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'''Jauxson''' was the [[Gotal/Legends|Gotal]] [[Captain/Legends|captain]] of [[Jauxson's pirate gang|a gang]] of [[Pirate/Legends|pirates]] who operated on the [[Planet/Legends|planet]] [[Clak'dor VII]]. After serving with various pirate crews throughout [[The galaxy/Legends|the galaxy]] from [[Youngling/Legends|childhood]], Jauxson split off to form his own band. He and the group eventually abandoned [[Realspace/Legends|space]] raids in favor of [[Planet/Legends|planet]]-based operations on Clak'dor VII, the [[Homeworld/Legends|homeworld]] of the [[Bith/Legends|Bith]] [[Species/Legends|species]].

Targeting three [[Domed city/Legends|domed]] Bith [[City/Legends|cities]], Jauxson and his men negotiated entry into the cities by threatening to destroy their domes, thus exposing the citizens to the harsh [[Atmosphere/Legends|atmosphere]] of their world. Sometime during the [[Galactic Civil War/Legends|Galactic Civil War]], two Bith citizens of the city of [[Buerhoz]] hired a group of [[Spacer/Legends|spacers]] to put an end to Jauxson's predations. When the Gotal and his crew were [[Skirmish of Buerhoz|confronted]] by the spacers and the [[Army/Legends|army]] they had gathered, the pirates were defeated and Jauxson was deposed.

==Biography==
Jauxson was a [[Gender/Legends|male]] [[Gotal/Legends|Gotal]] who spent his early life and career serving other [[Pirate/Legends|pirate]] leaders, including some of the more notorious and feared pirates throughout [[The galaxy/Legends|the galaxy]].<ref name="CSWE II 142">{{CSWECite|II|142|Jauxson}}</ref> Jauxson himself eventually became the leader of his own [[Jauxson's pirate gang|pirate gang]], which eventually comprised twenty members. The group plied the [[Hyperlane|spacelanes]] until growing tired of such raids and relocating to the [[Planet/Legends|planet]] [[Clak'dor VII]]. They set up a temporary headquarters in a mountainous region near the [[Domed city/Legends|domed]] [[City/Legends|city]] of [[Buerhoz]], using [[Enviro-suit|environment suits]] and [[Breath mask/Legends|breathers]] to shield themselves from Clak'dor VII's harsh [[Atmosphere/Legends|atmosphere]]. They singled out Buerhoz and two other cities for their main targets, raiding them [[Standard week/Legends|weekly]].<ref name="AFOC 22-23">{{WEGCite|book=Star Wars Gamemaster Screen|story=A Fistful of Credits}}, p. 22&ndash;23.</ref>

Jauxson's gang typically spent two days per [[Standard week/Legends|week]] at their camp and then sped to their planned raiding site on [[Swoop/Legends|swoops]] and [[Speeder bike/Legends|speeder bikes]] in groups of ten or fewer. At the target city, Jauxson and his crew demanded entry into the dome lest they destroy them and expose the citizens to the toxic [[Atmosphere/Legends|atmosphere]] outside; the Bith citizens regularly complied. Once inside, the Gotal pirate and his crew raided the population centers, roaming the streets and often stealing foodstuffs and [[Alcohol/Legends|alcoholic]] beverages, among other things. Jauxson met any hesitation on the Bith's part with violent reprisals, including hostage-taking.<ref name="AFOC 22-23" /> These raids impeded city commerce and forced the populations to live in constant fear.<ref name="CSWE II 142" />

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At some point during the [[Galactic Civil War/Legends|Galactic Civil War]],<ref name="CSWE II 142" /> two [[Bith/Legends|Bith]] citizens of Buerhoz, tired of Jauxson's predations, hired a group of [[Spacer/Legends|spacers]] to help them gather a small [[Army/Legends|army]] to fight off the Gotal and his bandits and free the city.<ref name="AFOC 22" /> When a raiding band met this resistance, they fled to their camp to gather reinforcements.<ref name="AFOC 23">{{WEGCite|book=Star Wars Gamemaster Screen|story=A Fistful of Credits}}, p. 23.</ref> Jauxson and his crew returned to Buerhoz with a larger force, but the spacers had also gathered more combatants to face them. During the [[Skirmish of Buerhoz|ensuing battle]], Jauxson and his men were defeated, and the Gotal [[Captain/Legends|captain]] was deposed.<ref name="CSWE II 142" />
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==Personality and traits==
Jauxson was a fierce pirate, and he was unrelenting in his raids of Bith cities. His threats to destroy the cities' protective domes and thus expose the inhabitants inside to the harsh atmosphere of Clak'dor VII frightened the Bith into giving in to his demands and allowing him free reign inside their population centers. During the raids, Jauxon regarded the property of his victims to be his own; he and his gang roamed the streets without fear and took whatever they desired&mdash;namely food and alcohol. Jauxon's ruthlessness also manifested in his treatment of any Bith resistance to his raids: he met such acts with violence and kidnapping.<ref name="AFOC 22-23" />

==Behind the scenes==
Jauxson appears in "[[A Fistful of Credits]]," an [[adventure]] scenario written by [[Bill Olmesdahl]] and published by [[West End Games]] in [[1992]] as part of the ''[[Star Wars Gamemaster Screen]]''. The adventure outline casts the player-characters as the offworlders hired by the Bith of Buerhoz to repel Jauxson and his forces, but it does not specify whether they put an end to Jauxson's operations.<ref name="AFOC 22-23" /> However, Jauxson's entry in ''[[The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia]]'', published in [[2008]] by [[Del Rey]], indicates that the Gotal pirate captain was in fact bested by these spacers and deposed from the leadership of his gang.<ref name="CSWE II 142" />

Variants and customization options allow the gamemaster to add extra characters to the scenario, one of whom is "the Heroine." This character is a self-reliant woman who is determined to fight off the bandits. Her description suggests that Jauxson is enamored of her and that his crimes are actually aimed at having her for his own. Another variant suggests that Jauxson may challenge one of the characters to a "fair fight" like in a typical film set in the [[Wikipedia:American Old West|American Old West]].<ref name="AFOC 23-24">{{WEGCite|book=Star Wars Gamemaster Screen|story=A Fistful of Credits}}, pp. 23&ndash;24.</ref>

==Appearances==
*{{WEGCite|book=Star Wars Gamemaster Screen|story=A Fistful of Credits}} {{1st}}

==Sources==
*''[[The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia]]''

==Notes and references==
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[[Category:Gotals]]
[[Category:Males]]
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