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Paulsen, Drake

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this young smuggler, a native of the planet Socorro, began working with his father Kaine at the age of five. It was rumored that Drake made his first deal at the age of three, negotiating the exchange of goods between himself and Jabba the Hutt. Although the exchange was simply three blasters which Drake held for a basket of warm honeystix, Jabba was impressed with, and entertained by, Drake's actions. Jabba dubbed the young boy "the Little Prince of Socorro." Drake learned everything he could from his father, Kaine Paulsen, and Drake strove to ensure that his father's teachings and morals were never compromised. When Kaine was killed on Socorro, shortly after the Battle of Yavin, Drake took control of his father's businesses and expanded them rapidly. Drake also hunted down and killed his father's murderer, a Twi'lek member of the Black Bha'lir known as Izzat. This earned Drake a bounty on his head of over 100,000 credits. He was forced to lay low in Jabba the Hutt's court for a year before emerging as a free man. However, Drake never became a member of the Black Bha'lir, though he did get caught up working for Abdi-Badawzi. He later retired to Redcap with Toob Ancher.