Ontuse Karaane

"That armor worn by the clone soldiers, 6 years ago. It was the best, most advanced energy-dampening technology the galaxy has ever seen- and its so easy to get your hands on one, you'd think they were as useless as the new armor the Empire's givin' out."

- Ontuse Karaane

Ontuse Karaane is a human mercenary who is for the most part, working for the Galactic Empire. He wares a variant of the Phase II Clone Trooper armour used by the soldiers of the Galactic Republic before the rise of the Empire. He has made several modifications to his armour, including advanced HUD readings, flame emitters, threat assessments, multiple concelled weaponry, and even magnitized hard points. He has painted his armour black, and fitted his visor to shine blue- the colours of his home world.

Early Life
Ontuse Karaane was born on Ralltiir in 30 BBY. His father's name was Cale Karaane, and his mother's name was Mersai Jocho- both were natives of Raltiir. As a boy, Karaane's father was killed in the Clone Wars by Seperatist forces. Ontuse vowed to join the Republic and become a shock trooper. Karaane's mother talked him into staying at home for one more year to help out. Karaane agreed, but when one year was past, the Republic was no longer the Republic, it was the Galactic Empire. The Seperatists were destroyed, and Karaane had missed his chance to avenge his father's death. He heard rumors of remnent rebel forces, but it wouldn't be the same. After another three years, Karaane could hold in his blood-lust no more. The Rebels had occupied Ralltiir, and he could take out his rage on them. He decided to work for the Empire-but indirectly. He would be like the great Boba Fett. A bounty hunter. A mercenary. He would do whatever the Empire asked of him, if it fit his morals. Karaane left Ralltiir for his new life, leaving his mother behind. He never heard from him again.

Karaane gave the Empire all the information about the Rebel occupation on Raltiir, and was rewarded his first payment. He later found out that the Empire blockaded Ralltiir, and decimated the populace with Imperial Star Destroyers. Karaane worried about his mother, but not so much as to go back. He was living a new life now. A rewarding life.

The Empire started Karaane out with small jobs with small payments-non of which involved bounty hunting. Karaane occasionally worked for other clients, but proved loyal to the Empire. As he got better, the Empire gave him his first bounty mission. He was to track down and eliminate a Bothan leader named Dogh Gey'lic on the planet Kothlis. Ontuse found Gey'lic and shot him down with an old, yet efficient DC-16 sniper rifle he got off the Black Market.Once the Gey'lic was confirmed dead, Karaane got a large sum of credits from the Empire for a job as a bounty hunter. Whenever the Empire needed Karaane, he would work for them.

Post Clone Wars
Karaane used his new credits to purchase an old, Phase II Clone Trooper armour off the Black Market. This armour made him feel like he did join the Republic for his father. The armour was white and has red markings on it. Karaane eventually painted it black and fitted his visor to shine blue, once he had the credits. These colours reminded him of his homeworld-Ralltiir.

As Karaane worked for the Empire over the years, he ugraded and advanced his arsenal. He purchased an A-11 Coruscant Police Repulsor Pack off the Black Market. He also got several attachments for his Phase II Clone Trooper Armour. Although all this was good, Karaane's best purchase was a Ralltiir designed Tiger-class Starship he found on Carida. Primary Weapons on the vessel included two front laser cannons, two back laser cannons, and a ball turret on the top that Karaane could personally operate. He customized it to include concealed ion cannons, proton torpedo launchers, space bomb emitters, chaff dispensers, and targeting rangefinders.

Karaane lived through the events of episode 4. The Death Star was destroyed and a major blow to the Empire took place. Karaane was asked to stop his current mission which involved tracking down a notorious smuggler who had been giving the Empire trouble, to aid in the immediate attack on the Rebel base on Yavin IV. He was to be a special commando and infiltrate the Rebel base before an evacuation took place. Although Karaane had never left a mission undone before, and he was highly opposed to doing so, he came straight to Yavin IV, because of his loyalty to the Empire-a personality trait which would eventually lead to his downfall.

Karaane arrived at Yavin IV a little late, since he was coming from the outer rim, but his assistance was still greatly appreciated. Although the Rebels were extremely weak, they still were a tough enemy to beat. Karaane was assigned a mission to infiltrate the main rebel headcouters, located in a large Massassi temple, and cause as much damage as possible. Primary mission objectives included sabotaging all X-wings, Y-wings, and airspeeders and eliminating as much of the records held in their computers as possible. Karaane did manage to sabotage many Rebel aircraft, including two tuna boats, but failed at eliminating the records. He got to Yavin IV to late. The evacuation had already begun. Karaane did, however, eliminate a rebel anti-air gunner. He maned to turret, and took down several evactuation vehicles. Eventually, the last of the Rebel evacuation ships was gone, and only a small bit of opposition was left behind. It was a victory for the Empire. Karaane got to fight along side Imperial Storm Troopers at one point in the battle, a feeling that made him feel like a true Imperial Shock Trooper.

