Name: Kytra Alde
Species: Human
Gender: Female
Affiliation: Rebel Alliance
Appearance:
The girl, not the Rodian. She generally avoids the bright orange rebel pilot suit, favouring more muted colours and a more versatile suit in case she needs to go without her ship on a moments notice. She can often be found with mechanics gear (such as goggles) while off duty. While familiar with many of the exotic hairstyles that Alderaanian women of noble houses often wear, she does not usually take the time to do anything with her hair, excepting special occasions.
Equipment:
R2-S8 - ‘Gizka’ an R2 series astromech droid.
Assorted mechanics tools - stored on Y-Wing
Slicing tools
Background:
Born in 30 BBY on Alderaan to the House of Alde, Kytra is one of the latest scions of this noble house, and also one of those 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. While she did not change her behaviour based on the knowledge that the Republic was no more, the seeds that would lead her to later join the Rebellion were sowed at this time.
Kytra’s adolescent years saw her become more adventurous, sometimes even being described as thrill-seeking. She learnt to pilot and service landspeeder at a fairly young age, and later even learning 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 generally 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, 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 any real command or infiltration skills, she chose to exploit one of her few real combat applicable skills - piloting. Using the entirety of the pitiful inheritance she had, 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.
It has been five years since she signed up, and since then she has only honed her existing skills to even greater levels. In particular both her piloting and slicing skills have increased, and her usual role in any ground operation she participates in is as the squad slicer. As well, she has learned a great deal from the Rebel mechanics about her craft, and enjoys servicing it herself during her spare time, a fact for which the Rebel mechanics are infinitely thankful for, as Y-Wings are responsible for a huge amount of their workload, and it is not often that the pilots themselves will take the time to keep their ships in good condition.
Reason for joining the Alliance: Wishes to be immortalised as a hero of House Alde, as one who fought the tyranny of the Galactic Empire and prevailed in restoring the Republic.
Species: Human
Gender: Female
Affiliation: Rebel Alliance
Appearance:
The girl, not the Rodian. She generally avoids the bright orange rebel pilot suit, favouring more muted colours and a more versatile suit in case she needs to go without her ship on a moments notice. She can often be found with mechanics gear (such as goggles) while off duty. While familiar with many of the exotic hairstyles that Alderaanian women of noble houses often wear, she does not usually take the time to do anything with her hair, excepting special occasions.
Equipment:
R2-S8 - ‘Gizka’ an R2 series astromech droid.
Assorted mechanics tools - stored on Y-Wing
Slicing tools
Background:
Born in 30 BBY on Alderaan to the House of Alde, Kytra is one of the latest scions of this noble house, and also one of those 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. While she did not change her behaviour based on the knowledge that the Republic was no more, the seeds that would lead her to later join the Rebellion were sowed at this time.
Kytra’s adolescent years saw her become more adventurous, sometimes even being described as thrill-seeking. She learnt to pilot and service landspeeder at a fairly young age, and later even learning 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 generally 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, 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 any real command or infiltration skills, she chose to exploit one of her few real combat applicable skills - piloting. Using the entirety of the pitiful inheritance she had, 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.
It has been five years since she signed up, and since then she has only honed her existing skills to even greater levels. In particular both her piloting and slicing skills have increased, and her usual role in any ground operation she participates in is as the squad slicer. As well, she has learned a great deal from the Rebel mechanics about her craft, and enjoys servicing it herself during her spare time, a fact for which the Rebel mechanics are infinitely thankful for, as Y-Wings are responsible for a huge amount of their workload, and it is not often that the pilots themselves will take the time to keep their ships in good condition.
Reason for joining the Alliance: Wishes to be immortalised as a hero of House Alde, as one who fought the tyranny of the Galactic Empire and prevailed in restoring the Republic.
Also, apparently George Lucas didn't see the Empire as sexist, either! He even said that there were definitely female Stormtroopers out there (it's a big galaxy, after all), and that there just weren't many/any that happened to be stationed on the Death Star. It was in the Expanded Universe that various authors started to call attention to it, with Admiral Dala and such.