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Master update list

 * Hawk-bat 4
 * Hasla, 4, R&P
 * Serra, FI
 * Annita, DoR, 4
 * Jorge, 4, DoR
 * Cassi, 4, DoR
 * Milya, 4, DoR
 * Selu, 4, DoR, FI
 * Sarth, 4, DoR
 * Skip, FI
 * Spectre, 4
 * Daara Sherum, 4
 * Quinlan Vos, 4

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Hasla updates
"I was a Rebel. When the Guard took me back, they had to shoot me down to do it. I never worked against the Rebellion and I never will."
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- Hasla Almani

Hasla joined the Yanibar Elite Guardians in 7 BBY and quickly became one of its top members thanks to her renewed dedication to the Matukai ways. Her particular talents were piloting and undercover work; while she was trained in hand-to-hand fighting, her skill with the wan-shen was not what others possessed. In 3 ABY, Hasla was dispatched to infiltrate the Rebellion as part of a Yanibar Guard Intelligence operation to acquire the Rebels' B-wing starfighter. She was successful in gaining admission into the Rebellion as a starfighter pilot, using the alias "Seirla Trasani." Over several months, Hasla was able to join a newly formed B-wing unit, Ice Squadron, and rapidly became recognized as one of its better pilots. Her skill in flying, previous training, and Force-sensitivity aided her in acquiring the necessary experience to handle the tricky B-wing fighter. Furthermore, her espionage training allowed her to steal the technical specifications and manufacturing processes for the B-wing and pass it on to the Yanibar Guard.

However, Hasla soon came to see the Rebels as her friends. While stationed on Tierfon, she met several pilots of the elite Rogue Squadron. They admired her skill and invited her to join the unit, but she declined, feeling that Ice Squadron needed her more. That did not stop her from socializing with the Rogues on numerous occasions, especially with a handsome young Human pilot from Taanab named Wes Janson. Before she realized it, Hasla was falling for him even as she flew missions to Abridon and Bespin. In the latter engagement, Hasla helped devise a tactic to help the Rebels clear the defense platforms, and later in the battle, helped save a pair of civilians from Yanibar, Sarth and Cassi Kraen, from a group of TIE fighters after recognizing their ship. However, in the final stages of tehe conflict, she was shot down. She survived the crash and made her way to Bexpress Shipping, which was owned by two associates of YGI, Jorge and Annita Knrr. They took her in and gave her medical treatment for her minor injuries, but were less than pleased when Hasla announced her intention to return to the Rebellion. YGI had already given her a recall order weeks before, and Hasla had subtly ignored it. Annita and Jorge were more insistent, but Hasla's pleas convinced Sarth and Cassi Kraen to persuade Annita and Jorge to let Hasla return to the Rebels.

Upon reuniting with Ice Squadron and the Rogues on Tierfon, Hasla continued to fly with the Rebels and spend time with Janson. Shortly thereafter, she and her squadron flew to rendezvous with the Rebel fleet at Sullust in preparation for a desperate assault on the Empire's new Death Star. After being briefed on the mission by the starfighter commander, General Lando Calrissian, Hasla was awarded with the Kalidor Crescent for her bravery. Hasla was not at all pleased to receive the award, though, knowing that she'd eventually be forced to leave the Rebellion and that her service to them was not entirely sincere due to her dual allegiance. Upset, she withdrew to her cockpit, which was where Janson found her. He consoled her and, unexpectedly, she confessed that she loved him. They spent the few hours before the Battle of Endor together.

Hasla then participated in the assault on the Death Star, helping engage the Imperial fleet protecting the battle station. Once the shield protecting the Death Star was disabled, she flew her craft towards the reactor shaft. However, she chased by Imperial fighters, who badly damaged her fighter and injured her. Only the last-minute intervention of Wes Janson saved her. She was later recovered and sent back to a medical frigate for treatment. She was laid up for several days due to lack of medical supplies until a transport arrived with fresh supplies. It also brought Annita and Jorge Knrr, whom she met with briefly. Hasla soon learned that they'd arranged for her to escort their ship back to Bespin, ostensibly as part of a scouting run. Knowing that this meant her departure from the Rebellion, she left a message on a datapad for Janson.

Sure enough, the escort mission was a lure, and her fighter was disabled. She was brought aboard the transport and returned to Yanibar, though Hasla was furious about the whole arrangement. In a discussion with Selu Kraen on Yanibar's orbital defense station, she made her feelings on the matter abundantly clear to Selu, who apologized, but said that bringing her back had been necessary for the colony. He also offered her a command of her own, but she was too irate to even consider the offer.

Shortly thereafter, a Zann Consortium spy was discovered on the space station. The spy took Selu's daughter, Rhiannon Kraen hostage, and Hasla was one of the first people on the scene. She negotiated with the spy and offered to trade herself for the girl. That was distraction enough for Selu and Milya to arrive and subdue the spy. However, before captured, the location of Yanibar had been divulged to the Zann Consortium, along with information that the Yanibar Guard had been sabotaging them even though they were ostensibly doing business with them. With the knowledge that a Zannist fleet would soon be on its way to destroy Yanibar, Hasla had a change of heart and accepted the command Selu offered her.

She flew in the Battle of Yanibar as Paladin Leader in command of a B-wing squadron. Her unit deployed a belt of space mines between the Zannists and the oncoming fleet and later participated in a full-scale assault. The space battle temporarily ended in a draw as both sides withdrew. In the end, the Zannists landed troops on the ground, but a boarding action by General Spectre Kraen and the elite commandos of Cresh Squad destroyed the flagship of the Zannists. The explosion took out most of the remaining fleet, and Hasla and the Paladins helped mop up the rest of the hostile forces, ending the threat to Yanibar.

Hasla continued flying in Paladin Squadron after that, and it was quickly recognized as one of the Yanibar Guard's elite units. Her B-wing pilots were highly trained and, given that she had more flying hours and kills in the B-wing than any other Yanibar Guard pilot, Hasla became something of a legend in the Yanibar Guard Fleet. The Paladins were quickly recognized as the best B-wing unit in the entire YGF.

In 7 ABY, Hasla and the Paladins were ordered to intercept a bacta convoy outbound from Thyferra. The former director of Imperial Intelligence, Ysanne Isard, had seized the bacta-producing world after unleashing a virus that affected non-humans. As Isard controlled the price, Hasla and her pilots were assigned to steal the bacta from the convoy, which was guarded by mercenaries. The Paladins intercepted the ships over the barren world of Polixi, but the mercenary fleet was stronger than expected. At that point, the elite New Republic X-wing unit Rogue Squadron arrived&mdash;they had been waging an independent war of their own against Isard. The two units quickly devastated the mercenaries, but they were left at a standoff, as both sides wanted the bacta freighter. Distrustful of each other, they were close to hostilities when Hasla made a personal plea to Rogue Leader, Wedge Antilles, to discuss the matter further.

On a private channel, Hasla told Wedge of her true identity, which angered him, as he believed she was a traitor for leaving the Rebellion. His anger was painful for Hasla, as she'd never wanted to leave the Rogues. She told him that she'd had no choice and that her actions had been done for the greater good. She even offered to allow Wedge to kill her in exchange for the bacta. He ultimately chose not to kill her and let the Paladins have the bacta, believing Hasla, though he warned her to never cross his path again. He also said that he wouldn't cause Janson the pain of telling the truth about her. The Paladins then took the bacta freighter with the aid of a Yanibar Guard assault shuttle and departed.

