Katia Voltaire
Character
FACTION: The New Republic
RANK: Captain
SPECIES: Human
AGE: 34
SEX: Female
HEIGHT: 5’10
WEIGHT: 95lb
EYES: Brown
HAIR: Red-Brown
SKIN: Fair
FORCE SENSITIVE: Yes
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STRENGTHS:
Child of War • Her entire life Katia’s been affected by one war or the other. The galactic fighting had taken everyone from close family to temple peers. She’s learned a lot about the inner workings of a war, morale, economics and fleet/troop movements.
Soldier • Be it the battlefield or at home Katia always keeps the mind of a soldier. She watches the enemy when at peace and unleashes hell when at war. She’s always training her body to become a better weapon and follows her orders to a tee.
Idealistic • She doesn’t fight for the republic or it’s planets but the people that inhabit them and the ideas that connect them. No loss will make her stop fighting they only strengthen her resolve.
WEAKNESSES:
Emotional • Katia is a very emotional and emotion driven person. She runs her life by them and on a whim will change her decisions based on them. It causes her to not always think clearly during times of great decision making.
Fighterphobic • There are few things that truly sink fear and despair into Katia’s stomach but the top amongst them is flying a fighter. She hates being even inside them and has had panic attacks every time she’s flown in one.
Pride • Katia is a narcissist but her intense pride extends to almost everything she can lay claim to. She will get in feverish debates over who’s soldiers are strongest to whose boots shiniest. She won’t admit weakness or back down, even when it’s obvious she should.
APPEARANCE:
Katia is by no means imposing. She’s a slightly tall, slender woman with pale skin. Her facial features are sharp but youthful, making her look a little younger than she really is. Her brown hair, either held up in a pony or down, falls just midway down her back.
Her clothing can range from day to day but she often wears her military clothing, a long women's army jacket with a matching green skirt. She’s also partial to the colours green and brown. Both colours make up the bulk of her wardrobe.
BIOGRAPHY
Katia was born on a tranquil planet that was lush and full of interesting diverse wildlife. At the time it was a part of the late Galactic Republic where both her parents served. Her mother worked machinery but her father was a soldier in the army. He was a strong willed man who always had time for his child in between being dispatched and always tried to instil his morals into his daughter whenever possible.
Her parents were good people and loved their daughter but were also loyal and dutiful members of the republic. When Katia was young she showed her first signs of force sensitivity and her parents, in tears, handed her over to the Jedi. As a youngling she became entranced with the order, soaking up as much as she could and learning the ins and outs of the temple. She missed her family but her masters forbid contact and eventually they became foggy memories in the back of her head.
Years passed then decades. As a knight she found herself in similar surroundings. Sith, in all forms, were clashing with the Jedi at every turn and on top of that the beloved republic was crumbling around them. For the first time in so long her mind was back on her family. She took every chance the order gave her to lash back at the enemies but Jedi are known to move slow in times of war, Katia knew it would not be enough.
Eventually the Republic army was the only option that made sense if she wanted to make an impact. Along fellow headstrong Jedi she helped lead troopers in numerous battles, facing sith and imperial forces head on. It was years of hardships and no one wanted to give in but their enemies became too developed and too strong. They took more and more planets, littering each one with the corpses of its former inhabitants. Moral was at an all time low and what men Katia still led were tired of the fighting.
She went back to the order seeking some form of aid but found them to be in just as tight a position. They were all out war with the sith and losing. She found no soldiers or ammunition to spare and was pulled deeper into the force wars and another losing battle. Again with her Jedi brothers and sisters she was faced with struggle and hardship.
It was a bit different as a senior member of the order. At their hidden temples she was tasked with new assignments. Katia helped ready the next generation for the fight ahead. Training the younglings and new soldiers, developing battle tactics and even mediating small diplomatic disputes. It made it even harder for her when she was forced to watch it crumble around her. The younglings and soldiers victims to the sith and the allied planets she helped turn on each other from greed or imperial pressure.
It was during a time Jedi were openly being hunted in space by massive sith fleets, losses had been great everywhere Katia went and it seemed it could be over for everything she believed in. Lucky for her, her republic contacts found her saving grace. Wild space, tons of old republic ships were moving out there and Katia knew she had to be apart of it. The New Republic, built on the ideas that made the last one strong but filled with those that survived the atrocities of the war. That was her people, so without saying anything to the council she left again.
