Ardos disks identified the bearer as being under the protection of the disk's issuer, and for a Hutt to kill the possessor of an Ardos disk was nearly as taboo as the murder of another Hutt; most Hutts and their servants honored the relative immunity afforded those given such a rare boon. Conversely, the theft or forgery of an Ardos disk was seen as a heinous act among the Hutts.
- Lords of Nal Hutta