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The MerenData RM-2020 is an entirely diffrent type of espionage droid, and it makes no attempt to hide its true purposes. Because it is not designed to inflatrate polite security but instead it is used on the battle field to gather intelligence data on troop movements and weak point in enemy lines. The RM-2020 move about on its speedy repulsorlift engine, and its hardwired espionage module includes an information recording/broadcast system. While the droids visual/audio sensor package includes ultraviolet and infrared detectors. The droid runs for around 160,000 credits each, but even at the high cost per unit they are very much worth the price. There have also been some commanders that have wished to risk the RM-2020's by sending it into an enemy camp to engage in covert sabotage, and with a little combat training these droids can be turned into lethal killing machines. In recent months, many "upgraded" RM-2020s have been confiscated by the Empire.

Game Information:
The unusual physical appearance of this droid has been confirmed in three separate images from two different sources: Cynabar's Fantastic Technology Droids (pp. 85) and The Essential Guide to Droids (pp. 186,187).

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A well known Holofilm star from the Core Worlds, Frida has been blacklisted by the Empire for "political deviancy" and is currently wanted by the ISB for questioning. She has been traveling the Mid-Rim with the free-Wookiee Kilarrawarr in the Wookiee's small scoutship to avoid the unpleasantness of an Imperial interrogation.

She made some hip movies as a hot young actress Pre-Empire, and then suffered through the Imperial censorship with growing discontent. Frida got invited to do a Real holovid, with real acting, as opposed to the usual propaganda. However, she knew she would be in a lot more trouble if it had actually gotten completed and distributed. Still, Frida convinced the people interviewing her about her role that she was still just a bubble-headed bimbo who couldn't possibly have considered sedition! "Gee, mister, they just gave me a script, I didn't actually read it in advance, I sure wouldn't have taken the job if I'd known it'd be bad for my career, *bat bat*." She didn't stick around to see if they really believed her, though.

Unfortunately, Frida is Not Good at keeping a low profile. Growning up as a child star, she is used to being a central figure wherever she goes--in fact, she rather likes it. Frida dyed her hair, that was enough of a sacrifice to being undercover as she was willing to go. If not for Kilarrawarr's natural tendency to avoid Imperial entanglements, Frida would of been captured her first week away from Chandrilla.

Famous Quote: "Is this a dirty planet? Oh, then I won't be getting off the ship."

Known character history: Var's father, Vica, was a former Republic officer who resigned and became a bounty hunter around the time of the Clone Wars, much to the horror of his well-bred family, whose political standing was damaged by his actions. When he married Ura, also a bounty hunter, he was disowned by his family and only maintained sporadic contact with his one brother. Ura had no surviving family. Vica believed that in its latter years the Republic was crippled by corruption. He also believed that the Empire was simply a new incarnation of the Republic that might eventually correct the flaws and return peace and stability to the galaxy. As a former officer he remained loyal to the Empire, if disillusioned about its methods and goals and uneasy with Palpatine being declared Emperor. He viewed the Rebel Alliance as a misguided, bumbling threat to the civilian populace. He advocated loyalty and adherence to the chain of command, but never to do so without thought. Blind loyalty to any cause, he said, was the most dangerous thing in the galaxy.

Var was seven when her mother accidently became pregnant with Rel. As far as Var is concerned, life went downhill from there. Var was perfectly happy to be an only child and didn't welcome her sister's birth. She felt that Rel stole her parent's attention and since then has been driven to realign the family's pecking order by either proving herself to be the better family asset, or making her parents very angry. Thus, Var became both a source of pride and deep frustration to her parents. She took to bounty hunting instinctively, proving herself in tough combat situations again and again, but her weakness for TIE fighter pilots, brawling, drinking, and inability to stick to a curfew made her parents wary of trusting her with more responsibility.

Var finally convinced them to let her take a solo mission, promising to watch her behavior. Her mission was unsuccessful and she returned to Corellia to discover her parents were the victims of sabotage when their ship, the Scarlet Flag, suffered a catastrophic mechanical malfunction, killing all on board. Var immediately began to investigate and learned that the head of a smuggling ring her parents had been stalking for weeks was responsible. Var, naturally, swore revenge, but her plans were spoiled when she received emergency contact from Rel. Rel was planetside for a SAGroup meeting when the accident occured, and she'd been on her own for several days. Var was glad to be reunited with her sister, but soon the responsibility of being Rel's guardian came crashing down on her shoulders. Struggling with the loss of her parents and confused about her course of action, Var fell into her old habit of carousing. It wasn't until she was attacked by thugs hired by Drell Gor'vdon, the smuggler who killed her parents, that Var realized that Gor'vdon knew of their survival and that she and her sister were in grave danger. Gor'vdon wants the bragging rights for killing the entire Theslin clan as a warning to others who would target him.

