Urde Ra'akdoon was a male Morsian redeemed Jedi Master during the waning years of the Galactic Republic.
Born on Mors in 205 BBY, Ra'akdoon was found by the Jedi and taken to the Jedi Temple for training. During his early years of training, Ra'akdoon showed prowess in both the Force and lightsaber combat, though showed some less desirable Jedi traits. He was headstrong and emotionally difficult, unable to detach himself from anger and aggression, due to his race.
In 140 BBY, his master was killed by a Sith Lord whilst the two were on a mission. Full of anger, rage and sadness at the death of his master, he was swiftly turned to the dark side. Under the apprenticeship of the Sith, his rage and aggression was channelled into powerful dark side force abilities, such as Force choke and Force lightning, enhancing his already impressive grasp in the Force.
However, forty years after his tempting to the dark side, Ra'akdoon started to recognise the error of his ways, which culminated in his killing of his Sith master and defection back to the Jedi, with the lightsaber of his Sith master as proof of his deed. The Jedi, however, were highly against Ra'akdoon's return to the order, and would have turned him away were it not for the patronage of Grand Master Yoda persuading the Jedi, just, that he should be allowed to return. From then on, Yoda acted as the patron of Ra'akdon, who became highly loyal to Yoda and the two formed a friendship. However, the rest of the Jedi Order detested Ra'akdoon's presence in their ranks, though the latter took little heed to the thoughts of his fellow Jedi about him.
During the Clone Wars, he was given a clone legion, the 666th Legion, and after his initial concerns, he became highly attached to the men under his command. Taking in the misfits, defects and troublemakers, he offered clones a second chance, with fairness and equality which earned him the respect and loyalty of the men under his command. The legion fought with bravery, and Ra'akdoon always led them from the front, doing what he could to minimise casualties. Despite being thrown into some of the most savage fighting, and dire scenarios, the legion always came out on top, largely thanks to the leadership of Ra'akdoon.
During Order 66, Ra'akdoon was spared by the clones due to his past stint as a Sith, which messed with the orders of the clones, who did not see him as pure Jedi or Sith. With careful planning and experimentation, as well as some investigating, Ra'akdoon soon determined the cause of Order 66 and the destruction of the order, with some help. Removing the biochips from his clones, Ra'akdoon took them with him into exile, where they became farmers on a farm created by Ra'akdoon and his men on a relatively remote planet, where they hoped to be safe from the rising Galactic Empire.
During the Galactic Civil War, Ra'akdoon and his men avoided outside contact with anyone off-world, to protect both Ra'akdoon and the legion who had gone into hiding with him. They became highly accomplished farmers and earnt the respect and love of the citizens of their exile planet, who aided them with keeping hidden from the Empire. He remained hidden after the fall of the Empire, caring for his ailing troopers as they slowly died peacefully due to their advanced aging.
In 7 ABY, he officially joined the Morsian Jedi Order, once again committing himself to upholding a Jedi Code, though tweaked by the new Order to suit a new age. Ra'akdoon also made occasional excursions off his exile planet to see how the galaxy had changed after the destruction of the Jedi Order and subsequent galactic civil war.
Biography[]
Early life[]
Ra'akdoon was born on Mors in 205 BBY where he grew up until being discovered by the Jedi and taken to the Jedi Temple on Coruscant in 200 BBY, where he trained under a Jedi Master, going on various diplomatic missions across the world. He was discovered to be strong in the Force and was quickly able to pick up Jedi techniques and so learned most of the Jedi moves ever used by the Order. Whilst here, he also built his own lightsaber, as per the Jedi way, however he did not use any of the regular Jedi crystals. Instead, he returned to his home world of Mors and retrieved a black crystal from it which was suitable for lightsaber construction, giving him his signature black lightsaber blades. He initially constructed a single bladed lightsaber, though after much admiration for the double blade, he learnt how to build and wield one, quickly adopting it as his main lightsaber of choice.
Fall to the dark side[]
In 140 BBY, sixty years after his admission into the Jedi Order, his Master was killed by a Sith on a mission. Having grown bored of the Jedi and the grief and anger he now experienced at the death of his long time Master and friend, he fell to the dark side and became the apprentice to the very Sith who killed his Master. Now free from the restraints of the Jedi, he quickly picked up the dark side abilities of the Force, such as Force choke and Force lightning, as well as a crude variant of the Force ability to prevent people from dying, though using this ability drained him for several minutes, making him weak for the time, so he rarely used it.
