Naastau

Naastau 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.

Naastau, known initially by a different birthname, began his warrior career in his teenaged years after he left his home in the Oort system and traveled to Mandalore where he joined a militia of Supercommandos; it was at this point 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 warlord, Naastau led his warriors in raids across Mandalore and its moon Concordia as he pillaged the holdings of Death Watch and their allies. His personal ship during this time was an AIAT gunship known as the Faithful Iron. 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. Naastau began operating as a pirate throughout Mandalorian space for the following years.

Around 24 BBY, Naastau made his way to Ord Mantell where he took up a contract with the Black Sun crime syndicate as a bounty hunter. Operating across the known galaxy, his targets during this time included crime lords, businessmen, and even politicians.

During the Clone Wars, Naastau was captured by Republic Judicial Forces and was offered immunity for his crimes if he fought as a mercenary in the Grand Army of the Republic; the Mandalorian exile accepted his capturers' offer. Naastau saw many Outer Rim deployments throughout the war and fought alongside many Jedi Generals, clone troopers, and special recon units against Separatist forces.

When the Clone Wars ended in 19 BBY, Naastau rejoined the Black Sun as a mercenary captain and led his own company in the Black Sun's war against the Hutt Cartel for almost a decade. Around 10 BBY, Naastau returned to Mandalore, which was under Imperial occupation, and eventually joined a local resistance force led by Fenn Shysa, under whom Naastau participated in raids on Imperial convoys and slave camps across the planet for some years. As the Galactic Civil War soon engulfed the galactic community, Naastau once more left his adopted homeworld to work as a smuggler for the Rebel Alliance, during which time his gunship was critically damaged and was put into storage and replaced with a modified Action VI transport, the Watchman's Fright. In 1 ABY, Naastau was involved in a Rebel supply mission to Shili, which ended in a standoff between Naastau and the other Rebel smugglers present including Han Solo while the group was also under fire from Imperial forces. Naastau killed some of the smugglers and stormtroopers present before fleeing Shili with most of the supplies, resulting in his contract with the Alliance being terminated and a bounty of 250,000 credits being set on his head. Naastau then assembled a collective of pirates and treasure hunters that called themselves the Blaster Brethren and attacked both Rebel and Imperial assets alike with a large scattered pirate fleet. The Brethren were destroyed by an Imperial Navy task force in 4 ABY and Naastau went on to reunite with some other veteran Mandalorian warriors to reform the centuries-old Aka'liit. Naastau and his Mandalorian peers participated in several New Republic campaigns as mercenaries including the Battle of Mandalore (during the Nagai invasion), the Liberation of Coruscant, and several operations against Imperial warlords such as Zsinj. The restored Aka'liit also continued their duty as Supercommandos to eradicate the Death Watch's remnants in the Mandalore system.

Throughout his extensive combat career, Naastau wore a set of black-colored durasteel Mandalorian armor that was enhanced with various modifications and gadgets, and was also fitted with a shield generator.