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Reverend_Tegoth Registered: Jan '05	Date Posted: 5/22/05 5:21am Subject: RE: The Official Mandalorian Reference Guide
	Here is a list of major Mandalorian characters that Abel Pena posted in the thread about his Mandalorian article: character name / era he was in / affiliation (meaning clan name, death watch, or whatever is known) Mandalore the First Mandalore the Indomitable/ TOTJ / Mandalorian Crusader Mandalore the Ultimate / Kotor / Mandalorian Neo-Crusader Cassus Fett / Kotor Canderous Ordo / Kotor / later Mandalore General Gustav Zenlav / Old Republic Jaster Mereel / Old Republic / Mandalorian Merc/ True Mandalorian Vizla / Old Republic / Mandalorian Merc/ Death Watch Montross/ Mandalorian Merc/ True Mandalorian Clone Wars: Jango Fett/ True Mandalorian Boba Fett/ Mandalorian Protector Jangotat Mandalore the Resurrector (aka Spar - Alpha02)/ Mandalorian Protector Ghez Hokan/ Death Watch(Squad) Fenn Shysa / Mandalorian constable/ Protector Tobi Dala / Mandalorian constable/ Protector New Republic/New Jedi Order: Ailyn Vel -----signature----- Passion about fiction is great when it's fun and lighthearted, or when it provides respite or sheds light on real issues. But save your anger about it - on both sides of the argument - and channel it into improving real lives. - Karen Traviss
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Reverend_Tegoth Registered: Jan '05	Date Posted: 5/22/05 5:30am Subject: RE: The Official Mandalorian Reference Guide
	Here is Karen Traviss' post from the official site message boards that states that "Death Squad" and "Death Watch" are the same group, and explains why an ex-Death Watchmen would care about Jango Fett: Yes, same group. Now, this was my take on it, and others might not agree with my logic. Even if Ghez didn't have fond memories of Jango the guy is still a Mandalorian icon. Whatever your view of one of your own within a group, you often turn right around and defend them if an outsider has a go at them. (The domestic dispute syndrome...) I see this as a matter of Mandalorian pride, because regardless of personal animosity, Jango was admired as the best in his field. I think Ghez would put feuds aside and rally to anything Mandalorian at a gut level, especially if the Jedi were involved. The alternative was for him to say to Uthan, "Oh, I never did like him anyway. It's okay. It's fine for the Jedi to use our numero uno man to make mindless fighting machines." Of course, Ghez didn't exactly get on with anyone, so he probably wouldn't have cared about sides, being a hobby psychopath . But I still miss him. -----signature----- Passion about fiction is great when it's fun and lighthearted, or when it provides respite or sheds light on real issues. But save your anger about it - on both sides of the argument - and channel it into improving real lives. - Karen Traviss
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Reverend_Tegoth Registered: Jan '05	Date Posted: 5/22/05 5:35am Subject: RE: The Official Mandalorian Reference Guide
	Here is the bibliography that Abel Pena posted for his Mandalorian article in Star Wars Insider: History of the Mandalorians Bibliography Tales of the Jedi: Knights of the Old Republic Tales of the Jedi: The Sith War Knights of the Old Republic Knights of the Old Republic II Shadows of the Empire soundtrack Republic Commando: Hard Contact Miniatures Battles 2nd Edition Dark Empire Sourcebook Gamemaster Handbook for Second Edition Boba Fett: Twin Engines of Destruction Marvel Comics #69-69, 81, 100-101, 107 Boba Fett young adults novels Jango Fett one-shot Zam Wessel one-shot The Essential Chronology Essential Guide to Vehicles & Vessels New Essential Guide to Vehicles & Vessels Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology New Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology New Essential Guide to Characters Essential Guide to Droids Geonosis and the Outer Rim Worlds Riders of the Maelstrom Bounty Hunter Jango Fett: Open Seasons “Outbid But Never Outgunned,” Tales “Race for the Tessent,” Gamer #9 “The Marvel Series,” Gamer #1 “Usual Suspects,” Gamer Star Wars Galaxies The Imperial Sourcebook Scoundrel’s Luck The Bounty Hunter Wars Enemy of the Empire Empire Vol. 1 Droids: The Kalarba Adventures Droids (cartoon) Boba Fett Deluxe (Hasbro) New Jedi Order: The Unifying Force The Empire Strikes Back novelization The Star Wars Encyclopedia Young Jedi Knights: Fall of the Diversity Alliance “The Last One Standing,” Tales of the Bounty Hunters Republic #65 Galaxy Guide #9 The Star Wars Roleplaying Game Rulebook (Wizards) Boba Fett: NJO (Wizards website) -----signature----- Passion about fiction is great when it's fun and lighthearted, or when it provides respite or sheds light on real issues. But save your anger about it - on both sides of the argument - and channel it into improving real lives. - Karen Traviss
