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'''Qulok's Fist''' was a criminal gang active during the early [[Standard year/Legends|years]] of the [[New Republic/Legends|New Republic]]. Comprising four individuals&mdash;[[Thanis Gul-Rah]], [[Kolig]], [[Padak]], and [[Sufar]]&mdash;Qulok's Fist engaged in various criminal activities, including [[Slavery/Legends|slave trafficking]], [[Mercenary/Legends|mercenary]] work, [[Smuggler/Legends|smuggling]], and [[Bounty hunter/Legends|bounty-hunting]]. They used a modified [[YT-1300 light freighter/Legends|YT-1300 light freighter]] called ''[[Steel Fist]]'' as their headquarters, [[Transport/Legends|transportation]], and main combat [[Starship/Legends|vessel]], operating in the [[Outer Rim Territories/Legends|Outer Rim Territories]], [[Minos Cluster/Legends|Minos Cluster]], and [[Kathol sector]]. In [[8 ABY/Legends|8 ABY]], the group was contracted by [[Moff/Legends|Moff]] [[Kentor Sarne]], [[Warlord/Legends|warlord]] of the Kathol sector, to keep track of the New Republic [[CR90 corvette/Legends|CR90 corvette]] ''[[FarStar]]''. As the ''FarStar'' was actively tracking Sarne after [[Battle of Kal'Shebbol|forcing him to flee]] from [[Gender/Legends|his]] [[Capital/Legends|capital]], Sarne employed Qulok's Fist to provide him with information and, on one occasion in the [[Shintel system]], [[Skirmish at Shintel|attack]] the [[Corvette/Legends|corvette]] directly.

==History==
===Working for Moff Sarne===
[[File:Steel_Fist.jpg|thumb|left|195px|The ''Steel Fist'', transport and headquarters of Qulok's Fist]]
Qulok's Fist was a group of criminals who operated throughout the [[Outer Rim Territories/Legends|Outer Rim Territories]], the [[Minos Cluster/Legends|Minos Cluster]], and the [[Kathol sector]] during the early years of the [[New Republic/Legends|New Republic]]. The gang participated in several questionable endeavors, such as [[Bounty hunter/Legends|bounty-hunting]], [[Smuggler/Legends|smuggling]], [[Slavery/Legends|slavery]], and [[Mercenary/Legends|mercenary]] work. The team consisted of four members&mdash;former [[Imperial Army/Legends|Imperial Army]] [[Soldier/Legends|soldier]] [[Thanis Gul-Rah]], [[Pilot/Legends|pilot]] [[Kolig]], armored bounty hunter [[Padak]], and the [[Death/Legends|murderer]] [[Sufar]]. The modified [[YT-1300 light freighter/Legends|YT-1300 light freighter]] ''[[Steel Fist]]'', owned and operated by Kolig, was used as the group's transport and headquarters. Their symbol was a clenched fist with spikes on the knuckles, emblazoned with the [[Aurebesh/Legends|Aurebesh]] symbol for [[Qek/Legends|Qek]].<ref name="tdc" />

When Sufar joined Qulok's Fist, he was on the run from [[Galactic Empire/Legends|Imperial]] bounty hunters who were tracking him after he had been exiled from his [[Unidentified Corellian colony|homeworld]]. The gang rescued him, then proceeded to assist Sufar in tracking down his assailants. Sufar then [[Torture/Legends|tortured]] the bounty hunters to death.<ref name="tdc" />

Around [[7 ABY/Legends|7 ABY]], Qulok's Fist was engaged in a hunt on a backwater [[Planet/Legends|planet]]. The hunt took a turn for the worse, ending in a massacre at one of the world's settlements. Feeling guilty for his part in the slaughter, Thanis Gul-Rah left the group and retired to [[Kal'Shebbol/Legends|Kal'Shebbol]], the [[Capital/Legends|capital]] of the Kathol sector. The rest of Qulok's Fist continued their activities, and, in [[8 ABY/Legends|8 ABY]], they found a new benefactor in the shape of [[Moff/Legends|Moff]] [[Kentor Sarne]],<ref name="tdc" /> the Imperial [[Warlord/Legends|warlord]] who ruled the Kathol sector in the wake of the fragmentation of the Empire.<ref name="tsb">{{DarkStryder|The Saga Begins|The DarkStryder Campaign}}</ref> Following the [[Battle of Kal'Shebbol|liberation]] of Kal'Shebbol in 8 ABY by [[New Republic task force (Kal'Shebbol)|New Republic forces]], Sarne was forced to flee his capital. Learning that the New Republic had sent the [[CR90 corvette/Legends|CR90 corvette]] ''[[FarStar]]'' after him, Sarne contracted Qulok's Fist to tail the [[Starship/Legends|ship]] and gather intelligence on their movements and goals for him. Sarne also gave them license to sabotage the ship's efforts if the opportunity arose.<ref name="tdc" />

