Shu Mai

Shu Mai was a female Gossam who served as Presidente of the Commerce Guild during the final years of the Galactic Republic. During the Separatist Crisis, she attended a meeting with Count Dooku and the heads of other noted corporate holdings on Geonosis to discuss joining the Confederacy of Independent Systems. Though Mai showed misgivings about the situation, stating that the proposal could be viewed as treason, she was the only one to do so and ultimately pledged the forces of the Commerce Guild to the Separatist cause and gained a seat on the Separatist Council as a result. Despite the Commerce Guild not openly backing the Separatists, Shu Mai's provided DSD1 dwarf and OG-9 homing spider droids to fight for their cause during the Clone Wars. Shu Mai was also the Supreme Commander of the Gossam Commandos, a military unit under the Commerce Guild Punitive Security Forces.

Towards the end of the war during the Outer Rim Sieges, Shu Mai led the occupation of Felucia, and while there attempted to persuade the local Felucians to align with the Separatists Shu kidnapped Ormo Hyn, a relative of a pro-Republic Felucian leader. Jedi Master Aayla Secura and the 327th Star Corps were dispatched to the planet with the objective of capturing Shu Mai and freeing her hostage. Before the Republic forces were able to engage her droid army, Shu had already been evacuated to Utapau alongside the rest of the Executive Council. An image of Shu Mai was included in the survival compendium "Neyo's Almanac of Clankers."

Shu was present when General Grievous arrived following his defeat at the Battle of Coruscant. Under the instructions of Lord Sidious, Grevious sent the entire Council to the planet Mustafar in the Outer Rim Territories under the pretext of their own protection from the advancing Republic forces. There they remained sequestered until the promised arrival of Sidious's new apprentice: Darth Vader, who was to take care of them. When Lord Vader arrived he promptly slaughtered Shu Mai alongside the rest of the council before transmitting shut down command to all Separatist droid forces, effectively ending the Clone Wars.

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