Governor of Dantooine
"It's All About the Credits"
OVA ZISS
| Age | 42 |
| Species | Human (Dantooine) |
| Gender | Male |
| Height | 5'5 |
| Weight | 235 |
| Force Sensitive | Yes - No Force Training |
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Brown
Skin Color: White
Glasses: Yes
INVENTORY
[*]Armor and Defensive Equipment
- Standard Personal Shield.
- Kathhound Heavy Merchant Class Cruiser V.1
- Various droids and mercenaries
- Standard Blaster
INVENTIONS & DISCOVERIES (FACTORY AND CODEX)
In Progress
Dantooine Space Station
TAB Droids
Kathhound Heavy Merchant Cruiser V.0
Grenz - Bodyguard of Ova Ziss
Completed
[Forthcoming]
PSYCHOLOGICAL PROFILE
Tactical
Cunning
Intelligent
Wealthy
Charismatic
Quick-Witted
Aggressive
STRENGTHS
- Fantastically Rich - Ziss has a wealth of credits which has been cultivated both by him and by many generations before him.
- Mining Rights in Dantooine - Ziss owns the right to mine asteroids in and around the Dantooine subspace, and he frequently employs adventurers to assist with this task.
- Expert at Piloting Large Ships - Ziss is an expert at piloting large ships, especially mining barges such as Raddell Mining Corporation barges (RMC). Ziss owns shares in RMC, Trilon, the United Trade Authority and various companies.
- Friends in High Places: Ziss knows the Diarchs Reign and Rellik, he has made friends with the Sith, he has friends N&Z Corporation of New Cov, and in general he is a well-connected person.
WEAKNESSES
- Easily Bribed - Because Ziss is so focused on credits, influence, and ambition, he is easily bribed. He enjoys playing with new toys that he can use against the dreaded SIth.
- Weak to Force Powers - Ziss has limited weakness to force powers and force suggestions (but not about his money or assets!).
- Limited Scope of Political Power - Ziss only has mercantile and political power on Dantooine. He must cooperate with other players and the factions in order to have reach beyond Dantooine.
- No Force Awareness - Ziss is (as far as he knows) completely unable to use force abilities, and he must rely on technology instead.
- Long Time to Move - Because Ziss pilots a giant mining barge, it does take considerable time for him to move outside of the Dantooine subspace. That means that Ova Ziss would take a long time to leave Dantooine if he ever needed to flee.
HISTORY
Ova Ziss (aka "Ziss") is a known figure on Dantooine who deals with starships, swoop racers, and "space engineering of all kinds".
Ova had a rather rough adolescence as a swoop racer and thief. He made a pretty penny, using his father's "famous" name racing in underground leagues and making enough credits to buy his tinker-toys at wholesale from his father's factory, which was called "United Industrial" (now: United Trade Authority of Dantooine). Unfortunately, those gambling and racing habits caught up with Ziss when he was caught swoop racing on an illegal circuit. His swoop was disabled by an EMP, and he was arrested and charged with illegal swoop racing. Ova spent four months on a mining barge, one month of which was on an Imperial Mine (a common fate for many Dantari citizens). For once in this rich kid criminal's life, Ova Ziss was forced to learn a useful skill. Fortunately for Ova Ziss, his skill was mining. Even the uncaring Imperials realized that Ova was a productive miner. He moved on to a supervisory position in the mines, and then the Empire gave him a suspiciously quick "probatory release".
Eventually, Ova Ziss was released from the prison barge for good behavior. He would serve three of his four month racing sentence.
Ova continued to work in commercial mines in Dantooine, including the Dantooine Crystal Mines and at the planet's giant ore processing plant. When Dantooine was invaded by both organized Jedi and organized Sith, Ova and his father were both briefly taken hostage by the now-defunct New Imperial Order. The constant fighting by Sith, Jedi, Mandalorians, and just about every other major faction in the galaxy caused the wealth of Dantooine to rapidly degrade.
By the time Ova was a Senior Executive at Raddell Mining Corporation, the majority of Dantari citizens were scavengers, couriers, merchants or some sort of bodyguard for the local Hutt Mafia. Ova decided to leave home and become educated about how to fix these constant issues of war. While Ova was away, Dantooine fixed these issues themselves by declaring independence from any faction.
After graduating from one of the very finest business programs offered in the entire galaxy, Ziss opened up shop in Dantooine, and people flocked to him. Soon, Ziss was able to drink cocktails and hang out in the swoop racer lounge all day long while five of his mechanic employees did all of the hard work. Ziss eventually purchased a manufacturing facility, and he only recently sent his starship prototype to receive approval from the big-wig Jedi. Once he receives this approval, he will be swimming in credits.
Ova has a number of employees who work for him and who send messages on his behalf, one of which is Grenz, a small but quick-thinking Mandalorian soldier who previously served as a recruit / systems slicer for the Mandalorian Army.
Ziss is motivated almost solely by ambition and credits. He is interested in expanding his domain on Dantooine. Although the Jedi have been excellent customers, the Sith would outbid them just to shine them over. Ziss is beginning to realize that he can play both sides of a conflict to make even more money. So long as Ziss remains neutral in the fight across the galaxy and beyond, he was safe - or so he believed. These days, it was getting more and more difficult to remain neutral.
Ziss has been on multiple asteroid mining missions, and so he is familiar with how to pilot industrial-sized starships. This is an invaluable tool, and since Ziss is one of the only merchants on all of Dantooine who possesses the license needed to mine asteroids, that means he is the go-to contact regarding acquiring mining ships / ores near Dantooine.
After forcefully seizing shares in the Trilon Corporation, Ziss took his operation intergalactic by contacting representatives from major factions such as the Diarchy and the Sith Order. These diplomacy efforts were a resounding success and led to the formation of the United Trade Authority of Dantooine. This has allowed Ziss to purchase defensive security gunships, to negotiate a possible trade corridor, and to acquire contacts and networks that Dantooine can use to re-establish its former glory.
Using his considerable resources, Ova Ziss has made it his mission to wipe out corruption and piracy from Dantooine, to restore the Dantooine Enclave to its former glory, and to settle Dantooinites across the galaxy. Ova Ziss intends to run for Governor of Dantooine, where he can make the most significant impact.
RELEVANT ROLEPLAY - MAJOR ARCS
[X] = Completed
Dantooine Open Swoop Races [Upcoming]
Dantooine Raid on Planetary Pirates
Darkness, It Lies Within Me - Private RP
Grand Diarchy Declaration [X]
Operation Ashfall: Diarchy Dominion of Asation
Five Wings Cast a Mighty Shadow
RELEVANT ROLEPLAY - MINOR ARCS
[X] = Completed
Coup of Trilon Inc. [X]
Cocktail Party on Dantooine [X]
Purchase of 2,000 Security Gunships for UTA [X]
Purchase of N&Z Security Drone Observers for UTA [X]
The UltraDrive Engine Test #1 - Blog [X]
The Crystal Defection - Private RP [X]
You Know the Kuati Name - Private RP
War of the Wookies [X]
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