BtS
Hasla's role in Force Exile IV was influenced by the canonical story of another infiltrator in an X-wing unit, Lara Notsil. The character's emotional dynamic largely revolved around her dual allegiance to both the Rebellion and the Yanibar Guard. Hasla's story also allowed Guardian to incorporate part of the Galactic Civil War from the standpoint of the Rebel Alliance. Hasla's history with the Rebellion was expanded upon and finally resolved in Rogues and Paladins with her confrontation with Wedge Antilles, as well as her revelation of her survival. She did not originally play such a large role in Force Exile IV in the initial outlines, but author Atarumaster88 found her storyline intriguing and expanded it. He also was originally uncertain whether or not Hasla would survive the novel. Ultimately, she did, and went on to take the role of protagonist in the follow-on story Rogues and Paladins. Hasla was not supposed to be in that story at all&mdash;Atarumaster88 had originally planned to introduce a new character to lead Paladin Squadron. That concept was nixed after Hasla's role was expanded in Guardian so as to allow Hasla to appear once more as a recurring character and to utilize the dramatic potential of her history with Rogue Squadron. -->

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Annita updates
"This is fun for me. It’s not every day I get to play detective again."
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- Annita Daowot Knrr

Annita and Jorge continued to live on Bespin for the next fourteen years, growing their business and funneling information and supplies to Yanibar even as they raised their son, Bryndar. When Bryndar was a teenager, they sent him to a boarding school on another world, though the boy was much more inclined to athletics than academics, to Annita's dismay. Both parents missed him, but they knew he would need a better education than what was offered on Bespin.

In 3 ABY, their peaceful existence on Bespin as respected business leaders who hobknobbed with Bespin's elite was disrupted on numerous occasions. The first was the Imperial takeover of Cloud City, and the space station changed hands several times thereafter. Their lives were further thrown into chaos when a landing force of Zann Consortium thugs raided the city. A group of the Zannists tried to attack and vandalize Bexpress Shipping, but Annita and Jorge, with the aid of some droidekas and a squad of Yanibar Guard commandos who were passing through, fended them off. Annita received a minor blaster graze in the skirmish, but they were otherwise unharmed. Zannist reinforcements arrived in the form of Tyber Zann himself, but the crime lord was in no mood to fight, and instead left contact information to pass on for negotiations to acquire droidekas for himself.

Shortly thereafter, in the midst of a Rebel attack on the Imperial-held Cloud City, Sarth and Cassi Kraen arrived on Bespin, asking for Annita's help. Having recovered some evidence of a kidnapping on Corulag, they needed her expertise in forensics. Annita was able to use her experience to trace the kidnappers to the world of Mandalore, which earned her their gratitude. She was also present when YGI agent Hasla Almani, who'd been undercover inside the Rebellion, made her way to the Bexpress Shipping offices after being shot down. Annita knew that Hasla was supposed to be returning to Yanibar, but Hasla was insistent that she needed to be with the Rebels. With persuasion from Sarth and Cassi, Jorge and Annita yielded and reluctantly let Hasla return to the Rebellion for a bit longer.

However, after the Battle of Endor, Selu Kraen asked Jorge and Annita to extract Hasla. Taking a Shii-cho-class transport to Endor where the victorious Rebel fleet was located, Jorge and Annita met up with an old friend, former Baron Administrator of Cloud City, Lando Calrissian, who'd become a general in the Rebel Alliance. They passed on information about an opportunity to strike the Empire at Kuat, and also met with Hasla. Jorge and Annita were able to request that Hasla be part of an escort for the return trip to Bespin and the Rebels agreed, ostensibly as part of a plan to scout Bespin for eventual capture of world. In truth, the Rebel pilots were ambushed and disabled, while Hasla was forcibly brought into the Shii-cho and taken back to Yanibar. She was not pleased at all, but Jorge and Annita were determined to do what Selu had asked them. After their mission was complete, they returned to Bespin.

A year later in 5 ABY, both Jorge and Annita, along with Bryndar, who'd just finished school, journeyed to the planet R'alla for a vacation with the Kraen family. Thanks to one of Jorge's connections, they stayed at a nice beach house. While there, though, the Kraens and Knrrs found a dead alien body. A series of suspicious circumstances led them to suspect foul play, and so Annita accompanied Jorge, Selu, and Milya down the coastline to investigate. They found a small hidden Imperial research facility and took it by storm, aided by slicing from Bryndar, Sarth's son Akleyn, and Spectre's daughter Jasika, who'd snuck in via another entrance. While Selu went to secure the youths, Annita, Jorge, and Milya confronted the Imperial leader, who held them off by using an Wroonian test subject as a hostage. However, he soon shot the Wroonian, and though he was taken down, the hostage was mortally wounded. Annita and Spectre's daughter-in-law, Ana Vondar Kraen, tried to save her life, but were unsuccessful. They did manage to deliver the baby inside her, though, who survived. The Kraen-Knrr vacation ended shortly after that altercation&mdash;the local authorities had become involved and while the Yanibar Guard extracted most of the Wroonians, the Kraens and Knrrs couldn't stay for long. However, before they left, the youths were informed of the history and true nature of their parents' and relatives' occupations. Jorge, Annita, and Bryndar then returned to Bespin.

BtS
Annita and Jorge made a recurring appearance in Force Exile IV: Guardian as minor characters. They only had a few scenes, similar to their role in Force Exile III, but Atarumaster88 was unwilling to cut them out of the storyline. Their role was primarily to help move along segments of Sarth and Cassi's quest, as well as instigate certain actions to influence Hasla Almani's storyline. For the latter, Jorge and Annita served as the mechanism to induce Hasla's return to the Yanibar Guard. They later appeared in the short story Deception on R'alla where they again had a small role alongside other members of the Kraen family. Deception on R'alla also allowed their son, Bryndar, to directly appear in a Force Exile work for the first time. --> <!--

Quinlan Vos
"The only thing I can absolutely tell you is what you already said: stay in the light side of the Force. In my opinion, the other parts of the Order’s regulations are not so absolute, and can therefore be eh, modified, if that’s what you wish. At any rate, I don’t see the point in adhering to the mandates of a defunct group.”"
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- Quinlan Vos

In 3 ABY, Vos was spotted on Obroa-skai. He had been pursued by an Emperor's Hand, Mara Jade, but had managed to give her the slip. However, Jade soon picked up the trail of two old acquaintances of Vos's, Selu and Milya Tayrce Kraen. Vos reached the two other Force-users first and warned them. Selu and Milya were able to quickly subdue Jade. Vos then asked them why they were there, and they told him that they were looking for information on alien species whom Milya had had visions of. Based on his experiences during the Clone Wars and their description, Vos told them they were looking for a member of the Noghri species on the planet Honoghr. They then invited him to a refuge for Force-sensitives they had created, but Vos declined. Instead, the aged Kiffar Jedi then parted ways with them and disappeared once more.

Behind the scenes
The character of Quinlan Vos first appeared in Force Exile II: Smuggler as a second mentor to Selusda Kraen. His presence was conceived early in the development of the Force Exile Series and Vos was present in the first draft of the story. Originally, he met with Selu Kraen after his escape from the Empire, though the initial draft had Vos teaching Selu elements of Vaapad. This was dropped from the final storyline, but the element of Vos serving as a second, albeit temporary, mentor to Selu Kraen and encouraging him to continue on the path of the Jedi was retained in the final draft of the novel. Vos was originally set to meet with his wife and son on Kashyyyk, but this posed a problem canonically since it was Vilmarh Grahrk who conducted Vos to Kashyyyk. The scene was therefore altered to have Selu take Vos to Nar Shaddaa, where he met Grahrk.

