Mission Vao
Mission Vao is a female video game character who features in Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic.
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Biography
Mission Vao was a female Rutian Twi'lek born a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. She grew up as an orphan having never known her parents and had an elder brother named Griff who had looked after her. Griff was a scam artist, gambler and a drinker who often borrowed credits for his plans to get rich schemes which always failed leaving him in more debt to the point that he had to go on the run. He and his 5 year old sister cam to escape to the planet Taris where they smuggled themselves inside a packing crate on-board a star freighters cargo hold. The siblings barely had enough supplies to make the journey as they headed to their new home. On Taris though, both Mission and Griff had to live in the Lower City due to the ban on aliens which restricted them from access to the Upper City.
After her brother Griff deserted her on Taris, Mission got by on her own, until one day she made friends with Zaalbar, a Wookiee outcast from Kashyyyk. Zaalbar was being hassled by members of the Black Vulkars, a major Lower City swoop gang, when he attracted her attention. The sight of thugs picking on a lone Wookiee overwhelmed by a strange environment made her lose her temper, and she charged at them. She was smacked down by one of the Vulkars, but then the Wookiee got angry and yanked him a meter up off the ground, scaring the others away. Despite such unusual circumstances of their meeting—or perhaps because of them—Mission and Zaalbar stuck together from then on, looking out for each other in their own way. She nicknamed Zaalbar "Big Z". For two years they got by in the Lower City, never hearing anything from or about Griff, and often seeking adventure in dangerous spots like the sewers of the Undercity, where Gadon used to tell her not to go. Mission never asked Zaalbar too much about his past, because he didn't like to talk about it, and she accepted that, dismissing the matter with the conclusion that he was the strong, silent type. The Wookiee would still talk a bit about his homeworld, about the big Wroshyr trees, and how he had 'seen paradise destroyed by the greed of outsiders', which though Mission didn't understand at first, referred to Czerka Corporation and their slaving operations on Kashyyyk.
In 3956 BBY, near the end of the Jedi Civil War, decorated war hero and legendary soldier Carth Onasi was stranded on Taris with an amnesiac Revan following the attack on the Endar Spire, a Republic warship under the command of the Jedi Bastila Shan. The entire war effort against the Sith relied on her skill with battle meditation, making her the Republic's only hope, so as soon as possible Carth and Revan made for the Undercity, where her escape pod had crashed. They passed by Javyar's Cantina where they found an unusual pair—a Wookiee, and a fourteen-year-old Twi'lek girl who preferred speaking Galactic Basic Standard rather than her people's native language. Revan watched as Zaalbar scared away some Black Vulkars picking on Mission. Seeing that Revan was a newcomer in the Lower City, Mission provided him with information about the city, the swoop gangs, local Exchange boss Davik Kang, and the bounty hunter Calo Nord, who had just walked out of the cantina, leaving a few corpses behind. She also spoke of the Hidden Beks as a more honest and reliable gang than the Black Vulkars, which were now led by Brejik, and she mentioned that Davik had recently acquired a new ship for his smuggling operations, the Ebon Hawk, which he supposedly kept in his estate. Mission and Zaalbar then left the cantina to seek more adventures in the Undercity.
Overview
Personality and attributes
In appearance, Mission Vao was a female Twi'lek with blue skin and two long, prehensile cranial tentacles, known as lekku, which extended from the back of her head and draped over her shoulders. She had a slender build, large dark eyes, and a small facial structure. During her initial appearance on Taris, she wore a sleeveless, form-fitting brown and beige tunic with a high collar, paired with matching brown trousers and calf-high utility boots. Her attire included dark fingerless gloves and a utility belt with a circular metallic buckle.
She resented being called a kid and reminded people that she was 14 years old in an effort to show her maturity.
Despite her harsh upbringing and abandonment, Mission was a sunny and optimistic girl. She believed the best of people most of the time and was the first to rally to Revan's defense after he was revealed as the former Dark Lord of the Sith in the skirmish aboard the Leviathan, as she had been convinced by Revan's actions over the course of their mission that he was a true friend. She was initially at a loss for words, much like the rest of the crew of the Ebon Hawk but seeing how he didn't remember anything about being the Dark lord she concluded that it didn't really matter anymore, much to the frustration of the paranoid and distrustful Carth
Mission never knew her parents and had instead been raised by her older brother Griff.
Powers and abilities
After Mission joined Revan's fellowship, she had the chance to apply her knowledge and skills to different ends from what she was used to in the streets of Taris. Her fine sleight of hand gained Revan entrance to the Black Vulkar Base from the sewers of the Undercity, for which she had picked the codes off the pocket of a Black Vulkar.
She had mastered of sleight of hand and slicing techniques, adept at stealth, lockpicking and demolition abilities, and skilled in the use of a blaster and vibroblade.
Notes
- Mission Vao was created by BioWare where she was voiced by actress Catherine Taber with her featuring in the setting of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic.
- In an interview, Taber commented on the role, "In a way, for me it actually feels really natural. It’s a world I know and understand. And I like to infuse the characters with hints of Classic Star Wars when I can. For Mission Vao, for instance, she is in the “scoundrel” class so I really wanted to put some Han Solo in there. Her sarcasm, her defensiveness and her bravado, all have a bit of Han as their inspiration. And oh yeah, she also travels with a wookie, but I didn’t have to add that part, the writers did it for me!"
In other media
Video games
Appearances
- Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic:
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