Lt. Qira Maru
Destiny: Force Points: 6 Dark Side:
Medium Human Female Jedi 3
Init +3; Perception +4
Languages: Basic, Huttese
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Defenses: Fort 14 Ref 16 Will 17,
Hit Points: 40 (d10) ;Threshold 17
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Spd 6 squares (walking)
Melee +6 lightsaber 2d8+1
Ranged +5
Base Attack +3; Grapple +2
Special Actions: Deflect
Force Powers Known: (Use the Force +12) Mind Trick, Farseeing, Force Grip, Surge
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Abilities Str 8, Dex 14, Con 10, Int 12, Wis 17, Chr 13
Talents: Force Perception, Deflect
Feats: Force Sensitivity, Weapon Proficiency (lightsabers), Weapon Proficiency (simple weapons), Skill Focus (Use the Force), Force Training, Weapon Finesse, Weapon Focus (lightsabers)
Skills: Endurance +6, Knowledge (Bureaucracy) +7, Pilot +8, Use the Force +12
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Experience: 3,000
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Age: 26
Height: 1.83m
Weight: 61.2 kg
Hair: Black
Eyes: Blue
Appearance:
Tall and slender, Qira Maru looks more like a glamorized spy from a holocron than an Imperial officer. Straight dark hair falls past her shoulders in measured defiance of Imperial hygiene regulations; only her implacable, defiant blue eyes give her an air of anything resembling the customary Imperial demeanor. Many might guess, correctly, that Qira has a bit of vanity about her appearance.
Background:
Imperial Center isn't exactly the shining jewel of the Empire. Gross overpopulation and ubiquitous surveillance, not to mention the streets full of marching stormtroopers on leave or on their way to deployment, don't exactly make for a sweet loaf of a childhood. In Qira Maru's example, it didn't make for much of a childhood at all. Orphaned and bounced around the Invisible Sectors begging for scraps and employment from the wildlife doesn't exactly scream "bright future," but somehow at 15 she managed to secure false identification papers and con her way to a entry level position in Imperial Intelligence.
I2 on Coruscant suffered from plenty of the vast examples of corruption you'd expect, and not a small amount of organizational competition with the ISB. Blackmailing a superior officer, Qira parlayed her stint in data entry with I2 into a promotion offworld, where her cutthroat, single-minded determination quickly transitioned her into training programs for field work. It wasn't that Qira was particularly loyal to the Empire, she'd just do anything, absolutely anything, to get off of her home world.
Unfortunately for Qira, the Empire's tests of loyalty were something she simply could not lie her way through. As a member of the I2 it simply would not do. Bouncing around the service for several months while trying to maintain a low profile, she finally wound up "volunteering" for one of I2's notoriously unsafe weapons testing programs. Unique genetic qualifiers from the time of the Republic had identified Qira for weapons training with the famed weapon of the sorcerous Jedi. Even following ancient texts for instruction combined with the latest techniques in modern combat training the majority of Qira's fellows either simply washed out or became casualties of the brutal lightsaber combat katas. Less than a year later the "Shadow Trooper" program was officially disbanded. Qira's limited success was noted by agents within the Imperial Army though, and through the arcane reasoning of Imperial personnel Qira was soon reassigned once more - this time to the Imperial Garrison on Tattoine.
While Qira has been assigned a provisional officer's rank within the Imperial Army while she is stationed on Tattoine, she has yet to be assigned into any official hierarchy of command. As such she's been mostly doing her normal I2 duties of observing and reporting on discipline and morale in her monthly reports to command, while the commanders try to figure out how delicately to handle her.
Personality:
Qira has seen much of the very worst examples of Imperial corruption first hand, so she's under no illusions about the "glory of the Empire." Still, Qira has seen the dark heart of the Empire pulse and is under no illusions of the possibility of success of the "Rebellion" either. Being the survivor she is, Qira is quite pleased to be where she is, even on Tattoine. While many of the rest of the garrison complain about the horrible conditions on the planet, Qira enjoys the peace and quiet, the wide open spaces, of the place and often can be found simply enjoying the "weather" topside, much to the horror of the rest of the soldiers.
Quote: "That would be Lieutenant Maru, soldier."
Equipment:
Lightsaber, 50 CR, Pocket Scrambler, All Temperature Cloak, Jet Pack, Power Recharger, Holorecorder, Concealed Lightsaber Holster, Basic Datapad, I2 uniform + Soldier stuff