Leena Kii

"What's even going on Commander? Why have we opened fire on General T'Le's ship!?"

- Leena Kii during the execution of Order 66

 was a female Togruta from the Shili that served as a Republic Admiral during the Clone Wars. She was being picked up by Plo Koon at her homeworld of Shili in 33 BBY to transfer her to the Republic Naval Academy when he discovered Ahsoka Tano and took her as well. She would later serve as the vice-commander of the Shadow Fleet, and the later Raptor Squadron, and would eventually become the de-facto leader of the Mid-Rim Alliance.

Early life
Born on Shili, she would manage to make it into a prestigious school on Shili where she would study for most of her early life, rather than engage in the more tribal lifestyle that was mostly associated with her species. Eventually she would make it into the Republic Naval Academy and later the Naval College.

Career
She would study to be one of the most successful officers in the Naval College for many, eventually becoming a professor there until the breakout of the Clone Wars, when she chose to enlist for the Republic Navy.

She would come to be assigned as captain of an Acclamator-class assault ship named Lada Awara that would assist in various battle and events, particularly the Battle of Ryloth where it would be one of the ships that delivered clone forces on-world. After several months of exemplary service, she would eventually receive the rank of Admiral and be reassigned to the star destroyer The Naiad, where she would be placed in command of the 101st Clone Legion and work directly with the newly appointed Jedi General Rajh T'Le. The 101st, Rajh and herself would come to form a close bond through dozens upon dozens of missions.

She would at the same time come to be entrusted by Chancellor Palpatine to be the one in charge of field testing new warships, lending her extensive knowledge on the ships that her command would move to and from, such as the Victory-class and Imperator-class Star Destroyers. She would be on the bridge of her last flagship in service of the Republic when Order 66 came down, witnessing the clones of the 101st that she respected blindly follow orders and begin firing at Rajh's ship as it flew out of the hangar of The Invincible, horrified she asked the commander of the 101st, CT-78895 "Roger", why they opened fire on him and was informed about the situation. Realizing that it was clearly wrong, she complied and continued to act as if she was in agreement.

After the Republic transitioned into the Empire, she was forcefully removed from the now Imperial Navy due to being Togruta and not Human, this however would work to her advantage as she would take this opportunity to reunite with Rajh and come to form the Shadow Fleet Rebel Cell. As vice-commander of this rebel cell, she and Rajh would strike at the Empire until the fleet was destroyed and what remained was absorbed into the Rebel Alliance. Eventually, she and Rajh would come to be the commanders of the newly formed Raptor Squadron, a rebel fleet comprised of various ships ranging from stolen Imperial ships, to donated Mon-Cala warships to even abandoned Republic warships. It was with as commander of this fleet that she and Rajh would discover the Fellinyen and bring them into the greater galactic battle.

When Rajh was recruited to be a Feliinyen General, Leena would remain in command of the Raptor Fleet, often working with Feliinyen forces as part of joint strike forces that would attack Imperial fleets and installations. When the Mid-Rim Alliance was formed thanks to the efforts of Rajh, Victor Dreago, and Ren Dafaar, she would be elected as the leader of this new faction.

As leader of the Mid-Rim Alliance, she would no longer be out in the battlefield, instead remain in the headquarters of the alliance commanding from afar. This would come to give her even more experience, now as a leader of a force greater than just a couple of ships in a small fleet, experience which would later come to into use as the Mid-Rim Alliance transitioned into the New Republic.

When Emperor Palpatine died and the Empire broke up into The Final Order and The New Empire, Leena would see this as a chance to elevate the Mid-Rim Alliance into the galactic spotlight. After merging the Rebel Alliance with the Mid-Rim Alliance, Leena Kii and Mon Mothma would formerly declare the Alliance as The New Republic, swiftly gaining power as more and more worlds slipped out of the now warring Imperial fragment's grasp, quickly adding legitimacy to the New Republic.

Death
Leena Kii would die of natural causes in 51 ABY in her homeworld of Shili at the age of 99.

Post-mortem
After she passed away, a memorial would be built in her hometown on Shili.

Her son, Alek Kii would go through hundreds of scrapyards across the galaxy looking for the first ship she ever commanded, the Acclamator Lada Awara, eventually finding it and bringing it to Coruscant, where it would be permanently grounded and turned into a museum right next to the Naval College where she studied when younger.

Personality and traits
She was a gentle and calm person through her entire life, however she was also a stern commander and leader, never taking no for an answer and always figuring out a way to come out on top. This trait would be applied to nearly every activity in her life, not being limited to her profession as she would also act like that with her family.

One of her most defining physical traits was her 4th lekku, making her stand out among other Togruta.

She was well adept at utilizing blaster rifles, an ability she learned in her time as a rebel fighting against the Empire.