Nikev Viciu

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Nikev Viciu was a Human and Chiss hybrid who held the title of Director in the First Order Security Bureau during the New Republic Era. As a Loyalty Officer, Nikev was not formally attached to any particular starship, but was a favoured agent by Armitage Hux, so he spent most of his time on the Finalizer.

Due to his mixed heritage, Nikev utilised a mixture of various technology to mask his non-human traits- his glowing eyes and blue tinged skin- to avoid discrimination from his fellow officers.

## Biography

Nikev was born on Exocron, 2 ABY, to Jorj Car'das and Mitth'raw'nuruodo. Due to the status of Thrawn's whereabouts and fate being unknown by most of the galaxy, the birth of their son was kept a general secret. Neither of his parents even considered allowing their son to enter the New Republic, as it posed too much of a risk to their lives. So Nikev spent the first five years of his life on Exocron, enjoying a comfortable life being doted on and educated by his fathers, until the manifestation of his Third Sight, when he was taken to the Chiss Ascendancy to learn how to control it.

Nikev would not have been accepted by the Ascendancy, were it not for his Third Sight, and his training as a Navigator was hard, as well as emotionally painful. The nine years spent in the Ascendancy were rough on him, emotionally, mentally, and even physically, and did not instill a sense of loyalty in Nikev towards his sire's people.

After his time in the Ascendancy was over, he was trained in various topics by his fathers- politics, reading people, military strategy, learning to see patterns and habits through various forms, and of course, art history and appreciation. Despite being good at all the latter subjects, Nikev showed proficiency at reading people, and had a great interest in medicine and anatomy. He was allowed to study medicine, and with his natural aptitude, his lingering abilities, and training, finished his basic medical education at the age of nineteen, in 21 ABY.

His foray into getting his doctorate was interrupted, however, when Jorj caught wind of Rinnrivin Di's cartel absorbing other smaller rings, and sending capital to a new splinter group that was forming in the Unknown Regions- and was growing quickly.

Jorj and Thrawn would soon learn through Jorj's massive hidden network that this group was the heir apparent to the Empire, but with a new goal, and a new means of achieving it. While his parents were hesitant, Nikev leapt at the chance to pick up where his father had left off, since he had no place in the Chiss Ascendancy, or the New Republic.

Nikev made contact with one of the First Order's main supporters- Lady Carise Sindian- and she helped him arrange a meeting with Brendol Hux to join the First Order's growing Security Bureau. However, Brendol did not make the meeting, due to being stranded on Parnassos, so Nikev's meeting was handled by the General's son, Armitage Hux- which ended up being the best case scenario for both parties.

Nikev finished his doctorate during his Loyalty Officer training- of which he already had a head start in, due to the education received from his father- and quickly rose through the ranks. His loyalty to Armitage resulted in him being attached to the Finalizer as her Systems Director, and later assigned a protege by the name of Nil Teysi. He ended up having a great deal of tension with Nil, which resulted in Hux sending them on forced leave to sort their issues out- and this resulted in a confession of affection and attraction, ending in the two of them becoming a pair.

Later, Nil would find out through a network of an unknown blackmailer and a mission of RX-3081 that Cardinal was still alive. The fleet went to Batuu, where Nil had tracked him down, and the fugitive defector was brought in. During the chaos, Hux had Director Orlok sent to the surface to seize any information in the Resistance base- and had one of his civilian agents, Sabyaen Cyviri, take Orlok out.

With Orlok dead, and a decisive blow dealt to the Resistance, as well as Cardinal taken back into custody, Hux promoted Nikev to Director of the First Order Security Bureau, and Nil to Systems Director of the Finalizer.

## Early Life

### Exocron

Nikev was born in 2 ABY on Exocron to his father Jorj Car'das, and sire, Mitth'raw'nuruodo (Thrawn). After retrieving his estranged lover from the Unknown Regions- and threatening Ezra Miller with death if he told anyone what really happened to the Grand Admiral- Jorj all but forced him to retire with him on Exocron. The two married, and eventually had their son.

