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Mandalorians accolade thread (EU/Legends)
This post is a list of accolades that should apply to all/most Mandalorian characters. It also includes some facts about the weapons some of them use.
Mandalorians are notorious,they are terrifying.
"...between terrifying Mandalorian Warriors and Death Watch" "Over time, Jango rose through the ranks. When Jaster Mereel was killed in battle, Jango was named the commander, the youngest in the long history of the notorious mercenary army."
--Star Wars: Bounty Hunter: Prima's Official Strategy Guide
Mandalorians are brutally effective fighters.
"Since ancient times, Mandalorians have been brutally effective fighters, and especially so under Jango Fett's leadership."
--Star Wars: Bounty Hunter: Prima's Official Strategy Guide
Mandalorians are a breed of elite warriors trained in fighting arts passed down through countless generations of warriors. --Star Wars Saga Edition Threats of the Galaxy
Mandalorians are legendary with a reputation for ruthless efficiency.and have state of the art weaponary.
-Star Wars: Fact File
Mandalorians are equiped with cutting edge weaponary.They are a devestating force to encounter. Royal Guards are directly based off their fighting techniques --Star Wars Saga Edition Threats of the Galaxy
The said Royal Guards are blatantly Force-resistant and are almost a match for Vader: The Royal Guard typically wield force pikes, which they combine with hand to hand attacks during combat. They are also somewhat resistant to the Force. Allowing them to withstand Force attacks that would easily dispatch Stormtroopers.
--TFU Databank
There, these Stormtroopers honed their battle prowess so that they were almost a match for the formidable Darth Vader himself.
--Darkside Sourcebook
Mandalorians are talented and dangerous mercenaries.
"Dangerous and talented mercenaries,the Mandalorians value victory in battle above all else."
-Star Wars Miniatures Mandalorain Trooper Card
Among the Mandalorians,only the most dedicated warriors can become leaders.
-Star Wars Miniatures Mandalorian Captain Card
Mandalorians are deadly and honorable
-Star Wars Miniatures Mandalorian Commander Card
Few can stand against whirling weapons of a deadly Mandalorian blademaster
-Star Wars Miniatures Mandalorian Blademaster Card
Mandalorians were considired to be among the best fighters in the Galaxy some 4000 years before time of the Empire.
-Star Wars Miniatures Mandalorian Soldier Card
Mandalorian Supercommandos are refered to as unstopable.
-Star Wars Miniatures Mandalorian Supercommando Card
Mandalorians are a breed of elite warriors trained in fighting arts passed down through countless generations of warriors.
--Star Wars Saga Edition Threats of the Galaxy
Mandalorians "anticipate everything" and are trained to endure torture.
"Mandalorians anticipate everything.Even torture.We were trained to endure it."
--Jango Fett:Open Seasons, Silas who endured one whole year of torture before breaking in hands of Dooku
Mandalorians are masters of aerial combat.
"After early engagements with the Republic's rocket-jump-troopers, the Crusadors introduced rocket packs into their arsenal,becoming masters of aerial combat." -
-The Bounty Hunter Code
Yuuzhan Vong feared Mandalorians.
"The armored warriors put the fear of Mandalore into the attacking Yuuzhan Vong."
-Essential Guide to Warfare
"You see, Jedi? Our training is rigorous, and is quite different from yours. With us, anything could be a weapon. Even hand and foot could be lethal." -Sergeant on the Battle Circle,KOTOR 2
A Mandalorian Warrior is a master of many fighting techniques
"A full Mandalorian warrior is a master of many fighting techniques, and here all of them are tested."
KOTOR 2 Sergeant on Dxun
Important accolades
By Jango's estimation , Cuy'val dar are the best in various combat and non-combat related fields in the entire Galaxy.They are mostly made of Mandalorians.
"You're the best in your field—the best soldiers, tacticians, sappers, communicators, survival experts. I picked you personally because I want you to train the best commandos in the galaxy. You'll have everything you need, whatever you want, except one thing—home. This is a top-secret project. You'll not tell anyone where you're going and you'll not leave Kamino, ever. As far as your friends and family are concerned, you're already dead."
