Nathaneiqua Adarak

"The outcome of the war is in our hands; the outcome of words is in the Senate."

- Nathaneiqua Adarak

Nathaneiqua Adarak was born on the planet Arkania and served as Republic General after the Great Sovereign Crusades. Nathaneiqua was an Arkanian outcast, an Arkanian who's genetic makeup was completely unique to any other Arkanian. In Arkanian culture, these offshoots were concidered unwanted and inferior, and were the source of most Arkanian pregidous. Nathan(which is what he is called by most) was forced to grow a tough skin if he was to survive on Arkania.

Nathan grew up fending for himself, and he developed a great desire to leave his homeworld. Which is why he joined the Galactic Republic. He wanted to get away from the pregidous that plagued him on Arkania. He joined the Republic at the earliest possible age, eighteen, and left his homeworld without a second thought. He served within the Republic's military for many years, touring the galaxy, fighting evil, restoring peace, making it a better place. The idealized duties of a Republic soldier. In reality, he lived in the cramped barracks of the military cannon fodder.

Most of the time he ran through drill after mindless drill, until he could perform them in his sleep, and the few times when he saw actuall combat, it was nothing like he imagined. The recruiters seemed to conveniently leave out what happenes when you step on a hidden mine, or what it's like to see men all around you fall to the ground, dead in midair.

Nonetheless, it was better than what he would have recieved had he stayed on Arkania. And he would admit that all his service did wonders for him. Throughout the years, Nathan grew and developed into a strong, proud man. He became a proud soldier, climbing the ranks to the top through numerous heroic deeds, and outstanding victories. He was measured on his merit and statistics, and he had been marked for outstanding service.

Life on Arkania
Life for Nathaneiqua was tough, to say the least. The subject of endless bullying and pregidous from children and adults alike. His eighteen years on Arkania marked by a tough, violant adolescent, who quickly learned the only way to survive as an outcast was to take everything, and give nothing. Later in life, he would realize that it was because of this that he made such an excellent General. Nathaneiqua's parents were typical Arkanians. Both were brilliant scientists, experimenting on gean therapy and modification. It was to their utmost horror that they were the parents of an offshoot baby. It was their desicion, that instead of bearing the humiliation of such a child, that they would give him to the orphanage.

The orphanages on Arkania, at least when it was the home for outcasts, were little more than glamorized prisons. The faculty constantly beat the children, and used fear to keep them in line. Nobody actually would admit it, but Nathan believed that they used such harsh means out of fear. The outcasts were completly new to Arkanians, and no one knew exactly what they were capable of. Xenophobia reversed. The orphanage that Nathan lived in was far away from the rest of the Arkanian populace. There he developed an understanding of fear tactics, and the value of having allies. It was strange, no matter how much training Nathan went through, he will tell you that it was at the orphanage that he became General material.

At thirteen years of life, Arkanian orphans are allowed to leave the orphanage for short periods. At first, Nathan was extatic, and eager to see the rest of his planet. Quickly, however, the elation turned to dread, as he learned how deep the distrust and hate for outcasts ran. It seemed that wherever he went, he was given looks of disgust and disdain. Eventualy, Nathan learned that these outings were to remind them of their place in the world. This didn't settle well with Nathan, and he turned these outings into little missions. Get away from his escort long enough to learn about the particular town or city. Over a number of years, Nathan had enough knowledge of the surrounding area and the galaxy abroad, that he risked running.

Nathan was seventeen when he ran. During his weekly tour of the city, he made his traditional run from the guards, but this time, he knew exactly where he was heading. A small store on the outskirts of town, where he pilfered a set of clothes and some credits. The orphans were marked by the clothes they wore, once they had discarded these clothes, at least in Nathan's case, they were indistinguishable from regular Arkanians. With nothing but the clothes on his back and three hundred credits, Nathan set out on the next transport that docked in town. He slowly but surely made it to the core, his final destination, Coruscant. There he enlisted post haste with the military, and started his new life.

The Republic
Safely out of the reach of the Arkanians, for the moment, at least, Nathan enlisted with the Republic. Having planned this for a number of years, he was quick enough and knowledgable enough to be shipped off to boot camp. The time he spent on that small moon orbiting the Wookiee world of Kashyyyk was tough, but at least there, he was treated as everyone else. Granted, their company was called Maggot-Four. But hey, at least they were all equal maggots.

Luna-Minor 6
The Republic facility of Luna-Minor 6 was a brutal place. Built into a gapping fissure on Kashyyyk's larger moon, it was where Nathan learned all the nasty secrets of war, and where he turned into a soldier of this great Republic. The endless tunnels and rooms that made up the facility was Nathan's home for four years, and by the end of his training, he felt as much disdain for it as he had for Arkania.