Nikev was a quiet, observational child, able to sense or read the moods of others, and often avoided them when their mood was dour, or there was tension between them. He was quick at picking up language- he was fluent in Basic and Tarmidian, and understood Cheunh by age three, though it took another two years before he was able to speak it when his glottis was better developed to handle the intricacies of his sire's native tongue. Once he mastered the three base languages, he began learning the trade languages his fathers believed he'd need in the Unknown Regions- Sy Bisti, Minnisiat, and Taarja. By the time he was five, he was fluent in Minnisiat, and proficient in Sy Bisti and Taarja. He would end up learning Huttese when was thirteen- after he was done training in the Ascendancy.

Halfway through Nikev's fifth year, he began to have visions of impending disaster. They started as nightmares about the neighbours having accidents, or a local ship getting into a scrape with a pirate. Thrawn forcibly brushed them off as the serious nature of his son, paired with their ability to pick up on intent from others, which caused many arguments between Jorj and himself. Jorj, who was Force sensitive, could sense that their son was developing a presence in the Force. He didn't have the knowledge to teach Nikev, as his budding abilities were different than his own, and the Aing-Tii were not an option, as they required lifelong commitments, and neither of them were willing to lock their son's future in at such a young age.

After many sleepless nights and quiet, but explosive arguments, and nights consoling a hysterically afraid five year old dealing with visions, both agreed, they had no choice. They had to take their son to the Ascendancy, to train as a Sky-walker, and learn to control his Third Sight.

### The Chiss Ascendancy

Thrawn and his family were not welcomed with open arms when they approached the Ascendancy. Thrawn carried history with him, as well as creating a shock through the Ascendancy at his return after being pronounced missing in action and presumed dead by the Empire before its downfall. The Mitth Family was also not pleased to see that Thrawn had returned with one of the very humans who had been instrumental in Thrawn's open defiance of Ascendancy laws and policies during the Outbound Flight incident- which had resulted in the death of his brother, Mitth'ras'safis, a beloved Syndic. They were even less pleased to see that Thrawn came Matched to said human, and with a half-breed child. They were prepared to send them away, when the Navigator aboard the patrol ship reacted to the presence of Thrawn's child. They were allowed to come planetside for further negotiation.

The talks were gruelling. When it became apparent that Nikev had the Third Sight, and possibly Second Sight- though the latter was arguable, given the education he was provided by his fathers- the Mitth family quickly suggested taking Nikev into the program, giving him a new name, and putting him into the fleet once his training was done. He would be given various equipment and cosmetic alterations to make him look like a full-blooded Chiss, and to protect his identity, would only serve on highly classified ships with high ranking officers. Thrawn would be allowed back into the Ascendancy, and his Match with Jorj would be formally recognised, naming him 'Mittheo'jorj'cardas.' Thrawn refused, because the caveat was that Nikev would be taken from them, and would ultimately be given to another family whenever his Third Sight faded. Jorj also refused, because there were arguments about how to rename their son.

Sky-walkers were almost always female, and there were arguments about how to name and address the potential recruit. The Matron handling their case was adamant that a sense of unity was necessary for both the Sky-walker Corps and their Caregivers, and by Ascendancy standards, Nikev would be renamed and referred to as female. Jorj and Thrawn refused, and came close to taking Nikev and cutting ties with the Ascendancy altogether in order to protect their son, who had identified as male since he was old enough to express himself as such.

The threat of taking a new Sky-walker out of the pool was enough to get the Corps to reconsider the terms. There had been a dry spell of new Sky-walkers being born, and new blood was always needed. The Matron relented, and the terms were redrawn. Thrawn and Jorj would be welcome to stay with the Mitth family, and would be allowed to visit their son when feasible- with open transparency- but were not allowed free movement on Csilla, or within Chiss space. Their presence would be kept on a need-to-know basis, and they would have restricted access to anything but the basics. Nikev would be allowed to keep his name, albeit pronounced as a Core name- Ni'kev- and would be addressed as male. The Matron warned this would put more undue pressure on the boy, as male Sky-walkers were exceedingly rare, but Thrawn and Jorj agreed that being misgendered and forced to live as a girl for seven to nine years would be worse for him. They also demanded that their son be given access to puberty blockers and hormones as necessary- something the Matron willingly agreed to, as long as records were allowed to be kept, as there had been an ongoing theory that puberty itself was what made the Third Sight fade.

