Muun

Sample Image of Muun

Species Data

Attribute Dice: 12D (+6D for PC)
DEXTERITY: 2D/4D
PERCEPTION: 2D/4D
STRENGTH: 1D/3D
KNOWLEDGE: 3D+2/5D+2
MECHANICAL: 1D+2/3D+2
TECHNICAL: 1D+1/3D+1
Size: 1.5 - 2.3 meters
Move: 10/12
Homeworld: Muunilinst

Description:
Language: Muun language
Skin color: White/pale pink
Distinctions: Three hearts, elongated skulls
Famous Members: San Hill, Pors Tonith, Darth Plagueis

"I've always hated your kind."
-Reija Momen to Pors Tonith

Muuns are a thin, tall humanoid species from the mineral-rich planet of Muunilinst, which is also the headquarters of the InterGalactic Banking Clan, the largest banking organization in the galaxy. Muuns are known throughout the galaxy for their excellent financial and mathematical skills, and, seeking economic stability, the Empire left Muuns exempted from their wide-spread non-human persecution, in order to utilize Muuns and their economic finesse.

Biology, Appearance and Traits:
Muuns are tall and gaunt humanoid with thin bodies and elongated heads. They also have hairless pasty-white/pale pink skin, most likely because the vast majority of the species does not like traveling, even on-planet, and usually stays indoors. Muuns also have tiny ears on the middle of the sides of their heads. In addition, they have flat noses, and slim mouths. Muun voices often sound nasally, due to their small noses.

Muuns have long arms and legs, making them appear very gaunt. They also have very thin waists and long, thin fingers. Members of the species also have three hearts, which has contributed to a long life-span - 200-250 years.

Muuns are extremely intelligent, and are both greedy and cautious when it comes to business ventures. They are lured to profitable and vulnerable economic situations or opportunities, yet take long thought before committing themselves to a business deal. Muuns' talent with money stems from their extremely valuable mathematical and statistical skills. Muun children are known to calculate complex mathematical formulas as quickly as most adults of other species could.

In addition to being greedy and cautious, Muuns also deem themselves to be a reserved, mature species, capable of controlling their emotions, and deem other species as immature, and felt no remorse in exploiting them, if need required them to do so. Muuns possess a drive to compete with other races and even among themselves, which also contributes to higher rates of economic output anywhere Muuns are located. Muuns also have a fundamental respect for fairness and justice, however, and regard a contract almost as a sacred trust; Muuns are known to always follow the letter of the law, though often not the spirit.

Society and Culture:
Muun society consists of a strict class-hierarchy. Higher classes consist of financiers, lawyers, engineers, and diplomats.

The common Muuns rarely leave the surface of their planet. Upward mobility for commoners is reserved for only the most gifted of children. Commoner children are tested rigorously, and if found of worthy skill or talent, they are allowed to enter a higher class.

Muun culture, indeed, Muun life, revolves around economy and finance. Intense competition among co-workers encourages economic growth, increases production, and superior work ethic. Since Muuns tend to shy away from fighting and physical persuits, Muun society uses alternative means for their planets protection; using their vast financial resources to purchase massive floating defense platforms to defend their planet from attack. The InterGalactic Banking Clan (IGBC), a largely Muun-run organization, is known to utilize hired mercenaries to enforce their policies and collect payments and debts.

Muun reliance on mathematics leaked over into their language, which is a collection of um and eh sounds of varying pitch, similar in some ways to Binary.

History:
Early in their history, the Muuns founded the InterGalactic Banking Clan, which came to spanned not only the Galaxy, but smaller satellite galaxies as well. Due to its immense mineral wealth, Muunilinst was used to give weight to the Galactic credit, making its importance in Galactic society almost incomparable to many, if not most Core Worlds.

Muuns, all throughout the time of the Galactic Republic, had a knack for funding potentially profitable enterprises throughout its sector, regardless of ethics or loyalty. Muunilinst provided much of the funding for the nearby Human colony world of Sartinaynian, which, ironically, broke away from the Republic because of anti-alien sentiments. The banking clans of Muunilinst were uninterested in these prejudices. They funded colonies, trade guilds, and corporations all along the Braxant Run.

Eventually, both Muunilinst and Sartinaynian came to be member worlds in the Republic, and Muunilinst became one of the greatest financial powers in the Galaxy. The power and influence of the Banking Clan was largely unchecked as the Republic fell into decline and corruption, and with the looming threat of the breakdown of law and order, the IGBC invested in thousands of Hailfire droids to discourage customers from defaulting on their loans.

Prior to the Clone Wars, IGBC Chairman San Hill was approached by the leader of the Separatist movement, Count Dooku. San Hill helped finance the Confederacy of Independent Systems, believing it very plausible that the Confederacy could conquer the Republic. San Hill also used secret Banking Clan codes, used for transferring bank statements, and depositing money to clients, to establish the Shadowfeed Network, a secret Confederate analogue to the HoloNet, used to distribute propaganda to the Galaxy. It was also used as a means to allow Confederate leaders to transmit untraceable and untappable messages to their subordinates, making the Banking Clan an invaluable member of the Confederacy.

Consistent with its reputation for playing both sides against the middle, however, Muunilinst simultaneously backed the Republic and the Confederacy during the Clone Wars. Alliances with the Confederacy, however, led to Separatist forces building droid factories and munitions depots on Muunilinst, over the objections of the native Muuns. Despite its economic importance, the Republic was left with no other option than to invade Muunilinst and destroy the Confederate strongholds. This led to a series of ruinous battles.

During the Battle of Muunilinst in 22 BBY, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker, and Voolvif Monn retook the planet for the Republic, but at great cost. The battle devastated the Muun cities, sparing none, and led the Galaxy to the brink of financial ruin. Because the Muun were a species commonly associated with the Confederacy of Independent Systems, they were deported from Coruscant, the Republic's capital, and prevented from landing on the planet. Despite the importance of Muuns to the economy, thousands of Muuns were rounded up after the Battle of Muunilinst for their compliance with the Confederacy.

Muunilinst later became the financial center of the Galactic Empire. Emperor Palpatine harbored no fondness for non-Humans, but the mineral riches of Muunilinst were too important for the stability of Imperial credit. Muuns' lending and business operations were hampered by harsh Imperial decrees and the presence of Imperial monitors stationed throughout the world's financial institutions. Muunilinst was no more loyal to the Empire than it was to the Republic or Confederacy, but found it expedient not to undermine Imperial power, reasoning that, no matter the outcome of the Galactic Civil War, the victor would be forced to keep doing business with the Muuns and the IGBC. It remaines protected by two Golan III battle platforms.

Special Abilities:
Financial Math Geniuses: All Muun are born with excellent math skills when associated with finance and economics. When making deals where money is involved they get to add +2D to Bargain, Business, Business Administration, Filing Systems, Market Analysis and Economics.