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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Shayuri" data-source="post: 2845172" data-attributes="member: 4936">Alrighty then. First, I post link to the Star Wars wiki article...<a href="http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Echani" target="_blank">http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Echani</a>But I'll sum it up here too. Basically the Echani are "warrior race" of humankind, sometimes compared to the Mandalorians, but with a very different tradition. The Echani focus on hand to hand combat with light blades and armor, and unarmed techniques, often in combination with personal shields to protect against energy weapons (thus making melee less suicidal). I recall reading somewhere in fact that it was the Echani (a long time ago) that first worked out how to incorporate cortosis into their vibroblades so they could duel against lightsabers. This is in stark contrast to the Mandalorian tradition of heavy blasters and assault armor they are well known for.They also differ philosophically. Wheras the Mandalorians are conquerors, seeing warfare as the ultimate proof of a race or species' right to exist, the Echani see combat as a highly advanced form of communication. It is the Echani belief that no two beings can ever truly know each other until they have earnestly fought each other, and masters of Echani techniques are often said to come to astonishingly astute insights into people that they fight. They see each manuever, each attack and feint and dodge, as a sort of language that speaks volumes of one's inner self. Fights that are strictly for mutual self-revelation are generally not to the death, of course. Echani also follow a code of honor that reinforces their beliefs about combat...for example, they tend to dislike weapons that end fights 'too quickly,' or without interacting in some way with the enemy (eg - grenades, blasters, etc) and tend to view such weapons as without honor (though not necessarily DIShonorable unless used in dishonorable ways).By some congenital hereditary fluke, Echani children tend to resemble their same-sex parents to an astonishing degree. They aren't clones...Echani reproduce in the human norm, and the children are genetically diverse...but for whatever reason, Echani daughters are nearly indistinguishable from their mothers (and hence other daughters of the same mother), and sons similarly resemble their fathers.-----Likely Echani Backgrounds could be:Nobility (perhaps estranged, or out for a lark, or seeking the Rebellion for idealistic reasons)Military (very militaristic society, most citizens serve at least one term sometime in their lives)Security (Echani bodyguards are popular among Galactic royalty due to their loyalty and near-impossibility to bribe or otherwise subvert)Tech (Echani are a technologically advanced culture, and thus have technicians...they are especially known for their sophisticated blades, light armors, and personal shields)-----More when I find it, or can remember. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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