Nathan's sectional officer was a nasty Dashade by the name of Belos Sa. Belos was a brutal officer, well-known for his brutal training regiments and his archaic punishments. But, he got the job done, and he was fiercely loyal to the Republic. Belos would say that Nathan was his most strenuous recruit. it came from his life on Arkanian. Nathan would fight Belos on every level, disobeying him. By the end of his four years, Nathan had been to the confinement cells more times than any other recruit in the history of Luna-Minor 6's operation.

While on the Maggot Moon, Nathan met Maila Montoya, a fellow recruit and rule breaker. Both knew the value of allies, and with so much at stake, at least in a recruit's eyes, they saw the worth of befriending each other. So they did, and they worked together and made quite a name for themselves. They worked so well together, that Belos and other Seniors recomended they become a team of sorts. Nathan was more of the straight forward fighter, using speed and power to destroy the enemy. Maila, on the otherhand, was what the Republic informaly called a Ghost. Someone who used deceit and stealth to infiltrate and take out a facility with minimal fighting. The combination of stealth and power would be formidable indeed. So, when they were promoted, they were set up as a FireGhost team.

Military service
Nathan's initial service was full of action. As one of only six FireGhost teams in the Republic, Nathan was only sent on the most important missions. These missions were often deemed top secret, and were never fully recorded in the Republic database. Most missions the FireGhost's undertook were to volatile in nature to allow any records of them. By the time he was twenty-four, Nathan and Maila had been on a total of eighty-two missions. Some of these missions took them deep within Mandalorian space, with nothing but a small military ship and an objective. The rest of the mission was the FireGhost's decision. This meant that Nathan and Maila were allowed to work at maximum capacity, not needing to worry about how they were supposed to complete the mission. They just needed to complete it.

Hoth Infiltration
One of their toughest missions was code-named Hot-Ice. A number of smugglers had taken up with some vicious mercenaries, and had effectively taken complete control of Hoth, right from under the Republic's nose. Obviously the Republic couldn't admit such weakness in their fringe planets, so they sent Nathan and Maila in to liberate the planet and to get rid of the problem. Naturally, they sent a FireGhost team in, with a supplement of troops and equipment. They were to infiltrate the ranks of the Hoth Mercenaries, and take them out silently, from the inside.

The mission started out on a bad foot. The troops and equipment they had requisitioned were not ready. Of the one hundred troops they were supposed to have, only twenty were ready. Of the equipment they asked for, only half of it was there. Some of the most crucial equipment, their fitted cargo ship and smuggling gear was very amateur at best. But, like any good FireGhost team, they made do with what they had.

The infiltration was a success. They managed to pass themselves off as a small band of smugglers, who were looking to get in on the action on Hoth. Aside from a little scrutiny at their ship and gear, they were allowed in, and they set up shop in one of the Smuggler's dens, an old water supply depot called Center-25. After a quick background check, Nathan and Maila were brought to the Boss, a former Rear Admiral of the Republic. An aging man, Boss, which is the only name they knew him by, was well built and very intelligent. However, even his careful scrutinizing raised no red flags over Nathan or Maila. As such, they were granted full roam over Center-25 and its facilities.

Over the course of a few months, Nathan and Maila slowly gained recognition among the smuggler ring, at the same time learning about the defences and personnel. One of their main objectives were to tap the communication relays and open up back doors across the security systems, leaving them wide open to a Republic cyber assault. It was long and tedious work, not fitting for a FireGhost team. At least that's what Maila believed. However, it was not their right to dictate which missions were worthy of their attention.

One night, while Nathan and Maila were asleep, one of the men assigned to them was caught drunk at the cantina. It wouldn't have been a problem if this particular soldier didn't develop a loose tongue when drunk on Bantha Blasters. Yep, in almost incoherent babble, their entire cover was blown. Ten minutes latter they were met with a battalion of armed soldiers, demanding they go to Boss. They had little choice in the matter, so they agreed; Both knowing they probably would never make it out alive. Boss was sitting behind a long table, tall back chairs crawled along the sides, with two pulled out, opposite each other. Silently the two took their seats, and prepared for the gunshots. They didn't come.

Boss wanted answers, and for hours, they were interrogated, speaking only when spoken to, pistol whipped when not. But they didn't break. They didn't reveal why they were there, or what exactly they were. Of course they answered him, but they only gave Boss the answers that would please him, and keep them from as much harm as possible. Eventually, they were allowed to go, if under heavy guard, back to their quarters.

