Cara Vane, A Crash Landing

Character: Cara Vane. Age: 27. Gender: Female. Race: Human. Sexuality: Bisexual.

Appearance: Cara is a tall woman at 5'10" (180cm). She has an athletic build due to her training as a soldier. She has light skin, black chin length hair and blue eyes. She has a slightly pointy chin

Clothing: During missions, Cara is wearing a white armor with orange markings of a Republic trooper. She is also wearing a black undersuit. In her free time she is wearing civillian clothing, bomber jackets are her favorite.

Combat Style: As a Republic Trooper, Cara was trained with different kinds of weaponry. Her weapon of choice is a standard blaster rifle and a vibrosword she takes out in close quarters combat. She is also proficient with different kinds of explosives. She is not afraid of facing some Force users as she was able to defeat some Sith Acolytes and Apprentices who thought a simple trooper stood no chance against them. She wouldn't dare to duel a Sith Lord or a Darth.

Background: Cara was born to a poor family of Mantellian dock workers. She grew up listening to stories of different pilots and sometimes also the outlaws of the Galaxy as her family lived in an apartment close to one of the main space ports of Ord Mantell. While her parents were poor they were able to give their daughter a happy childhood filled with love. Cara also received education in one of Mantellian schools.

In her early adulthood she got employed at the same spaceport as her parents and often helped them with their duties at work as they were getting older. Everything changed when Cara's father, Hal, suffered a work accident, which made him unable to continue working at the port. The family was forced to take loans from some loan sharks to stay afloat as the wages of Cara and her mother, Sera, were not enough. It was at this moment that Cara made a choice to enlist in the Republic Military, the wage was much higher than what the spaceport was offering and she wanted to both help the Republic protect its people as well as help her family.

When Cara was about to leave for the shuttle to the Republic boot camp, her mother, Sera decided to give her something to help her remember her parents, a handmade necklace. Cara promised to visit her parents whenever the military would allow her to and boarded the shuttle. Another reason why she chose this career was to be able to see other parts of the galaxy, something she always wanted to do after listening to countless stories from people visiting Ord Mantell.

The boot camp was a test of endurance for every recruit, the instructors were harsh and wanted to prepare the recruits for what they may encounter on the Galactic battlefields and while doing their duties. While Cara was able to do well with physical exercises considering she was a manual laborer for two years before enlisting, it was still much worse than what she had to do at work. After she finished the boot camp, Cara got assigned to her unit, a mobile infantry company carried to battle in gunships.

Cara quickly proved herself on the battlefields, mostly against the insurgent groups as the Galaxy was in the state of Cold War between the Republic and the Empire. Cara hoped the peace could last longer after seeing what war is like, she knew, however that another conflict between the two Galactic superpowers was inevitable, especially considering how many of the insurgent groups she and her unit faced were supported by the Empire.

Cara has been serving in the military for the last seven years, her military wage helped pay for her father's medical treatments as well as help her family keep their home, in the end they were able to purchase the apartment. Since last year the war between the Empire and the Republic has been restarted and Cara with her unit were called and sent to the frontlines to fight the Imperial forces. Cara has been promoted to the rank of Sergeant soon after her first engagement with the Imperial Army.

Personality Traits: Cara is a family person, she loves her family and always makes sure to visit Sera and Hal whenever she got a leave. She has been helping her family financially since she turned adult and sends most of her wages to her parents. Cara wishes she could have a family of her own one day, but knows that her military career makes that impossible.

Cara has layers when it comes to her personality, among most people she tries to keep a persona of a stoic military leader, capable of dealing with even the most stressful situations, no matter how scared she may feel herself. She very rarely shows fear around her people, knowing that it could lower the morale of her unit. She often represses emotions such as fear or love. Deep inside she is a kind woman who always cares about both people under her command and those close to her.

Cara dislikes how some of the Jedi who fight alongside the Republic Military give orders to the troops as if they were commanding officers. She doesn't trust most Jedi when it comes to leading troops in battle as they rarely get proper experience before being put in charge.

Cara doesn't trust people easily, she believes that trust as well as respect is earned, not just given. Once someone gains her trust Cara would do a lot for that person, even follow ideas that may seem ridiculous at first. If she doesn't trust someone she would argue against their decisions in case she disagrees with them. Cara tends to be very vocal about everything, especially when not agreeing with someone's tactics. One time she almost got demoted for disobeying orders as she believed following them would lead to more casualties on the Republic Side. The commanding officer of her company intervened on her behalf and agreed with Cara's choice.

Cara enjoys her military career, yet she also hates some parts about it. Her biggest wish is for the Galaxy to be at peace as she believes that most wars are started by overly ambitious leaders and that innocent people have to pay the price for them. She especially dislikes warmongering senators on the Republic Side and both Imperial Officers and the Sith Order that rules the Empire. She rarely had to fight a Sith, but the few times she dealt with an Acolyte or an Apprentice she was able to defeat them, she enjoyed seeing their surprised faces when they got captured by an ordinary trooper.

Cara enjoys playing different kinds of games with her fellow soldiers, ranging from sabacc and dejarik to one of her more secretive interests, tabletop roleplaying games. She hides that fact from other people as she doesn't want to be seen as a nerd, no matter how much she actually loves playing and acting as different people.

Cara enjoys team sports and sees them as a good way of building a bond among her squad. She encourages healthy competition when it comes to sport, but is ready to intervene when it gets too toxic. Sometimes in her free time Cara watches professional sports on holonet, she always supports teams from Ord Mantell as she considers the planet to be her home.

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