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Reverend_Tegoth Registered: Jan '05	Date Posted: 5/22/05 6:11am Subject: RE: The Official Mandalorian Reference Guide
	This is the info from the Shadows of the Empire soundtrack liner notes regarding the Taung (the race that the original Mandalorian race is believed to be descended from): Historic Notes on Dha Werda Verda Much has been written on this famous text. We are indebted to the discoveries of space merchant and explorer Mungo Baobab (see The Adventures of Mungo BaoBab, Lucasfilm 1986) who found and preserved the Roonstones. Encoded into the crystal structure of the Roonstones was the earliest known text of Dha Werda Verda. It is considered original, and was translated in the Baobab Archives. The text was written five millenium before Coruscant's primitive warlike ancestors, a warrior race called the Taungs, invaded and conquered the indigenous peoples. Dha Werda Verda recounts in epic poem fashion the legendary story of a battle between the Taungs and the vanquished people, the battalions of Zhell. The tide of the final battle was turned when a sudden volcanic eruption rained destructive ash onto the Zhell, smothering their city. The plume of ash rose kilometers into the sky, and cast a giant shadow over the land of the Taungs for two standard years. Thousands of years of continual construction have turned the original site of this epic battle into Imperial City. Henceforth the Taungs became known as "Dha Werda Verda," i.e. The Warriors of the Shadow or in some translations, Dark Warriors. The Taungs themselves saw the shadow as a symbol of their destiny and adopted the Dark Shadow Warrior identity throughout their conquests. Dha Werda Verda Booten wooten lanlock vootem. Al a sinkee dunken pooten. Achta werda verda roll. Poonka dunkee loten cho. Leeber soong whar tung tach picta. Manner manner migta richta. Schelecht varn toom-soing pa ho-grunten. Gersh ve dala funken mimpa. Droit! Ta Gropen wettkampf Zunken! Betteltung seeck da mindy cooten. Parta blax dha scunken drassen. Manner manner, mitteltouse manner. Dha Dhazz jedoch. Land zu land offt letza. Unun nung. Manner manner. Durchsprung Nocha. Immer hauk gewordenspa. Zeeetoof en poof. Olaffka begonnenspah. Var var goopinski. von moglodite. Kortzva. Verto verto taplasko ta verto. Vom zoomenfest. Va va voomenfest. Kopocka locka hatta statan. Schel Tha noobin rest du common. Morbskurtz! Kaffee kaffee zum doom kaffee! Ausbroll mobist manner mockah! Ssstrung tartung tha stroong tar- tung! Wo-cha nickschat hobbentrose. Jungclaus dha spricken. Impoot ga kunginchock! Kungach. Noplenkacht. Kungar Kungar. Ale Da Kungare! -----signature----- Passion about fiction is great when it's fun and lighthearted, or when it provides respite or sheds light on real issues. But save your anger about it - on both sides of the argument - and channel it into improving real lives. - Karen Traviss
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CeiranHarmony Registered: May '04	Date Posted: 5/22/05 11:24am Subject: RE: The Official Mandalorian Reference Guide
	hey I recognise lots of german words in there. I might translate them for you if you want. dunno if it makes sense. some time ago we discussed and translated them over in the insider 80 mando thread. look it up or tell me to translate it^^ -----signature----- www.njoe.com (Govsec Author) "Less is more!" Union In Love with the Star Wars Atlas Dark Horse: Star Wars: Invasion (best idea ever!!!) My life is an Idiots Array, PURE SABBACC
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Corran_Fett Registered: Jan '05	Date Posted: 5/22/05 1:54pm Subject: RE: The Official Mandalorian Reference Guide
	Yes, I saw them too, but rather Dutch than German I think. And also I don't think they make much sense... Isn`t there a translation for it as it is with the RC-OST??? -----signature----- The other side of the NJO, featuring Mandalorians, Vong, and Peace Brigaders in a thrillride full of betrayal and intrigue... When Few Stood Against Many \| http://boards.theforce.net/b/b10477/25253415/ - http://corranfett.deviantart.com -
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razzy1319 Registered: Jun '04	Date Posted: 5/22/05 3:53pm Subject: RE: The Official Mandalorian Reference Guide
