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Padak

Padak

Physical description
Species	Human^[1]
Gender	Male^[1]
Chronological and political information
Era(s)	New Republic era^[1]
Affiliation	Qulok's Fist^[1]

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Padak was a male Human bounty hunter who utilized a customized suit of armor. Part of the Qulok's Fist bounty hunter gang, Padak worked with them in slavery, smuggling, and mercenary operations throughout the Outer Rim Territories, the Minos Cluster, and the Kathol sector. In 8 ABY, Padak assisted the group in their mission to tail the New Republic CR90 corvette FarStar on the orders of Imperial Moff Kentor Sarne, former warlord of the Kathol sector, and engaged the vessel in battle in the Shintel system.

1 Biography
2 Personality and traits
3 Behind the scenes
4 Appearances
5 Sources
6 Notes and references

BiographyEdit

Padak was a bounty hunter who worked with Qulok's Fist, a group of criminals who were involved in bounty hunting, smuggling, slavery, and mercenary work. He worked alongside Kolig, the group leader, Sufar, and Thanis Gul-Rah. Clad in a customized suit of yellow-gold armor, Padak was the walking arsenal of the group. Blasters and grenades hung from bandoleers and holsters all over his body.^[1]

Along with Qulok's Fist, Padak worked in the Outer Rim Territories, the Minos Cluster, and the Kathol sector. During their time in the Kathol sector, the group was contracted by Moff Kentor Sarne,^[1] a former Imperial officer who had withdrawn the sector from the Empire and set himself up as a warlord following the death of Emperor Palpatine in 4 ABY.^[2] Sometime during this period, Padak participated in a hunt on a backwater planet that turned into a massacre. This incident led to Thanis Gul-Rah leaving the organization in disgust.^[1]

After the New Republic liberated the sector capital Kal'Shebbol in 8 ABY, Sarne was forced to flee into the Kathol sector.^[2] Qulok's Fist was hired by the warlord to tail the CR90 corvette FarStar, which had been assigned by the New Republic to locate Sarne.^[1]

Sarne, in an effort to delay and harass the FarStar, arranged for the corvette to divert to the Shintel system through the use of false information passed onto them by one of his agents, Colonel Olaver Lansel, on the planet Gandle Ott.^[3] Sarne intended for the FarStar to locate him, since he wished to draw regional New Republic forces into a trap of his own design, which would then clear the way for his reconquest of the Kathol sector.^[4] At Shintel, the FarStar encountered a supply depot that had been abandoned by Sarne. One of the officers at the base, Lieutenant Palme—also a deep-cover agent of Sarne's—managed to upload a virus into the FarStar's systems. When the corvette attempted to leave the Shintel system, the virus programming overloaded the hyperdrive, stranding them. As arranged, Qulok's Fist arrived in their transport, the Steel Fist, and executed a series of fast attacks on the stricken ship. Padak crewed on the Steel Fist during the brief engagement.^[5]

Personality and traitsEdit

Padak was a man not only looking for a fight, but for a war. His vast array of personal weaponry included a blaster rifle, a blaster pistol, and a hold-out blaster, two knives, four grenades, and two thermal detonators. He also carried a magna-grapple with seventy-five meters of thincord.^[1]

Sealed in his armor and helmet, Padak presented an emotionless, anonymous face to the galaxy. He was considered to be evil and violent, and extremely dangerous. He had no regrets or remorse about killing other beings, and was on the verge of being out of control, which made him unpredictable.^[1]

Padak's only goal was "to do good death." He followed Kolig's orders, but was disgruntled by the prospect of little killing, preferring heated combat and the obliteration of his enemies. Although a fierce warrior, he was not as tactically minded as the other members of Qulok's Fist, and had to be reigned in during missions to prevent him from blowing a trap or plan.^[1]

Behind the scenesEdit

Padak was created for The DarkStryder Campaign, a supplement for Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game by West End Games. Padak appeared in the "Rogues Gallery" section written by Peter Schweighofer, and was included so the Gamemaster could use him—and Qulok's Fist—in an original adventure. Qulok's Fist would go on to appear in the adventure Shintel Downtime, although they would only be encountered aboard their ship, the Steel Fist.