Janissary

A janissary was a warrior in the armies of Desevro before the formation of the Old Republic, taken from childhood to serve as soldiers. Desevro was defeated by Xim the Despot, and its janissaries joined Xim's armies and helped ravage planets, stripping them of life and wealth, before Xim was finally stopped at the Third Battle of Vontor.

They wore armor and helmets of lightweight ceramic alloy and carried either slugthrowers or heatbeamers, which used lasers to generate jets of plasma. Heatbeamers wore tough, fireproof padded gloves and kamas a protection against their weapons' superheated exhausts. The kama would later be adopted by the Thyrsus Sun Guard and by the Mandalorian people as part of their culture.

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