Jaing Skirata

"They say Jaing tracked Grievous in the war. Master assassin, sniper, general pain in the backside. Don't underestimate him."

- Boba Fett

Jaing Skirata, originally known as Null-10 or simply N-10, was a Null-class Advanced Recon Commando in the Grand Army of the Republic. After the Clone Wars, he became a Mandalorian of Clan Skirata.

He was named after the Mandalorian training master Jaing.

Biography
According to Kal Skirata, Jaing was an "artist amongst data deceivers" and could, along with fellow Null Kom'rk, "track a flitnat across the galaxy." His weapon of choice was the Verpine shatter gun.

As of a year into the Clone Wars, Jaing was, as Fi put it, "cannoned up and hiking with extreme prejudice in the Bakura sector". Along with Kom'rk and clone shadow troopers, he was one of the Clone Intelligence units responsible for locating General Grievous on Utapau, near the end of the Clone Wars.

Jaing survived the Clone Wars, and lived well past the end of the Galactic Civil War, apparently severing his relationship with the Galactic Empire and becoming assimilated into Mandalorian culture. He took the name "Jaing Skirata", becoming a full member of Clan Skirata.

In 40 ABY, when Mirta Gev first saw Boba Fett unmasked, she recognized Fett's appearance as identical to that of a gray-armored Mandalorian bounty hunter she had met previously. This gloved Mandalorian clone claimed to be a clone trooper who had fought at the Battle of Geonosis. Fett quickly recognized that in order to be alive in 40 ABY, the clone would have to be biologically 140 years old due to the accelerated aging of the clone troopers, yet he appeared to fit his chronological age.

In addition, the gray gloves the clone wore were very likely made of Kaminoan skin, linking the clone with the disappearance and death of Kaminoan cloning scientist Ko Sai, who had been captured and brutally dismembered near the end of the Clone Wars. Her research on clone aging had disappeared with her. Fett was certain that this clone had made use of it to reverse the aging process and determined to track down the clone in order to see if that research could be used to heal his ailing body.

The clone also claimed to be a part of Clan Skirata and carried a three-sided knife, almost certainly the one which had belonged to Kal Skirata.

Boba would later discover that this clone was none other than Jaing himself. Jaing had indeed found Ko Sai's data, but he said that he destroyed the data after he had used it. However, Jaing arranged for Fett to be cured via a bone marrow transplant. A Mandalorian was sent to Boba's place with a small item, which was to be inserted into Boba's chest bone. Jaing kept his word, saving Fett's life.

Appearances

 * Republic Commando: Triple Zero
 * Odds
 * Bloodlines
 * Sacrifice