Naastau

"Some live on their homeworld, others live in the stars."

- —Naastau "Titan"

Naastau, also known by his codename "Titan", was a Mandalorian Human male who lived during the late Rise of the Empire era into the New Republic era and saw combat during the Great Clan Wars, the Clone Wars, and the Galactic Civil War.

Great Clan Wars
Naastau, known initially by a different birthname, began his warrior career in his teenage years after he left his homeworld of Oort and traveled to Mandalore where he joined a militia of Supercommandos; it was at this time that he took on the name Naastau and learned elements of the Mandalorian language. After being cast out from the militia around 35 BBY, Naastau used the connections that he developed with local chieftains to form a warband of his own. Upon consolidating his forces as a small-time warlord, Naastau led his warriors in raids across Mandalore and its moon Concordia as he pillaged the holdings of Death Watch and their allies. As a result of his constant and seemingly indiscriminate raids, Naastau quickly became despised among chieftains and governors throughout the Mandalore system and in late 32 BBY was betrayed and exiled by his lieutenant, who seized control of the warband.

Roving warrior
"I was betrayed by my own lieutenants on Mandalore. There was no turning back, so I turned to hunting Jedi artifacts. It made me rich, but I wasn't in it for that."

- Naastau

Naastau began operating as a treasure hunter for various crime lords and artifact dealers throughout the Outer Rim for the following years, which he spent hunting down various artifacts such as kyber crystals, holocrons, and ancient lightsabers. During this time, Naastau acquired his signature starship after he and his droids hijacked a YU-410 light freighter at an orbital spaceport above Gargon, which he named the Faithful Iron and extensively modified the ship aboard the StellarTech Station. Around 24 BBY, Naastau made his way to Ord Mantell where he took up a contract with the Black Sun crime syndicate as an assassin. Operating across the known galaxy, his targets included crime lords, businessmen, politicians, and some Jedi investigators.

Clone Wars
"Very rarely have I been disappointed by your reports, Titan. I suppose your encounters with the Mandalorians have served you well."

- Count Dooku to "Titan"

During the Clone Wars, Naastau traveled to the Coruscant Underworld to assist a local Black Sun contingent in taking over a Coruscant Guard base. During the attack, he was captured by clone shock troopers and imprisoned in the base as the remaining attackers were neutralized. The following day, he was brought before a group of Republic Intelligence agents who offered him legal immunity in exchange for service as part of a specialized unit within the Penal Corps. Under the codename Titan, he and his peers were sent to fight alongside numerous Jedi Generals and clone troopers at Metalorn and Humbarine before being relocated to Kamino to train clone troopers as a drill sergeant. He was at Kamino when it was invaded by a Separatist force for a third time and helped defend the cloning facilities in the battle. Following the events at Kamino, Titan was briefly deployed to Bah-Rinn to help defend an ancient Jedi enclave, where he turned on his Republic commanders and became an agent of Count Dooku, who took interest in the Mandalorian's experience in combating Jedi. Under Dooku's command, Naastau was sent on numerous missions to assassinate Jedi Knights on many battlefronts. After months of hunting Jedi, Naastau went to fight as a freebooter in the Mandalore campaign for the closing months of the Clone Wars. He spent much of the campaign disrupting enemy supply lines, liberating captured Supercommandos, and eliminating high-profile Republic personnel such as officers, intelligence agents, and even Jedi Generals.

Imperial Period
"He was known during the Clone Wars as "Titan". As far as I can gather, he was a Jedi hunter. For reasons beyond me, he went out of his way to keep these exploits to himself and his employers. Whatever his capabilities, he's doing a great deal of damage to our logistics. He must be stopped!"

- An Imperial Intelligence agent

Naastau spent some more months fighting on Mandalore before returning to treasure hunting. In 18 BBY, he helped a group of Jedi dissidents and Naboo Security Force members in a failed attempt to repel an Imperial attack on Naboo's capital city of Theed. After leaving Naboo, he turned to arms dealing and began selling stolen munitions to anti-Imperial organizations across the galaxy; Naastau often gathered his merchandise by infiltrating Imperial armories. Around 10 BBY, Naastau lost interest in arms dealing and assembled a pirate fleet that attacked various Imperial and merchant assets along the Hydian Way until it was destroyed by an Imperial Navy task force in 6 BBY, after which point he returned to Mandalore and participated in Fenn Shysa's local resistance. As an insurgent, he attacked Imperial convoys as well as slave camps and was also involved in the destruction of the Lancer Station.

Galactic Civil War
"This "Titan" fellow is a treacherous pirate, and that's all he'll ever be."

- A Rebel smuggler following the events at Shili

As the Galactic Civil War soon engulfed the galactic community, Naastau became convinced the Mandalorians were doomed to subjugation and once again left his adopted homeworld to fight as a privateer under the Rebel Alliance. As a Rebel privateer, Naastau partook in a number of battles and supply missions over the years and saw combat on notable fronts including Tatooine, Rhen Var, Sullust, and Hoth. Shortly after his participation in the Battle of Hoth, he was involved in a supply mission to Shili, during which he violated his contract and stole the supplies following a hostile confrontation with the other smugglers and Rebel personnel involved. After escaping the Rebel bounty hunters sent after him in retaliation, Naastau continued fighting among the Mandalorians.

Equipment
"Neutralizing him won't be an easy task. His armor's enhancements are on par with our most secret prototypes, and the capabilities of his droids are not too far behind."

- An Imperial agent during his mission to hunt down Naastau Throughout his extensive combat career, Naastau wore a set of black-colored durasteel Mandalorian armor that was enhanced with various modifications and gadgets. Naastau was often assisted by several droids including Artie and Tekker in his operations.