Tesh Vohore

"&hellip;As of this very moment, you and your men are in the crosshairs of at least twelve highly trained snipers&hellip;"

- Tesh Vohore

Tesh Vohore, or Tesh Blound Vohore, was a male born in 86 BBY, to Eradgl Blound and Arbraba Blound. A local physician, Ode Vohore, who cared for the family after they grew ill from a fatal sickness that plagued the lower city of, adopted him. He was the husband of Hetur-an Ondice and father to Alura Vohore, Zan Vohore, and Jate Vohore. He was a skilled strategist and cunning warrior. He was also a successful pirate in the and used his abilities to gain his large wealth.

In 44 BBY, he founded the Liberators Pirate Organization and led it against Garganat the Hutt above to free it from captivity. But those events led to what would be known as The Pirate Wars, between Tesh and his close friend, Chin Chaldak. They battled it out in the lower reaches of the Outer Rim, until Chin stormed Shadda-Bi-Boran and kidnapped Tesh’s wife and children. There, Tesh vowed to get revenge.

He scoured the entire Outer Rim, and even parts of the Core, looking for Chin. It took him 24 years to find Chin, but he eventually did. Tesh tracked him to a small planet under control. He joined together with a bounty hunter, Ryluk Shouja, to retrieve his daughter. Tesh reasoned with Chin and persuaded him to join Tesh in search of his wife. The journey led them into the, where Tesh found more troubles.

A small superior race, the Xians had conquered most of a small, un-chartered system. The leader, Zhar, had held Hetur-an captive for many years, before he decided to marry her. Tesh had to free her from both Zhar and as a prisoner. He waged war on Zhar and eventually defeated him, making it possible for Hetur-an to go free. But that war led to another, where Tesh’s third son turned on him and joined with Chin, who had backstabbed him again. Tesh was forced to kill both Tesh and his son, but could not kill Jate. Jate died by the hands of another and the war ended.

Tesh continued his life as a pirate, journeying into the northern reaches of the Unknown Regions, where he became involved in a local dispute. A regional governor of the former Galactic Empire was causing havoc for the new Republic Colonies. Tesh intervened and sparked a war between the native Allok, Imperial Admiral and the Liberators and Colonies. He ended the war, humbled.

He returned to his home on Hjim, in the Paryu system, and lived there for a number of years. His interests in Smashball convinced him to start up a league in the system. He ran it and oversaw its existence until he grew too old to work on it. Hetur-an forced Tesh into retirement. At 86, Tesh retired from all his work. Approximately twenty years later, in 70 ABY, he died of the same disease that killed his parents.

Early Life
Tesh, which means "mercy", was born on Arkania to two poverty-stricken parents, Eradgl Blound and Arbraba Blound in 86 BBY. They were discovered by a young doctor by the name of Ode Vohore as he was searching through the poor sector of Novania for those who were sick with a fatal virus. He offered the two jobs and shelter from their previous environs hoping that they would not catch the virus. It was too late, however, and Tesh was born in the Vohore mansion, to Ode. His parents died hours later. Ode took Tesh in as his own son and raised him with his own family name, Vohore. Tesh was a rebel, though, always going against his father's will, and eventually became a common thief. He would steal food and money from the small town market in Novania, until the authorities caught him. He was sent back to his home after spending two nights in the juvenile hall. Ode was furious at him and sent Tesh off to the military school on Coruscant.

There, Tesh learned the art of combat and swordsmanship from a fellow sword master. He also learned battle plans and strategies, learning the idea of the upper hand. There he adopted the concept of "Attack only to win". He learned how to fly a ship and fire a blaster, though he rarely used one. He found the idea of defeating an opponent at deaths grasp more thrilling then defeating someone from the safety of distance. When he graduated from the academy at the age of 24, in 62 BBY, he receive twin, black vibroblades with "Peace and Justice" inscribed on both hilts, and returned to Arkania to his father.

When he returned, he found out that his father was fatally sick with the virus that had killed his real parents. He inquired as to why his father didn't seek medical attention only to find out that the money that went into providing Tesh with a good education was the money he used to pay for the treatment to counteract the virus. Tesh found out then that Ode had had the virus since Tesh was born; only back then, he had the money to treat it then. Tesh was also informed of his biological parents as he sifted through some of Ode's financial papers. Tesh grew ill at the thought that his father was not really his father and fell back into stealing. It was at that same time, Tesh met his soon-to-be wife, Hetur-an Ondice.

Dating Hetur-an
"It wasn't her looks that captivated me, though she was nice to look at. It was the fact she heard me, listened to me, and understood me that did the trick."

- Tesh Vohore to Ryluk Shouja about Hetur-an.

Tesh was a sly person, and used it to capture the heart of his love, the daughter of a noble in Novania, Hetur-an Ondice. When Tesh first saw her, he knew he had to get to know her, he just did not know the approach, especially since the first time he saw her he was robbing their mansion. Therefore, he did what he did best and stole her heart. First he intrigued her with the thrilling stories of his life in the Academy, never making it sound like he was boasting, presenting himself as humble and meek. He then captured the awe of her younger brother with his swordsmanship. With those two attributes down, all he had to do was win her trust. But that wasn't going to be easy. At about the same time, a successful scientist named Zious Bek entered her life and intrigued her with his newest project, a swoop speeder with special acceleration modifications and a sleeker, more aerodynamic design.

Tesh instantly realized that he had competition. Zious was able to captivate her with his speeder, constantly taking her out on rides. It was soon after that Tesh learned that Hetur-an's parents and Zious' parents were arranging a marriage between the two, and figured he needed more then just her trust. He then started on a campaign to ruin Zious' image and promote his own, proving himself the better man.

In the dead of night, Tesh sneaked into Zious' place and placed a tracking device on his speeder. Tesh then tracked Zious to a small shack on the outskirts of the city and discovered the dirt he needed. Zious was part of science team that experimented with the local Yaka. Tesh knew Hetur-an's parents were against this and later devised a plan to reveal this information to them, but was unsuccessful. Zious had learned that Tesh had followed him to the lab and threatened to reveal to Hetur-an's parents that he was a common thief. Tesh, realizing his defeat, challenged Zious to a two-stage duel. The first stage was a sword duel and the second was a swoop race, giving both the advantage.

In the duel, Tesh made three faulty errors that cost him the duel. One, he was clumsy, two, he let his guard down constantly, and three, he attacked first foolishly. After Zious won the first stage of the duel, Tesh knew it was nearly impossible for him to win the swoop race. The race was between just the two of them, and the first to reach the finish line won. With Zious' acceleration modifications and sleek design, he was assured a win against Tesh's beat-up old swoop. In the end, Zious won. When Tesh finally reached the finish line, Zious was there to reprimand him. Zious, knowing they were by themselves, mocked Tesh and told him of how he planned on using the Ondice family fortune to fund his little experiments. Just after Tesh agreed never to see Hetur-an again and leave Zious and her alone, he informed Zious of the open comlink on his swoop that was linked straight to the Ondice residence. Zious refused to believe, so Tesh proved to him that it was true. He asked that Hetur-an's father answer the comlink and he did. Zious, fearing for his reputation, started rebuking everything he said. Tesh turned to Zious and told him to stay away from Hetur-an and her family and to leave him and her alone. Zious complied with Tesh's request and left. Zious never found out that the comlink was actually to Tesh's residence where a recording of her father's voice was playing.

Tesh returned to Hetur-an and informed her of Zious' sudden departure. Tesh eventually gained both her trust and her parents trust and Tesh and Hetur-an were married at the end of 65 BBY. Tesh knew better then to try to help Hetur-an out with the wedding, so he backed off. He still managed to hear some scolding from her on why he was not helping out, but he figured her better yelling at for not helping then for helping. The wedding went out without a hitch, even after some of Tesh's biological cousins came to visit unexpectedly.

Private Life
When Tesh wasn't behind the controls of his YT-1210 or on the command bridge of his Liberator's fleet, Tesh was no stranger to Casinos and parlors where games of Sabacc, or Dejarik, or even smashball games were played. He was often caught by Hetur-an gambling their "estate" away. He was also a regular at the Happy Skies Casino on Corellia, where he placed the bounty on Chin for Ryluk to pick up and head to Najiba.

He would also find himself hooked to the HoloNet news, as they announced the progress of the Skull Crackers of Karfeddion, his favorite team. He would always celebrate a win by taking his family out to eat at a nearby restaurant on Arkania. If they lost, some rich investors on their way to a nearby planet would also lose some valuables, but that was after he became a pirate.

