Gaze Electric

The Gaze Electric was a starship used by the Evereni Ro family, whose members were part of the Path of the Open Hand religious cult, and later the Nihil pirate syndicate over the course of many decades of the High Republic Era.

The flagship was initially constructed in 382 BBY, intended to serve as a mobile home and temple for the Path of the Open Hand. The cult eventually departed their original homeworld of Dalna on the Gaze Electric, but returned after the Battle of Jedha. Following the fall of the Path in the Night of Sorrow, the Gaze Electric was taken over by Marda Ro of the Ro family, who went on to found the Nihil.

Eventually, the vessel was commanded by Asgar Ro, who served as the Eye of the Nihil, a major position among the anarchist marauders, and by 232 BBY, the position of Eye and ownership of the Gaze Electric had passed to Asgar Ro's son, Marchion Ro, who saw it as a "palace and fortress". Unlike other vessels utilized by the Nihil, the Gaze Electric was crewed by droids and hired personnel rather than by Nihil themselves, as Marchion was unable to trust the members of the group. The Gaze Electric was home to the medical pod of Mari San Tekka, a hyperspace prospector, whom Marchion used to generate the Paths that the Nihil utilized in their operations.

Prior to the Trymant IV disaster, Marchion did allow Nihil on the Gaze Electric as its crew. Later, aside from his aide Thaya Ferr, he again decided against keeping Nihil aboard as the crew, replacing them with droids at the same time as the destruction of Starlight Beacon. Afterward, however, Ro would ultimately allow Nihil back on the Gaze Electric, where they could be guards or simply members of its audience.

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