Vos later made another appearance in the fourth novel of the Force Exile Series, Force Exile IV: Guardian. Though he was not set as a character in the original dramatis personae, author Atarumaster88 needed a way to link Selu and Milya Kraen to the Noghri. Given his past canonical interactions with the Noghri on Honoghr, Vos was brought back. His role was primarily to point the Kraens towards Honoghr, giving them the information they needed to find Morgedh clan Kel'nerh. As in Smuggler, Vos's presence was always short-lived, and his tendency to leave the company of the other Force Exile characters was intentional. The author sought to portray him as a mysterious old Jedi who, guided by the Force, appears to render aid when needed, then abruptly disappears again. ->

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Jorge
Jorge and Annita continued to live on Bespin for the next fourteen years, growing their business and funneling information and supplies to Yanibar even as they raised their son, Bryndar. When Bryndar was a teenager, they sent him to a boarding school on another world, though the boy was much more inclined to athletics than academics, which pleased Jorge. Both parents missed him, but they knew he would need a better education than what was offered on Bespin.

In 3 ABY, their peaceful existence on Bespin as respected business leaders who hobknobbed with Bespin's elite was disrupted on numerous occasions. The first was the Imperial takeover of Cloud City, and the space station changed hands several times thereafter. Their lives were further thrown into chaos when a landing force of Zann Consortium thugs raided the city. A group of the Zannists tried to attack and vandalize Bexpress Shipping, but Jorge and Annita, with the aid of some droidekas and a squad of Yanibar Guard commandos who were passing through, fended them off. Annita received a minor blaster graze in the skirmish, but they were otherwise unharmed. Zannist reinforcements arrived in the form of Tyber Zann himself, but the crime lord was in no mood to fight, and instead left contact information to pass on for negotiations to acquire droidekas for himself.

Shortly thereafter, in the midst of a Rebel attack on the Imperial-held Cloud City, Sarth and Cassi Kraen arrived on Bespin, asking for Annita's help. She helped them while they were able to relax. Sarth and Cassi were present when YGI agent Hasla Almani, who'd been undercover inside the Rebellion, made her way to the Bexpress Shipping offices after being shot down. Jorge knew that Hasla was supposed to be returning to Yanibar, but Hasla was insistent that she needed to be with the Rebels. With persuasion from Sarth and Cassi, Jorge and Annita yielded and reluctantly let Hasla return to the Rebellion for a bit longer, though Jorge was against the idea.

However, after the Battle of Endor, Selu Kraen asked Jorge and Annita to extract Hasla. Taking a Shii-cho-class transport to Endor where the victorious Rebel fleet was located, Jorge and Annita met up with an old friend, the former Baron Administrator of Cloud City, Lando Calrissian, who'd become a general in the Rebel Alliance. They passed on information about an opportunity to strike the Empire at Kuat, and also met with Hasla. Jorge and Annita were able to request that Hasla be part of an escort for the return trip to Bespin and the Rebels agreed, ostensibly as part of a plan to scout Bespin for eventual capture of world. In truth, the Rebel pilots were ambushed and disabled, while Hasla was forcibly brought into the Shii-cho and taken back to Yanibar. She was not pleased at all, but Jorge and Annita were determined to do what Selu had asked them. After their mission was complete, they returned to Bespin.

A year later in 5 ABY, both Jorge and Annita, along with Bryndar, who'd just finished school, journeyed to the planet R'alla for a vacation with the Kraen family. Thanks to one of Jorge's connections, they stayed at a nice beach house. While there, though, the Kraens and Knrrs found a dead alien body. A series of suspicious circumstances led them to suspect foul play, and so Jorge accompanied Jorge, Selu, and Milya down the coastline to investigate. They found a small hidden Imperial research facility and took it by storm, aided by slicing from Bryndar, Sarth's son Akleyn, and Spectre's daughter Jasika, who'd snuck in via another entrance. While Selu went to secure the youths, Annita, Jorge, and Milya confronted the Imperial leader, who held them off by using an Wroonian test subject as a hostage. However, he soon shot the Wroonian, and though he was taken down, the hostage was mortally wounded. Annita and Spectre's daughter-in-law, Ana Vondar Kraen, tried to save her life, but were unsuccessful. They did manage to deliver the baby inside her, though, who survived. The Kraen-Knrr vacation ended shortly after that altercation&mdash;the local authorities had become involved and while the Yanibar Guard extracted most of the Wroonians, the Kraens and Knrrs couldn't stay for long. However, before they left, the youths were informed of the history and true nature of their parents' and relatives' occupations. Jorge, Annita, and Bryndar then returned to Bespin.

BtS
Jorge and Annita made a recurring appearance in Force Exile IV: Guardian as minor characters. They only had a few scenes, similar to their role in Force Exile III, but Atarumaster88 was unwilling to cut them out of the storyline. Their role was primarily to help move along segments of Sarth and Cassi's quest, as well as instigate certain actions to influence Hasla Almani's storyline. For the latter, Jorge and Annita served as the mechanism to induce Hasla's return to the Yanibar Guard. They later appeared in the short story Deception on R'alla where they again had a small role alongside other members of the Kraen family. Deception on R'alla also allowed their son, Bryndar, to directly appear in a Force Exile work for the first time. --> <!-- Add FE IV tags "We fought and died by the thousands. The man whom we were cloned from, the closest thing I’ll ever have to a father, died in our first battle. There isn’t a day where I don’t ask myself why I survived to enjoy the things I have now."

- Spectre Kraen

Spectre
Along with marrying Tull came the challenge of helping raise her children. Though her three older children, Tarl, Tonoté, and Mithail, were already mostly grown, Spectre was able to connect with Sheeka's son by another ARC, a boy named Nate. Nate was the most accepting of Spectre and wanted to follow in his footsteps, joining the Yanibar Guard eventually. Spectre also had a child with Sheeka, a daughter named Jasika. Spectre continued to serve in the Yanibar Guard, holding the role of the leader of the Yanibar Guard Army for many years. He was Selu's right-hand-man when it came to defense policy even as the Yanibar Guard shifted its emphasis to a space-based defense. It was in this role that Spectre authorized covert operations for select units of the Yanibar Guard. It was also in this role that he eulogized the first combat casualty of the Yanibar Guard in 12 BBY.

In 0 BBY, Spectre undertook a frontline commando mission, something that become a rarity for him. Along with Milya, Selu, Sarth, and the elite commandos of Cresh Squad, he infiltrated an Imperial Star Destroyer in a brazen attempt to steal its computer core. Spectre and the other Yanibar Guard infiltrators were able to breach security and reach the core, but the disturbance in the Force caused by the destruction of Alderaan rendered him and the other Force-sensitives more or less incapacitated. The other commandos held off the Imperial security forces. Eventually, Spectre, Sarth, Milya, and Selu were able to recover somewhat. Combined with the Cresh Squad commandos, they seized the core and exfiltrated the Star Destroyer in an escape pod cloaked by the Force.