	Are the mandalorians in the visionaries graphic novel canon? -----signature----- In Space No One Can Hear Your Scream, Except For The BattleCry Of A Galactic Marine -Fictional BattleCry My Kind Weren't Made To Kneel -Fictional Clone Trooper Worst Admin Ever - http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/User:WhiteBoy/Kuralyov
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Reverend_Tegoth Registered: Jan '05	Date Posted: 5/22/05 8:14pm Subject: RE: The Official Mandalorian Reference Guide
	Here are all the Fett and Mandalorian references from Star Wars: The New Essential Guide to Characters: Jango Fett Before becoming the template for the clone army Jango Fett cultivated anonymity behind the faceplate of his Mandalorian helmet. Afterwards his face was everywhere. Orphaned when his settler parents were killed in an uprising, Jango joined the Mandalorian peacekeepers - a group of nomadic mercenaries who he traveled with for a few years. On Galidraan the Jedi Knights nearly eliminated their outnumbered opponents, but Jango slipped away preparing to become a hunter-for-hire. Jango received spectacular payoffs for his successes and earned a reputation as the best. He flew a modified Firespray-class F-31 named Slave I. Calling himself "just a simple man trying to make my way in the universe," Jango followed no ideologies and accepted jobs from anyone with money. One private vendetta tortured him, however - his hatred for fellow hunter Montross. Years before, Montross killed Jaster Mereel and mounted his armor - bearing the skull insignia of Jaster's regiment - in his home as a trophy. While collecting a bounty on the leader of the Bando Gora, Fett confronted Montross and walked away victorious. Shortly after the Battle of Naboo a man named Tyranus approached Jango on one of the moons of Bogden. Out of all the galaxy's bounty hunters Jango had been chosen to provide the genetic template for a clone army to be grown on Kamino. Fett took up residence in Tipoca City and provided regular genetic samples while continuing his bounty hunting career from his new base. The Kaminoans paid well, but Jango wanted something else. Prime Minister Lama Su gave Jango a newborn clone, unaltered, to raise as a son. Jango named him Boba. Ten years into Jango's stay on Kamino, Tyranus - really Count Dooku - hired Fett to eliminate Senator Amidala on Coruscant. Jango entrusted the job to one of his freelance stringers, Zam Wesell, but killed her when she threatened the security of the operation. Later Jango met Obi-Wan Kenobi on Kamino. His instincts telling him that Kenobi might be trouble, Jango and his son left Kamino after a heated clash with Obi-Wan. The Jedi followed them through the asteroid rings of Geonosis, and later more Jedi invaded the planet's execution arena. Jango tried to help fight them off, but died in one-on-one combat with Mace Windu. Boba Fett He didn't socialize, he rarely spoke, and none of his bounties ever saw his face. Thus Boba Fett encouraged fearful speculation about his past, which sprang up in the absence of facts. Some said he was Jaster Mereel, a journeyman protector from Concord Dawn who'd been exiled for killing a fellow officer. Others pegged him as an adult during the Clone Wars, fighting as a supercommando on the planet Mandalore. The truth, buried under a mountain of falsehoods, is that Boba Fett was an unaltered clone of his "father," Jango Fett. Unlike other clones, Boba did not undergo the gene tampering that would lead to docility and growth acceleration. Jango accepted Boba in addition to payment for services rendered to the Kaminoans, and raised Boba as his son. Taun We, aid to the Kaminoan Prime Minister, cared for Boba while Jango hunted bounties offworld. Ten years after his birth in a clone incubator, Boba Fett met Obi-Wan Kenobi when the Jedi came to Kamino. Possessing his father's instincts, Boba immediately knew Kenobi was trouble. The Fetts fled Kamino after a skirmish with Obi-Wan, then eluded him in the asteroid ring of Geonosis. But when more Jedi invaded the execution arena on Geonosis Jango Fett was kiled in one-on-one combat with Mace Windu. Boba left Geonosis in his father's ship amid the confusion of battle between the Seperatists and the Republic. The Clone Wars erupted, the Jedi Order died, and Palpatine assumed the throne and authority of Emperor. Boba Fett became what he'd been bred and trained for. He possessed Jango's reflexes, Slave I, and a set of Mandalorian armor that had once belonged to Jaster Mereel, his father's mentor. He seemed predestined to become the galaxy's greatest bounty hunter. On several early missions he paired with D'harhan, a cyborg with a laser cannon in place of his head. It soon became obvious Boba wasn't