Resurrection to the light side[]
After fourty years of being a Sith, however, he realised the error of his ways and how he was wrong to fall so easily for the dark side. After killing his Sith Master and taking both his head and lightsaber as proof, he returned to the Jedi Temple on Coruscant in 100 BBY in an attempt to rejoin the Order. He was shunned by the Jedi but managed to get an audience with the Jedi Council where he attempted to prove his redemption to the light side, with his old Sith Master's Lightsaber. He was only saved by Grand Master Yoda who still sensed light side within him and managed to persuade the Council to readmit Ra'akdoon into the Order under the rank of Master, due to overcoming the dark side to return to the Light. However, he was shunned and near universally hated by the members of the Order, which failed to both him.
Leading to the Clone Wars[]
Ra'akdoon undertook regular Jedi duties with his new Master title though did not take up a Padawan learner, partly due to his reluctance to take one and also due to the Council not wanting to bestow one on him in case they became corrupted. Ra'akdoon continued to train both in the Force and with his Lightsaber whilst at the Temple, as well as training Younglings in the Force, lightsaber etiquette and history, particularly in how to avoid falling for the dark side. He had no friends at the Temple outside of Grand Master Yoda, since the Jedi universally shunned him due to his past, though he did make a friend of Obi-Wan Kenobi after he came to the Order. The rest of the Jedi either shunned or reluctantly tolerated his presence.
The Clone Wars[]
Ra'akdoon was given a clone legion just prior to the start of the Clone Wars in 23 BBY, naming it the 666th Legion. After getting to grips with his men and new command, he jumped to action at the outbreak of war, taking part in the First Battle of Geonosis where he first learnt of the reality of war.
First Battle of Geonosis[]
Ra'akdoon took part in the First Battle of Geonosis with his clone legion, being tasked with assaulting a droid factory on the planet. Whilst his fleet was engaged in a space battle in orbit of Geonosis, Ra'akdoon landing via gunship amidst anti-aircraft fire, he led his men from the front, destroying the Separatist defences in front of the factors as well as taking out the AA guns before leading the assault inside. They were ambushed inside so Ra'akdoon led a party to find the main control room in hopes of shutting down the factory and so preventing new droids from being created and mobilised against his men.
On the way they found a clone Lieutenant, in a small surgical room, before he used the Force to save a clone trooper from dying after an explosion destroyed the room and killed his second in command, Captain CT-25/07 'Cutter'. After this, he led his force to the droid control centre, where they found a tactical droid and Geonosian operators of the factory. After shutting down the tactical droid, he attempted to persuade the Geonosians to shut down the factory, and whilst they did so, they attempted to surprise the clones and Ra'akdoon and shoot them, resulting in them being shot down. As they left the control room, Ra'akdoon destroyed all the controls in the room, to prevent the factory being restarted.
Returning to the factory floor, Ra'akdoon organized his defences, as the Separatists were launching an assault on the factory. Once again leading his men from the front, Ra'akdoon and his clones repelled the assault, and Ra'akdoon once again used the Force to prevent a trooper from dying. With the arrival from some bombers from the fleet in orbit, the Separatist assault was repelled and the factory was secured.
After the battle was over, Ra'akdoon rotated his men guarding the factory and left the planet to return to the fleet. Whilst there, he recruited the clone lieutenant to become his second in command, as well as formed a unit of bodyguard clones out of men he noted had excellent individual skills, forming the Four troopers of the apocalypse. He also discovered that two troopers, CT-1959 and CT-404, had stowed away with the 666th Legion to prevent them being held back from the front line, on account of their excellent engineering and computing skills. Instead of turning them into the Jedi, Ra'akdoon recruited them officially into the legion, promising them front line action like they wanted, provided they also did jobs for him when he required.
