Elara Dorne

Elara Dorne was a female Human born into a prestigious military family on Dromund Kaas during the Great Galactic War. In only two years of service in Imperial army, she witnessed enough atrocities and war crimes to completely lose faith in the Empire and defect to the Galactic Republic. Given her flawless operational record, Elara was allowed to join the Republic Military as personnel number 22-795, becoming the sergeant of the Search and Rescue Squad 204. When posted on Taris under Colonel Gaff, she volunteered to assist Havoc Squad with their secret mission after Gaff refused to cooperate. For her support, Republic Special Forces Division General Elin Garza offered Dorne a position in Havoc Squad, which she gladly accepted.

With Havoc Squad, Elara Dorne participated in assignments to hunt down defector Harron Tavus and his followers, neutralize the Imperial Gauntlet superweapon, reclaim the Bastion during the Battle of Corellia and apprehend Imperial General Arkos Rakton, earning several Medals of Valor and a Gold Crescent. Elara helped her brother Aleksei Dorne to also defect to the Republic, which caused Republic Personnel Division Captain Kalor to suspect her of hiding information. Kalor sought to reopen inquiry about Elara's status as a defector, which threatened to pull her from active duty, but Dorne launched a preemptive strike, using Service Code 1 to require an immediate hearing with the Personnel Division and presenting the evidence of her every interaction with Kalor over the years. When the futility of the man's action became apparent, any suspicions regarding Elara were dropped, granting her full citizenship and legal status within the Galactic Republic.

Elara Dorne remained a member of Havoc Squad for over five years, until the galaxy was invaded by the Eternal Empire of Zakuul. During the Eternal Empire conquest Havoc's Commanding Officer went missing and after the Squad went to search for them, they received an official reprimand, which gave Supreme Chancellor Leontyne Saresh an excuse to remove the ex-Imperial from Republic's most elite unit. Elara's career was saved by the Supreme Commander Jace Malcom, who assigned her to his personal staff and promoted her to Captain. When the Republic received an anonymous intel regarding an immensely powerful superweapon on a recently rediscovered world of Iokath, Malcom sent Elara as an ambassador to the Alliance Commander, with the orders to sabotage the meeting and escape should the Alliance turn against the Republic. Taken captive by Lana Beniko, Elara presented herself to the Alliance Commander and arranged a holocall with Commander Malcom.

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