Karis Nemik

Karis Nemik was a human male freedom fighter who served as part of a team assigned to steal the quarterly payroll of the Galactic Empire's base on Aldhani. At the time of the mission, the young Nemik was a passionate and idealistic supporter of anti-Imperial causes and was in the stages of drafting a manifesto detailing his thoughts on the Empire and its rampant oppression of the galaxy. Nemik drafted his spoken manifesto the night before the crew's mission, causing him to fall asleep during his watch. As a member of the Aldhani infiltration team under Vel Sartha's command, Nemik, a talented astro-navigator, aided in the planning of the robbery and calculated the group's escape trajectory.

Unlike the rest of the Aldhani team, Nemik welcomed the addition of a new recruit, "Clem," the alias of Cassian Andor, just days before the infiltration. Though the mission was successful at first, the group was discovered while stealing the payroll and engaged in a shootout. Nemik survived the firefight alongside Sartha, Andor, and Arvel Skeen, but he was severely injured when he was crushed by a payload of credits during the escape through the Eye of Aldhani. Sartha brought Nemik to a doctor on Frezno sympathetic to the cause, Quadpaw, but Nemik's injuries were too great, and he died on the operating table after requesting that his manifesto be given to Andor. Andor kept the manifesto and, by 1 BBY, had ensured that it was spread across the galaxy despite the Imperial Security Bureau's attempts to silence it.

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