Captain Vekelb Vilreth of Neimoidia, and the Honour Bound, a Lucrehulk-class Battleship. [hider=Honour Bound] [center][img]http://i.imgur.com/SLkQE6R.png[/img][/center] [center][i]Captain Vakelb Vilreth[/i][/center] [b]Race:[/b] Neimoidian [b]Home world:[/b] Neimoidia [b]Training:[/b] Former Imperial trader, and founder and Dean of the Neimodian University of Theoretical Warfare, a fledgling institution that strives to train Neimodians into competent battlefield commanders. The university's existence is unpopular, and often laughed at, but represents the epitome of Vakelb's extreme nationalistic tendencies. [b]Notable battles:[/b] Though possessing the means to aid either the Empire or the Rebel Alliance, Vakelb used his success as an Imperial merchant to indefinitely stave off his commitment to them. [b]Bio:[/b] As an ambitious Imperial Trader, Vakelb rose to prominence following the defeat of the CIS during the Clone Wars, and the subsequent rise of the Empire. It was a turbulent time, full of chaos, genocide and oppression, but which allowed for men like Vakelb to prosper. Beginning as an arms dealer, he sold off entire stocks of former Trade Federation battle droids to anyone willing to pay his "reasonable" prices - which, at times, was the Empire. As his wealth mounted, he found himself becoming increasingly unhappy; being a Neimoidian, the race which started the Clone Wars and brought death to millions, he met his fair share of discrimination. Even his Imperial overseers looked down on him with disdain, often calling him a 'filthy coward', and 'unfit to exist' in the glorious ranks of Imperial citizenry. This kind of treatment drove the trader to embark upon a brief spiritual reflection, and he spent months pouring over the histories of his peoples. The Neimoidians were thought of as greedy cowards, and would sell their own sisters into slavery if it meant making a few quick credits; and as Vakelb put down the last holotome, he could only agree with the notion. Dismayed at the nature of his peoples, and horrified that he had unwittingly carried on the ways of his forebears without question, Vakelb sought to repair the histories of his people by establishing one of the planet's few native military academies - the Neimodian University of Theoretical Warfare. His institution was largely mocked and laughed at by his kinsmen, but hundreds of Neimoidians who had become likewise unsatisfied with their merchant-based lives, applied for his courses. Vakelb was no warrior himself, and as the Civil War ended, there was no shortage of former Imperial officers and Rebel Alliance captains to start teaching the aspiring Neimoidian warriors - for the right price, of course. It has been fifty six years, and the University still stands, but equally, is still considered a benign institution. Frustrated that his peoples choose to carry on their ways, Vakelb has decided to throw his lot in with the New Republic. Taking to the stars in a refitted Clone Wars-era Trade Federation battleship, he answers their call for assistance - purely because he is now too old, and too embittered, to continue working at his university, and feels that only by establishing himself in the histories as the first effective and notable Neimoidian Captain and Commander of the New Republic, will he finally inspire and affect the change in Neimoidian society that he lusts after [center][img]http://www.favslist.com/photos/pages/x1/Trade-Federation-Battleship-1395178273-56212.jpg[/img][/center] [b]Ship name:[/b] Honour Bound [b]Class:[/b] Lucrehulk-class Battleship [b]History:[/b] Honour Bound was a derelict Trade Federation Battleship, decommissioned shortly after the end of the Clone Wars, and spent decades awaiting to be scrapped. However, twenty years ago, Vakelb's university required a test-ship for its recruits to practice on, and so, Honour Bound was bought. Initially, it was refitted without armaments or compliments, but over the years, Vakelb etched away at his dwindling fortunes to restore the ship to its former glory. The Honour Bound now carries a full inventory of Clone War era battledroids, dropships and tanks. There are also two squadrons of T-85 X-wings, piloted by Neimoidians who have been trained by former Rebel Alliance aces. They are untested in battle, but are fully trained, and form Vakelb's fighting elite as well as his personal escort should he ever take to space himself. [b]Crew:[/b] All of the Honour Bound's crew are Neimoidians who have graduated from the University of Theoretical Warfare. They have yet to face a battle, but have completed dozens of simulations and are fully trained. [list][*]150 Flight Crew - Charged with piloting the ship, administrating the Droid Mainframe, and overseeing the use of all ship-board systems. [*]500 Engineers - Employed to keep the systems running, as well as maintaining the droid compliment and Honour Bound's defences. They are assisted by an armada of maintenance droids. [*]500 Combat Personnel - Neimoidian soldiers, who wear grey combat overalls and carry Republic-issued laser rifles. Their primary role is to operate Honour Bound's defence batteries, and their secondary role is to directly assume command of droid detachments.[/list] [b]Compliment:[/b] [list][*]C-9979 landing craft (50) [*]Troop carriers (1,500) [*]Multi-Troop Transports (550) [*]Armored Assault Tanks (6,250) [*]B1 battle droids (over 329,600)[/list] [b]Weapons:[/b] Ring carrier: [list][*]Point-defense quad laser batteries (164) [*]Assault laser cannons (472) [*]Turbolasers (48)[/list] Core ship: [list][*]Point-defense quad laser batteries (21) [*]Assault laser cannons (48) [*] Turbolasers (3)[/list] [b]Squadrons:[/b] [list][*]Vulture droid starfighters (1,500) [*]24 x T85 X-Wings (2 squadrons)[/list] [/hider]