the only one operating with a suit of Mandalorian armor. Fenn Shysa and Tobbi Dala, supercommandos from Mandalore, patrolled their planet's space and seldom interfered with Boba's hunts. Jodo Kast, however, competed with Fett for bounties, and wore his Mandalorian armor partly to cash in on Fett's reputation. Boba Fett first met Han Solo while on assignment for Jabba the Hutt. The young Solo's win in Jubilar's bare-knuckled Free-For-All left an impression on Fett that echoed for years. Approximately four years before the battle of Yavin, Fett caught up with Solo again, this time as a predator hunting prey. Teroenza, high priest of Ylesia, hired Fett to capture Solo. On Nar Shaddaa nabbed Solo, only to have Lando Calrissian manage to free Solo and send Fett off in the Slave I under the influence of obedience drugs. Jabba talked Fett out of the Solo bounty, but his hatred for Calrissian remained. Later, while hunting Bria Tharen aboard a passenger liner, Fett had another bounty spoiled by Calrissian. Only a substantial cash payoff convinced him to leave without retaliation. Boba took jobs from everyone, including the Empire. Shortly before Yavin, Darth Vader hired Fett to go after Imperial deserter Abal Karda. Fett soon learned that Vader's true target was the cask that Karda was carrying, which contained the decapitated - but still living - head of an Icarii soothsayer. On Maryx Minor, Fett and Vader fought one-on-one for the cask, with Vader emerging the victor by only the slimmest of margins. Weeks before Yavin, Boba claimed a bounty on High Priest Teroenza, killing him just as he was about to kill Han and Bria. The rescue meant nothing to Fett - "just business" he said - and a short time later he found himself in competition with Solo in a hunt for the Yavin Vassilika. After that Fett remained in Jabba's employ and accompanied Jabba and several other bounty hunters to Mos Eisley's Docking Bay 94 to provide silent muscle for the crimelord while he threatened Han and Chewbacca. Soon, Jabba posted a tremendous bounty on Han Solo's head, but Fett had other concerns. Several months after Yavin he accepted a job from the arachnid middleman Kud'ar Mub'at to destroy the Bounty Hunter's Guild. After a guild mission against the Shell Hutts of Circumtore - in which Fett's old comrade D'harhan lost his life - the guild split along age lines and tore itself apart. Fett later learned that Prince Xizor had orchestrated the entire affair, with the Emperor's blessing. About six months after Yavin, Fett killed the notorious criminal Dr. Evazan, who had been experimenting with dead bodies on the planet Necropolis. There he crossed paths with two children - Zak and Tash Arranda - and their Shi'ido guardian. A few months later Fett found himself hunting the trio for Darth Vader. He tracked them to Dagobah where he ran afoul of a band of shipwrecked cannibals and left without collecting the Arranda bounty. After the Rebel Alliance's evacuation from Yavin, Fett ran into Han Solo and Luke Skywalker on several occassions. First, on a watery moon in the Panna system Fett unsuccessfully tried to capture Skywalker for Vader. Later he crossed paths with the same group of rebels while hunting an Imperial spy on ice-covered Ota. Again his prey eluded him. Fett suffered another setback when he was hired by Imperial General Mohc to kill Rebel agent Kyle Katarn. He tracked Katarn to Coruscant, but botched the kill, and Katarn went on to destroy Mohc's Dark Trooper project. To restore his reputation Fett wiped out an entire Imperial garrison on Vryssa in order to nab a bounty that was hiding there. The destruction of the garrison, accomplished with no backup, is considered the most spectacular feat of Fett's career. Not long before the battle of Hoth, Boba Fett and several other hunters captured Luke Skywalker and Han Solo and imprisoned them on Ord Mantell. While Fett negotiated two bounties, one from Jabba, one from Vader, his captives escaped. He got a second chance when Vader hired him to find the Millennium Falcon after its escape from Hoth. Fett beat the other hunters to the bounty and flew away from Cloud City with a carbonite-frozen Han Solo. Two IG-88 units attacked Fett as soon as he reached Tatooine, forcing him to divert to Gall for repairs. After many months, and many attempts by competitors to steal Solo's slab, Fett delivered his bounty to Jabba and received a payoff of a quarter of a million credits. During Skywalker's rescue of Solo above the Great Pit of Carkoon, Boba Fett fell into the Sarlacc. After days of agony he blasted out, barely alive. Dengar discovered him lying in the sand and saved his