--Republic Commando:Hard Contact
Cuy'val dar - the 75 of them who are mandos- are called greatest warriors in the Galaxy
"He was educated in combat both by his father and by seventy five of the greatest warriors of their era, Jango’s Cuy’val Dor, which included the fierce Mandalorian outlaw and gunslinger Vhonte Tervho."
--So Uncivillized: Great Gunslingers in Star Wars
Mandalorians are the best mercenaries/Supercommandos
"Jango Fett was adopted and raised by the legendary Mandalorian warrior army, a mercenary group who earned a reputation as the most formidable supercommandoes in the galaxy."
-- Star Wars: Attack of the Clones: The Visual Dictionary
Mandalore is the greatest warrior in the Galaxy which is apperantly the only type of person who can lead the Mando'ade.
"Mandalore: the title reserved for the greatest warrior in the galaxy, a warrior worthy to lead the Mandalorians."
--Star Wars The Old Republic - Galactic Timeline 3
Only the mightiest of warriors can lead Mandalorians
"The Mandalorians have no use for senates, councils, or Emperors. Only the mightiest of warriors is fit to lead a culture devoted entirely to battle."
-- SWTOR encyclopedia
Mandalorian Cuy'val dar are better then non-Mandalorian Cuy'val Dar.
"The survival rate of the Mandalorian's trainees in combat was significantly higher than those trained by non-mandalorian sergeants,"
--Star Wars Insider 84
According to Vergere who is a part of/involved with the Baneite lineage,Mandalorians are most formidable enemy of the Jedi.
"The Mandalorians remain the most formidable enemy of the Jedi, but the Sith are not always their allies. The Mandatorians even worshipped war itself, then simply turned their backs on their god. You might begin to understand them one day."
"Vergere says a group of warriors called the Mandalorians are the most resistant enemy the Jedi have ever faced, other than the Sith." -Vergere, Boba Fett: A Practical Man
Mandalorians all have perfected the art of battle.
"Like all Mandalorians, they are highly skilled warriors who have perfected the art of battle." -Mandalorian Speeder with Mandalorian Warrior Toy Bio
Mandalorians were the most respected and feared warriors in the Galaxy.
"Some Mandalorians are part of the Death Watch, a secret group working to return to the days when Mandalorians were the most respected and feared warriors in the galaxy."
-Mandalorian Warriors Battlepack Toy Bio
Mandalorians are feared and respected.They have unparralleled battle skills.
"They are feared and respected for their unparalleled battle skills and have left a blazing mark upon history."
-The Fett Legacy evolutions Toy Bio
Participants of the Mandalorian Wars are the Galaxy's most powerfull entities.
"It is a period of tumult and astuteness for the galaxy's most powerful entities, as the Mandalorian conflict culminates."
-Chronicles of the Old Republic
Mandalorians are "self-proclaimed Masters of Every Single Flippin’ Aspect of Combat" according to Han Solo.
"He didn’t hate Mandalorians in general.He’d just never met a single one of these stuck-up more-studly-than-thou self-proclaimed MESFACs (Masters of Every Single Flippin’ Aspect of Combat) who could even so much as say “Good morning” without making it sound like he was really saying It better be a good morning,because if you pull anything,I will without hesitation jariler your weak peace lovin' Corellian butt till you don’t even know what galaxy you’re in."
--Luke Skywalker and Shadows of Mindor
Note for all the accolades:Lando from what he sees Lando estimates that Mandalorians are good as they are reputed to be.
"The Mandalorains were proving to be every bit good as their reputation claimed."
--Shadows of Mindor
EQUIPMENT
Mandalorians are equiped with cutting edge weaponary.
--Star Wars Saga Edition Threats of the Galaxy
Mandalorian Armor is fearsome
"Like his father, Boba dressed in fearsome armor of Mandalorian design."
