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Pressor, Jorad

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this man was part of the civilian complement that participated in the Outbound Flight Project, during the years leading up to the Clone Wars, although he was just four at the time of the attack. When the Project was attacked in the Unknown Regions and left to die, Pressor was among the few beings who survived the attack. Pressor watched his own father struggle to keep the survivors and the ships alive and active, which eventually led to the formation of the Outbound Flight Colony. It was during this time that he developed an angry resentment toward the Jedi Knights, since they were unable to stop the attack or prevent the deaths of thousands of civilians. He later assumed the role of the Guardian of the People, helping the survivors and their children to stay alive until someone could rescue them. However, knowing where they had crashed, Pressor and his predecessors set up elaborate traps and surveillance systems to keep watch over their downed starships. Thus, when a Chiss-led mission to locate the remains of Outbound Flight actually found the ships, Pressor and his niece, Evlyn, trapped the mission's members in turbolifts until he could figure out what to do with them. He chose Dean Jinzler to act as the group's representative, having recognized the man's last name as that of Lorana Jinzler, one of the Jedi who were part of Outbound Flight. It was during their conversation that Pressor revealed that many of Outbound Flight's civilian members joined the mission to escape the decaying bureaucracy of the Old Republic. Pressor expressed confusion and amazement over the eventual formation of the Empire and the Galactic Civil War, but feared the New Republic was no different that the Old. His angry demeanor didn't improve when it was learned that Bearsh and his comrades were actually Vagaari pirates, as Pressor found himself faced with multiple groups of outsiders moving freely through the Outbound Flight. His own Peacekeepers were decimated in the attacks, and he resented the request to use the Outbound Flight Colony's medical facilities to help Aristocra Formbi and the other aliens. When Mara Jade Skywalker devised a plan to get them safely back to the main ship, and agreed to protect Evlyn, Pressor found himself grudgingly admiring the Jedi. He managed to see through his anger and recognize that she was acting for the safety of everyone aboard the Outbound Flight, not just her companions. After the Vagaari threat was eliminated, pressor agreed to accompany the Outbound Flight Colony to Nirauan, staying as far away from the New Republic as they could.