Create a good ST Boba Fett

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Create a good ST Boba Fett

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Namely, make a Trek bounty hunter that's like Boba Fett(bounty hunter and seriously cool human, not mando wank), set in the ST universe and using Trek tech.

So, what would you make?
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I think you meant to put this in the SF section.
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Yeah, I don't know how this got into User Fiction.

EDIT:Could a Mod move this to ST vs SW?

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A former diplomatic bodyguard/pilot/chauffer of a crooked politician. (Federation isn't perfect) Eventually becomes disillusioned with the politician and kills him, but is forced to escape and ply his trade as a bounty hunter in the Cardassian DMZ/Orion Space. Has piloting and dignitary protection skills which can be turned to bounty hunting, as well as similar morals that drove the origin story of the original (Non-prequel, non-mando way more awesome) Boba Fett.
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DrMckay wrote: similar morals that drove the origin story of the original (Non-prequel, non-mando way more awesome) Boba Fett.
What were those if you don't mind me asking?
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According to The Last One Standing: The Tale of Boba Fett (a short story in the Tales of the Bounty Hunters anthology), he was originally Jaster Mereel, formerly a lawman (Journeyman Protector) on the planet of Concord Dawn as of 13 BBY, who became a bounty hunter -- and worked for the Empire -- due to his own beliefs on the nature of law and justice.

The official retcons since Episode II resulted in there being a "real" Jaster Mereel who mentored Jango Fett; both Jango and Boba would use the name and role at one point, so the story remains somewhat canonical.
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Edward Yee wrote:According to The Last One Standing: The Tale of Boba Fett (a short story in the Tales of the Bounty Hunters anthology), he was originally Jaster Mereel, formerly a lawman (Journeyman Protector) on the planet of Concord Dawn as of 13 BBY, who became a bounty hunter -- and worked for the Empire -- due to his own beliefs on the nature of law and justice.

The official retcons since Episode II resulted in there being a "real" Jaster Mereel who mentored Jango Fett; both Jango and Boba would use the name and role at one point, so the story remains somewhat canonical.
Thanks, that does sound cooler.
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FaxModem1 wrote:Namely, make a Trek bounty hunter that's like Boba Fett(bounty hunter and seriously cool human, not mando wank), set in the ST universe and using Trek tech.

So, what would you make?
Exactly like Boba Fett but with a phaser instead of a blaster, he's renowned for his ability to hit a moving target from more than ten feet away. And he has a jetpack that won't malfunction and hurl him to his death when swatted by a blind guy, but only because it has a fucking touchscreen that requires a sequence of 8 different presses to get it to do anything. Which sucks because it's on his goddamn back and he can't reach back that far.
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