For hours they sat silently, contemplating what course of action they could take. They could try and fight, clear a path to the docks. But that would be risky. They already tried convincing Boss that the soldier spewed drunken nonsense, but he didn't believe that. In the end, they decided they would try and make it to a comm-relay and send a message to the Republic. All the doors were open for them, all they needed was to knock.

They came up with a simple plan. They'd call on the Republic to send in the strike force, get Boss and everyone else confused, and in the midst of the battle steal some fighters and hightail it out of their. After they got away and sent the call out, they gathered all the equipment they could use and prepared for the arduous fight to the docks. A few hours latter, the signs of battle rang in the air, and they began their fight.

Nathan was wounded half way to the docks, shot in the shoulder. Maila had to take the brunt of the fighting from there one. By the time they had made it to the docks, only eleven of the twenty soldiers with them had made it. Even less would make it off the planet.

They managed to get out of the docks and into the dog-fighting above. It seemed a Republic ship had attached to the ariel tower of Center-25, and was the source of much combat. Flying in a standard Republic form, they made their way higher and higher into the atmosphere, trying to find an open connection to the Republic ship above. Once on the ship, they explained of the explosives scattered throughout the complex, and that they had rigged them to blow once Nathan and Maila had achieved a certain distance from the center. If they left, the place would blow, and no one would have to know of the Republic's screw up. Quickly entering hyperspace, Nathan and Maila relaxed for the first time in over a month. The mission was a success, and they were looking forward to some serious down-time.

Disbanding of the FireGhosts
After three years working with Maila as a FireGhost, news of the secret operatives leaked to the public, and the enemy. It wouldn't have been a big problem, if the FireGhost's were only sent on missions involving the enemy. Sadly, nearly half of all FireGhost missions were focused on internal affairs. When the Republic couldn't publicaly say they interfered, the FireGhost's would be sent in. A torrent of angry Senators and other officials threatened to leave the Republic if the FireGhosts weren't disbanded. The Republic couldn't afford for these planets to leave them, so they disbanded the FireGhosts, and destroyed all evidence of their existence. It was then that Maila and Nathan were separated, much against their will, and placed in regular military companies.

For roughly a year, Nathan and Maila lived their respective lives without any contact or communication. They met by complete chance on Naboo. Their squads had been sent to quell a small uprising in a small farming community just outside of the capital. Most of the time they spent their time patrolling the city. A waste of Republic funding. During the three week stay, Nathan and Maila were inseparable, nether one of them realizing how much the other meant to them, until they were forced apart. Over the those three weeks, they begrudgingly admitted to the long developing romance between them.

Rising through the ranks
Over the course of only two years, Nathan spiralled through the ranks of the Republic all the way to Colonel. His exploits as a FireGhost, although not officially recognized, played a large part in this fast advancement. He served as Colonel for four years, before the First Battle of Onderon, which initiated the Republic into the Great Sovereign Crusades. During the battle, which was ultimately a Mandalorian victory, Nathan fought with the Republic, and he fought valiantly. His sound military strategy gained him the praise of Supreme Chancellor Cos Jonathan Dashin. After a revue of Nathan's career, he was granted the honour of serving as General of the Galactic Republic. At first reluctant, Nathan quickly grew accustomed to the new title, realizing that at heart he was still just a soldier. If one with a much larger pay-grade. No great feats of skill or bravery would be seen from General Adarak, though, for by the time he was promoted, the Crusades had ended, and the Republic had returned to relative peace.

Away from the military
Nathaneiqua Adarak was much like any other soldiers. Most of his time was spent serving with the Republic, or in the local cantina while on shore leave. In many ways, Nathan was your typical soldier. Hard edged, enduring, he commands respect and gives respect to those who deserve it. He was well known for his strict command, and his punishments were... inventive. Boisterous, but not arrogant, Nathan was the embodiment of a soldier. When he was truly left to himself, he was a completely different man. An incredibly humble man around his family, unable to use his Republic title to lean upon, he is surprisingly awkward.

The relationship Nathan had with Maila was something he secretly held close. He had secret feelings of love for the woman who had saved him so many times. They were close comrades for so many years, he feared showing his feelings for her. However, he eventually professed his love to Maila, and was met with mutual feelings. His love for Maila grew and developed quickly. They were going to make sure they would never be separated again, and after the ‘crisis’ on Naboo, they both took a short leave.

Nathan and Maila married in a small ceremony at Broadberry Meadow in the capital of Naboo, Theed. The ceremony was held so the final kiss would coincide with the setting sun, setting over the meadow’s river. Their honeymoon was also on Dantooine. They had bought a small Villa in the countryside, and they spent a quite week together.