Three years later, Spectre was present when an Imperial warship interfered with a Yanibar Guard salvage effort in the Drexel system. Flying with Selu inside the Hawk-bat, Spectre helped launch a surprise assault on the Imperial warship, followed by a swift boarding action that compelled the Imperial ship to surrender. However, he had also noticed a diminished capability to use the Force in combat during this time. Onboard the Imperial warship, he noticed the same lack of connection to its power and grew concerned, even though he and Selu were ultimately successful. Another factor of concern for Spectre was his accelerated aging&mdash;though he was less than thirty chronologically, he had the body of a sixty-year-old. They returned to Yanibar shortly thereafter, where Spectre and Sheeka enjoyed dinner at Selu and Milya Kraen's house.

Later, while training with the other former members of the Hawk-bat crew, Spectre found that he had no problems accessing the Force, which puzzled him. The suggestion was made that he consult the spirits of Revan and the others, but Spectre was reluctant to do so, fearing that they would tell him his connection to the Force was irrevocably diminished. Spectre's problem also caused Sarth and Cassi to venture out in search of a former professor of Sarth's, a genius named Nasdra Magrody who had done some research into Force-sensitivity.

Shortly thereafter, while Selu, Sarth, Milya, and Cassi were away, Spectre was tapped to go on a covert mission to Nar Shaddaa to meet with crime lord Tyber Zann. The Yanibar Ruling Council had approved limited business deals with Zann and his consortium, and though Spectre was against the idea, he was sent to conduct the negotiations. Meeting in a seedy dive, Spectre was able to work out a contract for arms with Zann, but the depravity he saw while there, including the mistreatment of numerous slaves, filled him with anger.

By the time he returned to Yanibar, Spectre had already decided to sabotage the Zann Consortium's operations on Nar Shaddaa, though he waited for Selu and Milya to return before fully implementing anything. He also told them of Sarth's lack of oversight on the export process. Spectre eventually did journey to Revan's tower, where he learned that his difficulty in using the Force was caused by his proximity to other clones of Jango Fett, which created a mental resonance that interfered with his abilities. However, he refused to linger at Revan's tower, feeling that he was needed more on Yanibar. In fact, Spectre was heavily involved with Selu in planning Operation Triangle, a plan to lure the Zann Consortium into a battle with both the Rebels and Imperials at Kuat.

Spectre was present when Milya and Rhiannon, Selu's daughter, returned from an extended vacation that had gone awry, and was also present when Cresh Squad returned from a lengthy sabotage campaign on Nar Shaddaa. Around the same time, Sarth and Cassi's ship arrived back on Yanibar, but without Sarth and Cassi. Selu, Spectre, and Milya knew that their last known location was on Mandalore, but otherwise, they were unsure of their fate aside from suspicions of Zann Consortium involvement, as there was a significant Zannist presence on Mandalore.

However, unbeknownst to them, a Zannist spy had infiltrated the Yanibar Orbital Defense Command and passed along revealing information to Tyber Zann. Knowing their position was compromised, Spectre and the other Yanibar Guard staff began preparing for invasion. At this time, Spectre met the young Force-sensitive Noghri Selu and Milya had recruited, Morgedh clan Kel'nerh. The two were able to relate to each other due to their past histories with the Empire, and Spectre charged Morgedh with helping defend the colony.

Eventually, the Zannists arrived. Spectre helped coordinate the defense of Yanibar, harassing Zann's ground troops once they landed. However, even as the ground campaign wound into a stalemate, Spectre was astonished to see a swarm of Sith soldiers under the Nightsister Silri land inside the Yanibar colony. Selu sought to buy time by negotiating with their leaders, and Milya was occupied defending Rhiannon, leaving Spectre in charge on the ground. Around this time, the Yanibar Guard received a coded message from Sarth and Cassi informing them that the two were being held captive on Zann's flagship in orbit over Yanibar. Spectre then took Cresh Squad, including his step-son, Nate, and flew the Hawk-bat up in a desperate boarding action. A Force illusion that Spectre generated concealed the ship, allowing them to board successfully. While most of Cresh Squad went to sabotage the reactor, Spectre, Nate, and another Cresh Squad commando, Jabri C'esta, went to rescue Sarth and Cassi. They were successful in doing so, but were ambushed by Tyber Zann and his Talortai henchman, Urai Fen. Spectre single-handedly defeated Fen, and Zann was badly injured, but their escape was ruined when Zann hurled a final detonator at them. Spectre and Nate took the force of the blow and, as the warship was rigged to explode, were unable to escape. Badly wounded, Spectre ordered Jabri to get Sarth and Cassi out of there before the ship blew up. She did so and Spectre and Nate spent their final moments together before the ship detonated, claiming their lives. The Yanibar Guard was ultimately victorious over the Zannists, but the victory came with a heavy price. Spectre's death left Sheeka Tull Kraen widowed for the second time and left Jasika without a father. He was mourned by all of the Yanibar colony and given a place in the Hall of Remembrance for his valor.

BtS
Spectre continued to exist largely in this third iteration of his personality for the short story Hard Code where he played a peripheral role.

By Force Exile IV: Guardian, a new element had been introduced into Spectre's personality, though, and that was his role as a father. Spectre's responsibilities now included caring for his wife, stepson and especially his daughter Jasika. While the primary conflict for Spectre in Guardian was supposed to be his seemingly weakening connection to the Force, Atarumaster88 found that emphasizing his familial ties and the duality of his personality as both a family man and a formidable warrior was more aligned with the overall theme of the book. As such, after the first segment, Spectre's weakness in the Force was not given as much of a priority, whereas his interactions with Jasika and Sheeka were highlighted more. However, Spectre served as the motivation for Sarth and Cassi to embark on their central quest in Guardian. He also interacted briefly with new character Morgedh clan Kel'nerh and were able to identify with each other due to their common warrior heritage and prior service to the Empire.

Spectre also played the role of ultimately rescuing Sarth and Cassi from Tyber Zann while sacrificing himself. His death was planned fairly early in the writing process for Guardian, though it wasn't present in initial drafts of the Force Exile Saga. Atarumaster88 felt that Spectre's death was necessary to the plot for multiple reasons. In-universe, the character was aging and many possible storylines had already been explored with him. Out of universe, the author felt that a heroic self-sacrifice would immortalize Spectre and help deal with issues of overlapping character roles that were starting to arise in Guardian. Significant character development of other major characters also resulted from Spectre's sacrifice. While Atarumaster88 found that writing Spectre's death was not easy, he also felt that the character would have preferred to die in a heroic manner rather than withering from a premature old age. Spectre's death represented the first major protagonist death in the Force Exile Series since Force Exile II: Smuggler.

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Sarth
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Sarth and Cassi continued their lives on Yanibar, and Sarth spearheaded new efforts to develop high-quality systems for use by the Yanibar Guard even while he helped raise Akleyn. One such system was the Battlesuit52, the signature powered armor employed by Yanibar Guard infantry. Sarth also worked on some projects for himself and his family, building a droid for Selu and Milya and customizing a small yacht for himself and Cassi, the Silent Surprise.