Order 66[]
Ra'akdoon luckily survived Order 66 due to his dark side/light side balance messing with the clone order. As he was not considered full Sith nor full Jedi, the clones treated him as neutral, allowing him to move around the galaxy relatively unopposed. With the help of three of his men who had not acted on the order, he was able to help two Jedi who were with him at the time escape the trap, Jedi Knight Seculoo Onderas and her padawan Gurtaka Kida, retrieve their belongings as well as his own from the Jedi Temple, discover the meaning of the Order as well as help them all escape. He did not abandon his men, however, or his fleet, as he could not bare the thought of them doing something against their will, which he suspected had happened due to their sudden turn. After retrieving their belongings from the Jedi Temple, he conducted various scans on their heads from the medbay of his Venator-class Star Destroyer Infiltrator II where he discovered the control chip planted in the heads of the clones. After various carefully attempted medical procedures, the on-board medical droid managed to remove the chip from one of the clones in the medbay, who afterwards had no recollection of the Order. After discovering the chip to be the cause of the problem, Ra'akdoon ordered all the medical droids of the fleet to begin the procedure to remove the chip from every clone in the legion. After they were freed from the chip, Ra'akdoon addressed them on the end of the war as well as the death of both the Republic and Jedi, telling them that they were going into hiding as exiles. After leaving the Jedi on a planet in the same system as Ra'akdoon and his men would be at, they exiled themselves on Tokanga III, a planet they had liberated during the war, whose inhabitants swore themselves to secrecy about the clones.
Exile during the Galactic Civil War[]
Over the twenty year period of the Galactic Civil War, Ra'akdoon and his men remained on the planet with no outside contact other than broadcasts picked up from various news sources. Ra'akdoon turned them into farmers, who created a vast farm to help supply the planet. Their military equipment turned into farming equipment and delivery vehicles, able to reach even the most isolated of villages. With Ra'akdoon's help, the planet thrived and boomed as the clones and himself protected them from pirates and bandits as well as helped build infrastructure and supply them with food and resources. The inhabitants of the planet kept to their word of secrecy and revealed nothing about them when Imperials occasionally came to the planet. Ra'akdoon and his men also remained in contact with the Jedi and her Padawan they had saved during Order 66, making sure they were safe, as well as occasionally visiting each other.
After the Galactic Civil War[]
Upon the death of the Emperor and the collapse of the Galactic Empire, Ra'akdoon occasionally made short excursions out to the nearby systems to see how the galaxy had fared. Many of his men were either old men or dead by now, so Ra'akdoon had less to do on his exiled planet, so he could travel out to find out exactly what had been going on. After discovering the rebuilt Jedi Order, Ra'akdoon attempted to join, though ultimately didn't after having second thoughts due to what happened last time. He eventually decided to join the new Jedi Order that had been founded in Morsian space, keeping in contact with the Order from his exiled planet. He managed to convince the Jedi he had saved to join the Order, growing their number.
Personality[]
During his first time in the Jedi Order, Ra'akdoon was taught the Jedi ways and thus picked up the typical Jedi demeaner and personality traits. Ra'akdoon as a Jedi was arrogant and aloof, with a sarcastic undertone to when he spoke. In accordance with the Jedi Code, he was also detached from his emotions as much as possible, with little regard for other beings he encountered with his Master when outside of the Temple.
Whilst as a Sith, however, Ra'akdoon was largely the opposite. He was still arrogant, more so during his time with the Sith, and full of rage and anger. He had no qualms with killing anyone or anything that got in his way, and damage to his surroundings were natural for him. His emotions fuelled his rage and most of his actions were guided by his anger.
When he returned to the Jedi, however, his demeaner had completely changed. He was now far more kind to those around him, with far more regard for the people around him than himself. He placed others above himself and saw the lives of his companions and civilians far more important than his own. After his time with the Sith, Ra'akdoon had more control of his emotions, and didn't block them out as per the usual Jedi way. He was compassionate and caring, capable of forming attachments and feeling anger when needed. This carried on throughout the remainder of his life.
Throughout it all, he always held some form sarcasm, often attempting to make light of a situation in some form or another. His sarcasm was usually dry, as was his humor. This disappeared during his time as a Sith, when the humor and sarcasm was replaced by threats, brashness and rashness.
