Czerka Arms/Legends



Czerka Arms, formely known as the Czerka Corporation, was a Galaxy-spanning business during the reigns of the Galactic Republic, Galactic Empire, and New Republic.

It controlled interests on Korriban, Kashyyyk, Tatooine, Telos IV, and countless other planets.

History
During the time of the Jedi Civil War, Czerka, under the leadership of Pollard Seario, allied with the Sith and was known to be engaged in criminal activities. It used Wookiees as slaves, secretly aided by the usurper chieftain Chuundar. After Revan killed Chuundar, the Wookiees rebelled and drove Czerka from Kashyyyk with suprising ease and resisted further attempts to subjugate them by Czerka, thus giving the Wookiees a respectable reputation as warriors. Czerka officially explained the loss of Kashyyyk by saying they were "scaling back" but it was hardly believed, as almost all Czerka personnel on planet were killed, and Czerka did not answer questions about their "reassaignments." This was further undermined by the fact that many people, Czerka leaders included, openly told what happened to anyone.



Czerka also controlled the town of Anchorhead on Tatooine during this time. They were one of many in a long line of companies to discover the inferiority of Tatooine ore and the ferocity of the native Sand People first hand. They eventually resorted to employing the Jedi Revan to protect their sandcrawlers and kill the chieftain of the local sand people tribe. In time, however, Czerka departed Tatooine, abandoning their sandcrawlers and leaving Anchorhead to be resettled once more.

They also ran the colony of Dreshdae on the Sith homeworld of Korriban, and became closely entrenched in the operation to revitalise Telos IV in the years following the war. The base on Telos was Czerka's first encounter with the Jedi Exile and things would have gotten a lot worse, had they not shot the Exile and his companions down with their special turrets.

After the defeat of the Sith by the Republic, Czerka, fearing bad publicity for their alliance with the Sith, changed their name to Czerka Arms. They tried to muscle in on Telos IV restoration contracts, but they were undermined by the Jedi Exile, who presented compromising evidence about them, and after a long deliberation by the council.

The Prosecution's main case rested on the following evidence: 1. evidence collected from the mainframe (Which showed Czerka's allaince with the Exchange, amoung other things). 2. the ambush of Ithorian personnel by the Exchange who were trying to steal the Ithorian's new droid intelligence for Czerka (which only achieved the loss of all the assasins who attempted it with only minor wounds to the defenders)3. the testimony of ex-Czerka employee and dock officer turned TSF informant Batono. 4.Czerka's failed attempt to bribe the Exile into assasinating Batono. 5and their later failed attempt to do so using two mercinaries (who were killed by the exile, along with Atton Rand and Kreia, 5. The arrest of a Czerka employee with Black Market dealer Samhan Dobo during a meeting, in which the TSF, aided by the Exile, subdued Samhan and arrested both of them, as well as said employee's statments before the arrest tying other members of Czerka into the Black Market, 6. The brutal annexation by Czerka of Ithorian resoration Zones, of which Bao Dur and the Ebon Hawk's crew could attest, and 7., and most persuasive of all, Czerka's blatent attempt to try to kill all the Ithorians using mercinaries, which led to the deaths of many Ithorians. Chodo Habat, Moza and the other Ithorians only survived because of the timely arrival of the Jedi Exile, who killed all the mercinaries.

It is unkowen when the case was decided, but it is confirmed that Czerka was ordered to leave all Telosian holdings and to stand trial and that it was fully removed by the time of the Battle of Telos IV



Czerka sold their products freely during the days of the Galactic Republic, but signed a deal with the Galactic Empire when it rose to power. However, Czerka munitions made their way to aftermarket sales from warehouses, despite the official stance of the company. One example of this was the Czerka ZX miniature flame projector used by the bounty hunter Boba Fett.

When the New Republic replaced the Galactic Empire, Czerka continued to have a large role, being the third-largest weapons producer behind BlasTech and Merr-Sonn. It made some energy weapons, but found a niche in non-blaster personal weapons and "non-standard" munitions, manufacturing flame projectors, vibroblades, and slugthrowers.

Behind the scenes
In the KOTOR games, Czerka is presented as immoral and uses underground means for their ends, such as stealing from rivals, having financial motivation for everything, using violence and slavery, hiring mercenaries, smuggling of weapons, etc. They will often ask the player some jobs which are generally 'dirty'. In general, Czerka are the secondary villains and the player follows the Czerka quests if he chooses the Dark Side option (the Tatooine quests are the exception, on which planet Czerka is generally looked on more sympathetically and their quests are not necessarily dark side ON THIS PLANET ONLY).

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords