Tex Ohnaka The Clone Wars & Clone Protocol 66 The current year for our homebrewed Clone Wars era campaign is set during 19 BBY. Inspired By George Lucas

"What to do, what to do, what to do. I don't want to kill you... per se. In fact, you seem like decent fellows — This is just business, and once I get my money, we can go back to being best friends. It's very simple. Now if you would be so kind as to assist me in loading up your merchandise?"
―Tex Ohnaka

Tex Ohnaka is a Weequay pirate and self-proclaimed "businessman" who operates with the same charm and self-serving ambition as his famous cousin, Hondo, "Tex being Hondo's cousin on his sisters, brothers, nephews side of course". As the charismatic and pragmatic leader of the Weequay Bandits, Tex conducts his illicit enterprises on the fringes of the Outer Rim during the Galactic Empire's early days, around 18 BBY.

He frequently justifies his flexible morality by invoking his cousin's wisdom, often quoting, "That is the wonderful thing about a pirate's honor, conveniently it turns on and off as needed. This morning I am honorable, this afternoon I'm a scoundrel".

He views the Empire not with fear, but as a new and exciting source of opportunity, seeing Imperial crackdowns and supply shortages as nothing more than an excellent way to inflate the price of his ill-gotten goods. Tex maintains his reputation as a master of the double-cross and the long con, able to spin a web of promises and half-truths that leaves his partners impressed, entertained, and utterly fleeced.

His success comes not just from his cunning, but from his ability to read a situation and his unerring knack for finding the most profitable angle, whether that involves helping a nascent rebellion or betraying them. His personal ship, the Stolen Honor, is a heavily modified YG-4210 transport, a vessel originally designed for long-range exploration.

Tex, however, has retrofitted the old freighter to suit his piratical needs, replacing comfortable passenger cabins with secret smuggling compartments and reinforcing the hull with enhanced armor, all at the cost of speed. The ship's name is a winking reference to his own fluid ethics. With a crew consisting of a motley collection of loyal, if wary, sentients and droids, the Stolen Honor serves as both his mobile command center and his home. His crew's loyalty is bought not through fear, but because Tex is one of the few pirate captains who consistently pays on time, and his schemes, for all their danger, usually pay off handsomely.

Tex physically mirrors his cousin with a weathered, brown-skinned face and a penchant for expressive gestures that often distract from his true intentions. He prefers functional but flashier-than-necessary pirate attire, and his protective goggles are rarely off his forehead, prepared for a sudden escape or a dangerous salvage run. He is quick with a blaster pistol and an electrostaff, both weapons he uses with pragmatic efficiency.

However, his most potent weapon remains his silver tongue and his ability to disarm and deceive with a well-placed compliment or a charismatic anecdote. While his moral compass is entirely self-serving, he harbors a certain grudging respect for others who, like him, find a way to thrive in the galactic underworld under the thumb of the Empire. For Tex Ohnaka, business is an art form, and the galaxy is his ever-expanding canvas.