Var decided that she must find a safe home for Rel, both to hide her from Gor'vdon and because Var thinks Rel deserves a better guardian who can give her a stable home. Var remembered an aunt and uncle her father spoke of occasionally and decided that they were her best hope. Var sobered up and got to work tracking down old family friends through her parent's network of informants. She learned that her aunt and uncle once lived on Alderaan, but may have moved before the destruction of the planet. She was led to Ord Mantell with the name of a man who worked with her parents for several years. Var also suspects she was tailed by one of Gor'vdon's operatives for at least part of the trip.

Var is still having a very hard time facing her guilt over the loss of her parents, as well as being responsible for her sister's safety. She will snap and revert to bad behavior if she feels too pressured. Var hates it when Rel assumes the role of authority figure and, ironically, is apt to demonstrate her most stupid, stubborn, irresponsible behavior when confronted by her sister. Nobody can push Var's buttons like Rel, especially when Rel doesn't mean to do so.

Var is deliberately keeping information from Rel regarding Gor'vdon's involvement in their parent's death, as well as his current pursuit and intent to kill them both. She doesn't know how much Rel has figured out on her own. Var worries if Rel knows the truth that she will want to confront Gor'vdon and be killed as a result, and Var also doesn't want Rel to live in fear for her life. Consequently, some of Var's actions (such as getting rid of the ship) and her single-minded determination to leave Rel with their aunt and uncle may seem bizarre or mean to Rel. Var doesn't like how this has damaged Rel's opinion of her, but she's used to being the family screw-up.

Var may act like Rel is pond scum, but she is completely devoted to Rel's safety (as anybody who is around Var when Rel is threatened will discover). All other loyalties and connections take a distant back seat. Rel is the only family she has left, and family always comes first. Var would rather die than admit that she secretly thinks Rel is smarter than she is and admires her discipline.

Var's greatest fear is that her unreliable behavior will result in Rel's death. Unfortunately, she finds the thought of this failure so terrifying that she is driven to the same behavior that could destroy them both.

Known character history: Younger sister of the bounty hunter Var Theslin, she is in many ways the elder of the two. Rel sees it as her duty to protect Var, especially from herself. An aspiring member of the COMPNOR SAGroup, she has excelled in technical areas but due to family ties her loyalties are questionable. One rumor is that she is only in the SAGroup to quell suspicions her father(deceased) was entertaining supporters of the Rebellion.

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Known character history: A member of the Republic Explorer Corps until their disbanding after the fall of the Republic, Captain Warr is still in command of her small REC scoutship Longshot. Unable to return home due to the Imperial blockade of Kashyyyk, she has been drifting the Mid and Outer Rim for the past 30 years. She has recently picked up a partner, the human Frida Lovelace. Neither of whom know how to properly maintain a starship.

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Diyar: My name is Summana/Ulya/Mittar, gracious sir. And you are? My mere family name, good sir, is nothing compared to this lovely evening and fragrant wine! ~pats her heart, spreads her other hand innocently, brushing his arm lightly with her moving hand, if he doesn't look flinchy~ Come sit. Let us have a drink and talk about what you need...

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Admiral Viridian has been in the Navy since he was 17, and was happy to see it change from the underfunded bastard stepchild of the Republic to the galaxy-spanning eldest sibling of the Empire's New Order. He was able to unleash Hell between the stars when necessary, but always made and effort to see if less fatal means could achieve similarly optimal results. The Empire used him to take care of very difficult, but politically remote situations, and in the process turned him into a war hero.

Now that the Empire is fully in control however, it finds itself with less need for heroic leaders--especially ones with a conscience and a following of personal admirers in the fleet. Viridian was forcibly retired, ostensibly to "spend his remaining advanced years enjoying the fruits of his labors." The ISB agents on his staff attempted to arrange a tragic accident, and discovered that the "tired, aging" Admiral is a firm believer in the adage, "Old age and treachery defeats youth and skill every time."

The Admiral now finds himself without state, rank, or crew. All he has left is his personal yacht, The Privilege, and 42 years of tactical and strategic planning. Time to go to war.

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