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.
Overview
Personality and attributes
She resented being called a kid and reminded people that she was 14 years old in an effort to show her maturity.
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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