Xra Karmushk

"Do not forget, Xra, that it was my finances that enabled you to stage this entire conflict. I made you, and I can unmake you as well. Be careful where you tread, Xra, all is not as it seems."

- Darth Sidious speaks to Xra

Xra Karmushk, better known in the Core simply as Xra, was a Neimoidian who rose to become the Supreme Glorious Leader of the Koru-Kra Trise. Xra was known to be ruthless, intimidating, and power hungry by associates, and was known as a psychopathic murderer in the Core worlds. He made several treaties with the Kaleesh during his time as leader of the KKT, which made him an ally of Qymaen jai Sheelal. Xra was known through out the galaxy for commandeering three prototype MC80 Type Two Star Cruisers, five years before the Invasion of Naboo. After the failed invasion, He joined forces with his enemy, The Trade Federation, at the behest of Darth Sidious during the Clone Wars. After the defeat of the Confederacy of Independent Systems, Xra was arrested for the second time in his life in the Oovo IV maximum security facility, and was kept under heavy guard due to his previous escape from the prison years before. What became of Xra after the fall of the Empire was unknown, what was known was that Xra had once again escaped the prison complex shortly before the Battle of Endor.

Early Life
"Never let the Federation take what is yours, Xra!"

- Uncle Jarakh's last words

Xra was born on Koru Neimoidia, although no record of his birth has ever been known to exist, His family was affected by the Trade Federation and their control over trading in most of the Galaxy. Being from a farming family meant that most of their money was taken by the federation, once by force, resulting in the death of his uncle Jarakh, who refused to pay the Trade Federation any more, as he tried to revolt, the blaster fire of a Battle Droid tore him to pieces. Heeding Uncle Jarakh's last words, Xra set out to find a group that was once written about in his father's manuscripts at the public library of Neimoidia City. The Koru-Kra Trise, an organization founded almost at the exact time of the formation of the Trade Federation, it's goal was to end the oppressive rule of the Federation over trading and taxes.

The Koru-Kra Trise
"That was not a smart move, Fish-brains."

- Xra to the Selkath that tried to apprehend him

When Xra left Koru Neimoidia to search for the KKT, which had been hiding in the Unknown Regions for almost five years, it proved difficult for him to find the elusive organization. After weeks of searching the regions, he eventually came across a few small freighters bearing the symbol of the Koru-Kra Trise. When Xra made his case to join the group to it's then leader, the leader was reluctant to allow him to join, telling Xra that it would be a life of hard work and sacrifice for the greater good, Xra accepted it immediately and joined. He was given a spot to work all the way to the top from a soldier position, and those who he fought alongside respected him greatly for his strategies and weapon-less combat techniques. One such mission was to capture vital Kolto from the vital world of Manaan, as they were fleeing the planet with the captured kolto, members of the Ahto City Defense Force tried to apprehend them. One of the Selkath members of the force placed a hand onto Xra's shoulder, ordering the Nemoidian to stop where he was, Xra's hand gripped the Selkath's with quick speed, heaving the Selkath soldier off the landing pad and into the ocean below. The kolto mission was a success, and it marked Xra as being a potential replacement if something were to happen to the Supreme Glorious leader of the KKT of that time.

Captured
"If you wish to challenge me...So be it."

- Xra's words to Yist

After the Kolto mission on Manaan, many in the KKT were fearful of Xra and his apparent power, this led to a faction of the organization that did not want Xra to become the Supreme Glorious leader, they thought that he would become too powerful and start a campaign to take over the Galaxy. Those who plotted against Xra sent him and a few of his fellow soldiers to capture a Judicial Forces ship that was transporting Senators from the Federation. When Xra and his men boarded the ship they were met with fire from none other than Senate Security, a firefight ensued, and all of the Koru-Kra Trise men who participated in the assault were dead except Xra. Xra was put on trial by the Supreme Court, but a eight to four vote spared him from receiving any sort of death penalty, instead he was sentenced to twenty-three years in the maximum security facility of Oovo IV, where he would stay for almost two years.