In 0 BBY, he undertook a rare offworld mission alongside Selu, Milya, Spectre, and the elite commandos of Cresh Squad. Boarding an Imperial Star Destroyer incognito, Sarth's assignment for the mission was to retrieve a full Imperial computer core from the depths of the Star Destroyer, plundering the valuable data and secrets. The infiltration team was able to reach the computer control center successfully, but Sarth's slicing soon set off an alarm, prompting waves of Imperials to advance on their position. As he was finishing the extraction protocol, a massive disturbance in the Force, generated by the Empire's destruction of Alderaan light-years away, rendered Sarth, Milya, Selu, and Spectre virtually catatonic. The Cresh Squad slicer, Dex Naresco, took over the operation and finished removing the core. Sarth and the others recovered in time to make a frantic getaway through the corridors of the Star Destroyer and they fled in an escape pod amidst several diversions. Their pod was retrieved by a Yanibar Guard gunship and they returned to Yanibar with their prize intact.

Shortly thereafter, Sarth and Cassi bid Akleyn farewell as their son headed off to university. Though Yanibar's educational system had improved drastically, it was not of the elite caliber that Sarth and Cassi felt would be best for Akleyn, who was academically gifted and had an interest in becoming a doctor. However, even while Akleyn was away at school, the galaxy became increasingly engulfed in the Galactic Civil War. For the most part, Yanibar stayed out of the conflict, participating in minor raids against the Empire and its allies, as well as funneling small amounts of supplies to the Rebel Alliance.

In late 3 ABY, Sarth learned from Spectre that the ex-ARC's ability to use the Force had been inexplicably diminishing at certain crucial times. Concerned for their friend, Sarth and Cassi resolved to look up Sarth's old mentor, Nasdra Magrody, who had conducted research into understanding how the Force worked years earlier. Sarth attempted to contact him, but was unable to reach the scientist. Concerned for Magrody's safety, he and Cassi journeyed to Corulag, where Magrody worked at a university there, to try and locate him in person.

At the Magrody Institute, Sarth and Cassi met a student named Alris, as well as his professor, an Alderaanian, Dr. Benzep-Naes. Both of them seemed to have information about Magrody, leading to Sarth and Cassi meeting them in Benzep-Naes's office. The student and professor were leery of Sarth and Cassi at first, particularly after Sarth deduced they were agents for the Rebel Alliance. However, the two were able to convince the doctor of their sincerity in wanting to help Nasdra Magrody, so Benzep-Naes gave them Magrody's address. Sarth and Cassi journeyed to the residence, but found it empty. They did find evidence of a kidnapping, though, and they took the few clues that were left there with them.

Though Cassi's patience was beginning to wear thin, she agreed to stop by Bespin to visit Jorge and Annita Knrr. They arrived in the middle of a Rebel attack on the Imperial-held Cloud City, but an undercover Yanibar Guard agent named Hasla Almani helped shoot off some Imperial pursuit. They landed safely and Annita was able to help them with their search by tracing the piece of evidence to Mandalore. Before they left, though, Sarth and Cassi met with Hasla, who'd been shot down and had made her way to Jorge's business. Hasla was insistent that she should return to the Rebellion, that the Force was telling her to do so against her orders, and Sarth and Cassi helped convince Jorge and Annita to let Hasla follow her heart. They were reluctant, but acceded. However, this suborning of their authority, as well as certain business deals with the underworld Zann Consortium, displeased Selu considerably, who made sure to voice his disapproval to Sarth.

On Mandalore, Sarth and Cassi made quiet inquiries about the location of the Magrody's, whom they'd learned had been kidnapped by Imperial Intelligence and were probably being held on Mandalore. They were met by a Dug named Zloskiba and several thugs in the employ of the Zann Consortium, who offered their assistance. Sarth and Cassi reluctantly accepted their aid, but Zloskiba and his crew soon passed on the location of the Imperial safehouse. Sarth and Cassi assaulted it in a daring raid and found that Shenna and Elizie Magrody, the wife and daughter of Nasdra, were being held there. They freed them, but were pursued. Sarth and Cassi sent the two freed prisoners to meet up with their ship, Silent Surprise, while they drew off pursuit. They were surrounded by the Imperials, but the quick intervention of Zloskiba's crew turned the tables. The Imperials were all slain and the two Magrody's made an escape thanks to the sophisticated automation on the Silent Surprise. However, the Zannists betrayed and captured them shortly thereafter, as they'd learned Sarth's and Cassi's true identities.

At first, the Zannists intended to extort them into giving up control of Kraechar Arms and Zloskiba tortured both of them in an attempt to make them capitulate. They resisted, though, and thanks to Cassi's Force healing, were able to endure it. At one point, Cassi made an attempt to blast free, using the Force to seize a weapon and inflict considerable damage, but they were halted and restrained. Furthermore, word was sent from Tyber Zann, the head of the Zann Consortium, to bring Sarth and Cassi to his flagship, the Merciless. Zann had learned that the Yanibar Guard had been sabotaging his facilities and arms, as well as luring his fleet into a trap at Kuat. He intended to use Sarth and Cassi as hostages, as well as extract any information he could from them.

Sarth attempted to stall Zann, but the crime lord's use of Force-blocking ysalamiri rendered many of their advantages useless. When Zann ran out of patience and angrily threatened to molest Cassi, Sarth capitulated and gave the crime lord information about Yanibar and its defenses. He didn't reveal the true Force-based nature of the refuge, but he nevertheless divulged valuable secrets to Zann.

As Zann's war fleet arrived over Yanibar, Sarth was able to steal a comlink and send a covert message to the Yanibar Guard, informing them of their location and giving them the location of a set of computer codes that would allow the Guard to temporarily seize control of Zann's Droideka Mk. IIs. Both parts of his message were put to use, as the Yanibar Guard was able to repulse Zann's forces in ground and in space, while Spectre led Cresh Squad on a risky boarding maneuver to rescue Sarth and Cassi. While the commandos sabotaged the Merciless, Spectre, his step-son Nate, and the Cresh Squad medic, Jabri C'esta rescued Sarth and Cassi. En route to the Hawk-bat for exfiltration, they were attacked by Tyber Zann and his hulking henchman, Urai Fen. Spectre and the others defeated them, but a last-second grenade by Zann mortally wounded Spectre and Nate. Sarth and Cassi were semi-conscious from the blast, so Jabri carried both of them back to the Hawk-bat. They escaped just in time before the Merciless exploded, taking most of Zann's fleet, as well as Spectre, Nate, and Zann himself with it. Sarth and Cassi awoke in a Yanibar medcenter, where Milya soon informed them of Spectre's and Nate's sacrifice, which both shocked and saddened them.

The next year was one of rebuilding. Sarth poured his efforts into replacing what had been destroyed in the Battle of Yanibar, working at a frenetic pace as an outlet for his grief. In 5 ABY, though, Sarth and the other Kraens, as well as Jorge, Annita, and their son Bryndar, took a break and journeyed to the neutral Corporate Sector world of R'alla for a much-needed vacation. They were able to relax at a comfortable beach house&mdash;until a dead, tortured alien washed up in the middle of the storm. A fake patrol confirmed their fears that something suspicious was occurring on R'alla. Tracing his path, Selu, Milya, Jorge, and Annita soon located an Imperial lab, while Sarth, Cassi, and Nate's widow, Ana Vondar Kraen, enlisted the aid of a Corporate Sector Authority official named Fiolla of Lorrd. Together, and with some unexpected aid from Akleyn, Bryndar, and Spectre's daughter Jasika, they were able to clear the Imperial lab, where experiments had been performed on a group of Wroonians. The younger Kraens and Knrrs were endangered by a group of stormtroopers, but Sarth, Cassi, and Selu were able to save them. Once the lab's personnel were defeated and the Wroonians freed, the ersatz vacationers returned to their beach house and prepared to leave. While the Wroonians were evacuated back to Yanibar, their intervention meant that Fiolla had cut their vacation short. Before they left, though, the true legacy of the older Kraens and Knrrs was revealed to the younger generation for the first time.

