Kal Skirata

"He cared what happened to us. He was one of us, pretty much. Not just there because he couldn't cope with not being in the army anymore, or had to disappear. No, he was a good man."

- Niner

Kal Skirata, sometimes called Kal'buir (Mando'a for "Father Kal") by the commandos that he trained, was a Mandalorian instructor for clone commandos in the Grand Army of the Republic. The armor he wore was colored a dull sand brown.

Life as a Mandalorian
As a boy, he was orphaned by war and adopted into a Mandalorian clan by Munin Skirata. Kal's three-sided knife was all he could salvage from his father's body. When Munin found the young Kal, the first thing Kal did was attack Munin with his knife. Munin adopted Kal in a very Mandalorian fashion, and gave him the name Kal, meaning knife in Mando'a. His careers included being a mercenary, bounty hunter, bodyguard, assassin, and debt collector, along with many other tough jobs.

He married a non-Mandalorian, Ilippi, whom he had several children with. However, she could not understand his Mandalorian ways and accept his long absences, so she eventually left him, taking his children with her. A few years before Kamino, his leg was shredded by a Verpine shatter gun. The injury would later become a grievance for the rest of his career.

When Jango Fett was recruiting the Cuy'val Dar, Kal was one of the first names on the list. He and Jango went back a way, and had an up and down relationship. Kal was a very aggressive Mandalorian traditonalist, and was devoted to the welfare of his troops.

Training clones
Eight years before the Battle of Geonosis, Kal was brought to Kamino when he answered Jango Fett's call for clone trainers. He was disgusted with the Kaminoans' arrogance and indifferent attitude toward the "termination" of children. He became sympathetic to the clones, and took the Nulls under his wing, giving them names and training them specifically. The Nulls were very fond of Kal, and would only answer and be commanded by him.

Shortly after the Battle of Geonosis, when Kal's contract as a Cuy'val Dar was finally over, Kal had to be placed in custody to help calm down the Null ARCs, but he helped on the condition that he would be re-enlisted in the GAR.

Mission on Coruscant
One year into the war, Skirata teamed up with Delta Squad, Omega Squad, Ordo, and Jedi Generals Etain Tur-Mukan and Bardan Jusik for a classified mission to locate terrorists deep in Coruscant's heart. The mission nearly cost him his life.

The Hunt for Ko Sai
A few months after the Mission on Coruscant, Kal Skirata, along with his Ordo and Mereel, traveled to Kamino to find information on the whereabouts of Kaminoan scientist-turned Separatist, Ko Sai. It was a hunt to find Sai with the odds againts the scientist.

Personality
He disliked many of the things that the Kaminoans did to the clones, and was possibly an alcoholic. He was able to smuggle in treats and other restricted things for the clones, and wanted them to embrace their Mandalorian heritage. He also hated living on the water world of Kamino, as it made his shattered leg act up. The Kaminoans also unnerved him, and irritated him with questions about how he felt being "defective".

Appearances

 * Republic Commando: Hard Contact
 * Omega Squad: Targets
 * Republic Commando: Triple Zero
 * Odds