Relation to others[]
Jedi Order[]
Ra'akdoon had a complicated relationship with the Jedi Order. During his first stay, he was treated much like any other Jedi in the Order, with the same respect most got. However, after falling to the Sith, he started to hate the Jedi whilst his mind was clouded by hate and the dark side. After his epiphany and return to the Jedi, Ra'akdoon was shunned by the Jedi and often belittled by the other Jedi, quite openly within the Temple. Whilst Ra'akdoon took little offence to this and often challenged the Jedi back, which sometimes resulted in a quick duel that Ra'akdoon would win, it made him detest staying at the Jedi Temple. The Jedi resented him and whilst he always tried to guide them in the correct direction and warn them of coming dangers, they took no heed. This was no more prominent than during the Clone Wars, when Ra'akdoon constantly tried to warn them of Palpatine being a Sith Lord, which he could sense more keenly due to this past in the dark side, yet the Jedi ignored his warnings.
Grand Master Yoda[]
Ra'akdoon had a positive relationship with Yoda, who was the reason he was allowed into the Order after falling to the Sith. Thanks to Yoda, Ra'akdoon attained his rank of Jedi Master and seat on the Council, which caused a bond to occur between the two. Yoda also had a Jedi again who could live as long as himself, which further developed their friendship. This continued to grow whilst Ra'akdoon was again with the Order, with their bond continuing during the Clone Wars. Unfortunately, Ra'akdoon and Yoda were separated when Order 66 occurred and they had no more contact between each other before Yoda died on Dagobah.
Obi-Wan Kenobi[]
Ra'akdoon had a positive relationship with Obi-Wan Kenobi, likely due to their meeting after Ra'akdoon had already re-joined the Order. The two became friends, and later good friends after Obi-Wan joined the Council. Along with Yoda, the two were the only Jedi Ra'akdoon counted as friends before the destruction of the Order in Order 66. The two often joked and spoke to each other outside of Jedi business, though unfortunately, Ra'akdoon and Kenobi were separated when Order 66 occurred and they had no more contact between each other before Kenobi exiled himself.
Jedi Order (Mosian sect)[]
Whilst Ra'akdoon initially had little knowledge of the Morsian sect of the Jedi Order, upon hearing of it he was on the fence about joining it. After much deliberation, he decided to travel there and meet the Grand Councillor. He was pleasantly surprised to be welcomed and honored by the Order when he arrived, and after being shown the Order and told about it, he decided to give the Jedi another chance and join the Order, being given a place on the Council.
Sith Order[]
Ra'akdoon, like all Jedi, despised the Sith and whilst he was originally with the Jedi, he too hated the Sith as the enemies of the Jedi. However, this changed when he joined the Sith at the death of his Jedi Master. Whilst with the Sith, his disposition to them changed due to his affiliation. The Sith and dark side fuelled his anger and so gave him reason. However, when he realised his mistake and returned to the Jedi, he once again turned back to hating the Sith. The dark side gave him Force powers that the Jedi would never have taught him and also gave him a heightened sense of the dark side as he travelled around the galaxy. He was one of the few Jedi who knew Palpatine was a Sith Lord, and often warned the Jedi about him, however they paid no attention. Palpatine and various other Sith Lords attempted to get Ra'akdoon to turn to the dark side, though none succeeded.
Palpatine/Darth Sidious[]
Ra'akdoon had no time for Palpatine, and he knew right away that the chancellor was a Sith Lord due to his heightened sense of the dark side. Ra'akdoon was highly suspicious of Palpatine and constantly tried to warn the Jedi Order about him but they took no notice. Even as the war dragged on, the public started turning on the Jedi and Ra'akdoon himself telling them Palpatine had tried to recruit him to the dark side, they still took no notice. At some point, Palpatine discovered that Ra'akdoon had once been a Sith Lord and so attempted to recruit him to the dark side once again multiple times. This happened in various means, both physically and mentally through the Force in visions or nightmares whilst Ra'akdoon was sleeping. Despite this, Ra'akdoon remained hostile to Palpatine and never considered returning to the dark side. He celebrated the news of Sidious' demise in 4 ABY, with a weight taken off his shoulders.
Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader[]
Ra'akdoon had a strong dislike of Anakin Skywalker from the moment he met him. Whilst he was usually respectable to the Jedi, often calling them by the title of Master, he referred to Anakin solely by his last name of Skywalker. He could sense the Dark/light side battle happening within Anakin and tried to warn the council about him. The two often butted heads which quickly devolved into lightsaber fights whenever they met, with Ra'akdoon usually ending the fight and trying to avoid Anakin for as long as he could. His dislike extended to hated after he witnessed the holo recording of Anakin killing the Younglings in the Jedi Temple, silently swearing that he would kill Anakin/Vader if he ever got the chance, though he never did. He was relieved at Anakin's death in 4 ABY and despite hearing of his redemption, felt that he could never forgive Anakin himself. Whilst he realised that this was hypocritical of him, since Ra'akdoon himself had performed some of the same acts as Anakin had done whilst he had been a Sith Lord, he still could not forgive him until many years later.