Sarth BTS
Sarth and Cassi were given deliberately different roles in Force Exile IV: Guardian. Atarumaster88 incorporated a number of role reversals in the fourth novel for the main characters, and that included placing Sarth and Cassi in more dangerous scenarios, culminating in their imprisonment by Tyber Zann. He also wanted to give them more page time, as he felt they were marginalized in Force Exile III: Liberator and many of the Yanibar Tales that followed it.

Their characters were largely unchanged from their portrayal in Liberator, with the expection of the "Skart and Cassi Kraest" persona for Sarth and Cassi. Sarth's interactions with Alris were also designed to show how Sarth would relate to a younger, more immature version of himself. Atarumaster88 sought to explore Sarth's character more by revealing more of his weaknesses and insecurities, and so incorporated numerous scenarios intended to do that into Guardian. Sarth and Cassi's capture was also used to set up the climactic final scene on the Merciless, which led to the death of Spectre.

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Cassi
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Sarth and Cassi continued their lives on Yanibar, and Cassi worked part-time at the Yanibar University as a linguistics teacher as well as part of the board of directors. However, she spent most of her time at home, tending a garden she'd established and raising Akleyn. Sarth also worked on some projects for himself and his family, building a droid for Selu and Milya and customizing a small yacht for himself and Cassi, the Silent Surprise.

In 0 BBY, Sarth undertook a rare offworld mission alongside Selu, Milya, Spectre, and the elite commandos of Cresh Squad, but Cassi remained behind. She rarely ventured offworld, content to stay at home and work on her own domestic projects. She was rarely in the spotlight, preferring to live a simple, quiet life.

Shortly thereafter, Sarth and Cassi bid Akleyn farewell as their son headed off to university. Though Yanibar's educational system had improved drastically, it was not of the elite caliber that Sarth and Cassi felt would be best for Akleyn, who was academically gifted and had an interest in becoming a doctor. However, even while Akleyn was away at school, the galaxy became increasingly engulfed in the Galactic Civil War. For the most part, Yanibar stayed out of the conflict, participating in minor raids against the Empire and its allies, as well as funneling small amounts of supplies to the Rebel Alliance.

In late 3 ABY, Sarth learned from Spectre that the ex-ARC's ability to use the Force had been inexplicably diminishing at certain crucial times. Concerned for their friend, Sarth and Cassi resolved to look up Sarth's old mentor, Nasdra Magrody, who had conducted research into understanding how the Force worked years earlier. Sarth attempted to contact him, but was unable to reach the scientist. Though Cassi was less than interested at first, she was persuaded by Sarth to assist him in his search. Sarth and Cassi journeyed to Corulag, where Magrody worked at a university there, to try and locate him in person.

At the Magrody Institute, Sarth and Cassi met a student named Alris, as well as his professor, an Alderaanian, Dr. Benzep-Naes. Both of them seemed to have information about Magrody, leading to Sarth and Cassi meeting them in Benzep-Naes's office. The student and professor were leery of Sarth and Cassi at first, particularly after Sarth deduced they were agents for the Rebel Alliance. However, the two were able to convince the doctor of their sincerity in wanting to help Nasdra Magrody, so Benzep-Naes gave them Magrody's address. Sarth and Cassi journeyed to the residence, but found it empty. They did find evidence of a kidnapping, though, and they took the few clues that were left there with them.

Though Cassi's patience was beginning to wear thin, she agreed to stop by Bespin to visit Jorge and Annita Knrr. They arrived in the middle of a Rebel attack on the Imperial-held Cloud City, but an undercover Yanibar Guard agent named Hasla Almani helped shoot off some Imperial pursuit. They landed safely and Annita was able to help them with their search by tracing the piece of evidence to Mandalore. Before they left, though, Sarth and Cassi met with Hasla, who'd been shot down and had made her way to Jorge's business. Hasla was insistent that she should return to the Rebellion, that the Force was telling her to do so against her orders, and Sarth and Cassi helped convince Jorge and Annita to let Hasla follow her heart. Jorge and Annita were reluctant, but acceded. However, this suborning of their authority, as well as certain business deals with the underworld Zann Consortium, displeased Selu considerably, who made sure to voice his disapproval to Sarth.

On Mandalore, Sarth and Cassi made quiet inquiries about the location of the Magrody's, whom they'd learned had been kidnapped by Imperial Intelligence and were probably being held on Mandalore. They were met by a Dug named Zloskiba and several thugs in the employ of the Zann Consortium, who offered their assistance. Sarth and Cassi reluctantly accepted their aid, but Zloskiba and his crew soon passed on the location of the Imperial safehouse. Sarth and Cassi assaulted it in a daring raid and found that Shenna and Elizie Magrody, the wife and daughter of Nasdra, were being held there. They freed them, but were pursued. Sarth and Cassi sent the two freed prisoners to meet up with their ship, Silent Surprise, while they drew off pursuit. They were surrounded by the Imperials, but the quick intervention of Zloskiba's crew turned the tables. The Imperials were all slain and the two Magrody's made an escape thanks to the sophisticated automation on the Silent Surprise. However, the Zannists betrayed and captured them shortly thereafter, as they'd learned Sarth's and Cassi's true identities.

At first, the Zannists intended to extort them into giving up control of Kraechar Arms and Zloskiba tortured both of them in an attempt to make them capitulate. They resisted, though, and thanks to Cassi's Force healing, were able to endure it. At one point, Cassi made an attempt to blast free, using the Force to seize a weapon and inflict considerable damage, but they were halted and restrained. Furthermore, word was sent from Tyber Zann, the head of the Zann Consortium, to bring Sarth and Cassi to his flagship, the Merciless. Zann had learned that the Yanibar Guard had been sabotaging his facilities and arms, as well as luring his fleet into a trap at Kuat. He intended to use Sarth and Cassi as hostages, as well as extract any information he could from them.

Sarth attempted to stall Zann, but the crime lord's use of Force-blocking ysalamiri rendered many of their advantages useless. When Zann ran out of patience and angrily threatened to molest Cassi, Sarth capitulated and gave the crime lord information about Yanibar and its defenses. Cassi urged him to not give in, but Sarth's willpower was broken.

As Zann's war fleet arrived over Yanibar, against Zann's promises, Cassi was attacked by Zloskiba, whom she'd injured on Mandalore. Though the Dug and his thugs were beaten off, she was burned by the Dug. Sarth was angered by this, but he had at least managed to steal a comlink and send a message to Yanibar. Both parts of his message were put to use, as the Yanibar Guard was able to repulse Zann's forces in ground and in space using his information, while Spectre led Cresh Squad on a risky boarding maneuver to rescue Sarth and Cassi. While the commandos sabotaged the Merciless, Spectre, his step-son Nate, and the Cresh Squad medic, Jabri C'esta rescued Sarth and Cassi. En route to the Hawk-bat for exfiltration, they were attacked by Tyber Zann and his hulking henchman, Urai Fen. Spectre and the others defeated them, but a last-second grenade by Zann mortally wounded Spectre and Nate. Sarth and Cassi were semi-conscious from the blast, so Jabri carried both of them back to the Hawk-bat. They escaped just in time before the Merciless exploded, taking most of Zann's fleet, as well as Spectre, Nate, and Zann himself with it. Sarth and Cassi awoke in a Yanibar medcenter, where Milya soon informed them of Spectre's and Nate's sacrifice, which both shocked and saddened them.

