Unidentified acklay (Burnout arena)

An acklay was kenneled aboard the Burnout space station, and was released into the station's underground gladiatorial arena to participate in illegal bloodsport spectacles.

History
In 21 BBY, an acklay was kept aboard Burnout, a Space station orbiting Zham Hlar within the Thaereian system. Burnout was home to an illegal underground arena, and the acklay was the arena's prized fighting-beast and main attraction. The acklay was housed in the arena's largest holding pen, and sometimes shared a portion of the pen, divided by an energy shield, with the kidnapped sentients who became involuntary gladiators. A crew consisting of Ugnaughts and Gamorreans served as handlers for Burnout's menagerie.

A group eventually known as the Heroes of Cularin witnessed the acklay kill the kidnapped Cularin resistance member Nim'Ri on a viewscreen after being lead on a chase by Nim'Ri's cousin, Xirossk. The Heroes eventually returned to Burnout to rescue a number of Cularin citizens who were kidnapped to be used as fodder in the arena. When the Heroes placed themselves between the citizens and a number of hostile massiffs used as a preliminary event, the acklay was released by arena staff. The Heroes killed the acklay in the ensuing skirmish.

Behind the scenes
Although the acklay is introduced in the Living Force adventure, The Air Up Thaere, players do not get to enter combat with the creature until the followup adventure, Memories. Memories provides three sets of stats for the acklay based on the level, or tier, of the players involved. The lower tier of the adventure describes the acklay as exhausted, and halves the base creature's vitality points. For higher tier adventures, the acklay gains Force-sensetivity and several levels of the Dark Side marauder class, giving access to the Force powers such as battlemind, fear, Force speed, and could produce Force lightning from it's mouth. The acklay also gains proficiency with light armor, blaster pistols, blaster rifles, heavy weapons, simple melee weapons, and vibroweapons; however the adventure does not detail any scenario with the creature using weapons or armor.