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Character Name: Istara Kandorian Serrano 
Character Species: Human 
Homeworld: Anaxes 
Character Classes: Noble 3/Scoundrel 3

Age: 25  
Gender: F  
Height: 1.5 meters
Weight: 48 kg
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Blonde
Skin: Fair 

Character Level: 6 
Experience Points (Current): 15,000 
Experience Points (Needed): 21,000

Known Languages: Basic (R/W); Binary (understands); 
  Durese (R/W); Ryl (R/W); Huttese (R/W);
  Bothese (R/W); Bocce; High Galactic 
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Strength:	 8 -1 
Dexterity:	14 +2 
Constitution:	12 +1 
Intelligence:	16 +3 (improved @ level 4)
Wisdom:		14 +2 (improved @ level 4)
Charisma:	13 +1 

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HP: 44 (18+5d6+6 * CON modifier)
Threshhold: 15
Force Points: 8 
Dark Side Points: 0

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Fort Defense:		+17 [+1 CON] 
Reflex Defense:		+20 [+2 Scoundrel +2 DEX] 
Will Defense:		+20 [+2 Noble +2 WIS] 

Special Save Notes: 

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Base Attack Bonus: +4 
    
Melee Attack Bonus: +3 [BASE (4) + STR MOD (-1)] 
Ranged Attack Bonus: +6 [BASE (4) + DEX MOD (2)] 

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Weapons: 
modified blaster pistol (extra dmg) +6 (3d6+5)
w/ point-blank shot +7, 3d6+6
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Weapon Notes: 
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Weapon Weight: 1 kg 

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Talents 
[Noble talents]
[level 1] Connections
[level 3] Born Leader 

[Scoundrel talents]
[level 1] Fool's Luck
[level 3] Trace

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Feats 

[Noble feats]
[starting] Linguist
[starting] Weapon Proficiency (pistols, simple weapons)
[noble 2] Skill Focus (Mechanics)

[Scoundrel feats]
[starting/multiclass] Point Blank Shot
[scoundrel 2] Skill Training (Mechanics)

[Human bonus Feat]
Skill Focus (Knowledge (bureaucracy))

[Normal feats]
[level 1] Skill Focus (Use Computer)
[level 3] Tech Specialist
[level 6] Skill Training (Knowledge - Tactics)

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Skills: 

Name/Total Mod (Ability) 
Deception		        +9 (+1 CHA)
Gather Information	        +9 (+1 CHA) 
Initiative			+10 (+2 DEX)
Mechanics                      +17 (+3 INT, 
    +1 equipment with modified tools or security kit)
Knowledge (bureaucracy)	       +16 (+3 INT, +5 Skill Focus)
Knowledge (galactic lore)      +11 (+3 INT)
Knowledge (physical sciences)    +11 (+3 INT)
Knowledge (technology)	       +11 (+3 INT)
Knowledge (tactics)	       +11 (+3 INT)
Perception		       +10 (+2 WIS)
Persuasion		        +9 (+1 CHA)
Use Computer 		       +19 (+3 INT, +5 Skill Focus, 
    +3 equipment - portable computer w/16 Int)

focused skills +13+ability modifier
trained skills +8+ability modifier
untrained skills +3+ability modifier
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Equipment & Gear:  
item                                    cost    weight
comlink, long-range, miniaturized         700   0.1
pocket scrambler                          400   0.5
portable computer, modified             6,000   2
field kit*                              1,000   10
flight suit*                            1,000   3
credit chip                               100   0.1
security kit, modified                  1,750   1
utility belt, with modified tool kit    1,250   1
blaster pistol, modified (extra dmg)    1,500   1
R2-series astromech droid 4500

 5,800 credits
 * not normally carried

Quite a few changes of clothes, makeup, and handbags 
(which appear to be free and weightless in Star Wars d20)

EQUIPMENT WEIGHT: 4.7 kg 
ARMOR WEIGHT: 0 kg 
WEAPON WEIGHT: 0.5 kg 
TOTAL WEIGHT:  kg fully equipped; 11 kg normal 

Carrying Capacity 8 STR Light: 16.5 kg Medium: 33 kg Heavy: 50 kg 

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Credits: 5800 

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Base Speed (Actual Movement): 6 squares

Appearance

Istara is a short, beautiful blue-eyed blonde. Except when in disguise, she prefers to keep her long hair down and in curls, and wears clothes that combine practicality with the height of fashion. She's found that 'dressing down' is one of the most effective ways of concealing the only daughter of the main line of one of the most powerful families on Anaxes.