Tesh also spent time with his kids, training them in different areas of expertise, such as piloting or swordsmanship. He trained Zan how to pilot the Alura and Alura how to fight. Hetur-an wasn't too pleased with him teaching their daughter how to fight, but on Alura's first date she laid a hard punch on the guy that gave him a black eye for weeks, and Tesh boasted that he was responsible for that. Hetur-an still wasn't convinced.

Apart from all that, Tesh was a very loyal partner to Hetur-an, never thinking once of another woman. He stayed with her until the end, when they both died of old age in 70 ABY. Together they endured some of the craziest adventures and wildest rides, but they endured them together, not as two separate people. When Jate was killed, Tesh made sure he was given an honorable burial. He was an honorable pirate.

Children
Tesh and Hetur-an had two children originally. Alura was their oldest and was born almost a year after they were married. She grew up to be a nurse and aided her mother in the evacuation attempt on Shadda-Bi-Boran. Zan, was their second child and was born seven years after Alura. He grew up to be a successful pilot for his father's pirate organization, the Liberators. Their last child was Jate Vohore, a male half-breed. He was born in 18 BBY, though he was not biologically Tesh's. Hetur-an had been captured and sold as a slave on an un-chartered planet in the Unknown Regions, where the local dictator married her and impregnated her. Jate was half Arkanian, half Xian, a force-sensitive race.

Cause and Effect
While Tesh was assigned on Shadda-Bi-Boran, in 44 BBY, he soon became the Captain of the Security Defense Service, the SDS, due to his experience at the Military Academy. Tesh quickly became acquainted with the Co-Captain, Rim-Perth-Grranode. Rim was a Rodian who majored in military tactics at the Academy on Coruscant. Tesh and he never met while they attended the school, though, because they were quartered in separate halls. Together, they organized and trained the recruits for the SDS and stationed them around the evacuation center. Garganat the Hutt, leader of the Orbital Defense Fleet, had different plans, though, and argued to the Republic that his men weren’t allowed to be stationed on the planet, and brought up Tesh’s past as a criminal and the recent rise in piracy.

This action gave Garganat an advantage to work with, as the Republic issued a decree in the evacuation center that Garganat’s men must represent at least half of the armed defense forces in the station. But should Tesh choose to, he could station more of his own men. Shortly after Garganat’s men arrived in the evacuation center, troubles arose, and the troubles were not there before. Tesh returned to the Republic representative on the planet and pleaded that Garganat’s men be removed from the station, but Tesh’s past still prevented him those privileges. He argued that his time at the Military Academy changed him, but the evidence to support him was weak, and he lost the case.

The harassment of workers on the planet continued, and Tesh decided to take desperate measures. He was the captain of the SDS and Garganat’s men were becoming a threat to the welfare of the workers. They had managed to get nowhere as Garganat’s men kept demanding certain schematics and designs. Tesh had had an end to this and organized a small strike team and, with Rim having no knowledge of the plan, attack a couple of Garganat’s men and killed them. He had worn his normal uniform and weaponry, leaving his personal weapons for Garganat. This attack came as a shock to Garganat, but he knew who had committed it.

Garganat went before the Republic representative with Tesh beside him and accused Tesh of killing his men. But there was no evidence to convict Tesh, so he went free. However, as a precaution, Tesh was willing to step down from his position, at the request of the Republic representative, and handed the position over to Rim. Rim accepted the duty and started clamping down on Garganat’s men, using Tesh as a subsidiary enforcer, who was now an engineer, which was where he met Chin.

Whenever some disturbances were reported, Rim would send Tesh in to "settle the situation". Tesh would suit up in black armor and use his twin black vibroblades. However, instead of killing the men, Tesh was tie them up and leave lying on the ground on their stomach with their comlinks and weapons lying down the hall, or around the corner. He would only attack at night, however, as the armor blended in with the dimly lit corridors. When Garganat found out about this, he grew furious. Tesh then started organizing some ships together to attack Garganat’s fleet.

Tesh knew that organizing a fleet would be hard, so he turned to his fellow engineer, Chin Chaldak to help him. Chin was just as furious with Garganat as Tesh was because Garganat’s men liked to harass a lot of the women in the evacuation center, one of which was Chin’s crush, Ana’tera. Chin helped Tesh gather enough ships to conduct small raids to make it look like the pirate problem flooding the galaxy spread to Shadda-Bi-Boran so that the Republic would have to get involved. They called themselves the Liberators. Tesh hoped that a Jedi would come and he could explain to the Jedi what was going on. When rumors of war broke out, Tesh gave up hope that anyone would come. So he attacked more frequently and harder, hoping to drive Garganat away, but Garganat only gained more and more ground in the center.

Eventually, Tesh staged an all out attack on the bulk of Garganat’s fleet over the southern quadrant of Shadda-Bi-Boran’s space. The attack was both successful and a failure. While Tesh’s ship, the Alura, docked Garganat’s secondary flagship, a photograph of the ship and ID tag was taken while it sat idle. The image was relayed back to Garganat where his Captain, Dale Ranyo, surveyed it. He reported back to Garganat that the image was definitely that of the Alura and that Tesh was piloting it. Once Garganat learned who it was, he started forming a plan to trap Tesh. Garganat placed a camera at the one of the stations, and ordered his men to reveal who the culprit was at all costs. When Tesh arrived to tie up the men, they fought back and managed to remove his helmet. A snapshot was taken and relayed up to Garganat’s flagship, a Dreadnaught-class Heavy Cruiser, the Annihilator. Captain Ranyo confirmed that it was Tesh, and Garganat grew angry. He started scheming plans to rid Tesh from the evacuation center.

Beginnings
"I will be liberated."

- Tesh Vohore

Tesh was unaware that Garganat had learned who he was and continued conducting his raids on the guards stationed in the center. He even took Rim on a few, including the last one. To him, it seemed like things were finally starting to settle down, until Captain Ranyo appeared in his house shortly after a raid. Tesh discovered that Garganat knew through talking with Ranyo. Ranyo warned Tesh not to mess with Garganat, but he took it as an idle threat and joked around with Ranyo. However, Rayno brought up a part of Tesh’s life he did not want Hetur-an to know, and Tesh rushed him out the door.

Tesh feared that Garganat would do something drastic and decided to prepare to eliminate Garganat should he need to. However, Tesh was too late. Nojio Yerca a young Captain in Tesh’s fleet had taken Alura, Tesh's daughter and wife of Nojio, back to his ship where Ranyo interrupted them and kidnapped Alura. Tesh did not find this out until after he arrived on Garganat’s ship.

Garganat sat there waiting for Tesh to arrive, and when he did, Garganat prepared to distract him. Tesh walked up to Garganat and planned to threaten him to give up his position in the SDS, but Garganat knew what to do. He turned Tesh’s attention to a small holoscreen that was projecting an image of Alura in hand cuffs crying out for help with one of Garganat's men standing next to her. Tesh requested to know what Garganat wanted. He found out that Garganat only wanted him. He wanted Tesh to do his "dirty work" Tesh was forced to comply and signed himself over to Garganat’s will.

Garganat insisted that Tesh raid certain convoys on their way to the system, still under the name of the Liberators, still following their same code of suspicion. Tesh grew curious as to what Garganat was after, and started having Asoj-hu, Nojio’s brother and captain of the new flagship, log everything that they found twice. One copy went to Garganat, along with eight-tenths of everything they stole, while the other went to Tesh for survey. Garganat had no idea that Tesh was doing this.

Halfway through 44 BBY, after the raid at Arora, a planet just outside the Shadda-Bi-Boran system, on a convoy headed from Naboo, Tesh discovered a pattern in each log. There were specific items that were logged in Asoj-hu’s holopads, but not in the captain’s holopad. Tesh brought this up to Asoj-hu and asked him what he thought it might be, but he had not a clue. Tesh continued to ponder this as he went about raiding more convoys.

When Tesh arrived back at the system, he was called in to see Garganat. He delivered the stolen goods and continued to Garganat’s quarters. There he discovered that Garganat wanted more out of him then just raiding ships. He wanted Tesh to steal Ana’tera and deport her, but without traveling to the planet, as he was banned when he signed himself over to Garganat. Tesh refused, but Garganat forced him. Tesh wondered why she was of any importance to him until Chin walked in on them. He had been conspiring with Garganat the whole time, but hated it all the same. Garganat had a leash on everyone of importance in that station.

Tesh’s next raid helped him complete Garganat’s wishes, though, and still keep his friendship with Chin pleasant. At the next raid, Tesh encountered a group of Bothans hired by the Republic to stop the raids that were going on in the region. However, Tesh managed to figure out whom they were when they disappeared from his enhanced forward visual screen. He fitted his men with infrared visors instead of sensors so they could pick up the boarding party when it came. When it did, Tesh proved he knew where they were and managed to explain his position.

