Alya Aldrete

Lady Alya Aldrete was an Alderaanian female Human during the Imperial Era. Heiress to the business enterprise of the wealthy Aldrete family in the early years of the Galactic Empire, Alya achieved renown and celebrity status owing to her hedonistic lifestyle. Her public persona was however just a facade; Aldrete covertly established a smuggler fleet operating in the Core Worlds and Deep Core regions, using her criminal contacts to gather information and map reliable hyperlanes.

Circa 17 BBY, Aldrete attended the launch event on the world of Alderaan for her family's new luxury hovertrain. The train fell under attack from Trandoshan mercenaries and Aldrete was briefly captured, before being rescued by agents of Bail Organa, Alderaan's delegate to the Imperial Senate. Aldrete subsequently pledged her support to Organa's Alderaanian Resistance rebel group and marshalled her smuggler armada for a raid by the rebels against a prototype Super Star Destroyer under construction by the Empire in the Beshqek system. Aldrete and her forces successfully destroyed the leviathan warship, achieving one of the first victories of an insurgent group against the Imperial regime.

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