The Prize Pelt: The Tale of Bossk

The Prize Pelt: The Tale of Bossk is a short story written by Kathy Tyers and featured in Tales of the Bounty Hunters which was published in December 1996 by Bantam Spectra.. It concerns the backstory of the bounty hunter Bossk.

Plot
When Bossk takes on a mission ftom the Empire-hunt down Han Solo-he reluctantly accepts the help of a Wookiee bounty hunter and his human apprentice. What he doesn't know is that they have no intention of anything but a double-cross... and what they do know is that he intends to double-cross them.

Characters

 * Bossk
 * Chewbacca
 * Han Solo
 * Big Bunji
 * Jabba Desilijic Tiure
 * Ploovo Two-For-One
 * Darth Vader
 * Greedo the Younger
 * Tinian I'att / Madam Hellenika
 * Tutti Snibit
 * Chenlambec
 * Boba Fett
 * Daye Azur-Jamin
 * Strephan I'att
 * Augusta I'att
 * Flirt
 * X10-D
 * Nada Synnt
 * Io Desnand
 * Feebee Desnand

Species

 * Trandoshan
 * Hutt
 * Human
 * Chadra-Fan
 * Wookiee
 * Ranat
 * Lomabuan
 * Nalrithian

Creatures

 * Red worm
 * Sand
 * Butter Newt

Droid models

 * Service droid
 * X10-D draft droid

Locations

 * Hoth system
 * Hoth
 * Tatooine
 * Ord Mantell
 * Gandolo IV
 * Anoat
 * Trandosha
 * Druckenwell
 * Docking Bay Six
 * Silver Station
 * Monor II
 * Ookbat
 * Lomabu system
 * Lomabu III
 * Aida system
 * Aida

Starships and vehicles

 * Executor-class Star Dreadnought
 * Executor
 * YT-1300 light freighter
 * Millennium Falcon
 * YV-666 light freighter
 * Hound's Tooth
 * Nashtah Pup
 * Wroshyr

Organizations and titles

 * Galactic Empire
 * Governor
 * Stormtrooper
 * Rebel Alliance
 * I'att Armament

Weapons

 * Blaster rifle
 * Grenade
 * Bowcaster
 * JL-12-F
 * Blaster
 * Force pike
 * Disruptor
 * Knife
 * Tangle gun
 * Skinning knife
 * Injector missile
 * Flame carpet warhead
 * Turbolaser

Technology

 * IR goggles
 * Luma
 * Sub-q injector
 * Navigation computer
 * Music box
 * Hold-me
 * Force-field generator
 * Infrared scanner
 * Rebreather
 * Hydrospanner

Miscellanea

 * Scorekeeper
 * Jagganath point
 * Bandolier
 * Ng'rhr
 * Bounty Hunters' Creed
 * Lashing cable
 * Plasboard
 * Groundcar-fuel
 * Mekebve pollen
 * Obah gas