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Mami acquires some new combat armor while visiting Nar Shadaa, and breifly encounters a crazy Jedi who asks if he can take her holopicture. But sure, Mami has time for her fans, provided they don't try to get exploitive with the pictures. Her first contracts completed and a place in the Mandalorians' Great Hunt awarded to her, she's now free to see to business and enjoy the empowerment of money.

...And that empowerment typically comes in a varied form of potent and advanced firearms! Unlike her Republic counterpart Saya'ka, Mami calculatingly eschews the idea of using one heavy weapon as a catch-all solution, and packs a small integrated arsenal of lethal devices and gizmos into her armor like any self-respecting Bounty Hunter should.

The stoic, mysterious appearance of the Chiss juxtaposed with the gaunt and colorful cammo armor was a really fun choice that Tohru made for this character. People usually associate Chiss with the military or secret service (thanks to Admiral Thrawn's place in Star Wars lore), so wearing eclectic cobbled-together armor instead of a nice, neat uniform makes Mami look rugged and confident as though she doesn't have to care how she appears to her targets. I actually think that a set of armor with a single color-scheme (like the Republic Trooper's armor tends to be) would hurt Mami's practical, rough-and-tumble look.

This was an awesome screenshot I was lucky enough grab; it creates a very compelling picture. There's a vulnerable feeling to it, and a sense of wonder. You can't help but be curious about just what it is Mami sees when she gazes covetously into this valuable bauble...

"Answer unclear, try again later."

Here we see Mami demonstrate much better judgement than Saya'ka did when asked by Jahnn if she'd care to play a few hands of Pazak, Nar Shadaa rules: she immedately jetpacks to safety and breaks out the heavy ordinance. If Jahnn wants to see a bounty hunter like Mami bear more skin, he's going to have to do the reasonable thing and pay her first!

It's quite some time before Mami resurfaces, but when she does, it's a sight to see. She's gone for a different hair color and abandoned the clunky, expensive-to-maintain armor for a reinforced lether jacket. It might not take as many hits in a fire-fight, but it blends in much better in the kinds of shady places bounty hunters often have to go to do their jobs.

It's a very, very different look for her. A Chiss with neon-pink hair takes some getting used to. The bare midriff helps.

Nice detailing on the back of the jacket. This particular coat is styled after famed Nar Shadaa bounty hunter Mira and dyed white.

Weapon check. Mami confirms that her new jacket doesn't interfere with a quick-draw, and that her missile-launching, flame-spewing gauntlets are still operational. All systems are apparently go.

A nice contemplative close-up, with Mami coming as close to a nice cheery as she ever allows herself to. Her new wardrobe seems to be passing muster.

Hinder-shot. We can assume that an under-cover Jahnn took this artistic shot. Note also, though, how the belt and pant-stripe match up with the jacket, now.

Mami sighs to herself and wonders why this Sith is risking dozens of holes being blasted through his chest by following her around. Don't these people realize a hokey religion's no replacement for a decent blaster at your side?

But the confrontation turns out to be non-hostile. The Sith Lord has in fact come to repay a debt to Mami and so agrees to back her up during her mission to the stuck-up planet of Alderaan. Lord Draaks stares down two particularly stupid Alderaan nobles who not only tried to double-cross one of the highest-ranked bounty hunters in the galaxy, but also her personal Sith Lord. It didn't end well.

A cool glamour-style shot showing off Mami's charms a bit better. The pink hair's starting to grow on me. It softens her gritty edge a bit, and hints at a more fun-loving side to the character. Mami would look perfectly at home chasing a mark through a dark alley or cutting a rug to a techno beat at a dance rave.

She's also an accomplished yodeller.

Already at her wit's end with the planet's endless supply of intellectually-impaired narcissists, Mami patiently invites an Alderaan noble to take back what he said about her mother. Gault finds himself trapped between conflicting instincts to flee at high speeds, and point and laugh.

Mami has had enough of your shit, Generic Republic Officer #27824. Shit will be curtailed immediately or copious asskicking will occur.

A heart-felt reunion with with the hilariously-named Tarro Blood, which goes about as well for Tarro as one might imagine.

He lived as he died: a spineless worm pretending to be a man.

Mami confronts her final mark on the Great Hunt, one Jedi Master Kellian Jarro. Sadly enough, Jarro chose to spout holier-than-thou platitudes, which Mami suffers from an acute medical allergy to. The violent reaction that the allergic response triggers is both uncontrollable and unstoppable; Jarro dies regretting he'd never contributed to the galactic fund for allergy treatment research.

With Tarro Blood finally dead and the final mark on the Great Hunt defeated (and also dead), Mami and gal-pal Mako take stock of their situation. The fact that things seem to be going their way is both unfamiliar and unnerving.

Mami cares not for your praise, redneck David Hayter-voiced Mandalorian! Financial compensation for services rendered will be dispensed or Mami will have no choice but to declare it "on."

Now we're talking. The Great Hunt has concluded, and the victor is summoned to claim her reward.

The other bounty hunters who competed in the Hunt stand to attention as Mami passes, pretending not to hear her constant whispered jibes of "Fuck with me, I dare you. Seriously, I want to see your pansy ass try to start something." Thoroughly shamed, they suffer in silence.

A hoarse dude in a bear costume presides as Mami is recognized as the most awesomest Bounty Hunter ever in the entire galaxy, even Des Moines. Mami wonders to herself why the ceremony seems to have been held in the main reactor of the Death Star.

The Eyefinity-enabled PC this picture was taken on really justified its construction here. Seriously, the full-screen shot of this one is tons better than this thumbnail. Click it already.

The hoarse dude in a bear costume is mercifully brief with his speech, giving Mami's trigger finger no time to start to itch. She drinks in the rare praise happily, though, enjoying being in a cutscene that doesn't involve explosions for a change.

And the Great Hunt is concluded. Congratulations to all our lucky contestants and we hope you'll join us again next week on this public holochannel. If you would like to become a contestant on The Great Hunt With A Hoarse Dude In A Bear Costume, please send your check or money order with self-addressed envelope to:
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