The Bothan leader, Ryje Fibason accepted what he said as true as no one would make up a story and sad as his, though some had come close in Ryje’s lifetime. Tesh convinced the Bothans to travel to Shadda-Bi-Boran and take Ana’tera to a safe place while he and Ryje traveled to Nojio’s ship to take back Alura. They entered Garganat’s ship and took Nojio back, undetected, thanks to Bothan stealth technology, and stormed Nojio’s ship and freed Alura.

Captain Ranyo was aboard Nojio’s CR90 Corellian Corvette and was tied to a chair as Nojio took back his ship. Tesh allowed Ranyo to go, but after he interrogated him and gained all the knowledge, he needed to have a bargaining chip to persuade the Republic to intervene. This chip was the fact that Garganat was secretly aligned with the Stark Commerce Guild. He placed Nojio and Asoj-hu in charge of the fleet while he went to the Republic and asked for assistance. He was refused. He decided to take matters into his own hands. With the aid of the Bothan vessels and technology, they totaled more than sixty-four ships, a true fleet.

Tesh prepped everyone for battle and set everything in place. He traveled back to Shadda-Bi-Boran and saw Hetur-an for the first time in a long time. They talked a little before Tesh had to return to the fleet and free the planet from Garganat. On his way back, though, some of the guards attacked him. He killed them with the knowledge that it would not take long for the news to get to Garganat. He returned to the fleet immediately and sounded the attack.

Sixty-four extra ships flew into the space above Shadda-Bi-Boran, where Garganat’s fleet was almost awaiting their arrival, although they could not see the ships. Tesh’s fleet came in from behind and surprised Garganat’s fleet. Tesh had already boarded his YT-1210, the Alura, and flown towards Garganat’s ship. Tesh arrived at Garganat’s quarters shortly before the ships attacked. Ranyo tried to force Tesh away and back to his ship, but Tesh refused. Ranyo threatened to kill Tesh if he did not comply. Tesh pulled out his pistol and shot Ranyo, killing him. He then took down the two or three extra guards stationed in the room. He walked up to Garganat and stated his final words to the Hutt.

Garganat mocked Tesh in return. Tesh did nothing about it, though he was suited for battle. He turned around and walked out of the room. As he passed the door, he pulled out a thermal detonator, activated it, and tossed it behind him as he shot the door close. He whispered "to bad" as he threw the detonator into the room. Garganat gasped as the grenade flew through the air and the door closed behind it. Tesh turned around just as the blast went off, but because he shot the blast doors closed, the explosion was contained in Garganat’s room.

Tesh made his way to the bridge and informed everyone of the current situation. He ordered them to stop what they were ordered to do and inform all other ships under Garganat’s former command to stand down too. He then ordered them all to follow what he said and threatened them to suffer the same fate as Garganat and Ranyo if they did not. With that, the senior officers ordered the technicians to relay the message to the rest of the fleet. The ship and rest of the fleet was his, Garganat was dead, and Shadda-Bi-Boran was free. However, at that time, something else happened that changed the outcome of the conflict to something Tesh did not expect.

Dawn of War
"It teaches you a lesson in how to become a successful pirate. Deception is the key. You deceive people; make them trust you, and then slap them in the face. That’s what we’re doing here. We’re playing a tricky game. We need to deceive three people. Delga, Chin, and the Republic."

- Tesh Vohore to Nojio Yerca

The Pirate Wars was not to be confused as a sub-conflict of the Stark Hyperspace War, although they were contemporaries. The Pirate Wars only had one connection with Stark, and that was through Garganat, who was, by that time, dead. The Pirate Wars was a conflict merely between two friends who hated each other. On one side, Tesh was defending his people and family and on the other was Chin, who hated Tesh with almost no rational reason to do so.

The war started shortly after Tesh had seized control of Garganat’s fleet. He received word from one of the captains that one of Tesh’s main ships was being fired upon, but not from the enemy. Tesh ordered the scene to be displayed on the large holoscreen overhead. When he saw the insignia on the side of the ship, he knew it was Chin’s.

Tesh ordered the fleet to attack any of Chin’s ships. They could tell the difference through the Liberators symbol on the side. Chin’s fleet symbol was slightly different, to show individuality in battle. The battle above Shadda-Bi-Boran raged on for a couple more hours, before Tesh realized that Chin was fleeing.

Tesh ordered the crew to lock onto Chin’s planned trajectory out of the system. When Chin’s fleet jumped to hyperspace, Tesh gathered his admirals and began planning an attack on Chin. Before the attack, however, Tesh insisted that all personnel, from admirals to cadets, return to their families and say a final word before leaving. Tesh abided by his own order and traveled down to the planet.

On the surface he met up with Hetur-an and explained what had happened. Soon after, Zan and Alura, with Ana’tera arrived. Tesh remembered how Chin and Ana’tera had a small relationship and decided that if Chin saw her, he would calm down. Tesh convinced Ana’tera to go along to try to settle things with Chin. However, Tesh’s plan did not work out the way he had planned it.

They arrived at Omwat, where Chin’s fleet was stationed, and insisted that the leaders meet. Chin refused and attacked the first ship in the fleet. Unfortunately, that ship was carrying Ana’tera. Tesh was taken aback by Chin’s stubbornness and ordered his fleet to circle around to the other side of the Omwat and land planetside. Chin did the same and the two armies met on savannahs, destroying most of the greenery in the area.

Chin’s small excursion army stood no chance against Tesh’s larger army, led by Rim, and was forced to retreat. However, waiting for them in orbit was Tesh’s fleet. Tesh wanted to teach Chin a lesson about stubbornness. He took control of the majority of Chin’s transports and ordered the techs to scan them before boarding, hoping to pin Chin down. However, Chin never left the planet. Tesh ordered the fleet to remove its position and traveled back to Shadda-Bi-Boran.

When Tesh arrived on the planet, he relayed the terrible news to Alura and Hetur-an. Both vowed to make room in the Med Stat, the medical station on Shadda, for any injured Liberators soldier. Alura pestered Tesh to let her go along to be the head nurse on the ship during battles, but Tesh refused. He did not want to have to return home to Hetur-an and say his daughter was killed. She argued that she could be on the flagship so that if she went up in flames, Tesh would too, and therefore he would not have to tell Hetur-an. However, Tesh insisted that it would be harder for her mother to hear that her daughter was killed with her husband, then just to hear about the husband, whose life it was to kill, swindle, and steal.

Tesh returned to the fleet and gathered the admirals for one more attack. They were going to strike Chin’s fleet hard. Leave nothing but him. Tesh sent out three scouts to look for Chin’s fleet. When all three returned with no news, Tesh sent out three more. When the last scout returned, he reported to Tesh that he had just caught a glance of the fleet as they were jumping to hyperspace towards the Vergesso Asteroids.

Onslaught
A couple months after the Battle of Omwat, in 43 BBY, the Battle of Vergesso Asteroids commenced. Tesh ordered half of his fleet to travel to the other side of the asteroids while he slowly forced Chin's fleet into the field. This worked only because the half that attacked Chin jumped into the system out of nowhere and managed to surprise Chin.

Tesh’s fleet managed to push Chin's backwards towards the field, but Tesh noticed new ships entering the outer edge of the asteroid field in the background. Tesh figured Chin had called in a last minute favour from some nearby pirates until he recognized the vessels' class. They were all Hutt ships.

Chin had called in and notified Garganat’s family that Tesh had killed him and they willingly offered Chin a number of their ships. Tesh was quickly outnumbered and was forced to make an emergency exit, but the only way to leave was through Chin’s fleet to the other side of the asteroid field. Since the Liberators ships were mainly small frigates and capital ships, it was easier to maneuver, but they were still sitting ducks.

Tesh ordered the fleet to plow straight through Chin’s fleet and into the asteroid field. He ordered his wings to travel ahead of the fleet a short distance and remove any minor asteroids that could prove fatal to the larger ships. He then entered his small YT-1210, the Alura, and flew out into the asteroid field. He landed on one of the larger asteroids and used a small radionics comlink to communicate with the fleet and notified them when Chin’s fleet passed by.

When the fleet came into view, he radioed back that they were about two hundred kilometers behind the bulk of the fleet. He flew the Alura right towards Chin’s flagship to give the appearance that his fleet was hiding in the asteroid field. He managed to attract the attention of some of Chin’s fighters while doing this, too.

He flew around the field long enough to lose all the fighters and any radar contact with the fleet. He traveled back to his fleet, which by that time had gathered on the other side of the field and waited until Chin’s fleet came in.

