Vel Sartha

Vel Sartha was a human Chandrilan female during the Imperial Era who was a rebel within a network operated by the revolutionary leader Luthen Rael in resistance to the Galactic Empire. An heiress to a fortune and the cousin of Senator Mon Mothma, Sartha sacrificed personal comforts and ran off from her family to join the budding rebellion. In 5 BBY, Sartha led a team of rebels, which included her partner Cinta Kaz, on a mission to steal an Imperial payroll from the armory of the garrison on the planet Aldhani. Together with her fellow rebels Kaz, Taramyn Barcona, Arvel Skeen, Karis Nemik, and Imperial Lieutenant and inside man Gorn, they planned to infiltrate the Aldhani Garrison, steal the credits, and steal a Max-7 Rono box freighter to escape in.

However, just three days before the operation, Sartha met Rael, who forced her to accept another man into her team, Rael's new acquaintance, Cassian Andor. Sartha was upset by Rael's decision but agreed to comply when he threatened to call her operation off. Despite having to incorporate a mercenary into the team shortly before the big operation, Sartha's unit went through with the mission. Although the theft was successful, the only survivors of the mission were Sartha, Kaz, and Andor.

When Andor became a loose end who could reveal too much if the Empire captured him, Sartha was tasked by Rael and his assistant, Kleya Marki, to kill him. Alongside Kaz, Sartha began their search on the planet Ferrix, Andor's adoptive homeworld. When their search was unsuccessful, Sartha would eventually head to the planet Coruscant to reunite with her family, where she learned of Mothma's financial issues in funding their fledgling rebellion. A short time later, upon hearing the news that Andor's adoptive mother, Maarva, had died, Sartha relayed the news to Rael before returning to Kaz on Ferrix in the hopes of capturing him. Though Andor came during his mother's funeral, he evaded detection by Sartha as well as the Imperial Security Bureau agents that had hoped to capture him. When a riot began, Sartha and Kaz departed Ferrix.

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