Victor Dreago

"I worked so hard to bring peace to the galaxy, I worked with people I would've rather not and I succeeded... Now this Empire intends to turn back on that? To turn all my work and effort into nothingness? I don't think so..!"

- Victor Dreago

 was a Mandalorian and heir to the Drag'gon Warrior clan, who rose to the rank of General in the Republic Army despite not being Jedi. He would come to be one of the most successful non-Jedi generals of the clone wars and would later become the leader of Mandalor and Van'Dal during the later Galactic Civil War.

Early life
Victor would live on his homewolrd of Mandalore much of his early life, when Mandalore was under the rule of Duchess Satine and a non-affiliate of the Galactic Republic. Around the time of the Blockade over Naboo, he would begin studying at the Coruscant University of Naval Principle, as well as begin taking lessons from his father in how to become a true mandalorian warrior. He would eventually graduate from there and be appointed to the only warship that Mandalore had, a Dreadnought-class cruiser bought from the Republic to serve as a defense force for Mandalore.

Career
He would be the 1st officer aboard the Dreadnought cruiser until the outbreak of the Clone Wars, when he would volunteer for the Republic Navy and begin to work among the clones in a Venator-class Star Destroyer named Solace. He would come to rise through the ranks aboard this vessel, quickly coming to be the 1st officer once again, until the Battle of Sullust, in where the Solace would take some of the heaviest damage among the ships present of the first attack wave, only barely managing to escape. In the battle the captain of the Solace would be killed when the entire command bridge was blown clean off by a barrage of bombs and turbolaser fire. Now as captain of the Solace using the fighter-control bridge as a surrogate bridge, Victor would come to lead the 3rd wave of warships that would finally be the ones to break the blockade after the 2nd wave, lead by Rajh T'Le in The Naiad, managed to destroy the command ship of the blockade.

Later during the war, now as the fleet commander of the 112th Ground Assault Fleet, he would be responsible of the capture of Zolan and Rintonne, as well as be the one in charge of the Defense of Naboo in the closing months of the Clone Wars. Eventually he would be over the world of Tund engaging a separatist fleet when Order 66 occurred, thankfully since he was not a Jedi and did not generally affiliate himself with the Jedi, he would be sparred. However he realized that it was clearly not as things seemed, he knew that despite the minor mistrust the Jedi had generated around themselves, they were not the sort that would do this, however he kept quiet until he was offered an opportunity to become one of the first Imperial Admirals, to which he would decline to the surprise of his surrounding officers.

He would "retire" from the now Imperial Navy and return to Mandalore, at least that is what was said so he would have the prying eyes of the Empire off of him, in reality he would call his clan and retreat to Volmor, where his clan would begin purchasing warships and supplies from the black market, eventually coming into enough wealth to start producing their own ships, which they did. The Clan Drag'Gon began production of Crusader-class corvettes and Keldabe Mark One-class Battleships using parts bought from the black market. With these ships and some other ships that they stole, including the Vyper-class Fighter, the Clan Drag'Gon began launching attacks on the Empire, attacking bases and stealing more materials from them as they went on, this would continue for 3 years until the Empire discovered their location and attacked Volmor, destroying nearly all of the shipyards and forcing Clan Drag'Gon to escape. Now Victor would find himself and his people in the same situation as the rest of the Rebels in the galaxy, without a base and being forced to leave any settlement as soon as Imperial forces arrived. They would continue their attacks, but now without a place to build and maintain new ships the attacks would gradually grow smaller and smaller, until Victor managed to make contact with an old ally, Rajh T'Le, who told Victor that he had a place where the Clan Drag'Gon could call home for a while until they established a new base.

Now based in the Feliinyen System, Clan Drag'Gon would begin to amp up their attacks with the help of their newly constructed Keldabe Mark Two-class Battleships. Victor would take one of these as his new flagship, the Solace II, which he would use for months until a small task force made contact with the Van'Dals, a species that had been driven from their homeworld by the Empire and forced into becoming a nomadic race. With this came a new alliance, first known as the Drag'Dal Alliance, that would begin refitting suitable Van'Dal ships into warships and after a sufficient force of Van'Dal and Drag'Gon warships had been gathered, Victor made a bold move; He attacked Mandalore. The attack was swift, with dozens of Drag'Dal ships jumping in and wiping out the relatively weak Imperial forces there and driving out the forces on-world. With the help of his new Van'Dal allies, Victor Dreago managed to seize control of Mandalore from the Empire and hunker down, moving his fleet to the Mandalorian system. With assistance from Feliingna for the first few months, Victor was able to establish Mandalore as openly at war with the Empire, now with powerful allies, an entire species, and a whole planet backing him, not just a single clan. Now as the leader of Mandalore, he would establish the Mandalorian-Vandal Unified States which would openly confront the Empire and expand its reach, taking in nearby systems to further their fighting ability.

The newly established Mandalorian-Vandal Unified States would come to become an integral part of the Mid-Rim Alliance along with their long time allies, The Royal United States of Feliingna, while making a rather tedious alliance with The Deutschland United Imperial State of the New Order. With Rajh T'Le, Victor Dreago, and Ren Dafaar as the founder of the Mid-Rim Alliance.

Death
Victor Dreago would die years later at the age of 71 in his home on Mandalore from a complication with an illness he adquired years earlier.

Post-mortem
Victor Dreago's legacy would live on despite his death, carried by his son, Nura Dreago who would assume the position his father left behind as ruler of the Mandalorian and Van'Dal people. There would also be a ship that would pay homage to his name and title, the Solace-class super dreadnought; The Victorious Dragon. This ship would become the flagship of his son during the later war with the mysterious force.

Personality and traits
When he was younger, Victor Dreago was an overconfident man who would often take great risks due to his overconfidence. After the Battle of Sullust forced reality onto him, he began maturing, eventually becoming a serious man who would make his decisions based on experience and knowledge, this trait made him especially effective as a rebel commander and later as a leader of the Mandalorian and Van'Dal people.

He would be found to have a very minor degree of force sensitivity during the Galactic Civil War, which would incentivize Rajh to give Victor some lightsaber lessons and even make one for Victor.