Nikev's training was hard. He had many expectations loaded on him due to his status as a male Sky-walker, and because of his father. He struggled to meet- and surpass them. He didn't interact very often with his fellow Sky-walkers, and he went through many Caregivers. They didn't know how to handle a transgender Sky-walker, and often defaulted to treating him as a girl once they knew his gender identity, or they treated him differently once they knew who his sire was. In his first year alone, he went through ten Caregivers. It was suggested that his father be assigned as his Caregiver, but the Captain of the Windstrike refused to allow Thrawn on board. Eventually, a former Sky-walker named Kleoni'sar'tarthi was assigned to him as Caregiver, and there was an instant bond. Nisarta was attentive, compassionate, and to Nikev, immediately felt like family. She would end up being his Caregiver until his discharge from the Corps.

Nikev started to show signs of hitting puberty at around age ten, and with it, there came a diminishing of his abilities. He was given puberty blockers per the agreement, and his abilities were stabilised. He was able to continue his work for another four years, during which he started testosterone, and he hit a rapid growth spurt, and his masculine features emerged quickly, making it harder to hide his status as a male Sky-walker. It was unknown whether or not his Third Sight would completely fade, but his "Second Sight," never did, though it remained a source of debate, as he had training in reading others that was practically second nature. Even though his Third Sight hadn't faded, it was too much of a social risk to keep him in the Corps. To avoid any major scandal or exposure, after he turned fourteen, he was discharged back into the care of his fathers.

Nikev and his parents returned to Exocron, where Nikev dove headfirst into medicine, eager to forget about the past nine years of his life.

### Rinnrivin Di's Cartel

Though he was "officially" retired, Jorj never cut his ties with the cartel he'd created. It was now being run by his second-in-command and protege, Talon Karrde, who was just as meticulous about collecting information as his predecessor. Jorj still maintained his contacts, the most notable being Zakarisz Ghent, one of the most talented slicers in the galaxy, and Chief of Cryptography for the New Republic.

Through this network, Jorj learned of the rising of Rinnrivin's Cartel. In 21 ABY, the group received billions of credits in start-up investment capital from the Amaxine warriors, a paramilitary group who acted as proxies for the First Order, a remnant of the Old Empire. Due to this capital injection, Rinnrivin's cartel quickly became a major crime syndicate overnight. Rinnrivin channeled the revenue from his smuggling and gambling operations to the First Order through shadow corporations in the Outer Rim Territories and Centrist sources.

The First Order used this revenue to rebuild the old Imperial fleet. Over the next seven years, Rinnrivin's cartel came to establish a dominance over the Gaulus sector, crippling Ryloth's offworld trade. Rinnrivin operated from a base on the Outer Rim planet Bastatha, which had an economy based on casinos and gambling.

Jorj soon learned that one of the cartel's biggest funders and supporters was embedded deep in the Senate- Lady Carise Sindian of the Elder Houses, and Senator of Arkanis. She was using her position to search for former Imperial officers and sympathizers and helped create the contacts that connected them to the remnants of the Imperial Navy.

Nikev had been longing for purpose, and to do great things like his fathers. There were few opportunities on Exocron, and he had no desire to return to the Chiss Ascendancy- even if he did, there would not be any opportunities for him there. Through his father's network, he saw the chaos unfolding in the New Republic, the division and dissent, and like his sire, he felt the desire to do something about it. Though his fathers were reluctant to let him go down that path, they agreed that they had dictated enough of his life. Jorj used his contacts to reach out to Lady Carise Sindian, and a meeting was set on the planet of Arkanis.

Carise was immediately taken with Nikev, but she was equally caught of guard and impressed by the depth of his knowledge, and his ability to read her with ease. She was open about her status as a native Arkanan, and she spoke of how the Order treated her people, but Nikev was still careful. He kept his cards close to his heart, and didn't give away his parentage or origins, just that he was the son of former Imperials, seeking to reclaim what they had fought for. It wasn't until Carise spoke of how the Order was helping planets like Arkanis, and she mentioned the projects the Order was putting into action, did Nikev reveal that he was half Chiss, half Human.

Carise then mentioned there was a place for him in the Order, in a project that Grand Admiral Rae Sloane and her protege and son, Armitage Hux were putting into effect.