Choosing your Rakghoul
Choosing the Rakghoul that is right for you and your circumstances is crucial in owning one of these as pets. Rakghouls come in many different sizes, heights and weights. A thinner Rakghoul is faster and can help in chasing someone down – if it doesn't go for you instead. A heavier and more obese Rakghoul will be able to clear camps of people in seconds devastating the population of the facility – though in doing this you run the risk of letting your Rakghoul become consumed by adrenalin and 'mistaking' you for a target. A poor choice in Rakghoul can, and usually will, result in death.
Factors to consider before choosing a Rakghoul:
How big is your living space?
How much time will you spend with your new pet?
Can you afford to sacrifice anyone you know to your pet?
Can you afford to feed anyone you hate to your pet?
Is it illegal to feed anyone to Rakghouls in your society? - (Sith Controlled Regions of Space DO NOT accept Rakghouls into the public)
Is it illegal to keep a Rakghoul in your society?
Is it illegal to say the word 'Rakghoul' in your society?
Are there any other Rakghouls is your society?
What are the ages of any children living with you?
Are they big enough to be proper meals for your Rakghoul?
Is the smallest child your least favourite?
The smaller will often be considered the weakest and will be picked off first by your new Rakghoul pet…
Do you hate other people?
Do you hate yourself?
While there are many questions to consider before capturing a Rakghoul you must also understand that there is the massive issue of actually capturing it yourself.
Much protection must be used when capturing a Rakghoul, baiting the Rakghoul will not work unless the bait is of a large group of sentient beings or if the sentient being is really fat. Remember, the bait must be bigger than you. This is only one of the capturing methods for capturing a Rakghoul. It is explained, along with other methods, in detail below.
The Baiting Method
Gather equipment, likely a light blaster rifle or heavy stun rifle
Group a large number (aprox. 10) sentient beings together in a Rakghoul's natural habitat or resting area
As the Rakghoul feasts on the sacrifices pacify the beast with the weapon, but do not get close! Ultimately it can turn you into one of them
It is also likely that the Rakghoul has infected many of the baits and thus they will become Rakghouls
The Rakghouls may overwhelm you, in turn this method is not likely to work.
The Baiting Method (single)
Alternately you can do the same thing again but with one really large sentient being as bait
This method will require a net to hang above the sacrifice as it is possible the Rakghoul will devour or infect the victim in a matter of seconds rather than minutes
After being tangled in the net, pacify the two
It is highly possible that the Rakghoul will have infected the victim to pacify him or her also
If infected, it is unlikely that the turning Rakghoul will be susceptible to anesthesia and may call upon other Rakghouls to feast on you, in turn this method is not likely to work.
The Heavy Assault Method
1. Another method consists of traveling in a pack and simply attacking a horde of Rakghouls
2. You MUST know which of the Rakghouls you will spare
3. If the Rakghouls overwhelm you - you will die, kill your targets quickly
4. Travel in a large group so it is quicker to kill the Rakghouls
5. Ultimately the sound made by the blasters may attract the attention of other Rakghouls, OR the Rakghouls could overwhelm and infect your group. Therefore, in turn this method is unlikely to work.
There are a variety of methods that have been used, though very little have worked. If you come up with some or are in need of others you can visit the Anchorhead Hunting Lodge and register it the databanks your ideas or search up alternate methods. There are currently (at the time this is published) seventy-six million different methods. However, all of these methods have a less than four percent success rate.
Taris is the only reliable place to find Rakghouls and it is unbelievably rare how many are being used as pets in the current generation. This is likely due to the impossibilities in preventing flow of Rakghoul poison from their bloodstream to their talons and teeth.