the Imperial Remnant or the New Republic.
Fearful of Jedi incursion and interference they came upon the concept of a creature to defend against the Jedi and be cheaper and less obvious than mercenaries or droids. Project Firak was first conceived a year later. Following extensive research a creature was grown in their labs and modified in incubation over a three year period, and was finally released fully grown at the beginning of 15 ABY. The experiment did not go to plan. Instead of being the controllable form they had invisaged, the creature known simly as Firak gained consciousness and turned on its creators, slaying them and any other test subjects in a week long manhunt, in the process destroying any available vessel and ultimately trapping itself on Varenon. Devoid of a means of escape Firak survived hunting creatures for food and performing experiments on itself using Lenoris' research and technology further enhancing itself.
In 19 ABY an Imperial Remnant special operations platoon was sent to investigate Varenon lead by a recently promoted Captain Jagos Var. Upon landing they encoutered Firak who attacked and slew half the platoon, before the Captain ordered heavy weapons used on the area, destroying the Lenoris' facility and burying Firak under the rubble. Captain Var recorded the creature as destroyed and left the planet recording it as of no further interest.
Ten years later in 29 ABY an indepenant mining survey team came to Varenon to prospect for rare materials and investigated the ruined facility. Unearthing Firak they were quickly slain by the creature who stole their vessel as a way off the planet. Firak was free.
It has now spent several years roaming local sectors stowing away on cargo vessels, learning about the galaxy and assimilating knowledge.
Description and Abilities
Firak is tall reptilian featured, muscular but also lithe. It has thick scaled grey skin, claw like hands and yellow eyes.
It is inhumanly fast and strong, and is exceptionally resilient to blaster weapons and explosives, and is also resistant to lightsabers unless a direct thrust or sustained hits. It is adept at climbing and clinging to most surfaces, can leap up to forty feet and is an exceptionally fast runner on all fours.
Aside from its physical abilities it has exceptional telepathic abilities and senses. It can detect force users from some distance away, and is also able to recognize individual minds. It is also able to leech information from minds via physical touch without the need for conversation. It is also extremily resistant to force attacks.
Firak uses no actual weapons, preferring to use its own body, teeth and claws, but it is highly intelligent with a strong adaptability to technology.
Following it's expeimentation on its own body and study of Lenoris' and other available research has given it a high knowledge of genetics and biology. Since it's escape from Varenon it has started abducting various intelligent species for it's research. It still has an obsession in improving itself.
Above all it still has the instinctive hatred of force users it's creators instilled in it, and will go all out to kill any it finds.