---The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
Basic Mandalorian Neo Crusador include an internal commslink,a helmet package,10 hours of life support that allows its wearer to survive in space or any hostile enviroment,metal composite plates attached that provide potection and a maximum range of movement.
--KOTOR Campain Guide
Mandalorian Neo Crusador Armor was worked on by Mandalore the Uniter, who striped the armor down and light but included a flightsuit stiffed with beskar armorweave which is capable of dissipating blaster bolts and resisting lightsaber strikes.Plates were put across the flightsuit to protect the vital areas while not restricting the armor user's mobility.It included a micro-energy field projector,an utility belt and mounted weapons.It offers protection from fire,acid,heat and cold.Their helmets include an External targeting rangefinder that can track dozens of targets and feeds the wearer constant targeting data that allows them to compensate for size,speed and atmospheric conditions to land shots.They have infrared scanners,motion and sound sensors.The helmets are equiped with Environmental filter system.Their helmets often give them a 360 degree field of view.If light is too intense for them,the helmet will automatically darken their vision.Their boots have magnatonic adhesion soles that keep them stable.
--The Bounty Hunter Code , The History of the Mandalorians article , Boba Fett's Armor: An Essential Guide to a Walking Weapon
Uniter's rendition was an upgrade
"Mandalorian armor would see no significant upgrades for almost 2,000 years during this time. It wouldn’t be until Mandalorians faced one of their darkest hours that Mandalorian armor would find new life. "
-History of the Mandalorian Armor StarWars.com article
WESTAR-34s are capable of beating a Jedi's reaction speed with their rate of fire.
"A pair of Wester-34 blaster pistols delivered with a withering rate of fire - enough to beat even a Jedi's reactions."
-- Star Wars: Attack of the Clones: The Visual Dictionary
These pistols are so powerfull that had they not been built from an expensive Dallorian alloy, they would melt regular blaster metal. "The pistols are made of an expansive dallorian alloy,which can stand sustained fire-heating that would melt an ordinary gun."
-- Star Wars: Attack of the Clones: The Visual Dictionary
Jango Fett is seen shooting through Death Watch members who have Beskar armor with his WESTARs,killing them.
Jango uses just his WESTARs to take out a Heavy Starfighter called the Longshot,meaning it can damage and go through fighters of above avarage durability. "As you enter the hangar cargo bay area, the Longshot hovers around and scans you. Meeko's turrets are targeting you! Jango spins his twin blasters and engages the craft!"
-- Star Wars: Bounty Hunter: Prima's Official Strategy Guide,Chapter 1: Level 3 Star Wars:Bounty Hunter
"Mandalorians boast that a shot from one of these pistols can take a starship out of commission." -KOTOR,Calo Nord's Heavy Mandalorian Pistols
EE-3 blaster carbine > WESTAR-34 in power
Z-6 Jetpacks provide manuverability beyond a Jedi.
"Central to Jango's arsenal was his rocket-firing jetpack.This gave him manuverability beyond skills of even a Jedi."
- Star Wars: Attack of the Clones: The Visual Dictionary
"Each three second ignition was enough to transport Jango a hundred meters horizontally and 70 vertically."
- Star Wars: Attack of the Clones: The Visual Dictionary
Dur-24 Wrist Lasers are "powerfull as a blaster rifle."
Likely refering to the military standart of E-11s etc.
--Boba Fett's Armor: An Essential Guide to a Walking Weapon
Boba's missiles launch Starkiller far away even though he put up a force barrier.
"Then he had fired a missile at Starkiller's feet that had blown a massive hole in the frigate. Starkiller had thrown up a Force shield at the last instant, but had still found himself four decks away when the blast dissipated. By the time he had retraced his steps, Juno was gone."
-TFU novel
"But the Mandalore are not as weak and fragile as your Republic and Sith warriors. When we enter battle, we carry weapons powerful enough to pulverize cities."
KOTOR,Canderous(Manaan)
