Cato Parasitti

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This Clawdite Bounty Hunter from the planet Zolan was one of the most lethal assassins in the galaxy. During the Clone Wars, **Cato Parasitti** was involved in a plot with Cad Bane to steal a Holocron from the Jedi Temple. Using holographic technology in addition to her shape changing abilities, she was able to infiltrate the Jedi Temple disguised as Ord Eniscence, a Jedi master murdered by Cad Bane. Eventually, Parasitti had to abandon that identity and assume the guise of Jedi Librarian Jocasta Nu. Eventually, Jedi Padawan Ahsoka Tano saw through her disguise and defeated the Clawdite.

## Biography

### Early Life

The Clawdite female **Cato Parasitti** lived during the final decades of the Galactic Republic's rule, hailing from Zolan, her species home world in the Mid Rim. Born as a changeling, she used her natural proficiency in shape-shifting to make a career for herself out of bounty hunting. Operating in the criminal underworld, she became known as one of the galaxy's best spies and more lethal assassins, allowing her to charge a high rate, to the point that some considered it astronomical. As was the case with other contemporaries in her field of work, her only loyalty became her focus on credits. She often operated with another leading mercenary, Cad Bane, for whom she would subcontract assignments or enlist extra assistance as needed. By the time of the Clone Wars, in which the Galactic Republic fought with the Confederacy of Independent Systems for galactic supremacy, Parasitti was considered to be one of the leaders in her line of work.

### Heist for the Holocron

During the Clone Wars, Parasitti was hired by fellow bounty hunter Cad Bane to assist in stealing a Holocron from the Jedi Temple for Sith Lord Darth Sidious. Using Todo 360's security chip for the temple, and schematics of the temple from the Sith Lord, Bane and Parasitti made their plans for the heist. Bane had Parasitti pose as Jedi Knight Ord Enisence, to infiltrate the Jedi Archives to help them from the inside.

As Enisence, Parasitti was able to make her way into the Jedi archives. There, she ran into Padawan Ahsoka Tano and after exchanging some words, told the young Padawan to leave her alone. She then proceeded to the library and gained access to a computer terminal, where she assisted Bane and Todo in bypassing the security systems. However, they were soon discovered and the Jedi Temple was put on high alert. When librarian Jocasta Nu informed her of the matter, Parasitti knocked her out and took her form. It was not long however, before she was discovered and confronted by Tano. Despite her best efforts to fight her off, Tano was able to subdue her. It was then that Parasitti told her that Bane was trying to get into the Holocron Vault.

### Arrested by Tano

As Ahsoka Tano was about to lead her away, Parasitti stopped, deciding to point the Jedi to Bane's next target: Bolla Ropal. Master Ropal was the keeper of the Jedi Order's Kyber memory crystal, a record of all known Force-Sensitive infants in the galaxy. While Tano left with her Master, Anakin Skywalker, to seek out Ropal in the Devaron system, Master Obi-Wan Kenobi saw to Parasitti's imprisonment and spearheaded the search for Bane on Coruscant. Parasitti's disclosure of Bane's target earned her the ire of her colleague, who swore to return the favor when Skywalker and Tano intercepted him at Devaron.

### Back in Business

By 20 years before the Battle of Yavin, two years after her detainment by the Jedi, Parasitti was out of custody. At one point while on the desert world of Tatooine, she visited the Mos Eisley Cantina in the Mos Eisley spaceport, sitting at a table with other patrons. She exchanged a laugh with several other customers after another guest, Asajj Ventress, killed a Bounty Hunter who tried to talk her up; Ventress's response was to run one of her lightsabers through the Bounty Hunter's stomach, saying she was "not much of a talker." Parasitti also patronized the cantina on another occasion, having a drink at the bar and being served by the 2-1B medical droid bartender.

## Personality and Traits

An accomplished Bounty Hunter, she exploited her natural talents as a changeling to advance her career in the criminal underworld, becoming known for her duplicity and unscrupulousness. A convincing liar, she often prepared to strike her targets by first spying on them to discern their weaknesses. She established herself as one of the galaxy's more lethal assassins, becoming attached to the financial reward of her missions and working for anyone who could afford her sizable rate, though her affiliation aside from her sole loyalty to credits was often only to herself. She subsequently became an associate of another veteran mercenary, Cad Bane, who shared her penchant for credits. Although she knew of Bane's reputation for ruthlessness, she did not fear him like others did; being a shape-shifter, she could easily disappear into the crowd when needed.

Parasitti kept a tight hold on her identity, telling those who inquired after her name that it was none of their business. Despite initially believing, like Bane, that breaking into the Jedi Temple was impossible, she could not pass up the opportunity to disguise herself as a Jedi Master, being able to walk undetected among the Jedi. While on the job, she kept a cool head under pressure, managing to deactivate the fans in the ventilation shaft before they could kill Bane and Todo 360. She did not back down when confronting a Jedi, Ahsoka Tano, though the Padawan ultimately defeated her. After Bane escaped on his own, Parasitti, furious with being left behind in Jedi custody, tipped off the Jedi to his next target, a decision that earned her a promise for payback from her comrade.

## Powers and Abilities

**Shape Shifting:** Cato Parasitti's abilities as a shape-shifter were quite advanced: she was able to morph her likeness into that of another individual after physical contact, though her shape-shifting was limited to other humanoid forms. Besides imitating Humans such as Jocasta Nu, Parasitti succeeded in altering her form to that of a Skrilling, Ord Enisence.

### Abilities

**Infiltration:** In the latter case, she was able to avoid being uncovered by his fellow Jedi, with an outburst of impatience being the only potential error to her mimicry.

**Hand to Hand Combat:** Besides infiltration, Parasitti was skilled in fighting, using acrobatic somersaults to supplement her efforts against Ahsoka Tano. Yet she lacked Lightsaber training and was thus at a disadvantage when dueling Tano. During their fight, Parasitti mainly concentrated on defensive moves, with her attacks coming across as untrained and overdone. She was subsequently defeated by the Padawan.

## Equipment

### Armor

* **Custom Helmet:** Cato Parasitti customarily wore a helmet with night vision lenses that only partially covered her head, often wearing it even when not on the job.
* **Custom Armor:** She used a set of armor for her chest, arms, and shins that she scavenged from a captured fugitive, while she also employed extra thigh padding for swoop riding. A pair of utility pouches held various equipment above her waist.
* **Holographic Projectors:** Parasitti utilized holographic technology to supplement her shape-shifting, allowing her to imitate clothing such as Jedi robes in addition to her bodily alterations.

### Weapons

* **Blaster Pisol and Rifle:** she wielded an LL-30 blaster pistol and a blaster rifle of an ancient model that was commonly used in the underworld.