The next year was one of rebuilding. Cassi aided with the rebuilding efforts, but spent a lot of her time with Sheeka Tull Kraen and Ana Vondar Kraen, Spectre's and Nate's widows, helping them cope with the loss of their husbands. In 5 ABY, though, Cassi and the other Kraens, as well as Jorge, Annita, and their son Bryndar, took a break and journeyed to the neutral Corporate Sector world of R'alla for a much-needed vacation. They were able to relax at a comfortable beach house&mdash;until a dead, tortured alien washed up in the middle of the storm. A fake patrol confirmed their fears that something suspicious was occurring on R'alla. Tracing his path, Selu, Milya, Jorge, and Annita soon located an Imperial lab, while Sarth, Cassi, and Nate's widow, Ana Vondar Kraen, enlisted the aid of a Corporate Sector Authority official named Fiolla of Lorrd. Together, and with some unexpected aid from Akleyn, Bryndar, and Spectre's daughter Jasika, they were able to clear the Imperial lab, where experiments had been performed on a group of Wroonians. The younger Kraens and Knrrs were endangered by a group of stormtroopers, but Sarth, Cassi, and Selu were able to save them. Once the lab's personnel were defeated and the Wroonians freed, the ersatz vacationers returned to their beach house and prepared to leave. While the Wroonians were evacuated back to Yanibar, their intervention meant that Fiolla had cut their vacation short. Before they left, though, the true legacy of the older Kraens and Knrrs was revealed to the younger generation for the first time.

Cassi BTS
Sarth and Cassi were given deliberately different roles in Force Exile IV: Guardian. Atarumaster88 incorporated a number of role reversals in the fourth novel for the main characters, and that included placing Sarth and Cassi in more dangerous scenarios, culminating in their imprisonment by Tyber Zann. He also wanted to give them more page time, as he felt they were marginalized in Force Exile III: Liberator and many of the Yanibar Tales that followed it.

Their characters were largely unchanged from their portrayal in Liberator, with the expection of the "Skart and Cassi Kraest" persona for Sarth and Cassi. Cassi was made somewhat more forward and her more aggressive side was highlighted during the search for the Magrody's; previously, she was not often portrayed in direct combat. Atarumaster88 sought to explore Cassi's character more by revealing more of her weaknesses and insecurities, and so incorporated numerous scenarios intended to do that into Guardian. Sarth and Cassi's capture was also used to set up the climactic final scene on the Merciless, which led to the death of Spectre.

-->  Selu first began his friendship with Keto in 23 BBY. They were in the same lightsaber class, but Keto was far more skilled in the use of a lightsaber. As he was preparing for a mission to Ando along with Skip, Selu's lack of proficiency and distractedness earned him the ire of Jedi Master Cin Drallig, who paired him with Keto in a lightsaber drill in order to teach him a lesson. However, Keto was overzealous, burning Selu numerous times with her training lightsaber. Feeling defeated, Selu withdrew and sulked in his room, but a young Padawan named Aubrie Wyn was able to coax him out of his self-pity. With her encouragement, Selu proved his proficiency by defeating Bairdon Jace in unarmed combat, which impressed an observing Cin Drallig. Later that day, Selu was approached by Keto, who apologized for her behavior. Realizing that his first impression of her had been flawed, Selu accepted her offer of friendship. At that point, neither Padawan was prepared to admit any nascent attraction between them, but the first sparks were present, according to the journals of Selusda Kraen that have been recovered. <-END FIRST IMPRESSIONS->

In 9 BBY, Milya learned that she was pregnant, and she gave birth the next year to a daughter, Rhiannon Kraen. Selu and Milya loved their daughter dearly, even though Rhiannon had no Force-sensitivity. However, when Rhiannon was two, she became ill during an epidemic on Yanibar, and due to the lack of proper medical treatment, lost her eyesight, though she recovered. Selu and Milya resolved that such a thing would never happen again and appealed to the Yanibar Council to allow sales of ylannock, a memory-altering drug found naturally in fungus native to Yanibar. The Council agreed and a new influx of credits began pouring into Yanibar's coffers, allowing Selu and Milya to construct a much nicer home than the small house they'd been living in, circa 5 BBY.

In 0 BBY, Selu, Milya, Spectre, and Sarth accompanied Cresh Squad, an elite group of the Yanibar Guard on a mission to infiltrate a Star Destroyer, the Impenetrable, in an attempt to steal a computer core. They decided to sneak aboard, with Milya posing as a journalist. After luring out an Imperial shuttle and subduing its crew, Selu disguised himself as an Imperial officer while the others used active camouflage systems to conceal themselves. Although they were able to sneak aboard and reach the computer center, they were discovered. While they were fending off the stormtroopers, the Empire destroyed Alderaan, and the ripple in the Force caused by millions of deaths practically knocked Selu, Milya, Spectre, and Sarth out. Fortunately, the squad of elites was able to get them out of there, and they escaped via escape pods after setting off several diversions to distract the Empire. They were picked up by the gunship Serra Keto, which then returned them to Yanibar, having obtained the core.

Selu continued to lead the Yanibar Guard even as the flames of the Galactic Civil War spread across the galaxy. He was a strong proponent of Yanibar's neutrality, while orchestrating small raids and funneling small amounts of aid to the Rebel Alliance. Selu had little trust of Luke Skywalker, though, remembering how Anakin had turned against the Jedi Order when they needed him the most, and so refused to openly support the Rebellion, or make contact with Skywalker.

In late 3 ABY, Selu and Spectre visited a Yanibar Guard salvage operation of a sizable derelict Imperial battlecruiser. While on their visit, an Imperial warship arrived and attacked the Yanibar Guard ships present. Selu and Spectre rushed to assist, using a Yanibar Guard gunship to good effect while Selu employed Jedi battle meditation. Even as the Imperial warship was assaulted from all sides, Selu and Spectre boarded the vessel and compelled its surrender. They then returned to Yanibar successful, but with a disturbing portent: Spectre's ability to use the Force seemed to be diminishing at crucial times. They discussed the matter with the other Kraens, resolving to do whatever they could to help Selu. However, at the same time, visions of a Force-sensitive alien being used by the Empire and Darth Vader to hunt down the Yanibar refuge haunted both Selu and Milya. In response, Selu and Milya embarked on a search to find the alien before Vader did.

Their journey took them to the library world of Obroa-skai, where Milya posed as a Kuati noblewoman while Selu pretended to be her telbun. While on Obroa-skai, they encountered and quickly subdued Emperor's Hand Mara Jade, who had originally been tracking the elusive Jedi Master Quinlan Vos. Selu and Milya made contact with Vos, who aided them on their search by telling them that the alien they were looking for was a Noghri. With data on the Noghri and their homeworld, Honoghr, Selu and Milya left, though they made sure Mara Jade was injected with a memory-altering ylannock concoction.

