Thrawn

### Quote

"Learn about art, Captain. When you understand a species' art, you understand that species."

## Current Status

### Affiliation(s)

Galactic Empire

Mitth'raw'nuruodo, better known by his core name **Thrawn**, was a male Chiss officer of the Chiss Ascendancy and Grand Admiral of the Imperial Navy during the reign of the Galactic Empire.

An alien Imperial officer with striking blue skin, red eyes, and an angular face, Thrawn was well known as a brilliant and ruthless strategist. He believed that in order to achieve victory in war, one must know their enemy and as such studied the art and societal affects of his enemies.

inducted into the Empire and rising the rank of Grand Admiral, he was sent into the Unknown Regions by the Emperor. Eventually, he discovered the location of Ilum, hidden to the outside world to Jedi, and used his resources to move asteroids and move disrupt hyperlane locations to the planet. Thrawn also mapped several new resource-rich worlds and and charted new hypserlane routes for his Imperial fleet.

During his years outside the known galaxy he had been working The Hand, an organization under his general rule, which had been targeting key dissidents within both the New Republic and Imperial Remnant. In the New Republic, he had targeted leaders of worlds who had decided to join to the fledging government alongside key negotiators - leaving those who wanted escalate the arms race in power. On the Imperial side, they had targeted charismatic and individual leaders and those who had opposed Operation Cinder - leaving those who were competent and loyal alive.

When we returned from the Unknown Regions in 8 ABY, he emerged knowing the Emperor had been defeated and the Empire scattered. The Hand had managed to assist his efforts but had been hindered when one of their agents - an unknowing Genos Ia'danian - defected and disabled their other top agent, Boudico. Nevertheless, he was able to bring together a large enough fleet and in 9 ABY begin a campaign against the New Republic which shook the government to its core.

As he began his offensive, his early wins were against the Hutts, the Corporate Sector, and the Hapan governments. External threats neutralized, he gathered and organized fleets and began his attacks against the New Republic.

Some worlds, like Eriadu and Carida, immediately backed the Grand Admiral and began bringing other planets who had reluctantly joined the New Republic, into the reorganized Empire.

In 9 ABY, the Ninth Fleet under Thrawn attacked Ibis and their sector. The four captains and admirals he assembled into a fleet should've easily overtaken the backwater sector, and while the Empire thought they had won, Bota Zi, Blaine Hansom, Genos Ia'danian, Tek Krodak, and Droo Vos had helped the native Ibisians and secured their Imperial-Class Star Destroyer for their own side.

Behind the scenes, Thrawn's secretive organization, banished from the Judicator by Genos years earlier, continued to do their work in the shadows. On Ruun, the secrets of Human Replica Droids were auctioned off, which the Hand secured while the Blaine, Bota, Genos, Tek and Katira dealt with a distraction outside.

In 10 ABY, secrets from one of the Emperor's storerooms was stolen by the same group and that data was traded back to the Empire, without the New Republic knowing, for locations to mines on Lok and around the same time, was betrayed and murdered onboard his flagship by Rukh, his Noghri confidant. The Empire, for the most part, retreated, with the remaining contingents seemingly under the command of Gilad Pellaeon.

However it is believed in some dark corners that Thrawn, knowing the long-term plans of the Emperor, only sought to destabilize the New Republic and then give the galaxy the belief that the Age of the Empire had truly ended while the Thrawn that was killed was only a Replica Droid. Furthering this thought, it could also be believed that Thrawn then used the data he traded, the location of a planet in the Unknown Regions - of which he had detailed information - was where he led his fleet. If that were all true, a huge swath of Imperial ships and leaders have made an escape to the Unknown Regions from under the New Republic's nose. It is, however, only a theory.

 Stats

**Type:** Imperial Admiral

**DEXTERITY 3D**
Blaster 7D, blaster: plaster pistol 10D, blaster artillery 9D, bows 5D+1, brawling parry 6D, dodge 9D+1, grenade 7D+1, melee combat 8D+2, melee parry 8D+1

**KNOWLEDGE 3D+2**
Alien species 12D, art 12D+1, bureaucracy 12D+1, business 11D+2, cultures 11D+2, intimidation 10D, languages 12D, planetary systems 12D, streetwise 8D, survival 8D, tactics 9D, tactics: capital ships 14D+1, tactics: fleets 14D, tactics: ground assault tactics 10D+2, tactics: starfighters 11D+2, value 8D+1, willpower 9D

**MECHANICAL 3D+1**
Astrogation 7D+2, beast riding 7D+2, capital ship gunnery 9D+2, capital ship piloting 10D+2, capital ship shields 9D+1, communication 7D+2, repulsorlift operation 6D+2, sensors 8D+1, space transports 6D, starfighter piloting 5D+2, starship gunnery 6D+2, starship shields 5D+2

**PERCEPTION 3D+1**
Bargain 12D+1, command 12D+1, command: Imperial Navy officers 13D, command: Chimaera crew 15D, command: the Hand 16D, con 11D, forgery 9D, gambling 9D+l, hide 7D, investigation 9D, persuasion 8D+2, search 11D+1, sneak 7D+1

**STRENGTH 3D**
Brawling 6D+1, stamina 9D+1, swimming 4D+2

**TECHNICAL 3D**
Computer programming/repair 8D, demolitions 6D+2, droid programming 6D, first aid 7D, security 9D+2

**Move:** 10

## Equipment

Comlink, datapad, high-yield blaster (5D), Ysalamiri