life. In return Fett allowed Dengar to accompany him as he untangled a labyrinthine conspiracy orchestrated by wealthy industrialist Kuat of Kuat. For the mission Fett stole Bossk's ship, Hound's Tooth, and left Slave I on Tatooine. Slave I fell into Alliance hands and rusted in an impound lot on Grakouine. The galaxy at large believed Fett to be a half-digested morsel in the Sarlacc's belly and he used that to his advantage - flying around in the less recognizable Slave II and accepting jobs from only the most discerning clients. When Jodo Kast threatened to blow his cover by encouraging people to believe he was Boba Fett, Fett ambushed Kast and killed him. Dengar continued working with Fett, often supplying the public face for his silent partner. Those in the business knew how to get in touch with Fett, others, like Han Solo, had no idea that he had survived. Eventually Fett bought back Slave I, keeping it in parking orbit above Nar Shaddaa. After the reborn Emperor attacked, Fett decided to take a new Hutt bounty on Solo. Fett and Dengar surprised Solo on Nar Shaddaa and chased them to the Emperor's throne-world of Byss, where Slave II]/i] smashed into the planetary shield. That was the end of [i]Slave II and Fett's partnership with Dengar. A loner again, Fett reactivated Slave I and took several jobs for Gorga the Hutt. The influx of cash allowed Fett to set up another ambush for Solo. In the undercity of Nar Shaddaa, Fett almost captured Solo, but Chewbacca tore off his helmet and sent him rocketing into a durasteel girder. Fett recovered and lay in wait near a gas cloud, firing on the Millennium Falcon when it emerged. In response he recieved a circuit melting blast from the Falcon's new "lightning gun." Slave I was then replaced by Slave III. With word of Solo's victories over Fett spreading far and wide, Boba accepts a job to kill the insane Imperial overseers of the dungeon ship Azgoghk in order to erase the stain of failure upon him. He accomplishes this for only one-hundred credits. Soon, however, Fett needed thousands of credits after replacing Slave III with Slave IV and replacing his Sarlacc-weakened right leg with a prosthetic. Fortunately fifteen years after Endor, Fett captured the Devaronian war criminal known as the "Butcher of Montellian Serat" and earned a staggering bounty of five million credits. His finances bolstered, Fett moved to secure his pride. On Jubilar he faced off with Han Solo, but both combatants ultimately decided to drop their long-standing fued and go their different ways. Boba Fett continued to work the bounty hunting trade as recently as twenty years after Endor, when, still flying the Slave IV, he took a job from Nolaa Tarkona of the Diversity Alliance to find shipping merchant Bornan Thul. Fett found Thul, discovered the coordinates of a plague storehouse that Thul had been hiding, and then transmitted the data to Tarkona. The Diversity Alliance crumbled in battle with the New Republic and Boba went on to other jobs. Since the Yuuzhan Vong invasion Fett hasn't been seen, but not even his most hopeful enemies are willing to count him among the dead. Jodo Kast This bounty hunter wore Mandalorian armor and tried to cash in on Boba Fett's reputation. He died a year after Endor when Fett decided to settle the score. -----signature----- Passion about fiction is great when it's fun and lighthearted, or when it provides respite or sheds light on real issues. But save your anger about it - on both sides of the argument - and channel it into improving real lives. - Karen Traviss
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Reverend_Tegoth Registered: Jan '05	Date Posted: 5/22/05 9:44pm Subject: RE: The Official Mandalorian Reference Guide
	Here is the Boba Fett entry from the Star Wars: Roleplaying Game Revised Core Rulebook: Boba Fett The most feared bounty hunter of his time, Boba Fett racks up an unheard of number of successful bounties that earns him a reputation as a force to be reckoned with. His name fills outlaws and criminals with dread. Boba Fett never acts particularly evil or cruel. He simply seems bereft of conscience. It means nothing to him to accept help from someone, then minutes later turn that person in for a bounty. The origins of this bounty hunter go a long way toward explaining his lack of humanity. A clone of his "father," Jango, Boba was raised without a nurturing mother figure and isolated socially. Apart from his father, Boba had no friends or heroes. Jango taught Boba self-reliance and to trust no one - lessons Boba learned easily. Like his father, Boba saw the galaxy around him with a cold, selfish, and remorseless