When Chin’s fleet exited the field, Tesh lined his fleet up on either side of the exit vector and waited until Chin’s first vessel entered open space. He ordered his fleet to disable and disarm Chin’s ships, hoping to capture Chin and end the war. However, Tesh had counted on all the fleet to come through. When Tesh had seized about ten vessels, he noticed that his right flank was being ambushed. He called off the attack and pulled his ships out. He then realized that Chin had managed to amass more frigates then he had originally thought.

Discovering the Mastermind
Tesh returned back to Shadda-Bi-Boran and studied the attack. He noticed that the Hutt ships were reserved in case of emergency. Tesh realized there that Chin had a tactical mind behind him. He disguised himself as a Corellian and bought a new temporary ship, the Kril'morin, a complete contradiction of both Tesh and his title as a pirate. He joined Chin’s faction, hoping to discover the secret behind Chin’s success.

Tesh soon found out, however, that there was no one. Chin had suddenly displayed intelligence in military tactics, something that shocked Tesh. However, he was determined to find someone. He would ask around with some of the senior officers, but none of them knew. Finally, using a voice distorter, he confronted Chin with the question. Tesh, disguised, insisted that Chin tell him his secret so that he could be as great an admiral as Chin. Tesh later described those words as the hardest he would ever spoke and that his throat burned as they came out.

Chin replied with a quick one-liner. He said that those meant for greatness display it when most needed to. Tesh nearly threw up as Chin spat his own words back at him. The only thing Tesh could figure was that Chin had suddenly taken an interest in military, but that was until Garganat’s brother slithered through the door, barging in on their conversation. The giant slug, Noolid, presented Chin with a series of attacks that he could use against Tesh and the Liberators. Tesh managed to get a peek at the plans. It was then that Tesh knew who was the brains behind it all.

Tesh dismissed himself from their presence and retreated back to his ship, the Honest Pirate. He flew back to Shadda-Bi-Boran, where he sketched down what he could remember of the plans. Now that he knew a Hutt was the tactical mastermind, he was going to be able to predict their next move. While he was there, he heard one of the senior officers discuss their next stop: Svivren.

Tesh plotted out an attack plan and presented a copy of it to all of his admirals. He stated that they were only to follow this if their original plan failed. Many of the admirals were confused and one asked what the original plan was. Tesh affirmed the admirals and told them to do what the Liberators do best. They were going to raid Chin’s fleet.

The Battle of Svivren did not take long to conduct, especially the way the Liberators conducted it. They managed to sweep into the system undetected, attack the fleet, and leave before Noolid realized what happened. Chin did, however.

Tesh had ordered his fleet to attack from both sides again, but this time they would fly through the fleet, circle around, and fly through again, firing only ion beams unless fired upon. Tesh did not want any unnecessary losses. The Liberators managed to disable thirteen ships before Chin tried to make a run for it. Tesh ordered three vessels to chase him down: the Venture, the Forayer, and the Annihilator. Those three were the main capital ships in his fleet.

Tesh was aboard the Forayer when Chin’s fleeing CR90 Corellian Corvette was disabled. Tesh opened a connection between the two ships and started to talk with Chin. Tesh stated outright that the conflict was pointless. He offered Chin a chance to surrender, but the other did not take it. Chin lashed out at Tesh, slandering him. Tesh asked him why he was so mad, but Chin would not answer. Tesh realized at that time that Chin was not jealous; he was a captive. Tesh informed Chin that Ana’tera had been killed and closed the connection.

He returned to the fleet and called off the attack. He returned to Shadda-Bi-Boran and spent a long time with his family, cherishing every moment. Deep down inside, Tesh knew something was going to happen, he just did not know what. He spent a lot of time in his quarters down in the station pondering Chin’s reaction to his question. However, he never could find an answer. He feared now, that Chin actually did hate him for what happened to Ana’tera. He braced for the worst.

Brutal Ending
The end of the war came as a shock to Tesh. There were a couple months of peace that Tesh cherished deeply. When he looked back at that interlude, he gave thanks that he had the chance to utilize it. However, that peace came to a sudden end.

Unexpectedly, Chin sent his entire fleet to Shadda-Bi-Boran and set up a blockade. Tesh and the Liberators had little time to react. Tesh, who was still on Shadda-Bi-Boran when Chin attacked, had to race to the Alura. He relayed the defense order from the ship as it was taking off. Zan asked if he could go along but Tesh refused. He kissed Hetur-an goodbye and closed the landing ramp.

He shot up to the fleet to aid them. He noticed that there were no Hutt vessels and ordered his main ships to hold off and wait for the enemy reinforcements. However, they never came. Tesh ordered a full scan of the system to find out that the Hutts were stationed just outside the system.

Tesh decided to hold off on his main ships, knowing that if he used them the Hutts would surely come in. Tesh became stressed as he was hearing reports of damage coming from most of his ships, and forced himself to ignore the majority of them. If it was not posing an immediate threat, it was not important. In doing so, he missed the report of an un-identified ship entering the atmosphere.

Tesh was holding the defense together by a thread. He was forced to retreat and regroup, entering further into the atmosphere. Eventually, the battle became an atmospheric battle. Tesh ordered and evacuation of the station, but just as soon as he picked up the comlink, Chin’s fleet depleted and scattered. Tesh knew that this was not because of his defense and felt something was wrong.

He did not wait until the fleet was completely gone before he returned to the planet with Nojio and his brother, Asoj-hu. They arrived at the platform and Tesh raced to his quarters. He found just as he left it. He called out for Zan and Hetur-an, thinking that Alura was at Nojio’s quarters. However, no one replied. He noticed a small note placed on his desk. It read:

"Remember me! I’m the one you betrayed, the one you left for dead, the one who will have vengeance. Just like you left me, alone, poor, and miserable, I leave you. You’ve just been robbed of the greatest thing in your life, by the greatest thief of your time. Enjoy your life, the way I do."

- Chin Chaldak

Tesh’s heart sank. Nojio rushed into his quarters shouting that Alura was gone. Tesh feared the worst. He crept towards his room, through the kitchen and living room. He opened the door, and lying on the bed was a beat up, bruised, broken body of his wife. Tesh couldn’t look at the corpse, but he couldn’t look away.

Nojio entered the room and turned away with disgust. Tesh strode towards the body and feared that it was real. He picked up Hetur-an’s head and placed it on her lap. However, as he moved her around, he noticed something wrong. There was only one flaw with Hetur-an that Tesh always noticed. Her right ear was smaller then her left, and on the body in front of him, the ears were proportional.

Tesh was filled with relief but was still angered. Someone had stolen his wife and left a fake corpse to have him think that she was dead. He figured Zan and Alura had been taken with Hetur-an and walked out of the room. He was the only one that knew about the flaw and never told anyone. He wanted his revenge and he wanted it to be sweet.

Tesh waited a couple of months as no attacks were made; he assumed the conflict was over. He pleaded to the Republic to call off the evacuation on Shadda-Bi-Boran and to draw it to a close. The Republic transferred all the inhabitants to another planet and after a short time, they all died off. Tesh was free to continue piracy and reorganized the Liberators unifying some of the lesser Outer Rim pirates. He signed a document with the Republic that he would help patrol the Outer Rim as the Trade Federation was growing into a problem for the Republic, which gave him a cover while he searched for Chin.

Under the Republic
After signing the document that place Tesh under Republic doctrine, he was ordered to conduct a raid on a Trade Federation convoy, in 39 BBY, and retrieve a datapad of their contacts. Tesh agreed to the raid and started planning. He researched who the captain of the convoy was and started planning around him, figuring that he would be the person running the transport. He knew he would be going up against droids so he decided to go to Ryje with a proposal. Ryje, who had returned to, was the chief engineer at a major technology production company. Tesh persuaded Ryje to give him the required cloaking devices for his fleet.

Ryje refused to just sell them to him because it would look suspicious. He suggested that if Tesh were to pose as a Republic businessman who was testing a new secret government project and wanted utmost discrepancy it might work. However, Tesh would only get enough for a quarter of the fleet. Tesh had no choice but to comply and he started working on his act.

A few weeks later, Tesh represented the Intergalactic Travel Commerce (ITC), the company he made up. Its front was to produce the fastest means of transportation through the quickest routes. This meant that Tesh might have to travel through restricted space and needed some cloaking beacons to conduct the charting. The Bothans agreed to give him the devices as long as Tesh provided them with an annual report.

Tesh asked Ryje if he would be willing to write up the reports and send them in and Ryje agreed. When all that settled, Tesh signed a contract with the Bothan Corporation and paid in full for the sixteen devices. He recruited Ryje and his team to install them in his three main, the Forayer, the Venture, and the Annihilator, and distributed the rest amongst the fleet. Once the devices were installed, Ryje taught the engineers how to operate them and Tesh set out in search of the Trade Federation Convoy.