Count Dooku[]
Ra'akdoon had a mixed relationship with Count Dooku. By the time Ra'akdoon first met him, Ra'akdoon had already fallen to the dark side and subsequently returned to the light side, so he had a heightened sense of awareness of it. When Dooku arrived, Ra'akdoon took a liking to him, starting up a friendship with the count. However, this slow deteriorated as Dooku was tempted by the dark side more and more, despite Ra'akdoon's attempts to sway him away or block it from his mind. He mourned the loss of Dooku when he finally succumbed to the dark side and left the Jedi Order. Despite now being enemies, Ra'akdoon remained hopeful that Dooku would be able to return to the Jedi, and several times prior to the Clone Wars, Ra'akdoon ran into Dooku and tried to get him to return to the Jedi. Ra'akdoon had civilised run-ins with Dooku, where several times their old friendship showed through, but due to Ra'akdoon's past with the dark side, he had no love for Dooku until he was killed in 19 BBY. Ra'akdoon was saddened by his death, but realised that Dooku was never going to have returned to the Jedi.
General Grievous[]
Ra'akdoon had disdain for General Grievous, clashing with the cyborg warrior only a couple of times. In each of these encounters, Ra'akdoon attempted to understand more about Grievous, however the latter's strong hatred for Jedi prevent him from engaging in conversation too much. As such, Ra'akdoon showed no concern about Grievous and fought him with the aim to destroy him. Grievous, on the other hand, showed great interest in Ra'akdoon's lightsaber, calling it the 'jewel of [his] collection', if he were to ever beat Ra'akdoon and take it from him. However, Ra'akdoon's skills were too great for Grievous to defeat him, and the two never made any headway towards either peace or a victor. When Ra'akdoon heard, years later, about Grievous's death on Utapau in 19 BBY, he was happy that the lightsaber collecting cyborg had been ended, especially at the hands of Obi-Wan.
666th Legion[]
Ra'akdoon was initially concerned with having a legion of clones under his command but quickly gained a strong liking to them, deciding to take all the misfits, troublemakers and defects into the legion to give them a second chance. Whilst this initially caused friction between the clones and Ra'akdoon, it ultimately created a strong bond of mutual like and respect. This bond only grew as Ra'akdoon constantly did the best for his men, including placing himself in harms way instead of them, staying behind in a fight to allow them to get away safely and defending them against anyone who spoke poorly of them. He also often consulted the clones about many issues facing the legion, both on and off the battle, seeking for their approval to make sure they felt safe and secure whilst serving him. In return, the clones were fanatically loyal to Ra'akdoon, revering him with a high regard and, after Order 66, remaining by his side and becoming farmers with him in exile rather than abandoning him to join the Empire.
Lieutenant[]
Ra'akdoon's second in command was highly regarded by Ra'akdoon. After getting to know him, Ra'akdoon became very close with the clone and regarded him as his closest friend. Ra'akdoon confided many things in Lieutenant and consulted him on many issues they encountered during the Clone Wars. In return, Lieutenant was very protective of Ra'akdoon and was quick to jump to his side in defense of him. Lieutenant remained close by his side during their time in exile, willing to do anything Ra'akdoon wanted of him as they ran the farm. Whilst Ra'akdoon offered him to leave the farm at any time and join the Empire or Rebellion, he instantly declined the option.
The Four Troopers of the Apocalypse[]
Ra'akdoon became close to the Four Troopers, as he considered them his bodyguard and special forces. He admired their traits and the bonds they formed between each other, as well as their ingenuity and skills. The group became close to Ra'akdoon, quickly coming to his defense in any scenario and having unyielding loyalty to him. He consulted them on many issues and trusted them with many tasks, both during the war and after it. He entrusted them with becoming managers on the farm after they went into exile and like Lieutenant, he offered them the chance to leave at any time, but they all willingly stayed with him, such was their loyalty.