(WIP posted off phone)
Child of War • Her entire life Katia’s been affected by one war or the other. The galactic fighting had taken everyone from close family to temple peers. She’s learned a lot about the inner workings of a war, morale, economics and fleet/troop movements.
Soldier • Be it the battlefield or at home Katia always keeps the mind of a soldier. She watches the enemy when at peace and unleashes hell when at war. She’s always training her body to become a better weapon and follows her orders to a tee.
Idealistic • She doesn’t fight for the republic or it’s planets but the people that inhabit them and the ideas that connect them. No loss will make her stop fighting they only strengthen her resolve.
WEAKNESSES:
Emotional • Katia is a very emotional and emotion driven person. She runs her life by them and on a whim will change her decisions based on them. It causes her to not always think clearly during times of great decision making.
Fighterphobic • There are few things that truly sink fear and despair into Katia’s stomach but the top amongst them is flying a fighter. She hates being even inside them and has had panic attacks every time she’s flown in one.
Pride • Katia is a narcissist but her intense pride extends to almost everything she can lay claim to. She will get in feverish debates over who’s soldiers are strongest to whose boots shiniest. She won’t admit weakness or back down, even when it’s obvious she should.
APPEARANCE:
Katia is by no means imposing. She’s a slightly tall, slender woman with pale skin. Her facial features are sharp but youthful, making her look a little younger than she really is. Her brown hair, either held up in a pony or down, falls just midway down her back.
Her clothing can range from day to day but she often wears her military clothing, a long women's army jacket with a matching green skirt. She’s also partial to the colours green and brown. Both colours make up the bulk of her wardrobe.
BIOGRAPHY
Katia was born on a tranquil planet that was lush and full of interesting diverse wildlife. At the time it was a part of the late Galactic Republic where both her parents served. Her mother worked machinery but her father was a soldier in the army. He was a strong willed man who always had time for his child in between being dispatched and always tried to instil his morals into his daughter whenever possible.
Her parents were good people and loved their daughter but were also loyal and dutiful members of the republic. When Katia was young she showed her first signs of force sensitivity and her parents, in tears, handed her over to the Jedi. As a youngling she became entranced with the order, soaking up as much as she could and learning the ins and outs of the temple. She missed her family but her masters forbid contact and eventually they became foggy memories in the back of her head.
Years passed then decades. As a knight she found herself in similar surroundings. Sith, in all forms, were clashing with the Jedi at every turn and on top of that the beloved republic was crumbling around them. For the first time in so long her mind was back on her family. She took every chance the order gave her to lash back at the enemies but Jedi are known to move slow in times of war, Katia knew it would not be enough.
Eventually the Republic army was the only option that made sense if she wanted to make an impact. Along fellow headstrong Jedi she helped lead troopers in numerous battles, facing sith and imperial forces head on. It was years of hardships and no one wanted to give in but their enemies became too developed and too strong. They took more and more planets, littering each one with the corpses of its former inhabitants. Moral was at an all time low and what men Katia still led were tired of the fighting.
She went back to the order seeking some form of aid but found them to be in just as tight a position. They were all out war with the sith and losing. She found no soldiers or ammunition to spare and was pulled deeper into the force wars and another losing battle. Again with her Jedi brothers and sisters she was faced with struggle and hardship.
It was a bit different as a senior member of the order. At their hidden temples she was tasked with new assignments. Katia helped ready the next generation for the fight ahead. Training the younglings and new soldiers, developing battle tactics and even mediating small diplomatic disputes. It made it even harder for her when she was forced to watch it crumble around her. The younglings and soldiers victims to the sith and the allied planets she helped turn on each other from greed or imperial pressure.
It was during a time Jedi were openly being hunted in space by massive sith fleets, losses had been great everywhere Katia went and it seemed it could be over for everything she believed in. Lucky for her, her republic contacts found her saving grace. Wild space, tons of old republic ships were moving out there and Katia knew she had to be apart of it. The New Republic, built on the ideas that made the last one strong but filled with those that survived the atrocities of the war. That was her people, so without saying anything to the council she left again.
(WIP posted off phone)
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