He found the convoy just outside in the, where he picked up a rogue pilot named Oro Deryhn. They were en route to set up a trade agreement, but Tesh was able to intercept them first. The captain was a Niemoidian, so Tesh figured that it would be simple to coerce him. Tesh did not expect it to as easy as it was.

When Tesh arrived, he pulled the main fleet in behind the convoy, allowing them to scan the area of enemy ships. Before the captain was able to release his payload of Vulture droid starighters, Tesh deactivated the cloaking devices and revealed sixteen ships in front of the convoy. Tesh never found out how, but for some reason the captain aboard the convoy accidentally opened a connection with Tesh’s fleet.

Tesh used this to his advantage and listened in on everything the captain was saying. He discovered that the captain was afraid that there were more ships hiding. Tesh decided to acknowledge the connection and opened one up with the convoy. He told the captain that he had more ships surrounding the fleet and ordered the captain to stand down.

The captain quickly complied, and Tesh started the raid, but the raid took longer then expected as the captain attacked Tesh’s men aboard the main Lucrehulk-class battleship. Tesh was forced to enter the ship personally and settle the issue. He sliced down droids with his twin blades and fought his way to the control bridge. He made it within meters of the bridge door before four droideka’s rolled in. The soldiers behind him tossed a couple thermal detonators and Tesh leaped out of the way, and blew up the droideka’s as they set up. Tesh cut up the door and confronted the captain. He inquired where the datapad was. The captain quickly complied and informed Tesh that it was in his quarters. Tesh forced the captain to show him his quarters. When Tesh received the datapad, he pulled out his vibroknife and sliced the captain across the chest leaving a deep, but not fatal, wound to remind him not to toy with the Liberators. Tesh packed away the datapad and traveled to Coruscant in the Alura to report the datapad in. There he received another order to patrol the Outer Rim around the area where Stark Hyperspace War happened.

Patrolling Emptiness
While Tesh was stationed out in the Outer Rim, in 39 BBY, he stumbled upon a small gathering of vessels. He decided to distance himself, fearing he might spark a conflict he was not prepared for. He tried to tap into their frequency, but decided against it as well, trying not to be caught. He scanned the area for ships classifications and discovered that there was a strong concentration of Trade Federation ships in the area. He retreated back a little way and sent a message back to Coruscant informing them of this.

When he returned to the gathering area, he discovered that a main bulk of the fleet was leaving the area. He decided to follow it as held ships of non-Trade Federation class and was curious as to who they belonged to. When he caught up with the fleet, he soon discovered that they belonged to the Stark Commerce Combine, but was already too close to pull out. He decided to raid them for the fun of it.

He positioned his fleet in a way to trap the fleet before the entered into hyperspace and caught them off guard. He boarded the flagship in the fleet and discovered a load of information he found valuable towards the Republic. He retrieved what he thought they might like and thanked the captain for everything. Tesh returned to his fleet and jumped back to his original position.

While he was there, he got a message back from the Republic to intercept a fleet not far from where he was stationed. It was a Trade Federation fleet presumed to have a connection to Stark. He agreed and signed onto intercept them just outside the planet he discovered the gathering. He assumed that if they were connected to the Combine then the fleet he had raided would relay the message to the rest that someone was out here, so he had to act quickly.

Tesh planned out the attack. He would disable the control ship making it difficult to for them to send out fighters, which he found to be a pest, while the rest of the fleet took on the flagship. They conducted the attack with precision unlike he had ever seen before, and gave it all to the Miraluka, Oro Deryhn. When the attack was over and the loot had been gathered, Tesh approached Oro and presented him with a squad leader position. Oro thanked Tesh and continued to amaze him.

Tesh, after he appointed Oro to the higher position, sifted through the rewards and discovered that there was a secret connection between the Trade Federation and the Stark Combine, but refused to hand it over to the Republic. He saw the piece of evidence as his reward for his job and an advantage over the Trade Federation. It did not take long for Tesh to become an enemy of the droid producing company.

He noticed, that through the loot, was a large amount of credits. He decided to splurge on the fleet and traveled back to Bothawui, taking Nojio with him this time as a business associate. This is when Tesh started to train Nojio in the "business" of a pirate/con man. They arrived on the planet and ordered sixteen more cloaking devices, posing as the ITC again, and offered to pay for the devices in full just as before. The Bothans asked him what his motives were for this order. He stated that he was succeeding in his plans to chart new routes between major locations, and was planning to send out another fleet to lessen the load the first had before. The Bothans bought his cop-out story and gave him the devices for the same price, but warned him it would cost him more next time he ordered some.

He returned to the fleet and installed the new devices in sixteen more ships, leaving half his fleet unable to disappear. However, that did not bother him. He manipulated around that defect and was able to pull off a couple more successful raids, but nothing outstanding. During that time, he took his leave, left the fleet under the control of Nojio, and traveled to Tatooine for new evidence on his wife, daughter, or son.

Tatooine's Prize
While on Tatooine, in 38 BBY, Tesh went searching for any trace of his wife’s existence. He scoured the local cantina’s, listening into the space merchants tales of there adventures. Most of them seemed inferior to some of his, but he did not dare reveal who he was just yet. He preferred to stay secluded and in the background until something big came out, and it did.

Tesh heard a tale of a Hutt and a human, both matching the description of Chin and Noolid, raiding the merchant’s vessel. Tesh became interested in the merchant and started following him around the city of Bestine, the capital of Tatooine. When the merchant was along in a back alley, Tesh jumped him. He questioned the person and wanted to know which way the Hutt went when he left the merchant broke. The merchant refused to reveal anything until Tesh told him who he was. Tesh slid out his vibroblades and the merchant backed down.

The merchant introduced himself as Ham It'oyla, a Corellian. He said that the Hutt traveled there to Tatooine and that he was hunting him down to gain his revenge. Tesh introduced as a hunter attempting to find the Hutt as well and the only reason he jumped him was that he found his story interesting.

Tesh proposed that the two of them work together to trap the Hutt and Ham agreed. He admitted that he was new at the hunting and could use the extra help. Tesh stated that he was experience with many hunts before, playing with his occupation as a pirate "scavenger". He asked Ham where Noolid, the Hutt they were looking for, and Ham pointed out that he was outside of Bestine in a small homestead.

Tesh bought Ham a combat suit and prepared him to attack Noolid. He trained Ham day and night for eight weeks before they decided to act. Tesh formed a plan, where he would enter through the front and chase Noolid out the back, where Ham would be to kill him. However, when they reached the homestead, things went a little differently.

Tesh stormed in through the front, killing any of Noolids guards that stood in his way, and confronted Noolid. Tesh made sure that Noolid could not escape by blocking all but the rear exit with debris. He then started to talk with Noolid, interrogating him to give off the location of Chin. Noolid was stubborn and said nothing but riddles. Tesh, however, was not stupid and connected them. In the end, all Noolid really said was that he had no idea where Chin was. Tesh accepted his sap-story and removed himself from the rear exit allowing Noolid to escape, where Ham waited and killed him.

Tesh sifted through Noolid’s datapads, holo-recordings, and personal items. He found, tucked away in the corner, a small datapad with funding labeled on it. Tesh opened it up and started searching through it, noticing that it was all of Noolid’s finances. He looked for a date around the time of The Pirate Wars and found one transaction.

It was a deposit of a couple million credits from a Signal Agri-Engineering, the company Chin was representing in the Evacuation center. Tesh hid the datapad and returned to Ham, who was standing next to Noolid’s dead body. Ham thanked Tesh for his help and offered Tesh as reward, but Tesh refused. He stated that he already had what he wanted. Tesh returned to the fleet immediately and started conducting traces about the origins of the transaction, hoping it would lead him to Chin.

Starting Over
Shortly after the excursion on Tatooine, in 37 BBY Tesh finished the scan of the documents he retrieved in Noolid’s place. The transaction originated from an apartment building on Coruscant, just south of the Military Academy he attended. Tesh figured that Chin was there to learn about Tesh during his life at the Academy to discover another dark secret that he had, but Tesh knew there would be none to find.

He ordered Rim to gather a few more ships on the way past, hoping to form a bigger resistance, should they run into trouble along the way. Once on Coruscant, Tesh took Nojio down to the planet with him and ordered the fleet to stay clear of Capital space. He did not want the law after him, because he was supposed to be monitoring the Outer Rim. He and Nojio sneaked into the apartment to discover that it was empty, but a small document on the desk indicated that Chin was working for the Republic undercover on various planets.