Xra would maintain his position as a person of power in the prison. In the prison, if two people had a quarrel then one would throw a Rancor bone in front of the person who they had a grievance with, then they would settle it in the ring, two men entered and only one left. A Falleen by the name of Yist and a few other inmates, along with Xra, were playing a game of Pazaak when Xra out of nowhere won the game by getting twenty. Yist flipped the Pazaak table over and accused Xra of cheating, he then threw down the Rancor bone. Xra accepted the challenge, and the duel started. At first, Yist got a few punches in on Xra, who maintained his cool, the Neimoidian took Yist's left arm and dragged him to the ground, Xra's other hand placed enormous pressure on the Falleen's shoulder, breaking it. Wounded, Yist did the very thing he accused Xra of doing, the Falleen pulled out a vibrokinfe from his pocked and lunged to attack with it, Xra, angered by this lack of respect towards the rules, was able to land three solid punches into Yist's chest and apprehend the knife for his own use. Xra then proceeded to win the fight by slicing the Falleen's throat with his own weapon, this victory would make Xra an even more respected individual in the prison complex.

Escape and Crisis in the Senate
Xra spent less than six months in the Oovo IV prison facility before he was able to escape with the help of those loyal to him in the KKT, which remained in hiding in the Unknown Regions during Xra's sentence. They bombarded the facility and successfully escaped back into the Unknown regions and soon after they were safe from the Judicial forces, who were enraged about the destruction caused, Xra plotted his revenge towards the Federation and the Republic. Xra put out several death threats against members of the Trade Federation Directorate and Federation members of the Senate. It was at this time that Xra was first approached by a mysterious cloaked figure who went by the name of Darth Sidious.



Sidious would help Xra's forces become much larger in force, helping him create treaties secret from the Senate with planets that did not favor the Republic. Representatives from Trandosha,Kalee,Drongar, and Rattatak all pledged funding for the KKT. This would give the organization a surplus of weapons and members, but what the Koru-Kra Trise needed most was ships to house their members. Xra was told of a new Ship being built by the Republic and the Mon Calamari on their planet, Xra gathered up the KKT forces to raid the shipyards and steal the ships. The mission was a success and it sent a message to the Republic that the KKT was a force to be reckoned with. Naming the three prototype MC80 Type Two Star Cruisers the Xra's Vengance, Ravaging Assassin, and the third ship he made his flagship, naming it the Neimoidia's Flame. Now with an arsenal of large cruisers, Xra met with a new ally of his, a Kaleesh warlord and tactician named Qymaen jai Sheelal, the two devised a brilliant attack on the heart of the Republic. Xra's spies found out of a Senatorial session where the Senator of the Trade Federation would be presenting a plan to counter the growing KKT, to create a Senatorial army.

As added security, the Senate requested the presence of several Jedi, including the maverick Jedi Master Kegan Farlander. Xra ordered the immediate assassination of the Senator and his aides, and sent one of his best snipers to make haste to Coruscant to take care of them during the session. The senator was unable to convince Chancellor Valorum to allow the creation of the Senatorial Army, while the Senator was speaking, the assassin fired his shots, killing the Senator's aide. The assassin was eventually found and killed in the Senatorial complex by Kegan Farlander and his group of Jedi, while the Senator was escorted to safety. The plan had failed to kill the Senator, but it now sent an even greater message to the Republic that the KKT was a threat, this sent the Core worlds into a mass hysteria of fear, the name of Xra was associated with evil and death all throughout the Galaxy. Xra was still in hiding in the Unknown Regions during the assassination plot, He received word from Darth Sidious about the intervention by the Jedi. Xra, hearing this news, believed that the Jedi might be coming for him, and he commanded his fleet to immediately travel to one of their allies, the Kaleesh homeworld of Kalee

Xra met again with Qymaen jal Sheelal and other warlords in the Sacred Oshla'kna Temple, which was build next to the Jenuwaa Sea. Built with tough mountain rock, the doors into the complex were built with a half inch of Cortosis, and a large hangar was built between the Temple and the sea. When inside, Xra enacted a plan that would place him high on the scale of threats to the Galactic Republic. The plan was to send willing members of the Koru Kra Trise to many different important targets, Including the Jedi Temple, to blow themselves up, creating a panic around the whole galaxy.

Xra's Attacks
"A toast to the destruction of the Corrupt, everywhere!"

- Xra toasts to the Kaleesh warlords after the attacks around the Galaxy

The attacks happened to places including Neimoidia, at the Trade Federation headquarters, outside the Governmental Palace on Eraidu,A Third in Corellia's third largest City, and a final attack inside the Jedi Temple's public meditation area.

Behind the scenes

 * SenuMeji has Xra as being voiced by Andrew Divoff