Nahdonnis Praji

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**Nahdonnis Praji** was a Human born to the wealthy House Praji on the planet Coruscant during the waning years of the Galactic Republic. Sometime around 19 years before the Battle of Yavin, Praji joined the newly formed Galactic Empire's navy and became an honored graduate of the Imperial Academy on the planet Carida. He participated in various Imperial campaigns, such as the subjugation of Almak. During the Galactic Civil War, Praji led troops against Rebel cells in the battles of Datar and Nar Shaddaa. Because of his actions, Praji became Lord Darth Vader's aide aboard the Imperial Star Destroyer *Devastator*. Shortly before the Battle of Yavin, after the Rebels acquired the plans of the Death Star superweapon, the *Devastator* chased the Alderaanian CR90 corvette *Tantive IV*, Imperial Senator Leia Organa's consular ship, to the planet Tatooine. When the starship was captured and boarded over the planet, the Storm Troopers quickly secured the ship, and Praji hastened to the main computer room to search for the stolen plans.

However, the plans were copied into the memory banks of the astromech droid R2-D2 who, accompanied by his counterpart, the protocol droid C-3PO, left the corvette in an escape pod which crash landed on Tatooine. Praji reported to Vader that an escape pod had been jettisoned from the ship during the battle, but that no lifeforms had been detected aboard the pod. Vader ordered Praji to personally search for the plans on the surface of Tatooine, but he took the orders lightly and delegated the mission to his subordinates. He ordered Captain Kosh's local garrison, Captain Terrik's Desert Sands, and Vader's 501st Legion to search for the escape pod. The spaceports on the planet were quarantined, but with the help of Corellian smuggler Han Solo, moisture farmer Luke Skywalker and Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi, the two droids evaded the blockades and escaped into hyperspace aboard Solo's freighter, heading to Alderaan, the homeworld of Senator Organa. After the Battle of Endor four years later, Praji joined the forces of the earliest incarnation of the First Order, and eventually served under the Snoke himself.

## Personality and Traits

Praji was all business when dealing with his superiors, and he often delegated assignments to a subordinate, such as Captain Kosh. His subordinates knew him for intolerance and level-headed professionalism, although Praji was not a man quick to anger. His businesslike professionalism impressed Lord Vader, too. As a member of the capital's aristocracy, Praji disrespected the Rimmers, people hailing from the Outer Rim region of the galaxy, even his superiors. He was an old-fashioned military man who disdained foot-soldiers partly due to Imperial officer training, which disregarded the clones, who were "made to be killed." He became so committed to the orderly despotism of the Galactic Empire, that during the Imperial Civil War, he served under several warlords looking for the best way to carry on the New Order's mission. Praji chose to wear the prominent sideburns that were popular among the Imperial officers around the time of the Battle of Yavin. Praji graduated with honors from the Imperial naval academy and became a good pilot and navigator. Under able officers like him, Storm Troopers learned to adapt to their environment.

During the search for the Death Star plans, Praji recited to Vader mechanically that the plans of the Death Star were not aboard the *Tantive IV*, but hurriedly added that the supposedly empty escape pod had been released during the fight. He waited attentively for the orders of the Sith Lord, who deemed him highly loyal and too capable to waste and spared the Commander's life when Praji disobeyed his direct order by not searching personally for the missing plans.