After the evacuation of Yavin IV, not much happened for a while. Karaane had some minor missions, but nothing new. Nothing exiting. Darth Vader had been sending probes out to find where the Rebels had escaped to for quite some time. Nobody could find them. It's like they disappeared right off the map. Karaane was given an assignment to investiagate some supposed Rebel activity in the Saleucami system. So many false reports had been given that Vader didn't heve the time to waste time and resources to investigate himself.

Karaane looked up the Saleucami system in his datafiles. There were only two habitable planets in the system, and one had artificial gravity. Karaane checked out both planets. He ran probes everywhere on the planets. Nothing. The Rebels weren't hear. It had just been another false report. Karaane was going to run another probe run, just in case, when he got a code 3 alert. He was to rendezvous with Lord Vader's Super Star Destroyer in the Hoth System. The Rebel base had been found and he was to meet with Vader himself in a mission to capture Han Solo.

Karaane was impressed. Finally. Now this was a real mission! Karaane took a look at the time he had to be there, and realized there was no time. He had to be there now, and it would take at least half a day to get to Hoth. He left what he was doing, packed up, and left Saleucami for Hoth. He would try anyway. When Karaane arrived at Hoth, nobody was there. He was too late. He didn't even bother sending out probes.

This explains why Ontuse Karaane wasn't seen in episode 5. Karaane lived on throughout the Imperial era and into the New Republic era. He became one of the best mercenaries working for the Imperials. When the New Republic came into power, he stayed loyal to the Imperial Remnents for years to come.

Physical Appearance
As an adult, Karaane stood 2 meters tall. His hair was brown, and his eyes were brown.

Despite his weapon-laden suit of armor, Karaane was a subtle hunter and relied as much on his cunning and intelligence as on pure muscle and combat skill. Speaking with a raspy, gravelly voice, Karaane allowed few to see his face and even fewer to know his origins, giving the man a mysterious aura and a psychological edge over his prey.

Ontuse Karaane was born on Raltiir- a planet known for its brute physical power. Due to Karaane's emphasis on wit over muscle, Karaane does have a thinner build than most Raltiirs. Even with this thinner build, Karaane was usually operating at amazingly strong human fitness. He had enough strength to take on a Trandoshan- another species known for their stenghth.

Helmet


Ontuse Karaane's modified Phase II helmet recorded video and played it back on command, dispensed water, picked up on minute sounds and amplified them and could connect with the onboard computer of his ship.

Karaane could control weapons, sensors, and his jet pack with verbal commands, or by blinking his eye in certain locations. His helmet's HUD (heads-up-display) featured information on the surrounding environment as well as a 360-degree field of vision. In addition, an advanced radar allowed his HUD to provide information on nearby locations, and could be used to scan the HoloNet and connect with databases. The macrobinocular viewplate could be magnified to allow Karaane to see great distances, and was equipped with, among other things, an infrared scanner that could be magnified up to 50 times. The infrared scanner magnified light up to 100 times or displayed heat gradations.The environmental filter system could filter out poisons and contaminants as well as provide Karaane with a two hour reserve air tank.

Armor
Karaane's Kaminoan Phase II armor was constructed from plastoid-alloy composite, all sealed to a black body glove. All together, the armor weighed just under forty kilograms. In spite of its bulkiness, the armor allowed for a reasonable range of motion. The armor's principle drawback, no doubt rooted in the Kaminoans' limited knowledge of Human anatomy, made the armor intensely uncomfortable to sit down in. Karaane couldn't manage to ignore this minor drawback and modified the armour so he could stay comfortable, even on long missions. Karaane made several modifications to his armour, including advanced HUD readings, flame emitters, threat assessments, multiple concelled weaponry, and even magnitized hard points.

Repulsorpack


Karaane wore a customized A-11 Coruscant Police Repulsor Pack. He painted it the colours of his suit. The fuel tank held enough fuel for one minute of continuous operation (20 three-second blasts). Each three second blast moved Karaane up to 100 meters horizontally or 7 meters vertically. Karaane could reach a top speed of 145 kilometers per hour with a maximum range of two kilometers. Directional thrusters featured gyro-stabilizers to apply counterthrust for maneuvering and landing.

Weaponry
Karaane's main weapon was a DC-15/s blaster rifle, more powerful than a stormtrooper's E-11 blaster rifle. It could be outfitted with a scope for sniping, although Karaane also had a DC-16 sniper rifle. This was soon replaced with a more modern and advanced, Imperial E-24/i sniper rifle.

Ontuse Karaane used two different sidearms during his time as a mercenary. The first was a standard blaster pistol similar to those used by Coruscant Security Force. The other sidearm was a concussion disk launcher that included a second handle and storage compartment in the top for concealed weopons, such as micro-bombs.