Name: Olena Stepanova
Race:
Amaran
Origin: Normal! -Ish. Olena is estranged from most of her immediate family, but her eldest brother and a good chunk of the younger firebrands and older, bitter members of her village and surrounding community chose to join her in the fight for freedom, joining the closest Rebel Alliance cell able and willing to take on new recruits.
Event: Rebel "Insurgent" Commando / Entertainer "Local" Talent
Perks: Beautiful (And she knows it, it's gotten her in trouble in her village) / Strong (Farm Girl Amazon strength)
Drawbacks: Phobia (Complete and Utter Isolation) / Bounty (She's a Rebel)
Skills:
Blaster - 1 (Normal! Skillpoint) + 1 (Rebel "Insurgent" Commando)
Subterfuge - 1 (Rebel Insurgent) + 1 (Entertainer "Local" Talent)
Dancing - 2 (Local Talent)
Sneaking - 1 (Rebel Insurgent)
Demolitions - 1 (Rebel Insurgent)
Persuasion - 1 (Local Talent)
Melee - 1 (Finishing Touch)
Equipment:
A-280 Blaster Rifle
Summary: Olena is an Amaran farmer and rancher whose family moved to the planet of Naboo, one of the first wave of Amaran settlers that sought to expand from their home planet of Amar in The Slice of the Inner Rim. Trading with both Humans and Gungans in crops and cattle, Olena learned to appreciate different species from a young age, what would soon become a point of tension with the Galactic Empire as her personality and values crystallized. Another point against the Empire was the fact she lived in the shadow of the occupation of the planet, the dissolving of the office of Governor of Naboo, and the defanging of political power of Naboo's elected monarchs in favor of the Empire's sector Moff, Quarsh Panaka.
Of course, Olena still had a life to live, and even overhearing the grumblings of her father, they both agreed that had to take precedence... Perhaps not on the path she took to live that life. She was a dutiful daughter and a handy rancher, executing her duties on the farm with a smile and an easy demeanor. However, as she grew older and her form filled out, she drew the attention of many young men and even some women, both her neighbors and those admirers she would gather at festivals... And she
liked it. She grew to crave the physical affection and companionable love of a paramour... Or paramours. Her father disapproved, but ultimately shrugged his shoulders. Her mother, however, became abusive, berating her for being so shameful without end.
It all came to a head when Olena's mother caught her with a lover in the barn. The young man fled as the women argued. Olena couldn't tell anyone who would hear her story whether it was her or her mother who threw the first blow, but in the ensuing scuffle, a light source was knocked over and ignited the building. Already struggling under the anti-alien regime, Olena's father judged himself financially ruined as a result of the exorbitant costs it would take to repair the barn and committed suicide. Olena was the first to discover his body, before promptly fleeing to her paramour's house. Judging the Empire to be ultimately responsible for killing her father, Olena vowed to join the rebels - not for vengeance, but by the values he had instilled in her. Coincidentally, the second oldest child in the family, her eldest brother Oleksandr, would join her cell not long after, alongside a steady stream of volunteers from her village, all inspired by Saw Gerrera's Partisans' assassination of Moff Quarsh Panaka.
