Fra Raida

Fra Raida was a human female who served as a TIE fighter pilot in the Galactic Empire's 204th Imperial Fighter Wing. She formally posed a rival to Lieutenant Yrica Quell prior to her desertion from the unit two weeks after the Battle of Endor in 4 ABY, but made amends with Quell after she returned to the fighter wing around 5 ABY, developing feelings for the fellow pilot. Raida approached Quell multiple times, at one point offering her spice following a funeral and later leading her away to change from their flight suits.

While the 204th fought at the planet Chadawa, Raida joined Quell and four others on a mission to the planet Netalych. On the way, Raida overheard a message from the New Republic pilot Chass na Chadic aimed at Quell, revealing to her that Quell had worked for the New Republic. There, they visited the droid occupied outpost DN-949A to carry out a task for Colonel Soran Keize, the 204th's commanding officer, which only Quell, the team leader, had the knowledge of. Raida escorted Quell and two other team members to visit the droid engineer known as the Surgeon. Who took up Quell's task in exchange for the 204th pilot Nord Kandende pledging to work for him for a year.

The group argued about Kandende, Raida wishing to forcefully free him from his service, but Quell ultimately decided that they would leave him behind. Sickened of the sacrifice and Quell's apparent affiliation with the New Republic, Raida told the rest of the group what she had heard and they chose to have a mutiny on the lieutenant when she returned from collecting the Surgeon's findings. The group incapacitated Quell before questioning her for "the truth." The engineer Alchor Mirro led them into a separate argument while Quell was locked away, but they were interrupted when Chadic arrived and opened fire. Raida attempted to escape, but was gunned down by the New Republic pilot.

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