Vitale

Vitale was a female individual who served as a sergeant in the New Republic's 61st Mobile Infantry during the Galactic Civil War. Around 5 ABY, the company fought the Galactic Empire through the city districts of the planet Troithe. Vitale worked with the pilots of the New Republic's Alphabet Squadron, which on one occasion scouted territory for the 61st soldiers. One night, the sergeant and some other soldiers ate with the Alphabet Squadron and later discussed the late Emperor Palpatine.

After the Empire's 204th Imperial Fighter Wing, also known as Shadow Wing, devastated the New Republic forces at the Cerberon system and forced the 61st from their positions on Troithe, Vitale rendezvoused at in Highgarden District with a number of other New Republic personnel. The Alphabet Squadron pilot Wyl Lark selected her to fly for his makeshift squadron, promising the sergeant a refurbished V-wing.

The 61st remnant left the Highgarden district and traveled through a tunnel network under the surface. In the meantime, Vitale played a game of Who? What? Where? with the rest of her new squadron until a Shadow Wing pilot found the remnant. The TIE fighter pilot's squadron soon followed, and Vitale showed doubt to Lark's plan to split off with another of his squadron, who was ultimately killed.

The remnant hid away in a heavily mined continent on Troithe, where they targeted the nearby Core Nine mining megafacility. After Shadow Wing's forces began diverting to the mining facility, Vitale's squadron, backed by the 61st ground troops, attacked Core Nine. Vitale's squadron engaged the fighter wing's TIE/ln space superiority starfighters, and Shadow Wing eventually fled on a bulk freighter after New Republic reinforcements led by General Hera Syndulla arrived. Vitale joined the celebration days after the battle.

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