Tesh feared that Chin would rally the Republic behind him to shut him down, so he started to plan to gather more ships, since he lost more then half of them in the Pirate Wars. However, he knew that he could not amass that many ships from just freelancers and small named pirates. He needed to dig deeper and commandeer a couple ships from other factions. Therefore, he plotted to attack a Republic military convoy on their way to to supply fresh troops. However, when Tesh intercepted them, he only took that small frigates and any ammunition located inside.

However, Tesh decided that he still needed more vessels, in order to accumulate to the amount he had before. Therefore, he decided to raid a convoy that would both please him and provide him with sufficient amount of vessels. He raided a Trade Federation convoy fleeing out into the Outer Rim. He used this to gain both more ships and more popularity with the Republic, hoping to coax them back to his side.

When he was satisfied with the amount of ships he had gathered, he withdrew into the Outer Rim and continued his sweep of the region, continuing to amass a fleet, bigger then what he had at Shadda-Bi-Boran. When he was finished with his annual scan of the area he was assigned to, just north of and west of /, leading up to  and.

He moved his fleet to the Vergesso Asteroids, hiding there until he was to travel to Coruscant and receive his new station. While he was there he studied the datapad containing the finances of Noolid, he noticed another flaw. He saw that Chin had given him a large quantity of credits, but only half of those Noolid deposited. Tesh decided to take the Alura back to Coruscant and investigate this.

Once on Coruscant, Tesh found the apartment he presumed was Chin’s and searched for a list of contacts that Chin might have. However, while he was there, Chin returned to his apartment and almost caught Tesh in the act. Tesh, though, had managed to hide away in the walk-in closet. He overheard Chin talking with what appeared to be Niemoidian and new right away why Chin was where he was.

Tesh figured that Chin had a connection with the Trade Federation, which is why he was undercover, and chose an apartment close to the Academy so that he could learn about Tesh and feed it to the Niemoidians. Tesh heard Chin giving away details about his life during his time at the academy and almost was overcome by laughter at some of the stories he heard. When Chin left the apartment, Tesh sneaked back out and returned back to the fleet in the Vergesso Asteroids and relayed the message back to Rim, who was willing to give his advice. Strike the Trade Federation before they struck him.

The Ultimatum
In 36 BBY, Tesh decided to voice himself before the time was too late. He had gathered enough ships to create a serious dent in the Trade Federation’s lines. He charted a course for, just outside Hutt space. There he intercepted a small Trade Federation fleet. He commenced a raid and planned to strip them of every piece of machinery they had and launching it into space, but his plans turned sour.

He personally oversaw the raid, traveled in the ‘‘Alura’’ to the flagship, and forced his way to the bridge. He was going to inform the Admiral of his actions and then kill him and his crew. He wanted to make a statement to the Trade Fed. However, when he arrived, the Admiral had startling news. The Admiral informed Tesh that the Trade Fed knew of his connection to Garganat and how he was the one responsible for the raids on the Republic convoy. The Admiral told Tesh every event of the pirate wars to the detail. Tesh knew that only Chin could have supplied him with that information because the only one that had that knowledge and was still alive was Chin.

Tesh asked the Admiral what his requests were. The Admiral told Tesh to retract from his current raid, discontinue aiding the Republic and stop raiding Trade Fed convoys in the Outer Rim. Tesh was forced to comply with his wishes and pulled off. He knew, before he was assigned to a new post, he would have inform the Republic that he was no longer capable of fighting their battles.

He searched for the nearest Republic diplomatic vessel traveling to Coruscant and intercepted it just outside of. He boarded the ship and confronted the diplomat, who he found out was a Senator. He told the Senator plead his case before the Chancellor and inform him that Tesh would not be serving him anymore due to personal conflicts. He affirmed that he was not there to steal anything, he just wanted the Republic to know he was not under there jurisdiction.

The Senator was more then willing to do so. He even stated that he would defend Tesh in a court should he be charged with criminal acts. Tesh was flattered by the offer, but assured him that that would not happen. Tesh informed the Senator his reasons for leaving the service and that he planned to continue his pursuit of Chin. However, as that happened, their convoy fell under attack by space pirates.

Tesh returned to the Liberators and fended them off, but could not do much. The attackers were mainly small one-man fighters that were hard to destroy. He finally gave in and decided to form a parameter around the diplomat’s ship, buying him time to jump. Tesh took control of handling the fighters and went out in the Alura. He managed to take down half the attack force, with the help of other fighters, like Oro, but the pirates were able to break the lines. The Senator’s vessel exploded as a well-placed concussion missile drove straight through the bridge.

Tesh knew any chance of redemption went up with that ship. He also knew that he would be charged with the murder of that Senator. He took out the rest of the fighters, except one, and fled the scene. After the fighter jumped, he tracked down the route the fighter took and traveled down it. He jumped back into real time in the middle of Hutt space, and knew exactly who sent them. The Trade Fed fleet had connections with the Hutts. Tesh reasoned that the connection was Chin.

Tesh decided to send an ultimatum to the Trade Fed and hunted down the nearest fleet. He raided the vessel, stripped it of any machines, and jettisoned them into space. He slaughtered the crew and captain of every vessel and left a recording for the next fleet to pick up. He knew that the holo recording would give them the message that Tesh was not to be messed with. He even hoped the message would eventually reach Chin too.

The Xian Conquest
"My wife is like that too. She only sleeps when the star is down..."

- Zhar to Tesh

In 18 BBY, Tesh had heard news that his son was still alive and had to go looking for him. He ended up finding him on an Imperial prison convoy on its way to Coruscant. Tesh freed his son, Zan along with a friend Codie Fiiluc, a Jedi Knight running from the Empire, but angered the Commander who he took him from. In doing so, the Commander vowed to chase down Tesh and retrieve his prisoners, and started following him all around the Galaxy. Finally, Tesh could finish gathering his family.

Ethe directed Tesh to Bakura, where he presented Tesh to a man who knew where the system he was looking for was. The man's name was J'sute, but he was a being Tesh had never seen before. The man redirected them to the Paryu system, where he said Tesh's wife would be. When they arrived there, a man of the same species greeted them kindly. He presented himself as Zhar, dictator of Hjim, and the planet they were on. He invited them in and offered them shelter. Tesh described their situation to him and he seemed highly obliged to accommodate them during their search, but all turned sour when they visited the city.

While scouring through the nearest city, they found out that not many residences attended the local markets. They soon found out why, when a large being, of a different species, approached them and informed them of the war that had been going on for years. He identified himself as Roff, the general of the Yimis who were fighting the Xians, the species of Zhar and J'sute, for the Hjimi, natives of the planet. After hearing about that, Tesh decided to get involved, though he did not know which side, for long.

Earlier that day he had seen a woman in the courtyard at Zhar's mansion, who appeared at a glance to be a female Arkanian. After pondering it a while, Tesh realized she was, and she also was his wife. Later, when he arrived back at the mansion, Zhar had ordered that he be expelled from his home. It was then that offset the balance, and Tesh declared war on Zhar, for no other reason then to get his wife back.

Unfortunately, around this time, the Commander who had been searching for Tesh, CRC-3198, also known as Commander Reg, who had been under the command of T'inch before Tesh killed him, had arrived on the planet after finding J'sute and interrogating him. He formed an alliance with Zhar and together they set out to kill Tesh. Tesh, though, had learned of their alliance, and decided to take matters into his own hands. He decided to storm the mansion, knowing there was little chance of surviving. When he did, he and Ryluk were able to free Hetur-an, but at a cost. They all were captured and sentenced to be executed. Fortunately, Tesh was able to free Ryluk and sent him to free Hetur-an. Tesh did not want to be freed because he wanted to face Zhar himself and he did.

Shortly after Ryluk and Hetur-an were free, Zhar made a bet with Tesh. He said that he would free Tesh if he won a fair fight in an Arena with him. Tesh, knowing his mastery with a sword, agreed. When the time came to fight him, Tesh suddenly became present with his opponents ability with a staff. In the end, Tesh ultimately won, but Zhar played dirty and released a few of his elite men on him. Tesh then had to fight off the Xians, while Zhar escaped. Thankfully for Tesh, Ryluk and Codie, they were in the stands. When Tesh was freed, he immediately set up a plan to take out Commander Reg's army so he could focus on Zhar.

Tesh took his army to the Desert moon of Thile, a satellite of Hjim, and defeated Commander Reg's army, driving them back to their ships, where Chin was waiting to finish them off. However, Tesh was betrayed once again, and Chin joined up with Reg, but killed him anyway. With that, Tesh returned to the planet and prepared for Zhar's assault on the Hjimi Sanctuary. Zhar's army stormed the Sanctuary where Tesh was waiting for him with his Liberator's army. Inside, in the large landing bay, the Liberator's attacked the Xian army, forcing Zhar to escape a different direction, further into the Sanctuary. Zhar ran into a room where Tesh stood waiting for him. There, the two battled it out.

