Independent Maximilian Prath-Praji

[Nor'baal]

Maximilian Prath-Praji was born forty-five years ago to a Corellian mother and a Coruscanti father on Cantonica. Attending the University of the Core after many years of being homeschooled, he studied economics and galactic political history, before later heading the University of Kuat to study engineering. At the point of his graduation he took up a position within the Kuati Government, as an intelligence specialist. Abusing his position, he undertook insider training through a set of proxy trading accounts, making a small fortune profiting from the release of Kuat Drive Yard product lines.

For much of his youth, and even into his young adult life, Max idolised his father, Jek Prath-Praji, looking up to him and hanging off of his every word. Ignorant for much of his teens as to the real work his father did, he never once considered that a simple 'holonet port technician' must have some other form of income to justify the fast speeders, the high-end schooling and more that Max enjoyed throughout his youth. To put it simply, in Maximilians eyes his father could do no wrong.

All this was to come crashing down, however, when on his twenty-first birthday, Max awoke to the sound of sirens, flash grenades and smoke, as a detachment of Sector Rangers burst into his childhood home, and bagged his father. Unsure of what was happening, Max ran to his father, and caused a great degree of commotion, in which his father was shot and killed by an overzealous Ranger. Later in life it would transpire that his beloved 'Papa' had been a Syndicate Assassin, his lofty and very successful career brought to a close by a strong operation, with Max's own mother serving as informant.

However, later in his life, Max would put such things behind him - focusing his anger and trauma into an all-consuming desire for revenge. As such, flush with cash and contacts after his mining adventures, the young man went solo, and made a short and lucrative career for himself in the mining business, where he developed a love for precious metals and a nose for sniffing them out as an asteroid miner. Dissatisfied with the career however, he went back into his old industry, and established a ’Private Intelligence Service’ shortly before his thirtieth birthday. It is in this field that he has operated ever since.

Personality & Traits

Maximilian Prath-Praji was a flawed man, prone to authoritarianism and megalomania, with a ruthless streak that was concealed behind a calm and calculating way of doing things. Leaving nothing to the hands of fate, he acted in a thoughtful and strategic manner in all things.

Aware of his own abilities and considerable intellectual capacity, Maximilian was a staggeringly arrogant man, conducting himself with an air of confidence which lent him a personal gravitas that oozes with ambition and control. Ever portraying an imperturbability in his day-to-day dealings, this hid a persona that was dominated by impatience, anger and deep intolerance for failure. A cruel man, this exhibited itself in his conduct toward those under his control. Indeed, Maximilian was prone to ’terminate’ those under his employ who disappointed him, and would set sadistic examples to others not to fall into his displeasure.

Uncaring in his approach to those ‘beneath him’, he had no problem sacrificing his men if it served his purposes to do so. For Maximilian, people were little more than interchangeable holos on a dejarik board, to be moved and played against one another in his pursuit of victory. He was, as such, very rarely quick to consider anyone his equal, let alone his friend, and only did so if the reputation of the person under his gaze was equal to his expectations.

Despite being a masterful strategist and thinker, who preferred to operate in the background of affairs, he was none-the-less unafraid to intervene more directly if he considered it necessary to do so. Surrounding himself with minions, he would fight in a self-defensive style, and was quick to escape when situations turned sour. A self-concerned megalomaniac, he cared only about profit, productivity, and power, and was willing to go to any end to meet it, regardless of the cost in the lives of innocents.

An astoundingly intelligent man, he was able to speak multiple languages, and had a masterful understanding of technology and galactic politics. The most domineering aspect of his personality was, by far, his immense selfishness that he hid behind a veneer of politeness and high society manners, Maximilian nonetheless expected and sincerely thought he could have it all.

Equipment and Assets

A well off man, Maximilian makes use of high end speeders and a private yacht for travel. He owns a number of small front businesses in secret, with his public persona being that of an investor - and as such he operates a small investment outfit on Cantonica.