Marcus Aron Brandt

Marcus Aron Brandt, was Human male who served during the initially as a  of the  assigned to  known better as "Havoc Squad", and the subsequent conflicts that followed, the  and, the galaxy-wide conflicts against the  as a  after being ed following the.

Early life
Hailing from, a planet in the , Marcus Aron Brandt was born to a couple. His father took a young Marcus on an annual fishing trip to a lake on Alderaan until he had fallen ill, which prompted a teenage Marcus to forge documents and join the at sixteen.

Great Galactic War
Sometime later, Brandt, now a private, was a assigned to Infantry Unit 112 and fought in a battle against the in which his entire unit except him and two others were killed in action. Showing promise over the next few years, he was tested and accepted into the and inducted into  known better as "Havoc Squad" under. He was later promoted to corporal.

Stationed and havoc on a peaceful world
"I've been in quite a few battles and obviously seen my share of war, killed my share too, but Alderaan&mdash;specifically the skirmish in at the base of the Juran Mountains, by far was the most savage and adrenaline pumping fight I've been a part of. I'm proud to have done my part."

- Marcus Brandt, on the battle of Alderaan

In 3686 BBY, Brandt and Havoc Squad were stationed on Alderaan&mdash;the tranquil world many considered the very soul of the Republic, where numerous soldiers of the Republic Military went to rest from the frontlines of the war and recovered from exhaustion and injuries sustained on battlefields far away. However, Alderaan's reputation for being a spiritual center made the peaceful world an enticing target for invasion by the Sith Empire, which led way for a plan to destroy the planet and capitalize on the damage it would cause to morale for Republic forces.

While Brandt and the rest of Havoc Squad remained on Alderaan's surface alongside other recovering Republic ground forces, the Republic Navy withdrew from the planet to pursue a distress call. While away the planet was by a massive Sith invasion led by. that decisively obliterated local defenses, leveled cities, killing thousands and with relative ease, seized the world.

Unaware there were any Republic forces planetside, the remaining forces had gone to ground, hiding themselves in the surrounding mountains and forests while launching a guerilla campaign against the invading forces. Upon discovering that the Sith were on the march to Alderaan's capital city, it was put out that Havoc Squad would perform an all-out assault. The troopers of Havoc Squad, many of whom were still recovering from injuries, positioned themselves on a ridge outside of Alderaan's capital in the in hopes of preventing the attack on the city—a goal that was widely perceived as a suicide mission.

Appearances

 * Untitled Old Republic short story