eye. At the Battle of Geonosis, ten year old Boba is orphaned when Jedi Master Mace Windu kills his father. Boba witnesses Jango's death and flees the planet aboard Slave I, taking with him his father's helmet, an undiluted hatred of the Jedi, and his perception of a galaxy devoid of compassion and rife with violence. And, also from the Star Wars: Roleplaying Game Revised Core Rulebook: Equipment of Jango and Boba Fett In addition to their distinctive armor, the bounty hunters Jango Fett and Boba Fett equip themselves with all manner of weaponry and gadgets designed to aid them in locating and capturing their elusive prey. Armor - Boba's armor has fewer solid plates then Jango's suit. Both of these suits of medium-weight armor have the same accessories: macrobinoculars in the helmet, motion sensors, sound sensors, infrared sensors, a comlink, and a broadband antenna / signal interceptor. The helmet also features a rangefinder. Jet Pack - Allows flight of up to 500 meters on a full tank of fuel. The jet pack and flame-thrower gauntlet draw from the same fuel source. Missile Launcher - Integrated into the jet pack, it fires an explosive warhead or a magnetic grappling hook and 30-meter line. Antisecurity blades - These electronic devices bypass forcefields and jam security devices with a burst of high-frequency harmonic interference waves. They can also be used to defeat electric locks. Flamethrower Gauntlet - The right wrist gauntlet contains a miniature flame projector, which shoots a gout of flame up to six meters. As noted above, the flamethrower uses the same fuel source as the jet pack. Whipcord - The right wrist gauntlet also contains a whipcord which can entangle an opponent within 6 meters. Rocket Darts - The kneepads are equipped with rocket dart launchers, one per knee. The darts are most useful in melee combat where the impact of a knee strike will cause them to launch. They can also be activated by hand, but their limited range drastically reduces their effectiveness. Laser Gauntlet (Boba only) - Boba Fett's right wrist gauntlet can fire an intense laser beam. Spiked Boots (Boba only) - The spring-loaded spikes in the toes of Boba Fett's boots are designed to extend when he stamps his foot. The bounty hunter uses them only in emergencies, or when stripped of his more powerful weapons. Stun Grenade Launcher (Boba only) - Boba Fett's EE-3 blaster rifle is fitted with a launcher that fires stun grenades up to 20 meters. Wrist Rocket Launcher (Jango only) - Jango Fett uses a Kelvarek Consolidate Arms single-shot, MM7 rocket-powered flechette launcher, mounted on his left wrist. The missile carries an explosive warhead. Sabredart Launcher (Jango only) - Jango Fett has a Kaminoan sabredart launcher integrated into the armor on his right forearm. The device carries four darts. Sabredarts are usually coated with poison, most commonly kouhun venom. Wrist Blades (Jango only) - Deadly retractable blades snap from Jango's wrist gauntlets. -----signature----- Passion about fiction is great when it's fun and lighthearted, or when it provides respite or sheds light on real issues. But save your anger about it - on both sides of the argument - and channel it into improving real lives. - Karen Traviss
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Reverend_Tegoth Registered: Jan '05	Date Posted: 5/22/05 11:27pm Subject: RE: The Official Mandalorian Reference Guide
	Here are all the Mandalorian and Ghez Hokan references from pages 125 - 150 of Republic Commando: Hard Contact: Ghez Hokan and his lieutenants, Cuvin and Hurati, stand in the path of burning woods, staring back at it from three hundred meters. Cuvin points out that they'll have to burn a great deal of land to deny all cover to the enemy. Hurati says that that isn't the point - the burning is being done as much to convince the enemy that they're protecting the facility as it is to flush them out. "Correct," Hokan says. "There's no point in alienating the natives, and I can't afford to compensate them all for lost production. This is sufficient. We'll use droids on the remaining boundaries." Cuvin points out that the Trade Federation won't welcome disruption to the barq harvest, and that a shortage of barq will be noticed by some very influential people. "I don't care," Hokan replies. "The same influential people will be even more inconvenienced by the arrival of millions of Republic clones on their homeworlds." Hokan was in full Mandalorian armor. Not so much for protection as to convey a message to his officers. Sometimes Hokan has to indulge in a little theater, and he knows that the glow of the flames illuminating his traditional