Skup/Legends

"Do you think he'd teach me to be a bounty hunter, too?" "I don't think the Skups were ever known to do much in the way of bounty hunting."

- The Skup Anky Fremp and the Rodian Greedo on the latter's upcoming bounty hunter training

Skups, or Sionian Skups, were a Near-Human species. A legend said that ages ago, another species genetically altered them in order to sell them to the Hutts. They differed from the Human norm by their small, closely-spaced eyes and delicate hair. At least some also had large noses and four-fingered hands. Their skin coloration matched that of dianoga cheese. They were not known for their prowess in battle, though a number of notable master thieves were Skups. Skups were sometimes referred to as "biomorphs." Anky Fremp, a friend of the future bounty hunter Greedo, was a Sionian Skup.

Biology and appearance
The Skups, also known as the Sionian Skups, were a species of sentient near-Humans who resembled mainline Humans in many respects. Members of the species had two arms, two legs, a torso and a head, giving them a humanoid frame. The face featured a nose, a mouth with teeth and a tongue inside, and ears on each side of the head. Skups were capable of swallowing. Certain features distinguished them from Humans, however: they had beady, close-set eyes, brittle hair, and skin that matched the color of dianoga cheese. The Skups had at least one sex, male.

The Skup species showed a huge array of genetic traits, and at least some members of the species were called biomorphs. For instance, one Skup biomorph had legs that were proportionately short for his frame, while his arms were long. He had four attenuated fingers per hand. His pointed nose protruded like a beak, and his teeth were small and peg-like. His hair grew long and straight from his scalp like the bristles of a brush.

Society and culture
"Wow. Will ya share it with me?" "Yeah &hellip; I'll throw a few credits your way, Fremp. But most of it I'm going to use to buy me my own ship. Ninx has got a cute little Incom corsair he'll let me have for fourteen thousand. All she needs is new power couplings." "That's nothing. We can steal the couplings!"

- Anky Fremp and Greedo discuss the prize from Greedo's first bounty

The Skups were slaves to the Hutts, the species that dominated the region of the galaxy where the Skup homeworld was located. The Skups were renowned for their deft thieves, some of whom became masters of the act of pilferage. At least some members of the species dressed to the standards of other humanoid species, wearing such items as hats, shirts, jackets, gloves, trousers, and shoes. Skups were capable of speaking Galactic Basic Standard. At least one Skup had a two-part name: Anky Fremp.

History
The Skups hailed from Sionia, a planet in Hutt Space. According to legend, a species with advanced genetic engineering technology tampered with the Skups and sold the entire species to the Hutts as slaves at some forgotten time in the galaxy's past. The Skup homeworld had fallen within the bounds of the Hutt Empire as early as 25,127 BBY, only to fell within the bounds of the New Sith Empire from 1,004 to 1,000 BBY, during the New Sith Wars. The planet was once again within Hutt Space circa 25 ABY, when its general galactic vicinity had an average of 100 to 500 million sentients per star system. The Skup homeworld remained within Hutt clutches as late as 137 ABY.

Behind the scenes
In A Hunter's Fate: Greedo's Tale, the species is also called Sionians, and simply Skups.

Appearances

 * A Hunter's Fate: Greedo's Tale
 * A Hunter's Fate: Greedo's Tale webstrip
 * Dark Empire 3: The Battle for Calamari