Katra Vane, The Wings of Freedom

Character: Katra Vane. Gender: Female. Age: 25. Sexuality: Bisexual. Race: Human.

Appearance: Katra stands at 5'4" (162cm). Her body is average build. She has long brown hair which she usually puts into a bun. Katra has brown eyes and light skin. Katra's skin has very few blemishes and looks well taken care of. Katra has burn scars on her hands which she covers with gloves.

Clothing: Katra is usually seen wearing the orange jumpsuit of a Rebel Pilot when in the bases, she sometimes switches into other uniforms or casual clothing whenever she is sure that she won't need to fly soon. She often wears tanktops under the jumpsuits.

Combat style: Katra prefers to avoid combat when not piloting her X-Wing, she knows basing self-defence skills and how to use her blaster pistol. She is not an experienced combatant outside her starfighter.

Background: Katra was born to minor nobility on Alderaan, her parents, Jorgen and Mira, who were not an influential family and were mainly known for running the Vane Mountain Resorts, three complexes in the mountains of Alderaan serving as a retreat for those looking for a calm place to stay among the nature of the planet.

The Vane family after the establishment of the Galactic Empire and the end of the Republic decided to use that situation to their benefits and transformed one of their resort into one meant for Imperial officers on leave, they wanted to collaborate with the new government ruling over most of the Galaxy, hoping that this would allow them to regain some of their lost influence.

As a result, Katra was often surrounded by officers while growing up, one day she was hearing stories from squadron leaders of the Imperial Starfighter Corps, she wondered what it would be like to fly at speeds like that, dodge asteroids and all the things pilots might be doing. Katra was also indoctrinated by the Imperial propaganda like many children growing up in the Empire.

Katra was lonely while growing up as there weren't many people her age at the estate and her parents didn't have any other children due to the complications Mira suffered after Katra's birth. Katra didn't care much for running an estate and wanted to enlist at the Imperial Academy after growing up, her parents didn't like that choice and wanted her to take over the family business later, but at the same time they believed that this could help their cooperation with the Empire.

Katra was homeschooled for most of her life, her parents were hiring tutors for her as they didn't want their daughter to need to travel to schools or get bullied for being a member of the Vane family as it has acqured a bad reputation among those not favoring the Imperial rule.

After turning 18, Katra's parents used their Imperial connections to allow Katra a place in the Imperial Academy so that she could be trained as a starfighter pilot. At the Academy it became clear that Katra didn't have many experiences at social interactions with people her age, she was socially awkward and often became a target of jokes.

For four years she was studying dilligently, believing in the Imperial cause of maintaining order across the Galaxy. One event, however, changed everything. After the destruction of Alderaan, the Empire tried to keep it a secret, but Rebel plants inside the Academy quickly spread the word of what happened. Katra was stunned when she learned about what happened, she didn't have much time to mourn the loss of her parents as the Rebels made a move. They decided to convince the Alderaanians to defect and avenge their home world. Katra didn't hesitate, she couldn't forgive something like that.

After a breakout, planned by the Rebel Alliance, Katra and some other Alderaanian graduates were moved out and recovered by the Rebellion. Katra wanted to continue being a pilot, but she had to learn a new machine, the X-Wing, it was much different from her previous TIE-Fighter. Over the next three years she became an experienced pilot, fighting the Empire she once wanted to serve.

Personality Traits: Katra is a lonely woman, she always struggled to make proper connections with people when they're not professional. She had very few friends in her life, most met during her time at the Imperial Academy. She is socially awkward and rarely gets social cues or sarcasm.

Katra started to hate the Empire after learning what happened to her home planet. She wants to see the end of the Galactic Empire and be among those who led to it. She has no regrets about turning away from the Empire and joining the Rebel Alliance.

Katra grew up priviledged and had to get used to to the life of a Rebel, she sometimes misses the mountain estate of Alderaan and all the luxuries she experienced there. She is sometimes unaware of societal issues and had to learn a lot from the people who joined the Alliance before her.

Katra has always been passionate about flying, it has also led to her developing many of her other interests. She loves tinkering and engineering with starfighters, she is capable of making some quick repairs and knows her way around engines and hyperdrives. Katra is also a passionate modelmaker, as a rebel she can't allow herself to have a large collection and only has two ships with her.

Katra is an extrovert who never got to see that side of her, she always wanted to be around people more, but had very little opportunities to do so in the past. She tries to be friendly with people, but is often very awkward in the process. She greatly enjoys making friends and meeting new people.

Katra is affection starved, after years of Imperial Academy, training under merciless instructors and three years of running away, she greatly misses getting proper affection from people. She us inexperienced at romance.

Katra struggles with sarcasms, sayings and idioms, she often says them wrong or mistakes their meaning, often leading to misunderstandings, both of the silly and serious sorts.

Katra was usually a cheerful woman, until the destruction of Alderaan, after that she became depressed, she tries to release her frustrations while training and fighting the Empire. She often has nightmares about what happened and cries in her sleep.

Katra is a competitive woman, she enjoys playful rivalry and making bets with other Rebels, she rarely gets toxic or mean about it, she sometimes boasts about her accomplishments, but doesn't want to bring others down with it.

Katra enjoys travelling, she considers being able to see so many different places to be one of the benefits of the Rebels changing hideouts all the time, she spent most of her life on an Estate on Alderaan and later the Imperial Academy, she always longed to see more of the Galaxy.

Katra is a hardworking and dilligent woman, she takes great care of her duties and never slacks on the job. She may complain about additional work, but she will do it.

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