User:Kilson/Workbench

Current project: Wojaine, Ritsomas, and Ledwellow

"Recently disclosed documents and testimony from a captured Thalassian slaver on Gyndine have implicated four Outer Rim Senators as profiting from slaving ventures in their sectors."

- The HoloNet News reporting on Senator Wojaine's involvement with slavers

Wuja Wojaine, until just before the start of the Clone Wars, represented Almanian sector in the Outer Rim in the Galactic Senate of the Republic. Wojaine, a fradulent being, allowed a Thalassian slaver organization&mdash;illegal in the Republic&mdash;to operate in the Almarian sector while the senator received kickbacks from the Thalssians. In 22 BBY, it was discovered&mdash;along with fellow Senators Tikkes, Bufus Ritsomas, and Danry Ledwellow&mdash; that Wojaine was collaborating with the slavers, resulting in all four senators being arrested on corruption charges, as well as having their positions censured. It was later discovered Wojaine had joined the Confederacy of Independent Systems, a separatist movement that had broken away from the Republic.

Biography
"Senator Tikkes (Mon Calamari), Senator Bufus Ritsomas (Till Chorios), Senator Danry Ledwellow (Er'kit) and Senator Wuja Wojaine (Pydyr) were all implicated."

- The HoloNet News

Wuja Wojaine was the Senator of the planet Pydyr and the Almanian Sector in the Outer Rim Territories, representing the sector in the Senate of the Galactic Republic during the Separatist Crisis, when worlds and corporations began to secede from the Republic in mass. Wojaine was a corrupt individual, and during his carrer in the Senate, the politician struck a deal with the Thalassian slavers, one of the bloodiest and richest slave organizations in the Outer Rim. Wojaine would allow the Thalassians to operate in the Almanian Sector&mdash;illegal under Republic laws&mdash;while the senator received kickbacks from the slavers for turning a blind-eye to their activities.

However, in 22 BBY, Republic officials discovered that Wojaine was participating in the slavery ring after a Thalassian captured on Gyndine agreed to testify against the senator. Wojaine&mdash;along with fellow Senators Tikkes, Danry Ledwellow, and Bufus Ritsomas who were also working with the Thalassians unbeknownst to Wojaine&mdash;was arrested by Republic officials. Wojaine and the other senators caught up in the investigation had their seats in the Senate suspended, as well as being detained at their respective embassies on the Republic's capital planet Coruscant.

Later that year, week from Wojaine's scheduled arraignment, Senator Tikkes escpaed from the Mon Calamari Embassy, causing security at the Pydyr Embassy to be increased to discourage Wojaine from attempting an escape. The Thalassian slavers scandal and Wojaine's part in it were later reported on by the HoloNet News in a pair of articles.

Personality and traits
Wuja Wojaine was a crooked and dishonest polotician who was willing to allow a highly illegal and dangerous slaving trade to conduct business in his home sector in exchange for bribe money. However, this ultimely led to Wojaine's downfall, as he was later arrested for his crimes.