Weapon
Tsaisi
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The tsaisi, also called baton of rank or rank baton, was a smaller, thinner baton-like weapon used by the Yuuzhan Vong species formed out of the same creature as the amphistaff. Requiring great skill and special training to wield, a tsaisi was reserved only for the most elite officers of the warrior caste, such as the commander Shedao Shai or Warmaster Tsavong Lah. Batons of rank were used through the entire duration of the Yuuzhan Vong War, culminating with the Yuuzhan Vong surrender, where Warmaster Nas Choka relinquishing his tsaisi to the Galactic Federation of Free Alliances forces that bested his people as a symbol of their defeat.
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Facts
- Culture
- Yuuzhan Vong
- Shape
- Baton form
- Whip form
- Double-headed dagger form
- Material
- Living serpentine creature
- Weight
- 1.2 kg
- Purpose
- Melee weapon
- Spitting Venom
- Symbol of rank
- Affiliations
- Warrior caste
Appearances
Linked from
The best-known articles that mention Tsaisi.
- The New Jedi Order: The Unifying Force
- The New Jedi Order: Star by Star
- The New Jedi Order: Destiny's Way
- The New Jedi Order: Dark Tide II: Ruin
- The New Jedi Order: Dark Tide I: Onslaught
- The New Jedi Order: Force Heretic III: Reunion
- The New Jedi Order: Ylesia
- Star Wars Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook
- The New Jedi Order Sourcebook
- Coruscant and the Core Worlds
- Eshin Worr
- Scepter of Entreaty