Weequay Bandits 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

The Weequay Bandits are a notorious criminal crew, though not a large one, operating under the pragmatic and cunning leadership of Tex Ohnaka. Unlike Hondo's larger, more diverse gang, Tex's crew consists entirely of Weequays, bound together by the shared cultural traditions of their arid homeworld, Sriluur. This exclusivity is not a matter of prejudice but practicality, as it leverages the species' unique pheromonal communication, a form of silent and undetectable language. This gives them a significant advantage, allowing them to coordinate complex operations, ambushes, and escapes without a word spoken aloud, leaving outsiders confused and outmaneuvered.

The crew's members have left Sriluur for various reasons, but all adhere to the warrior culture of their people. They are a tough, stoic, and often brooding lot, used to the brutal conditions of their desert planet and viewing violence as a practical tool for survival. Loyalty within the Weequay Bandits is an intricate affair, intertwined with their polytheistic religion centered on the moon-god Quay. While a single Weequay is expendable for the good of the clan, Tex's success and constant payment of credits effectively serves as a form of offering and tribute to their gods, ensuring their steadfast, if quiet, allegiance. Each member carries a totem or fetish through which they believe their gods communicate, and any enterprise is often preceded by a ritualistic consultation of these objects, further reinforcing their spiritual bonds.

Visually, the bandits are a menacing and uniform sight. They prefer practical, hard-wearing attire, often with flashier accents of stolen trinkets, echoing their leader's taste. The men all wear their distinctive hair braids, one for each Sriluurian year spent away from their homeworld. They are masters of guerrilla tactics and ambush, often utilizing the harsh, backwater environments of the Outer Rim to their advantage. While Tex does the talking and deal-making, the bandits operate in grim, efficient silence, their teamwork almost supernatural due to their pheromonal communication. They specialize in small-scale but highly profitable heists, smuggling, and daring salvage operations, particularly around the industrial sector of Veridian Prime. They are tough, dangerous, and dedicated to the bottom line, a perfect reflection of their devious and pragmatic leader.