===Showdown at Shintel===
[[File:Steel_Fist_and_FarStar.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Qulok's Fist, in the ''Steel Fist'', engages the ''FarStar'' at Shintel.]]
Several weeks into the ''FarStar''{{'s}} mission, Sarne contacted Qulok's Fist and contracted them to stage an assault on the corvette in [[Orbit/Legends|orbit]] of the planet [[Shintel]].<ref name="sd">{{DarkStryder|Shintel Downtime|The DarkStryder Campaign}}</ref> Sarne had arranged for a deep cover agent on the planet [[Gandle Ott]], [[Colonel/Legends|Colonel]] [[Olaver Lansel]], to feed false information to the ''FarStar''{{'s}} crew that indicated that Sarne himself had traveled to Shintel.<ref name="dirp">{{DarkStryder|Death Is Remotely Possible|The DarkStryder Campaign}}</ref> The ''FarStar'' journeyed to the [[Shintel system]] and discovered that it was home to an [[Imperial Depot 4290-1|outpost]] affiliated with the Moff, although one he had abandoned by destroying all [[Hyperspace/Legends|hyperspace]]-capable ships and stranding the base personnel. [[Captain/Legends|Captain]] [[Kaiya Adrimetrum]], commanding officer of the ''FarStar'', agreed to an alliance with the base commander, [[Colonel/Legends|Colonel]] [[Heget]]. In return for navigational data and information, Adrimetrum would provide Heget with transport to the [[Tanquilla Beach/Legends|''Tanquilla Beach'']] [[Shadowport/Legends|shadowport]] so that he could contact Imperial authorities.<ref name="sd" />

However, one member of the base's personnel was another deep cover agent of Sarne's. [[Lieutenant/Legends|Lieutenant]] [[Palme]] arranged for the navigational data to contain a trapdoor program when it was uploaded into the ''FarStar''{{'s}} computer systems. As the corvette broke orbit and engaged its [[Hyperdrive/Legends|hyperdrive]], the trapdoor program triggered an overload in the ''FarStar''{{'s}} engines. The resulting explosion destroyed the hyperdrive, stranding the corvette. As planned, Qulok's Fist emerged from hyperspace in the ''Steel Fist'', and [[Skirmish at Shintel|conducted several attack runs]] on the ship. As the crew of the ''FarStar'' recovered from the initial sabotage and began to rally to the defense of the ship, Qulok's Fist broke off their attack and jumped to hyperspace.<ref name="sd" />

==Organization==
{{Main|Thanis Gul-Rah|Kolig|Padak|Sufar}}
[[File:Qulok's_Fist_members.jpg|thumb|left|300px|The members of Qulok's Fist, from left to right: Thanis Gul-Rah, Kolig, Padak, and Sufar]]
Qulok's Fist initially comprised four members: Thanis Gul-Rah, Kolig, Padak, and Sufar. This group was reduced to three when Gul-Rah left the group in 7 ABY, retiring to Kal'Shebbol after a hunt on a backwater planet ended in a massacre of a local settlement. All four were experienced bounty hunters and possessed a myriad of other skills, including piloting, demolitions, computer [[Slicer/Legends|slicing]], poisoning, and unarmed combat techniques among them.<ref name="tdc" />

Thanis Gul-Rah was a soldier with the Imperial Army before joining Qulok's Fist, and served in the occupation of [[Siluria III]]. After leaving Qulok's Fist, Gul-Rah signed onto the crew of the ''FarStar'' on Kal'Shebbol when they put out a general call for civilians with combat or technical skills to augment the regular New Republic naval crew.<ref name="tdc" /> He found himself in the position of facing his former comrades during the engagement in the Shintel system.<ref name="sd" />

Kolig was the owner and operator of the modified YT-1300 light freighter ''Steel Fist'', which served as the group's headquarters, transport, and main combat vessel. Dapper and presentable, Kolig was the unofficial leader of Qulok's Fist and often planned the operations they were contracted to perform. Padak was an armored bounty hunter who lived for the thrill of combat and relished every kill he made. Destructive and violent, he felt no remorse over the deaths he caused. Sufar was a murderer, exiled from his homeworld after killing several people. He was hunted by Imperial bounty hunters before joining Qulok's Fist, then used his membership in the organization to capture and torture his pursuers to death.<ref name="tdc" />

==Behind the scenes==
Qulok's Fist appeared in ''[[The DarkStryder Campaign]]'', a [[roleplaying game]] sourcebook published by [[West End Games]]. They were described in the Rogues Gallery of the book and were featured in the adventure ''[[Shintel Downtime]]''. However, the organization and its members were given detailed backgrounds so that the Gamemaster could use them in original adventures if they wished.

==Appearances==
*{{DarkStryder|Shintel Downtime|The DarkStryder Campaign}} {{1st}}

==Sources==
*''[[The DarkStryder Campaign]]''
*''[[The DarkStryder Campaign, Deluxe]]''
*''[[The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia]]''

==Notes and references==
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