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| - Zuckuss was a Gand and a member of the Gand subspecies with ammonia-breathing lungs. He hailed from a 300-year lineage of findsmen on his homeworld of Gand. At one point, he witnessed the subjugation of his home planet by the Galactic Empire. Angry over their involvement with Gand's slave trade, and their usage of sophisticated sensor technology that rendered the findsmen useless, Zuckuss spoke out against the Imperial presence. He harangued an Imperial Moff during a show of force, and then assaulted the man by throwing his shoe at him. Stormtroopers wounded Zuckuss and took him into custody. The Elders of his sect appealed for his release and Zuckuss was brought before a findsmen tribunal. He was accused of being an insurgent and acting on behavior unbecoming of a findsman. He was summarily stripped of his title and name and exiled from Gand. However, after an emotional breakdown in a dingy Corellian hotel room, Zuckuss decided to reclaim his identity and title as a findsman. The abilities he incurred from his training served him as a bounty hunter. During the Galactic Civil War, Zuckuss and 4-LOM accepted a contract to track down the Millennium Falcon. The pair planned to infiltrate the Alliance and chose to take the survivors of a downed Rebel transport to the rendezvous point, in order to capture Han Solo when he rejoined his comrades. The plan, however, failed, and Zuckuss and 4-LOM defected to the Alliance. This was mostly in Zuckuss's gratitude for the necessary treatment he had received to repair his oxygen-scarred lungs, injuries that he had sustained prior to the Battle of Hoth. While convalescing, Zuckuss had entered into a friendly relationship with Toryn Farr, who had visited and spent time with him before and after his lung surgery. After his recovery, Zuckuss and 4-LOM were assigned to the Alliance Special Forces, and were dispatched to retrieve the carbonite-encased Han Solo from Boba Fett. The mission failed, 4-LOM was destroyed, and Zuckuss quietly left Alliance service to concentrate on rebuilding his partner. He continued bounty hunting and began to take exclusively-New Republic contracts. During those short visits, he would see Toryn Farr, but they would do little more than exchange greetings before parting. Around 25 ABY, Zuckuss accepted a contract to apprehend a Kubaz serial killer named Pepan Manja. The hunt transpired without incident and Zuckuss tracked Manja to the Coruscant Underlevels, where he ensnared the Kubaz in a shockstun spray. Zuckuss was paid well for the bounty and the local Coruscant media outlets termed the capture as "poetic justice," due to Manja's record of targeting Gands.
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