The reason Tesh fought him in the Sanctuary and not on Thile, where he found out that the Xians were Force-sensitive, is because of a rare occurrence in the forest surrounding the Sanctuary. A cluster of ysalamiri had settled in the forest, cutting off all force in the Sanctuary. Tesh and Zhar fought as equals, but Zhar fell as a broken man. Tesh had managed to destroy all that Zhar had built up, and destroyed him as well. After Tesh stabbed Zhar through the chest with his vibro-knife, he retrieved his wedding ring from Zhar and threw him down a garbage chute. Tesh managed to free Hjim, but was still caught up in war in the region.

Second Xian Uprising
"Whatever happened to the key of deceptions?"

- Ryluk Shouja

In 0 ABY, eighteen years after the fall of Zhar, Tesh was faced with another problem, a new dictator called Rayth, who planned to take the Xians back to where they were. When Tesh got word that he had attacked Y-Nais, the homeworld of the Yimis, he sent out a task force to help them defend their planet. In the task force was Tesh's new son, Jate Vohore. Jate and his master, Jedi Knight Codie, confronted Rayth, but he escaped. In the mean time, Tesh had also set out his new hunter, Tyrus Kalbec, to search for Chin and bring him back, "thinking" he was captured by Reg. When Tyrus returned with Chin, the first time he got a chance, Chin turned on Tesh again. This was the last time Tesh allowed it.

In response to the second backstab, Tesh sent his son, Jate, and Codie in to kill Chin, but Chin was able to manipulate Jate's feelings and emotions, turning him on Codie. Now, Tesh was faced with fighting both the Xians and Chin, and now his own son, too. Tesh saw this as the end of the war, knowing that they were now nearly unstoppable. With a last minute spontaneous attack on X-Nais, the homeworld of the Xians, Tesh tried to bring back his son, but failed.

Having to retreat to Hjim, Tesh set up a primitive defense, and hoped that it could withstand the on-coming Xian army. It did, but just barely. Tesh's mansion was destroyed, along with the capital, Pol'kevos. But Tesh and his men were able to hold off the invading army at the Sanctuary. It was at that time, Tesh heard that Chin was planning to bring in some Imperial reinforcements to support the Xians in their conquest. It was then, Tesh knew he had to act quickly, or all would be lost.

After hearing the news, Tesh launched a secret preemptive strike on the invading Imperial ships. The mission was successful, and they captured thirteen of the ships, but all the wrong ones. The ones that survived continued to X-Nais, where they were able to build a planetary shield around X-Nais. Here, Tesh was beginning to lose hope, but stayed composed until Ryluk reassured him of his place, and his place was as a pirate.

At that, Tesh decided to switch tactics, doing what he did best. He activated his pirate fleet, leaving the entire military under the command of General Grranode, and started to raid convoys supplying troops on Hjim. Not long after that, the Xian troops had to retreat off the planet, and return home. During that time, Tesh ordered General Grranode to organize a commando strike team that would land on the planet and deactivate the shield generator, while General Grranode diverted the rest of the army so they could use an orbital bombardment.

Making one last attempt to seize the planet, the Liberator's blockaded the planet just outside the shield, and started sending troops down to the planet. Tesh, Ryluk, J'sute, and Roff were going to enter the Capital and confront Chin, Jate, and Rayth. They stormed the palace where they were stationed but were ambushed by Rayth and some of his men. Roff was killed during the struggle, and Rayth escaped deeper into the palace, sealing off the main entrance to the palace.

The three then circled around, where J'sute was caught up fighting some elite Xian warriors. Tesh and Ryluk continued through a side entrance where Ethe, who had remained with Chin, was waiting to fight Ryluk. Tesh sneaked off into a side hallway and made his way to the throne room, leaving Ryluk to take care of Ethe. Once in the throne room, Tesh confronted Rayth and killed him, just as Chin and Jate came out of hiding.

Tesh and Jate face off, but Tesh is defeated quickly. Jate spares Tesh his life, knowing that Tesh could not kill his own son, tempts him with an offer. Jate offers Tesh to give up and give himself into the authorities and Jate might be able to reduce his death sentence to life in prison, but if not then Jate would have the privilege of killing him. Tesh tried to persuade Jate back but only to anger him more. Jate made his move to strike Tesh down, when J'sute comes in and saved Tesh's life.

J'sute and Jate battle and J'sute emerged triumphant. With Jate and Rayth dead, Chin gained the ultimate power as ruler. He attempted to kill Tesh himself, but Tesh managed to evade his blows and use what little energy he had left to kill Chin. At that, J'sute, Zhar's son and only heir to the throne, gained the power over the army and called off the war. Tesh called off the orbital bombardment and the planet was saved. Peace was finally able to reign in the system, thanks to Tesh's efforts to find his wife. Tesh vowed to stick to what he knew best, piracy, making sure he would be around for his kids.

The Allok Alliance
About six years after the Second Xian Uprising, in 6 ABY Tesh continued to scour the Unknown Region and edges of the Outer Rim Territories with a new Fleet, leaving the Liberators to defend the Paryu System, called the Swindlers List. He admitted to it not being very original, but the fact that Xians operated it changed people’s views quickly. Tesh had managed to keep the Paryu system on a low profile for those six years, fearing that if word spread he'd have the rising New Republic on his heals.

He would often venture out into the Outer Rim, opposite of the Unknown Region, to throw off any suspicion. One time he dared to go as far in as Tatooine, as it was close to hunting season for Krayt Dragons. One raid he endured, he stumbled across a stubborn hunter who had discovered a rare black Krayt Dragon Pearl. He tried to apprehend the hunter, but the hunter managed to escape with the pearl. Tesh, once again, decided to hunt him down for that pearl, knowing it's worth.

He ended up tracking the human hunter back to the Unknown Region, just outside of the Muunilist system. He shortly discovered the hunter on the world of Thold, where the hunter had used the pearl to pay for his brother’s release. Tesh act on the hunter after seeing his intensions. However, in turn, Tesh met up with a young woman named Tyllehn who was trying to free her brother from imprisonment on that same planet. Tesh listened to her story and continued on his way, until he discovered who was behind the "prison" on Thold.

An Imperial Admiral had set up the prison on Thold to mine it's caves for a special substance used to make Therudite, a gem even more valuable then a black Krayt Dragon Pearl. Tesh set his new fleet just outside the system to wait for the first shipment of Therudite crystals. When the envoy arrived, he raided it, only to find out that Tyllehn, her companion Ush Bendar, and brother Dysin had hidden away on it to escape Thold. Tesh had mercy on her and offered her a place to stay on the ship. During that time, Tyllehn told Tesh of everything that had been going on in that region, and about the mysterious disappearance of Republic colonies in that region. Tesh knew exactly who was behind it.

Knowing his hatred towards the Empire, Tesh agreed to help Tyllehn and her group of rogue Yuthimari who was trying to shut down the prison. Tesh set up perimeters around the system, giving the order to raid any ship. He did not want to take any chances of this Admiral escaping. It was not until the Admiral sent an attack force out to one of Tesh's positions, did Tesh finally declare war on him. Tesh, knowing he would all the help he could get, called back home for J'sute to gather the Xian/Yimi army and send as many available troops to Thold.

When the troops arrived, Tesh retaliated taking control of Thold. The Admiral was forced to flee to the nearby planet of Allok for refuge. While there, The Admiral, Admiral Xamis, made an alliance with the Allok for aid. Tesh reassembled his army and attempted to attack Allok, but was forced back. After his defeat at Allok, Tesh remembered the catastrophe back home that happened because he got too involved in native dealings; he pulled back to outside the system and called the majority of the Liberator's fleet home. However, at the same time, the Admiral, who had heard of Tesh's reputation, called a strike team to follow the fleet.

It was not for a couple of days until Tesh heard that his daughter had been taken captive and freed again, since Alura was now married to the Jedi Knight Codie Fiiluc. Tesh turned back to side with Tyllehn and helped her organize a small resistance. Using the fleet, with the addition of a hand full of Republic ships from different Colonies, they were able to defeat Admiral Xamis and contain him in the system. Tesh then allowed Tyllehn to use his fleet on one more attack on the planet, this time Tyllehn was in control. They swooped into the planet and conquered it quickly. Admiral Xamis attempted to flee, but was cut off by Ush, who had "died" during the first attack on the planet, and killed.

Tesh said his farewells to the system and traveled back to Hjim. When he arrived on the planet, he asked where Codie and Alura were. Hetur-an told him that they were ok and elaborated on the story of how Codie, Tyrus, and J'sute went out looking for her. Tesh commented on how a team like that would nearly be unstoppable, and it was. After weeks of persuading, Hetur-an finally convinced Tesh to stop the pirating and retire, and he did.

