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see justice served. Sector rangers rarely work well
with others but their tenacity can hound a lawbreaker
across a sector and back, making them among the
most carefully avoided authorities in the galaxy.

Skills: Athletics 2, Brawl 1, Cool 2, Coordination 2,

Ranged (Heavy) 3. Ranged (Light) 3, Streetwise 3,

Survival 3, Vigilance 2.

Talents: Adversary 1 (upgrade difficulty of all combat

checks against this target once).

Abilities: None.

Equipment: Blaster pistol (Ranged (Light); Damage 6;

Critical 3; Range [Medium); Stun setting), scoped blaster

rifle (Ranged (Heavy); Damage 9; Critical 3; Range [Long);

Stun Setting, reduce difficulty of

combat checks at long range by 1)

heavy clothing (+ 1 soak).

PATRONS &

CLIENTS

Few pilots, smugglers, or

mercenaries make a liv-

ing independently, with-

out the need for someone

to offer them credits in

exchange for the qual-

ity of their trade. In-

deed, all these sorts

of ne'er-do-wells

require a patron

or client in order to

make their way suc-

cessfully in the galaxy.

The kind of clients that hire

an individual says a great

deal about that being's

character and skills and

the greater the skill, the

greater the reward

BLACK SUN VIGO

[NEMESIS]

The Black Sun is a

vast criminal conspir-

acy that literally

spans almost the en-

tire breadth of the

galaxy. Its upper ech-

elons are a mystery

to all but its most in-

fluential and power-

ful members, and the most that the average member

can ever hope to know is the identity of a Vigo. The Vi-

gos of Black Sun are akin to criminal nobility, princes of

vice, underbosses of mayhem and misery. A Vigo is

powerful enough that he or she may control all criminal

activity in an entire sector or an even larger portion of

space, making them rivals even for the great Hutt lords

that are so feared in the Outer Rim. For all their power,

influence, and wealth, however, Vigos still answer to

their superiors, and for that reason they often have

more conservative natures than the hedonistic Hutts.

Skills: Coercion 4, Cool 3, Melee 3, Negotiation 3,

Perception 4, Ranged (Heavy) 3. Ranged (Light) 3,

Streetwise 4, Survival 4, Vigilance 2.

Talents: Adversary 3 (upgrade difficulty of all com-

bat checks against this target three times), Crippling

Blow (may increase damage of check by 1. If suc-

cessful, target suffers one strain when he moves for

remainder of encounter), Nobody's Fool 2 (upgrade

difficulty of all Charm, Coercion, and Deception

checks targeting Vigo twice).

Abilities: Leader (all subordinates within medium

range add • to all Discipline checks).

Equipment: Heavy blaster pistol (Ranged [Light];

Damage 7; Critical 3; Range [Medium]; Stun setting),

force pike (Melee; Damage 6; Critical 2; Range [En-

gaged]; Pierce 2, stun setting).

HUTT CRIME LORD [NEMESIS]

There are few races in the galaxy that are so simul-

taneously hated and feared as the Hutts. These

massive beings have a stranglehold on the criminal

underworld in entire regions of the galaxy, including

the portion aptly named Hutt Space, much of the

Outer Rim, and even portions of the Mid Rim. Hutts

typically operate in cartels, which are based around

their own familial clans. Individual members of a

clan can control an entire spaceport or even a whole

planet. Typically, Hutts are arrogant, self-centered

creatures who prefer to be amused and adored at all

times. They surround themselves with all manner of

sycophants and criminal underlings in crude courts

that are a parody of what might be found on Corus-

cant or other civilized worlds.

There are many who make the mistake of under-

estimating a Hutt, looking on them as bloated,

gluttonous slugs. This assessment is completely

correct. However, it misses two important points.

One is the extremely cunning and devious mind

that dwells within the bloated exterior. The Hutt

cartels do effectively rule Hutt Space, no matter