Traitors to the Empire!
The deadly ex-Imperial mercenaries now in service to a Hutt crime family
Rapid progress is being made in the ongoing CRIME LORDS release. Jabba’s crime family is now complete, leaving his successors ready to battle the other Hutts for dominance. And I’ve now moved on to the Besadii Kajidic, one of five playable Hutt factions that are on their way.
Bantam era fans of the Expanded Universe continuity will remember Durga the Hutt, the leader of the Besadii, who made a bid for galactic dominance by building a stripped-down, barely functional miniature version of the Death Star superlaser.
This Darksaber superweapon was the work of Bevel Lemelisk, the designer of the original Death Star, who had been repeatedly executed and cloned by the Emperor for the failure of his terror weapon. Eventually, Lemelisk’s final clone iteration fell into Durga’s service, along with another ex-Imperial named Sulamar, a technician who posed as a general.
In order to add flavour and depth to the Besadii roster, I’ve extrapolated from the lore to do something unique, giving Durga’s faction a variety of former Imperial mercenaries to Durga’s build roster - given his clear links to ex-Imperials and his preference for hiring former Imperials to work for him.
These Ex-Imperial Mercenaries will provide elite-level firepower and expertise to back-up the vassal races and hired scum who make up the bulk of the Besadii Kajidic’s infantry forces.