warrior's armor make a fine spectacle - one calculated to impress and overawe. He was at war and he no longer had to prostitute his martial skills as an assassin or bodyguard to weak and wealthy cowards. Hokan knows that Cuvin is right about the barq, but that doesn't mean that he won't deal with Cuvin's dissent. Ghez asks Hurati how many enemy troops he estimates now. Hurati lays out all the instances of contact with the enemy, and Ghez remarks that they are all within a five-klick corridor spanning forty clicks. "Looks obvious to me that they're heading for Teklet, probably to take the port before targeting the facility." Hurati agrees, and says that he would guess no more then ten men. He says that he has reports from farmers who have found evidence of movement across their land. Multiple tracks crossing an area forty klicks by thirty klicks suggests to Hurati that they are being decoyed. Ten troops, Ghez thinks to himself. He wonders if they are pathfinders, special forces, or saboteurs and whether or not they were preparing the ground for more troops or were tasked with completing the mission themselves. Hokan wished that he had a few Mandalorian mercenaries and not just droids and career officers, but he keeps his concern hidden behind his helmet. He also wished that he had more airspeeders. He'd never needed more then one to police the farms and it will take days to have any shipped to Qiilura. "Farmers can be pretty cooperative, can't they?" Hokan observes. "Remarkably so, ever since that one found the circuitry, sir." Hurati agrees. Hokan starts back towards the research facility which was now empty, but lavishly and conspicuously guarded, beckoning Hurati to follow him. When Cuvin moves to follow as well Hokan holds up his hand to motion him to stay put. Hokan asks Hurati if he has found any sign of Guta-Nay. The Lieutenant says that they have not, but that the patrols have been briefed. "Good," Hokan says, "and keep an eye on Cuvin for me, won't you? I don't think he's going to make captain." Hurati pauses, but only briefly. "Understood, sir." Ghez thinks to himself that it's amazing what the unspoken promise of an extra rank insignia can do. He wondered what had happened to the code of conduct. So there were perhaps ten commandos operating in the region, Hokan thought. He knows that hunting them down will be extrememly time consuming and that, barring luck, he may never catch them - not with droids and his young academy theorists. But Ghez also knows that the enemy will need to resupply, and that sooner or later they will show themselves. Hokan also knew that the Republic was playing decoy games with him, and he with them. "It was looking better all the time. They didn't appear to be adopting their usual tactic of landing infantry in force. It was a game of wits, and if need arose he could sit tight and force the Republic to come to him." However, Hokan knows that if he wants the Republic close enough to shoot then he will need more compelling bait. He thinks to himself that Dr. Uthan will understand. She's a pragmatic woman. NOTICE TO QIILURAN CITIZENS Anyone found with Republic personnel on their land will have that property confiscated and will forfeit their freedom. They, their family, and anyone employed by them in any capacity will be delivered to the Trandoshan representative at Teklet for enslavement. Anyone actively aiding or sheltering Republic personnel will face the death penalty. A reward is offered for anyone providing information leading to the capture of Republic personnel or deserters from the former militia or the Seperatist armed forces, in particular Lieutenant Guta-Nay or Lieutenant Pir Cuvin. - By order of Major Ghez Hokan, commanding officer, Teklet Garrison -----signature----- Passion about fiction is great when it's fun and lighthearted, or when it provides respite or sheds light on real issues. But save your anger about it - on both sides of the argument - and channel it into improving real lives. - Karen Traviss
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Corran_Fett Registered: Jan '05	Date Posted: 5/23/05 5:32am Subject: RE: The Official Mandalorian Reference Guide
	I've a question about Master Jaing and the Mandalorian Crest what obviously came from Jaing's head. In the Visionaries strory Prototypes Jaing is not longer member of the Mandalorians. He actually is an enemy, and the Master of Durge. He is later killed by some Mandalorians who take his helmet and use it as their crest. But know I wanna know, how Jaing left the Mandalorians and became their enemy... And if someone here has Visionaries, there's also some reference in it, so plz post it (I don't have it, sry) -----signature----- The other side of the NJO, featuring Mandalorians, Vong, and Peace Brigaders in a thrillride full of betrayal and intrigue... When Few Stood Against Many \| http://boards.theforce.net/b/b10477/25253415/ - http://corranfett.deviantart.com -
