- "Mantessa Chekkat. An inventor who approached my people with a device she said could be used by the Defense Force Program."
"Which I have ably demonstrated. I thought you of all people would see its potential." - ―Tia Toon and Mantessa Chekkat
Mantessa Chekkat was a Kuranu female inventor. She and her daughter, Klerin, attended the Republic Fair on the planet Valo, hiring the mercenary Ty Yorrick to protect them. Chekkat intended to offer to sell the prototype of a recainium-powered four-seven nullifier, a device that disrupted energy weapons, including blasters and lightsabers, to Senator Tia Toon for his Defense Force Program. Toon refused to buy the device, having both Chekkat and Yorrick imprisoned for the inventor bringing an illegal substance onto the world. The two managed to escape after Nihil marauders attacked the Republic Fair, and Chekkat located Klerin, parting ways with Yorrick in an attempt to escape Valo. However, the elder Chekkat was killed by a hragscythe that had escaped from the Lonisa City Zoo.[2]
Appearances
- The High Republic: The Rising Storm (and audiobook) (First appearance)
- The High Republic: Race to Crashpoint Tower (and audiobook)
- The Acolyte: Wayseeker (and audiobook) (Mentioned only)
Sources
- Star Wars: The High Republic: Chronicles of the Jedi (Indirect mention only)
- Star Wars: Timelines (Indirect mention only)
- Star Wars: The High Republic Character Encyclopedia
Notes and references
- ↑ The events of The High Republic: The Rising Storm, including the death of Mantessa Chekkat on Valo, take place in 231 BBY per Star Wars: Timelines.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 The High Republic: The Rising Storm
- ↑ The High Republic: Race to Crashpoint Tower