Gasper Daxos

"'If you have a need that I can't satisfy, or I don't have the connections to satisfy, then you don't truly have a need.' - Overboss Gasper Daxos" Gasper Daxos is a well-known crime lord, and an Overboss within the Hutt Cartel, serving the Khib Kajidic within said organization. He has developed a reputation over time for being an opportunistic and ruthless businessman, like many in the Hutt Cartel, seeking profit through any means available to him. He commands a sizable criminal empire, one of the three branches of the Khib Clan, and is known to have connections all throughout known space, from Republic Space, to Imperial Space, to, of course, Hutt Space.

Early Life
Gasper Daxos was born under the name of Kain Zaxman on the Imperial capital world of Dromund Kaas, five years before the signing of the Treaty of Coruscant, with a rather unique parentage. His mother, Reyha Redswan, was an operative of Imperial Intelligence, codenamed Watcher 53, and his father, Sal Zaxman, was an outlaw hailing from the planet of Balmorra. The two met during the operational years of Project: Redemption, an effort by Imperial Intelligence to make use criminals on the world of Balmorra in coordinated efforts to aid in combating the Balmorran Resistance in exchange for their freedom. Following a torrid love affair between Zaxman and Redswan, the latter became pregnant, and was recalled to Dromund Kaas when her superiors found out, meaning that her son would never know his father.

Reyha raised Kain on her own for the first six years of his life, before she was captured by the Republic whilst on assignment, and presumed dead. The young Kain was left an orphan, and was sent to a specialized boarding school designed for the orphans of members of Imperial Intelligence, which was designed to nurture and enhance any pre-existing talents its students might have that could potentially be valuable to Intelligence, and train assets for prospective service in Intellgience. At said school, the young Zaxman showed an immense aptitude in the field of technology, considered by his superiors to be a prodigy, and a high-priority student.

Service to Imperial Intelligence
In 12 ATC, when he was seventeen years of age, Imperial Intelligence was reorganized into Sith Intelligence, and the boarding school that Kain attended was shut down. All students aged sixteen or older were conscripted into service as agents of Intelligence, with Kain receiving a Fixer designation, Fixer 46. Being thrust into such a serious duty at such a young age had debilitating mental effects on the young technological adept, causing him to develop both rebellious and sociopathic tendencies that were observed by his handlers. In spite of this, Fixer 46 proved to be an asset to the newly-formed Sith Intelligence, demonstrating, in addition to his technological expertise, charisma, above-average intelligence, honed critical thinking skills, and a fair amount of combat prowess. After serving for three years as a Fixer, Zaxman was selected for further training to become a Cipher Agent for Intelligence.

The further indoctrination and extensive training of the Cipher program further damaged the still-developing psyche of Kain, and his previously-recognized rebellious and sociopathic tendencies continued to manifest, becoming more exacerbated as time progressed. Nevertheless, Fixer 46 became Cipher 17, and continued to serve the Empire dutifully. After serving as a Cipher Agent for only six months, Kain was involved in an incident in which a Sith Apprentice working alongside him felt that he was not showing her enough respect, and electrocuted him directly in the face with Force Lightning, causing light brain damage, severe damage to his left eye, severe burns upon the left side of his face, and severe damage to his vocal cords. From his hospital bed, Zaxman filed a request for transfer back to his previous Fixer designation, but was ultimately denied, and instead slated for termination, cited as being, "insubordinate beyond reasonable rehabilitation," as well as a "danger to the security of the Empire," after his Keeper had been pressured to label him as such by his Sith masters.

Starting Over
Determined not to allow his life to be brought to such an abrupt end over such a minor incident, Kain sliced into the Intelligence database and wiped all records of his own existence and files related to himself and his missions, and stowing away upon an Imperial transport bound for Nar Shaddaa with a meager amount of credits. Upon arriving on the Smuggler's Moon, Zaxman forged the identity of Gasper Daxos, a poor nobody from the Hutt Space trade world of Hollastin, come to Nar Shaddaa in order to change his fortunes, and went about designing his own cybernetics, including a cybernetic eye, and extensive cybernetics throughout the left portion of his face, and neural pathways, destroying the stolen medical droid droid who assisted in implanting them afterward.