Retirement
"He was a planet freer, system unifier, regional peacekeeper, and a Galaxy hero."

- Tyrus Kalbec at Tesh's funeral

Retirement was hard for Tesh. He had lived his whole life for stealing, swindling, commandeering, and piracy only to have to give it up. He gave Hetur-an a rough time about it, always trying to sneak off in the Alura to join up with General Rim, who was now in control of the Fleet. However, on more then one occasion, Hetur-an would clip the fuel line, making it impossible for him to "escape". Hetur-an forced him to go and see one of the Hjimi, who were rising to fame as great psychologist. His psychologist diagnosed him with "Pirate Addiction", almost mocking Tesh. Soon after, Tesh stopped going to see him and went to a different one. His new one made the same diagnose as the previous one, only without the satire. Tesh was then placed on a program to wane him off of pirating.

The first few weeks of that program were rough for Tesh, but he eventually got through it. He returned to his joy for smashball, and not only set up a league in the Paryu system, but also singly paid for each planet's stadium and teams. He also set up a Cantina called Sports Bar on Hjim that allowed anyone to see the games that week. He kept it running as manager for his day job and oversaw the league as his night job. It soon became his new addiction but at least Hetur-an didn't have to worry about him running off at mid-night to steal the other teams strategies. He witnessed thirty Championship games before he handed the job over to a Yimis named Ugloth. He died approximately sixty years later of that same disease that killed both his biological parents and foster parent, shortly after Hetur-an past away. On his tomb was encrypted, "Planet Freer, System Unifier, Regional Peacekeeper, Galaxy Hero."

Legacy
Tesh left behind many memories with his children and comrades. He also left behind many possessions. These items were personal belongings that he had acquired over the years as head of the Liberators Pirate Organization. After the Liberators split, he gave the military half to General Rim, who used it to secure peace in the system. However, when he passed away, he asked that Rim hand the fleet over to someone responsible. Rim knew Tesh had one person in mind and handed the rights and command over to Oro, who had worked his way up from cadet to Wing leader.

He left the mansion that he and Hetur-an shared to his daughter and her husband, Jedi Knight Codie Fiiluc. They managed the mansion for several years, eventually turning it into a Hjim retreat center and moved into the city of Pol’kevos, to live with the natives. They ran the retreat from their office downtown, and gave jobs to many poor Hjimi. They also received a large portion of Tesh’s wealth, which they invested in the mansion.

Tesh also placed the Alura in his will, giving it to Zan. On his deathbed, Tesh asked Zan to promise him that he would take care of Alura and Codie. Zan agreed, but as soon as he saw that Alura was handling the death of Tesh, he took the Alura and headed for Coruscant. Tesh also gave him the armor, but Zan did not know what to think of it. While he was on Coruscant, Zan went through a phase of criminal acts. He painted the armor black, erasing the Liberators symbol on the left shoulder, and added two forearm retractable saw-toothed blades and two retractable wrist vibroblades. He also purchased a jet pack to accompany the armor and used it to steal parts for the Alura, which he renamed the Kril’durin. He had stripped it down and started working on enhancing the engine, but was driven away from Coruscant, by Black Sun operatives, before he could finish the job.

Finally, a large piece of land overlooking the forest that surrounded the Hjim Sanctuary was given to Tyrus and his daughter Sarah Kalbec. He gave them full rights to the land and Tyrus started construction on a large mansion out there, which would prove to be his headquarters from which he continued assassination attempts. He was hired out by Tesh to kill any officials that were with Chin and/or Commander Reg during there invasion of the Paryu system. However, when Tyrus became too frail to work, he transferred his knowledge to his daughter, who continued the family business.

Physical and Personal Traits
Tesh was an Arkanian of average height. He stood a good head taller then his wife, Hetur-an and eye level with most humans. He had a full head of long white hair, until Zhar cut it for their duel in the arena. After that, Tesh kept his hair short. He found it more manageable, which gave Hetur-an a laugh. Tesh displayed burley physique, yet he was lanky, which added to his size. Out of his sleeves came two stern arms with four digit hands attached to the ends. He accustomed himself to using his hands as if they hand five digits, as to give him the ability to attempt more feats. His white eyes deep inside his aging skull would pierce into his enemies allowing them to see their reflection just before they died.

Tesh was quick on his feet giving him speed, agility, and wit. He often wore a loose white shirt, unless he was wearing his combat uniform, with clashing black pants. He preferred this to his combat uniform because it gave him freedom to move but when the time came for him to defend himself, he liked his combat uniform. Tesh carried around his twin black vibroblades, "Peace" and "Justice", at all times, giving him a sense of security and command. The two blades quickly became known among his enemies and the sight of them caused fear to trickle down their spines just before they were stabbed, sliced, or slashed.

Personal:
 * Tesh disliked anyone stubborn, though he was stubborn himself, and often found himself in pointless arguments with stubborn people because he did not want to lose. His stubborness also got the best of him sometimes and many of his major mistakes were because he did not want to admit he was wrong. However, when it came down to it, Tesh was mostly willing to accept the consequences of his actions.
 * He was a heavy death stick smoker until he left to go to the Academy. There he was forced to go cold turkey, which hurt him a lot. He did not have real big respect for his father because of that decision but in the end, he learned to accept his father's decision as the right one.
 * While Tesh was at the Academy, he learned the trade of gambling, learning to play Sabacc and Djarek. When he returned to Arkania, he held weekly sabacc games at his house. This is how he made most of his income as he did not work until he married Hetur-an and was assigned to Shadda-Bi-Boran.
 * Tesh never really knew who his parents were; he only knew their names from some documents he found around the time Ode died. He went to the local government building and looked them up in the census records, but no such names appeared. He felt a little remorse for never being able to figure out who they were or what they were like.
 * His lack of knowledge about his parents, it affected the way he acted around and treated his children. He was a pirate, but he loved to spent time with them and never wanted to put them in harms way. Which is why, when Alura was captured, he was bent on finding her no matter what.
 * Tesh had the opportunity to under go training as a priest, while at the Academy, and received a degree in matrimonial affairs. Because of that, Tesh was able to conduct several weddings during his lifetime, including Ryluk and Lymie's wedding in 21 BBY, and his daughter and Codie's wedding in 0 ABY.

Armor and Equipment
Tesh was relatively lightly armored when it came to battle. He relied more on skill and agility over power and weaponry. He often stated that he was in the wrong era for his interests. He carried around in the Alura a lightweight Arkanian battle armor, which he had stolen from the General on Arkania. While at Military Academy on Coruscant, he modified it to be more durable and stronger, but kept the same weight. He custom painted it a mid-night blue, to represent the deepness of space, and he carved onto the right shoulder the symbol of the Liberators so that all who saw him knew who he was. Underneath it, he wore a baggy white shirt and black pants, his usual wardrobe.

He was also lightly armed, carrying only two vibroblades and a DT-12 heavy blaster pistol. He rarely used his DT-12. He just kept it there so he would not be caught in a fight without it when he needed it most. Tesh only used it three times, one to kill Captain Ranyo, one to kill T'inch'talak, and the other to save himself from Zhar's force-lightning. The vibroblades, though, he used all the time and was his weapon of preference. He caught many soldiers by surprise from his expertise with a blade, even some of the Jedi Masters that would stop by the Academy to observe. Due to his skill, he received two twin black vibroblades called Peace and Justice. The Chief Headmaster of the Academy inscribed them to him. From then on, those were the only blades he would allow himself to wield. He later got them re-hilted on a tinted titanium-alloy handle, giving them the appearance of an all-black blade.

Behind the Scenes

 * Tesh Vohore is an anagram of Seth Hoover, the creator and author of the character
 * Tesh Vohore is a character in a trilogy and in a comic book series called The Pirate Wars.
 * Tesh Vohore was created for lack of interest in common Star Wars canon and fanon. The creator wanted a good bad-guy to admire that was not a Jedi or Sith.
 * Tesh was originally going to be called Tyrus Kalbec, but the author decided to change the name and use Tyrus elsewhere. Tyrus later became an ally of Tesh's. However, the basic design behind the two characters was still the same.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: The Pirate Wars: Formations I: Beginnings
 * Star Wars: The Pirate Wars: Formations II: Hidden Secrets
 * Star Wars: The Pirate Wars: Formations III: The Dawn of War
 * Star Wars: Key of Deceptions 
 * Star Wars: Liberations
 * Star Wars: Newfound Heir
 * Star Wars: Therudite's Charm
 * Star Wars: The Pearl's Luster
 * Star Wars: Therumite's Demise
 * The Fanon Menace Part IV: A True Mope