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Kud'ar Mub'at

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this assembler served the galaxy as a go-between and middleman for much of its less glamourous - or legal - activities. Like most assemblers, Kud'ar Mub'ar gained its independence by consuming the assembler which created it. Among Mub'at's most regarded functions was as holder in escrow of the credits placed for the bounty on a being's life. This allowed the poster of the bounty to remain out of the path of danger, while ensuring the timely and accurate delivery of the goods. The assembler was not without its own defenses, having acquired a number of weapons from the ships of individuals which tried to swindle it. Kud'ar Mub'at also salvaged sublight engines for use in moving its web through space. In essence, any being visiting the web was walking within Kud'ar Mub'at's own brain, and was constantly under surveillance. After the development of the subnode called Balancesheet, Mub'at was able to be in two places at once. He himself would see to one customer, while Balancesheet - operating from one of Mub'at's shed carapaces - would attent to the other. Among the assembler's largest customers was the Bounty Hunters Guild, which used the assembler's services to ensure prompt payments of the bounties its members collected. Kud'ar Mub'at was also involved in a great deal of political and powerful intrigue, including the plans of Kuat of Kuat and Prince Xizor of Black Sun. Together, they orchestrated the destruction of the Bounty Hunters Guild and plotted the death of Boba Fett. It was Kud'ar Mub'at who convinced Boba Fett to join the Guild in order to bring about its destruction. At first, the bounty hunter was unaware of the assembler's alliance with Xizor. However, the state of the galaxy during the Galactic Civil War and the ability of Boba Fett to avoid death made these plans tenuous at best. These plans also kept Mub'at's attention on the outside galaxy, allowing the subnode Balancesheet to gain intelligence and autonomy from its creator. Balancesheet entered an alliance with Xizor, and together they brought about the destruction of Kud'ar Mub'at and its web. Kud'ar pleaded with Boba Fett to take hime away, but Fett declined the offer. The pieces of the web drifted for several years before they were approached by Fett, along with Dengar and Neelah, who hoped to re-animate the assembler and learn more about Kuat's plans. Although the assembler was brought back to life, its memory was damaged and it couldn't provide the information it needed. Balancesheet then returned to its creator and destroyed it utterly, firing laser cannons into the web and incinerating much of it. This seemed to please Mub'at, who wanted the release of true death.