Vansic Nikalein

Vansic Nikalein was a Soju pirate and bodyguard for Kilwyo Kesh, the last Captain-General of the Nightside Raiders.

Vansic came into the employ of the Nightside Raiders in 104 ABY when he was arrested at a spaceport on Baes for smuggling. When the Laq police laid hands on him, he shocked one so violently that the man was knocked unconscious. The others began striking Vansic into submission, but were killed from behind by Kilwyo Kesh and a group of his gang who had seen the fight from a distance. Impressed with Vansic's savagery, Kesh offered him a place in the Raiders.

Vansic became a crewer on Kesh's flagship, the Quickdraw, and usually accompanied his master on boarding parties. Kesh occasionally used Vansic's natural electric field to torture captives for information. As the Soju was trained in martial arts and the use of various weapons, he eventually became Kesh's bodyguard.

Nikalein worried for his master when Kesh was declared an Enemy of the Empire, though the Synnott himself was unconcerned. The Soju's instinct proved correct in 109 ABY when Renamo Kemset snuck up behind Kesh in the Miner's Daughter bar on Vedros IV and stabbed him to death. In the brawl that followed, Vansic attempted to avenge his master, but even as he laid hands on Kemset, a Leik patron used his barb-lashes to slash through Vansic's eyes. Blinded and screaming, Vansic flailed briefly before he was caught in the crossfire from both sides of the fight and shot to shreds.

Appearances

 * "It Takes Only One"