Personality

Istara's true personality -- when she's not adopting one guise or another -- is pretty much that of an academic. She likes to talk at length about politics or economics, and so it's not always obvious to see how she gets everyone to agree with her. But she has become convinced the Empire's continued existance is dangerous to the future of the galaxy, and her dedication to that causes underscores much of what she does now.

Background

Istara began her studies at the university mostly because she wanted to make something of herself before she was married off to some young aristocrat that her father picked out for her. Indeed, she had intended to show him that rather than handing off his businesses to her cousins or her husband, he really should give his daughter a chance.

She had flown through her first degree, but when working on her second, two things would happen that changed her life forever. The first was that Professor Atton Serrano of the political science department asked the talented economics student to help him with a forecast he was doing for the Imperial government. She'd need to get a security clearance for the work, but she was a Kandorian. The conclusions of that paper -- that the Empire was not capable of sustaining itself much more than another fifty years -- had led her to some very cautious student exploring of the edges of the anti-Imperial movement. And she had met the professor's son Waric, just out of the Imperial Navy Academy. Not long after that decided that if she was going to be married off to some aristocratic Navy Officer, she had the one picked out. It wasn't long before they were plotting out the future they were supposed to have... if they really were willing to do what they were expected to do to get it.

After the Ghorman Massacre, hanging out inquisitively on the edge of student protests wasn't an option to her anymore. She created a guise for herself -- with her hair in a bun, much cheaper -- and less flattering -- clothes, glasses she didn't need, and an accent she'd copied from one of the servants, she found she could play the rebellious slicer-girl fairly well, and it was in that role that she first became active with the Rebel underground. She organized demonstrations under an alias and then participated in them as herself -- as a low-level protester, it was better to be a Kandorian. But she also arranged for a copy of the report she and Professor Serrano had worked on to reach Mon Motha. And after the Senate was dissolved, she sent a highly encoded message to the Rebellion's political leader, letting her know the true identity of 'the Invisible Hand' and asking how she could best help.

Waric had returned home from leave just before then, told her he didn't see any way he could change things from the Imperial fleet, and was intending to get out of the Navy as quickly as possible and try to change things from the political side. And he'd asked her to marry him. She'd said yes, and then Alderaan was destroyed.

A few weeks later, she'd recieved a heavily encrypted message at one of her slicer-girl aliases. Alderaan had convinced Waric that change from within wasn't possible, and that he couldn't just stand aside. He was going to join the Rebel fleet. Could she join him at Yavin?

She hadn't intended to stay long. In truth, she'd intended to go back to Anaxes, where her connections gave her access that few Rebel operatives had. But she'd been there when the Imperials hit. And there were few people who knew computers like she did, which meant she found herself volunteering to make sure all the data left behind was destroyed, and be one of the last ones out.

After the breakout from Yavin, things had changed for her. She'd been on the front lines of the fight against the Empire, rather than breaking into files and showing up at the right parties on Anaxes. And she had been offered an engineering officer's commission in the Alliance Navy.

She told Waric when they rejoined the fleet -- and that she planned to accept the offer. And that she didn't think they'd ever have time for all the ceremony a Serrano marrying a Kandorian would take at home as long as they were fighting against the Empire.

So her team from Yavin and his X-Wing squadron stood witness to a wedding officiated by Captain Valin -- and they had all of one night together on the flagship before taking off in different directions. She thought one or two of them had given her an odd look when they realized she was one of those Kandorians.

Along with a lot of more personal things, he'd also left her a copy of all of his datacards from his coursework back when he was a cadet at the Imperial Navy Academy. Some of it wasn't applicable, of course, but Waric was teaching the half-trained pilots the Rebellion manged to scare up out of the only framework he knew. And Istara was teaching herself. She'd be chief engineer if they assigned her to anything smaller than a frigate, and that put her in line of command. She hoped she knew what she was doing before the Alliance trusted her with a ship.

R2-K2

R2-series Astromech droid; stats as standard R2 droid except lose flying locomotion, and increase internal storage to 5 kg, and add spring-loaded mechanism

Advancement

Istara will be going from techie to engineering officer to fleet commander.

'naval officer'
L7 - Noble 4: Feat: Skill Focus(Knowledge - Tactics)
L8 - Officer 1: Talent: Fleet Deployment; abilties +1 Int, +1 Cha
L9 - Officer 2: Feat: Weapon Proficiency (Heavy weapons)
L10 - Officer 3: Talent: Legendary Commander
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plot hooks for an evil GM

Since her husband is a fighter squadron commander, and her father is smuggling weapons to the Rebellion, either could be captured or killed by the Empire.