[b]Character Name:[/b] Kytra ‘Duchess’ Alde [b]Age:[/b] 30 [b]Species:[/b] Human (Alderaan) [b]Gender:[/b] Female [b]Appearance:[/b] [img]http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/ffg_content/StarWarsRPG/edge-of-the-empire/core-book/SWR01_3609_TechnicianCareer_MagaliVilleneuve-.png[/img] With blue eyes, pale skin and dark hair (moderately long but kept tied almost all the time) Kytra looks every bit the typical Alderaanian. She stands at a meager 5’4, and typically shuns the bright orange flight suit of a an Alliance pilot, in favor of muted greens and browns. She does, however, have a number of more stately dresses amongst her belongings, befitting her station as Alderaanian nobility, but only wears them when a mission requires her to play the part of the noble. The Rodian pictured here is Tolth Amadis, one of her squadron mates. [b]Rank:[/b] Lady Alde, Captain / Squadron Leader [b]Role:[/b] Pilot / Squadron Leader [b]Unit:[/b] Thranta Squadron [b]Skills:[/b] [list] [*] Extremely talented heavy Fighter / Bomber pilot, able to push the Y-Wing beyond its limit. [*] Decent shot with a blaster, able to reliably hit her mark. [*] Moderately skilled Slicer. [*] Learned in Alderaanian, and to a lesser extent, Galactic History. [*] Moderate diplomatic skills. [*] Moderate infiltration skills. [*] Formal education in painting. [/list] [b]Weaknesses:[/b] [list] [*] Idealistic. Kytra believes that plans will go without problems and that most people are inherently good. She will often choose not to see people's flaws, or account for them in plans. [*] Low pain tolerance. Injury is a relatively foreign thing to Kytra, and she does not deal well with physical pain. [*] Glory Hound. Kytra wants to be remembered as a great hero of Alderaan and have a statue of herself at the Grand Library of House Alde. As such, she can get swept up in the moment and act quite recklessly if she thinks it will make her a hero. [*] Thrill Seeking. Though this flaw has been tempered with age and experience, Kytra still enjoys going fast and flying dangerously. [/list] [b]Equipment:[/b] [list] [*] [hider=BTL-A4 Y-Wing Starfighter] Kytra keeps her Y-Wing with all of its paneling still on, much to the chagrin of the hangar maintenance crew. In her spare time she tends to paint artistic impressions of Alderaanian animals on the panels. [img]http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/c/ce/Original_Y-wing.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20060514160802[/img][/hider] [*] [hider=ELG-3A Sporting Blaster Pistol] [img]http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090502164112/starwars/images/6/6d/ELG-3A.jpg[/img] [/hider] [*] R2-S8 - ‘Gizka’ an R2 series astromech droid. Gizka is often found in a new paint scheme every week. [*] Slicing tools [*] Mechanics tools (including larger ones stored on the Y-wing) [/list] [b]History:[/b] Born in 30 BBY on Alderaan to the House of Alde, Kytra is the sixth and final child of Duke Alde, making her the least likely to inherit anything at all. Kytra’s life has been marked by this low familial standing, not so much in a negative way as simply having very few expectations assigned to her, a state that grew even more pronounced when, despite the Alde lines tendency to produce Force wielders, she failed to show any signs of affinity for the Force. Thus, her early life was spent largely between either the excellent education the house provided or wandering through Alde libraries, reading about the many heroes that have come from the House in times long past. A youth spent daydreaming of heroes and heroism left her an idealist from a young age. Kytra was eleven when the Galactic Republic became the Galactic Empire - just old enough to understand the distinction, and while her elders certainly did not encourage interest in politics at such a young age, her Alderaanian education ensured that she could understand some of why they all felt such foreboding at the idea. It affected her little at this time, for she was young and Alderaan saw little change. All the same, the seeds of her joining the Rebellion were planted. Kytra’s adolescent years saw her become more adventurous, sometimes even being described as thrill-seeking. She learnt to pilot and service landspeeders at a fairly young age, and later even learned to ride the majestic Thranta. As her schooling came to an end, she briefly took up sport hunting, though quickly decided that the killing of largely defenceless animals with blasters was not nearly as fun as it had seemed. Even while all this was going on, she never lost interest in the wealth of information in the grand Alde libraries, though in later years she did not simply read the stories, but tended to search the computer networks of the library for information not publicly available, picking up some slicing skills along the way, though this got her in trouble more than once. Throughout this time, she heard a great deal about the political situation in the galaxy from her family and many others on Alderaan, generally sharing in the views that many on the planet were taking on, the view that the Galactic Empire was oppressive and certainly not a good thing for the galaxy. Her thrill seeking nature, restlessness and desire for heroics reached a head in ten BBY, shortly after her twentieth birthday. As far as she was concerned, there was a definite enemy in the Galactic Empire, and in fighting them she could go down in Alde history as a hero - perhaps even one of the heroes that restored the glorious Republic. Lacking the Jedi skills that would make her a force to be reckoned with on the battlefield, and lacking in ground combat skill or experience, she chose to exploit one of her few real combat applicable skills - piloting. Using the entirety of her trust fund, she purchased a BTL-A4 Y-Wing Starfighter and an Astromech to assist in piloting it. From there, it was not hard for Kytra to join the Rebel Alliance, as the anti-empire sentiment on Alderaan was strong. Many Alderaanians had been part of the Alliance since its beginning, and using her familial contacts, it did not prove hard for her to find the right people to talk to about signing up. The Alliance recruiters were, as always, overjoyed to receive a new fighter pilot, however lacking in experience she may be, especially since she was supplying her own ship. Initially, Kytra stuck largely to piloting, gaining valuable combat experience flying with both mixed squadrons and dedicated bomber squadrons. Eventually however, she suggested to the command of her cell the idea of following the example set by Princess Leia - to make use of her status on the well respected world of Alderaan to open doors that might otherwise be closed. The first mission where she operated as a noble instead of a pilot suffered a number of complications, and though ultimately successful, she found herself in the midst of firefights several times. After this, she received training for both light combat and infiltration, doing moderately well in both, but never showing so much skill as to make it worth transferring her away from her squadron on a permanent basis. One year ago, she was promoted to squadron leader and assigned to the Nebulon-B class frigate known as [i]The Keep[/i]. Leading Thranta Squadron has proved a challenge for the idealistic Kytra, and every loss they suffer hits her hard. She still occasionally utilises her noble titles on missions as well, though rarely, for every time she does she risks discovery and sanctions against the House of Alde, who are far less untouchable than mighty House Organa. During the battle of Anaxes Thranta squadron flew as support fighter-bombers, holding off from the initial battle until called in to either assist Lightning Squadron in gaining air superiority or eliminate hard targets on the ground. It was expected that they would be unneeded, but when the Imperial reinforcements arrived, they were called in to assist the ground forces. Thranta squadron destroyed an Imperial landing craft and several ATSTs, however they were then overrun by TIEs and forced to withdraw at cost of a single Y-Wing and damaged to three of the surviving fighters. [hider=Supporting Cast] Thranta Squadron First Flight: (Kytra) Lt. Kal Barizaan (M. Cathar) Ens. Yasinda Vantai (F. Twi’lekk) Second Flight: Lt. Verena Aldamar (F. Human, 2IC) [KIA] Ens. Tolth Amadis (M. Rodian) Ens. Dain Meriet (M. Human)[/hider]