Aeson Maedune

> *"*No hurries, no worries*."*
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**Aeson Maedune** is a Zelosian male smuggler, former New Republic Defense Fleet pilot, and Captain of the light freighter, *Traveller*. Maedune was hired by the New Republic to help establish a New Jedi Praxeum on Odessen.

## **Biography**

### **Early Life**

13 years before the Battle of Yavin, Aeson Maedune was born on the planet of Zenasia, an aquatic agri-world, and long independent Zelosian colony, known across the galaxy for it's custom to give everyone the casual title of "Prince" or "Princess" in the name of equality. At a young age, Aeson grew to dislike this custom.

Nearly two decades before Aeson's birth, during the Clone Wars, Zenasia had aligned themselves with the Separatist alliance. Due to a lack of a standing military, the Galactic Republic deemed the planet too small of a threat to respond with military action, instead using tariffs and exuberant tax rates to diplomatically combat the Separatist world. The taxes and tariffs stayed in place during the regime change from the Republic to the Galactic Empire as punishment for the planet's inability to stay loyal to the powers that be, the restrictions only being lifted in the waining days of the Empire, years later.

Soon, the planet was a smuggler's haven, as the planet was soon forced to utilize the less than legal services of the smugglers, and what they brought with them, aside from their cargo, was exponentially high crime rates and a new type of despotism that Zenasia had never seen before.

### **The Thrawn Campaign**

During the military offensive that would later be known as the Thrawn Campaign, Maedune served as a New Republic Alliance Marine pilot, obtaining the rank of Captain. He served aboard the MC80 Liberty-type Star Cruiser, *Intrepid,* partaking in several battles during the offensive. For most of his service, Maedune flew and was in command of a UT-60D U-wing starfighter, refitted for troop transport.

During the Battle of Crondre, Maedune along with a contingent of Alliance Marines were shot down, leaving only three survivors, leaving himself with a broken leg, later being awarded the Sacrifice Medallion due to it.

During the Battle of Bilbringi Shipyards Maedune was stationed aboard the *Lastri's Ort,* by a secret order by Princess Leia Organa Solo. It was there he acted as a liaison during the pivotal battle.

### **For the right price**

Following his return from the New Republic Navy, Aeson returned to Zenasia. He started his smuggling career as a dock hand, helping off-load supplies, handle mooring for the starships, and anything else that a green, fresh from the military fly boy might be able to assist with. Soon, Maedune was swept up in the employ of Talon Karrde, joining his vast network of smugglers and information brokers aboard the *Lastri's Ort*. It was there he served for several years, eventually becoming the First Mate aboard the *Star Galleon*. As Karrde's networks shifted from smuggling to information brokering, Aeson left the comfort of the *Lastri's Ort* with a blessing from Karrde to continue smuggling at his own pace, while still remaining a member of Karrde's Smuggler's Alliance. Aeson was able to purchase his own ship, a somewhat antiquated YV-666 light freighter, which he dubbed *Traveller*.

Sometime in his travels, Maedune was marooned on a planet that largely consisted of tropical islands and vast ocean. On the planet, he met an alien lifeform which he dubbed 'Ermo,' due to it's inability to say anything else but it's own name.

### **Hokey religions and ancient weapons**

During a stop at Maedune's home world, he came into contact with a New Republic representative, offering jobs to smugglers to assist with setting up a Jedi Praxeum in the Odessen system. As a relatively curious soul, and one that did not have much experience with the order of what he perceived to be wizards, the smuggler took the job, arriving on the planet several weeks later as agreed upon.

## **Equipment**

### **Weapons**

Aeson Maedune was known to carry at least one weapon at a time, usually a stock N-37 Slugthrower, which he loaded with 10mm depleted uranium cartridges, designed to effectively punch through armor. The N-37 is a six-shot revolver type slugthrower chambered in 10mm.

### **Vehicles**

During his service in the New Republic Marines, Maedune was given command of a UT-60D U-wing starfighter, flying it throughout the short-lived Thrawn Campaign. He was proficient in the craft, and it was this craft which with he learned to fly, both in and out of atmosphere. Unfortunately, Maedune was unable to obtain one for personal use following his exit from New Republic service.

Around the age of 29, Maedune was able to purchase a mostly stock YV-666 light freighter from an old technician he worked with on Zenasia. The ship was antiquated, and had some kinks, however, and Maedune was quick to fix the issues the ship had, including issues with the hull, and several of the subsystems that grounded the ship for most of a year. Once the light freighter was spaceworthy, he dubbed the ship *Traveller,* and set off in the galaxy to make some money as a smuggler.

One issue that persisted, however, was the ship's onboard AI which Maedune detested. The AI itself was largely useless, being unable to fly the ship on it's own, or properly handle weapon systems while Maedune was flying, with the added addition of having a personality matrix which was programmed to be very bubbly and overly enthusiastic, which resulted in the AI constantly wishing to fly the ship, despite it's inability to do so. This led to Maedune muting the AI's verbal communication most of the time, as he was unable to completely disable the AI due to redundancies and decay in the AI's programming.