With some gear he had liberated from Sith Intelligence, and using his expertise as a former member of said organization, Daxos went about starting a career as a bounty hunter, tracking down individuals who had violated the laws of the Hutt Cartel on the world of Nal Hutta, as well as its moon, Nar Shaddaa, with a particular penchant for bringing in renegade Evocii who attempted to threaten the Hutt way of life and endanger Hutt interests. Over a several-year period, Gasper gained a reputation among the Hutt Clans for being a talented and ruthless hunter, earning the nickname "Dragonsnake," after an infamous predator of the Huttese swamps, and it was said that nobody knew said swamps better than Daxos.

Joining the Hutt Cartel
After a tenure of several years as an accomplished bounty hunter, Gasper Daxos received an offer from the Khib Kajidic. Tarko the Hutt, an up-and-coming gangster within said Hutt Clan, was attempting to establish a spice operation on the Hutt homeworld of Nal Hutta, though his runners were having a particularly great amount of trouble with renegade Evocii in Khib territory, who would often kill runners and hijack their shipments. Thus, Daxos received an offer from the Hutt to lead his spice running crew, and plot routes through the swamps that would help them to avoid hotbeds of rebellious Evocii activity. Recognizing when opportunity knocked, Gasper accepted the offer, and under his watchful eye, Tarko's spice operations on the Glorious Jewel began to prosper, leading to countless gains in credit flow for his gang. As the operation grew, Tarko ordered Gasper to expand it, and he did, setting up a number of spice dens on the planet, leading to further capital gains for the ambitious gangster.

Eventually, once Tarko was satisfied with the growth of the operation that he had assigned Gasper to take care of, he ordered Daxos off of Nal Hutta, bringing him up to serve as one of his personal enforcers from his palace of Jah Bootana on Tatooine. After a handful of months serving as an enforcer, Gasper proved his capabilities in regards to combat, leadership, and business sense, and was bestowed the title of Lieutenant by Tarko's Underboss, Fay'anna Steele. With his newly-attained position, the Lieutenant served the Khib Kajidic with fierce, unwavering loyalty, carrying out numerous operations and arranging various high-priority business ventures and transactions for the Hutt he served, though his tenure as a Lieutenant would only last about three months, before the ill-fated invasion of the Besadii Kajidic-controlled city of Orsit Spar on Ylesia. Daxos was with the vanguard of Tarko's forces as they landed on the beachhead near Rimward Shanties, and took part in the takeover of a portion of said district, before Yenarra Besadii, the city's ruler, launched a massive counterattack and routed the Khib forces. Only Gasper stayed behind, with a handful of mercenaries, after all Khib evacuation transports had left, refusing to give up the newly-acquired territory he had helped secure. Against the odds, he successfully defended the portion of the Shanties controlled by the Khib Kajidic, pushing back Besadii forces and Besadii-aligned mercenaries, until he had caused enough casualties that they backed off, and retreated back into their own territory.

Ascending the Ranks
In the aftermath of his small victory against the Besadii Kajidic on Ylesia, Gasper received orders to return to Tatooine from Turga the Hutt, father of Tarko, while Tarko was recalled to Hutta, stripped of his title, his remaining assets reclaimed by his father. For his heroism on Ylesia, Daxos was promoted to the rank of Underboss within the Khib Kajidic, and given charge of Tarko's assets, as well as being ordered by Turga to recoup the losses suffered on Ylesia. With his new position, Gasper set to work, opening new avenues of business for his outfit and beginning to take new territories.

In the following months, Daxos' crew entered into conflict with a swoop gang known as the Ebony Riders, which culminated in a showdown on Corellia that saw the Riders' leader killed, and the gang destroyed in its entirety. Following this gang war, Daxos and his crew embarked on a search for the legendary Rising Sun Casino, the subject of a spacer's legend from centuries past that told of an uncharted world that contained the most extravagant casino the Galaxy had ever seen, never before opened, with untold riches contained in its still-sealed vault. Ultimately, they achieved the impossible, looting the mythic casino and raking in an extraordinary amount of credits for the Khib Kajidic. As a result, Turga promoted Daxos to the rank of Overboss, and gave him full autonomy over the assets placed in his charge. This move was seen as controversial by critics of the Khib Kajidic, who spoke out, saying that Turga could not elevate a non-Hutt to such a rank. In defiance, Turga formally adopted Daxos, making him, in legality only, a Hutt. Following the promotion, Daxos continued to serve the Khib Kajidic faithfully, embarking on a gang war against the Exchange on Nar Shaddaa, and working to undermine the Besadii Kajidic, the hated long-time rival of the Khib.