Skills and abilities[]
During his initial run with the Jedi, Ra'akdoon was no more powerful than any other Jedi of the time, though he was a quick learner. He learned how to use the typical Jedi Force powers, such as the mind trick, Force leap and telekinesis to move objects.
When he fell to the Sith, Ra'akdoon was able to learn and use many of the dark side powers, including Force choke and Force lighting. As his power of the dark side grew, Ra'akdoon was able to further use the Force to defend himself. He was able to catch Force lighting in his hands and ball it up, releasing it as a projectile, as well as catch blaster bolts in his hands without harm or even in mid air. Towards the end of his time with the Sith, Ra'akdoon learnt a rudimentary way of manipulating the Force to prevent death, something he used most frequently during the Clone Wars, though because he was never formally taught this, using this ability and preventing someone from dying drained him of his Force energy, leaving him weak and helpless for several minutes as he recovered.
Upon returning to the Jedi, Ra'akdoon continued to practice and use his powers from both sides of the Force, often using them alternatively, one after another. As a result of this, his resentment by the other Jedi remained constant, though he cared little for their attitude towards him. He was one of the only Jedi to employ Force lightning and, whilst he tried to use it whilst no other Jedi were present, he continued to use Force choke and other dark side abilities whilst questioning or interrogating prisoners.
As he became stronger in the Force, other quirks of the Force manifested itself in him, most notably in his eyes. Whenever Ra'akdoon became angry, a green fire was visible burning around his pupils. This fire did not hurt, as it was a projection of the Force, but when it appeared, people quickly learnt that Ra'akdoon was angry and was in no mood to be messed with. His clone troopers quickly found this out and were able to gauge when Ra'akdoon became angry, to stay out of his way.
His fighting style changed over the years, as Ra'akdoon added more and more Force usage during combat. Whilst with the Jedi in his early years, he adopted one of the typical Jedi fighting forms, one that was most suited for his usage of the double bladed lightsaber. However, when he turned to the dark side, this lightsaber form changed to incorporate Force abilities that would throw an opponent off-guard and make them easier to hit and kill. He refined this form after returning to the Jedi, eventually settling on a half-and-half ratio of Force powers and lightsaber combat, usually involving throwing his lightsaber or using a Force power such as Force repulse or Force lighting to distract and opponent. His fighting style greatly lent itself to fighting more than one opponent.
Ra'akdoon's signature double bladed lightsaber
Equipment[]
Ra'akdoon used a double bladed lightsaber as his primary weapon, having shown an affinity and interest in the weapon since he was a Youngling. In 198 BBY, Ra'akdoon created his double bladed training lightsaber. After showing much training prowess, he constructed and built his signature double bladed lightsaber, with black lightsaber blades from its unique black crystal. This was his only lightsaber and either it or his training lightsaber remained with him wherever he went. Whilst he didn't carry any other weapons with him, he did carry the usual Jedi tools such as a communicator and hologram projector, various supplies on his belt and some basic tools, as standard for the Jedi
He also acquired various other belongings that kept safe in his room at the Jedi Temple and, later, on the farm he and his men created. One of these was a lock box that only users of the dark side could open. It had a special Force lock that was only unlockable by those with the knowledge and power of the dark side. Inside this box he kept some of his most personal and secret belongings, such as the lightsaber of his Sith Master, whom he killed before returning to the Jedi. Along with this box, he also had various other belongings such as his Jedi Master's lightsaber, a set of Imperial soldier armor from the time of the Sith Empire, an ornate gold staff and vibroblade sword.
Behind the scenes[]
- Ra'akdoon originally started out as a LEGO minifigure that legodude494 created. His body was that of a spare Lone Ranger minifigure, with a green opaque alien head from an unknown set and a hood/tattered cape bought off a LEGO parts website. The hands were replaced with black minifigure hands to act as gloves and the lightsaber blades/hilt was acquired from a toy fair. With this, Ra'akdoon was born and a backstory created.
- Without this minifigure, all of legodude494's Star Wars creations would not exist.
List of appearances[]
Canon[]
- The 666th Legion Chronicles
- The 666th Legion Chronicles: Geonosis (first appearance)
- The 666th Legion Chronicles: Jakkor
Non-canon[]
- Morsian-Lutrinian Meet (mentioned)
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