Veltzz Arakyd

Veltzz Arakyd was a male industrialist who founded the droid, starship and weapons manufacturer Arakyd Industries with his children on the planet Vulpter around nine thousand years before the Battle of Yavin. Even in the company's earliest days, Arakyd dedicated himself to eliminating competetion no matter the means. His earliest droid models were equipped with weaponry, flouting Old Republic laws that regulated the manufacture and sale such of droids. The weaponry intimidated rivals, ultimately inducing many to become subsidiaries out of fear. By the rise of the Galactic Empire, Arakyd engaged in political maneuvering, bribery and elimination of his competitors to position Arakyd Industries as the Empire's main droid manufacturer. The loyalty of Arakyd and his company eventually won Arakyd Industries contracts for weapons and vehicles as well. With the dawn of the New Republic, he briefly retired from the public view to regroup and Arakyd Industries changed to new leadership.

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