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CeiranHarmony Registered: May '04	Date Posted: 5/23/05 10:32am Subject: RE: The Official Mandalorian Reference Guide
	We only know he left them because they were too much mercenary. too much death watch like and not like the honorful clans he once tried to unite but failed, like Canderous Ordo before him. They never liked that he left. That is all we know so far. -----signature----- www.njoe.com (Govsec Author) "Less is more!" Union In Love with the Star Wars Atlas Dark Horse: Star Wars: Invasion (best idea ever!!!) My life is an Idiots Array, PURE SABBACC
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DarthReven Registered: May '05	Date Posted: 5/26/05 11:10am Subject: RE: The Official Mandalorian Reference Guide - Date Edited: 5/26/05 11:13am (1 edits total) Edited By: DarthReven
	I thought that Canderous united the clans. By the way, there is another GREAT place with mandalorians called the mandalorian information exchange. If you guys could join up it would be great. It is all in the purpose of enlightining people about mandalorians. Revrends articles are great, but i think the other one is seen more often. ( 13 pages) -----signature----- Adopted by starwarsbeauty Mandalore and Semi Ex-Sentinel of the Acolytes of Revan I'm not suffering from insanity, I'M ENJOYING IT!!! Xbox Live Gamertag: OldManBindo
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Reverend_Tegoth Registered: Jan '05	Date Posted: 6/15/05 5:25pm Subject: RE: The Official Mandalorian Reference Guide
	This thread is not dead, and neither am I . I just had to take some time off from Star Wars after the emotional roller coaster of RotS. Between that, writing for this thread, and running a Star Wars tabletop RPG I was starting to suffer from serious Star Wars burnout. Rather then subject myself to that and start producing sub par material I felt a break was in order. Take the time off to smell the roses, see the sunshine... watch a preview of the upcoming Firefly movie and the fantastic New Doctor Who... Anyway, I'm back now and I will be adding to this thread within the next couple of days. Look for more from Hard Contact as well as my usual bits and pieces of randomness . Regarding the Mandalorian Information Exchange - It's a great thread, I've posted in there a few times to keep Mandalorian fans aware of the updates to this thread. That being said it appears to be more of a socialization and speculation thread. While both of those things are welcome here, of course, I also hope to make this, eventually, a one-stop shop for all Mandalorian Information. By keeping all the factual information in this thread in bold and the speculation and discussion in normal text it will allow Mandalorian fans that are just looking for information and nothing else to scroll through and easily be able to distinguish between what's speculation and what isn't. Such an approach wouldn't really have worked in the pre-existing Mandalorian Information Exchange thread, where a new user would have had to scroll through multiple pages of pre-existing discussion beforehand. Regarding Canderous - Canderous attempted to unify the clans and had some limited success, but unfortunately he ultimately failed, and the clans remained scattered until Jaster united them. How long Jaster united them before Vizsla started a civil war and broke them apart again we don't know, but Jaster's "Supercommando" teachings would go on to be the foundation of both Spar's and Shysa's Mandalorian ShockTroopers (and presumably Boba's as well). -----signature----- Passion about fiction is great when it's fun and lighthearted, or when it provides respite or sheds light on real issues. But save your anger about it - on both sides of the argument - and channel it into improving real lives. - Karen Traviss
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CeiranHarmony Registered: May '04	Date Posted: 6/16/05 2:51am Subject: RE: The Official Mandalorian Reference Guide
	welcome back, Reverend! Your humble servant is still around and, at your service. needed a break myself. -----signature----- www.njoe.com (Govsec Author) "Less is more!" Union In Love with the Star Wars Atlas Dark Horse: Star Wars: Invasion (best idea ever!!!) My life is an Idiots Array, PURE SABBACC
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