Kazuda Xiono

Kazuda Xiono, nicknamed "Kaz," was a human male military pilot and later Resistance spy who served in the years following the conclusion of the Galactic Civil War. The son of Senator Hamato Xiono, Kazuda served with the Starfighter Corps of the New Republic Defense Fleet during the Cold War, at which point the Resistance recruited him to spy on the First Order. As a result, he was sent to the Colossus—an independent refueling station located on the Mid Rim planet Castilon—where Commander Poe Dameron instructed him to gather information pertaining to the local population's sympathies and determine if their allegiance was to the Republic or the First Order.

Xiono upheld an occupation in Jarek Yeager's repair station as a cover, though he struggled to hold his cover as a spy. Befriending Neeku Vozo and Tamara Ryvora while on the station, Xiono struggled to uphold his role as a spy, often finding himself at odds with both the First Order and the station's own citizens. When tensions came to a head with the destruction of his home planet, Xiono played a vital role in liberating the station from its First Order occupation, though doing so came at the cost of Ryvora's allegiance. After freeing the Colossus and helping it escape Castilon, Xiono was anointed a member of Ace Squadron, and helped to defend the Colossus from First Order forces during the hunt for the station.

Xiono helped search for a suitable new home for the Colossus as the station traveled through space, visiting multiple different planets. Throughout the journey, Xiono made rendezvouses with other Resistance cells, and found himself caught in multiple close calls with the pursuing First Order. In numerous encounters, Xiono found himself directly fighting Ryvora herself, who had joined the First Order. Though briefly intending to leave the Colossus to fully join the Resistance after he had been offered a place among their ranks, Xiono changed his mind, choosing to instead lead a final stand against the First Order forces led by Commander Pyre and Agent Tierny when the Colossus came under attack.

Xiono, with help from Yeager, rescued Ryvora from the First Order upon her decision to defect. Xiono's actions and selflessness helped to inspire the citizens of the Colossus to fight back alongside Captain Imanuel Doza and Ryvora, leading to their victory against their attackers. Following the Colossus liberation, Xiono later piloted the Fireball at the Battle of Exegol as part of the Citizens' Fleet amassed by General Lando Calrissian, the events of which ultimately resulted in the demise of the resurrected Darth Sidious and a galactic uprising against the First Order.

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