Braden

"You go ahead. I'm not leaving without the Wookiee."

- Braden to Gin Lesl

Braden was a male Human bounty hunter active during the Old Republic Era.

Biography
"Leave it to the Imperials to stash their prisoners' gear in the most efficient place - right next to the prison."

- Braden, after escaping his detention cell



During the Great Galactic War, Braden was on a mission hunting down the Wookiee Dalborra on Dantooine. He was observing Dalborra with electrobinoculars when he received a message on his hand-held Holoprojector from his client, Commander Gin Lesl of the Republic Special Forces. She informed him of the Treaty of Coruscant, telling him there was a cease-fire between the Sith Empire and the Republic and told him to call off the hunt. He refused, saying there are more sources that have put a bounty on the mighty Dalborra. Lesl, knowing that killing Dalborra would strain relationships between the two forces, ordered her Pilot to fire a Concussion missile barrage at Braden's coordinates. Braden survived, but his quarry found him, holding a rifle in hands.

Dalborra then escorted and placed Braden on an Imperial transport ship that was transferring Human prisoners to Korriban. While passing through the Kuat sector of the Core Worlds, the Imperial transport they were traveling on came under attack by a Sith warship.

While on the Sith warship, he was held in a detention cell near the cell of Jedi Master Dar'nala and witnessed her torture at the hands of the warship's captain. The captain wanted the Jedi to admit it was the transport ship that attacked his warship instead of the other way around. Between torture sessions, Braden asked Dar'nala why she didn't simply tell the Sith captain what he wanted to hear and she replied it was because she knew the truth, a truth that she claimed the Republic needed to know about. Being too weak to escape the Sith ship, she instead used the Force to open Braden's cell on the condition he promise to take word of the Sith's treachery back to Jedi Master Zym and Jedi Knight Satele Shan on Coruscant. He agreed and stole a Sith starfighter from the warship's hangar. What he didn't tell the Jedi was that he intended to go find and capture Dalborra before traveling to Coruscant to fulfill his promise.

Gear and equipment
Braden was a bounty hunter at the time of the Great Galactic War. His possessions included double blaster pistols, a Flamethrower, electrobinoculars, Mandalorian armor with a breathing tube incorporated in it, and a portable holoprojector.

Behind the scenes
Braden was featured in a development diary released by BioWare.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: The Old Republic, Threat of Peace Act 1: Treaty of Coruscant
 * Star Wars: The Old Republic, Threat of Peace Act 2: New Galactic Order
 * Star Wars: The Old Republic

Notes and references
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