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  1. Sith Warrior - Sith Pureblood The obvious choice. Given the storyline's heavy indications of breeding and privilege it makes sense Sith Inquistor - Human/Twilek I agree that due to the Twilek's connection with Slavery this makes them a strong candidate. But I'd argue that a human slave is a better fit. Given some of the chapter 1 revelations about heritage, I think a human character makes more sense, and I like the symmetry between the two Sith class stories. Both overseers [Harkun and Tremel] attempt to subvert a strong human candidate of low birth by using a Pureblood Sith of high social status. Imperial Agent - Chiss This was another no brainer to me. Chiss culture is so centered around duty that even their role in society is often a more important part of their identity than their names and family. It makes perfect sense that someone from that background would be more comfortable sacrificing his/her name for his/her duty and the sake of the ascendancy and by extension the empire. I also love the idea of an alien race as it adds a little more oomph to the attempts throughout the story to examine the problematic logic of loyalty to the Empire. Bounty Hunter - Rattataki/Zabrak The Zabrak work on a pretty effective level as imperial loyalists, but I think for a more traditional Mandalorian feel Rattataki is the way to go. The nature of their homeworld and upbringing would explain his/her skills so early on. Not to mention, from a practical standpoint I think the social skill of shadowboxing is a perfect downtime activity for a bounty hunter. Jedi Knight - Miraluka/Cathar No question. I've heard the arguments for Miraluka and the Consular, but for me someone who can see with the force just lends itself to combat. For the Miraluka, the force seems less mystical and more practical, to me it seemed the obvious choice that they would utilize that skill in an equally practical way. Plus there's that awesome scene near the end of chapter one where the Knight makes a comment about not needing eyes to see his/her opponent, which is just so much more bad *** with a Miraluka. Despite this though, I think a good argument could be made for the Cathar, whose culture relies heavily on honor and ferocity, two great qualities in a protector or defender. And that "Don't need my eyes" line still maintains its little extra punch if you factor in the Cathar nose Jedi Consular - Mirialan The Mirialan, to me, are to Consulars what the Chiss are to the imperial agent. Its the role they were culturally born to play. Their culture has a somewhat religious aspect to the force, which would explain their connection to the force and their fascination with it. I will admit this particular perspective works better with something like a Sage than with a Shadow, but it does fit particularly well with the early consular story. The fascination with the history of the force and how the order came to be, has a little more resonance, in my opinion, coming from an alien whose religious background is somewhat force-centric. Trooper - Zabrak From a practical standpoint, the social ability that makes NPCs salute is just plain perfect. Also, they're a race that's notorious hard to kill and immensely loyal to the faction to which their culturally aligned. Those two elements make them seem like the perfect trooper choice. Smuggler - Twilek/Cyborg This one depends almost entirely on the advanced class and how its played. There's an aspect of the smuggler, particularly the gunslinger, that strikes me as the story of a thrill seeker; and I think in that respect a cyborg is a great choice. Someone who's always chasing the next rush whether its tech implants or a good old fashioned shoot out. I think this lends itself great to a lightside play through where the character is looking more for adventure than for credits. For a smuggler, whose fighting style can be described as a bit more brutal and in your face, I think an alien race like the twilek is a great choice, particularly a female, and particularly if your looking for a dark side run. There's something very lecherous about the underworld we see so much of in the smuggler story line and the idea of having to be twice as brutal to get half as much respect, plays out incredibly well. Not to mention the conversations with Corso are so much more fun when you're calling him out on his slightly patronizing view, every time you refuse to allow yourself to be the damsel.
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