Selu and Milya arrived over Honoghr shortly thereafter, with the Hawk-bat disguised as an Imperial ship. With Milya's Force senses, they quickly located the Noghri they were looking for, an exile named Morgedh clan Kel'nerh. Though the Noghri warrior was recalcitrant in his loyalty to the Empire at first, Selu and Milya were able to convince him of the Empire's wrongs and persuaded him to accompany them back to Yanibar where he could learn to develop his natural Force-sensitivity. Upon returning, Selu learned that, while on an extended search of their own, Sarth and Cassi had inadvertently suborned the authority of YGI when it came to an undercover agent, Hasla Almani, and had also failed to exercise proper oversight over arms exports. Selu expressed his irritation with them on those matters, but also drew up plans to sabotage a newly approved deal that would have Kraechar Arms supplying weapons to the criminal Zann Consortium.

Upon their return, Milya journeyed to Eriadu with Rhiannon on a mother-daughter trip. However, it quickly ran into problems when Rhiannon was recruited to perform at the Coruscant Opera House. Selu was deeply concerned for their safety, but he was also pragmatic enough to know that a rescue attempt would draw unwanted attention. The fact that Rhiannon herself wanted to sing for the Opera House sealed the deal and Selu begrudgingly gave his consent.

At the same time, Selu worked with Morgedh clan Kel'nerh, teaching the Noghri about the ways of the Force and trying to instill the philosophies of the light side in the alien warrior. -->

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Add FE IV tags {{Quote| A few years later, Milya orchestrated the theft of the B-wing starfighter plans from the Rebel Alliance, inserting YGI agent Hasla Almani undercover to retrieve them and gain experience on the starfighter. At the same time, in 3 ABY, Milya planned a trip to Eriadu with her daughter, Rhiannon, to see the Pan-Galactic Symphony. However, visions of a Force-sensitive alien being used by the Empire and Darth Vader to hunt down the Yanibar refuge haunted both her and Selu. In response, she postponed her trip with Rhiannon and accompanied Selu on a search to find the alien before Vader did.

Their journey took them to the library world of Obroa-skai, where Milya posed as a Kuati noblewoman while Selu pretended to be her telbun. While on Obroa-skai, they encountered and quickly subdued Emperor's Hand Mara Jade, who had originally been tracking the elusive Jedi Master Quinlan Vos. Selu and Milya made contact with Vos, who aided them on their search by telling them that the alien they were looking for was a Noghri. With data on the Noghri and their homeworld, Honoghr, Selu and Milya left, though they made sure Mara Jade was injected with a memory-altering ylannock concoction.

Selu and Milya arrived over Honoghr shortly thereafter, with the Hawk-bat disguised as an Imperial ship. With Milya's Force senses, they quickly located the Noghri they were looking for, an exile named Morgedh clan Kel'nerh. Though the Noghri warrior was recalcitrant in his loyalty to the Empire at first, Selu and Milya were able to convince him of the Empire's wrongs and persuaded him to accompany them back to Yanibar where he could learn to develop his natural Force-sensitivity.

Upon their return, Milya kept her word and journeyed to Eriadu with Rhiannon. They were both disguised as traveling Rimdwellers, but despite Milya's fears, they had no difficulty reaching the planet and seeing the symphony. Rhiannon loved the experience, which brought a smile to her mother's face. Afterward, though, they ran into the eccentric holodrama director, Taelros Bac. Milya was immediately leery of him, but somehow, he managed to finagle Rhiannon into serving as a last-minute replacement for an opera of his that was going to be performed on Coruscant. Unable to escape due to the insistence of Bac's Imperial liaison, Colonel Hagrek, Milya managed to consult Selu, who reluctantly agreed to allowing Rhiannon to perform. With that agreed, Rhiannon and Milya traveled to Coruscant.

After a grueling rehearsal schedule, Rhiannon was finally able to perform at the Coruscant Opera House. The girl sang marvelously, to both her delight and the delight of the audience, which included a proud Milya. However, the performance was abruptly interrupted by the appearance of the Nightsister Silri, a member of the Zann Consortium, who crashed into the building to provide a diversion while Tyber Zann and Urai Fen, the leaders of the Zann Consortium escaped from a high-risk heist. Milya didn't know why the Nightsister had appeared; she just knew that she was threatening her daughter. She jumped into the fray with the lightsaber she'd smuggled onto Coruscant. Rhiannon was whisked to safety while Milya's saberstaff clashed against Silri's lightwhip. The duel, fought onstage to musical accompaniment, ended in a draw, though Milya was received numerous injuries from glassine shards. Limping offstage, she was reunited with Rhiannon by an understanding Taelros Bac, who provided crude medical treatment and then arranged for the two to be taken offworld by a friend of his, ex-senator and Rebel sympathizer Pooja Naberrie.

Pooja took them to Chandrila, where YGI had a safehouse. Parting ways with the ex-senator after lacing her drink with ylannock, Milya took Rhiannon to the safehouse, where her wounds were treated and the YGI agents arranged transportation for the two back to Yanibar. They arrived to find a concerned Selu waiting for them, but there was also ominous news. Sarth and Cassi, who had ventured out in search of a missing professor named Nasdra Magrody, had vanished after rescuing Magrody's family on Mandalore. Milya was also kept busy by a plan instigated by the Yanibar Guard to lure Tyber Zann into a trap at Kuat. The plan worked, but Zann survived and one of his agents infiltrated the Yanibar Orbital Command Center. The agent briefly kidnapped Rhiannon, but though Selu and Milya subdued her, the Zannist managed to leak valuable information regarding Yanibar's location to Zann.

By this time, Milya, Selu, and Spectre reckoned that an invasion fleet was soon to follow, and that Zann had probably captured Sarth and Cassi. For her part, Milya returned to Yanibar to rest and heal somewhat, though she returned to duty when Zann's fleet arrived. She helped coordinate the defense even as Zann's fleet was repulsed and Zannist ground troops landed on Yanibar instead. However, the arrival of another fleet, this time of Sith soldiers under Silri, interrupted her. The Noghri trainee, Morgedh clan Kel'nerh, alerted her to the fact that the Nightsister was headed for her house, where Rhiannon was. Milya arrived just as Silri defeated Morgedh and the two dueled once more. It was a prolonged, brutal affair that left both women bloodied, but Milya was able to defeat Silri with the aid of Morgedh.

Meanwhile, the Battle of Yanibar was won by the Yanibar Guard on both ground and in space, but at a heavy price. Though Sarth and Cassi were rescued from Zann's imprisonment, the effort claimed the lives of both Spectre and his step-son Nate. Milya later broke that news to Sarth and Cassi as they recovered in a medcenter. The loss was hard for all of them to bear.

For the next year, Milya worked to reinforce the YGI network with more agents and intelligence tools to prevent another invasion. She also tried to spend time with Rhiannon, to calm any fears that might have arisen from her brushes with death. While Taelros Bac attempted to set Rhiannon on a path to galactic stardom with her voice, Milya encouraged the girl to consider if that was what she really wanted. Rhiannon ultimately chose to stay on Yanibar and her quiet support of her mother was encouraging.

In 5 ABY, the Kraens and Knrrs journeyed to R'alla for a much-needed vacation. They were able to relax at a comfortable beach house&mdash;until a dead, tortured alien washed up in the middle of the storm. A fake patrol confirmed their fears that something suspicious was occurring on R'alla. Tracing his path, Selu, Milya, Jorge, and Annita soon located an Imperial lab, while Sarth, Cassi, and Nate's widow, Ana Vondar Kraen, enlisted the aid of a Corporate Sector Authority official named Fiolla of Lorrd. Together, and with some unexpected aid from Akleyn, Bryndar, and Spectre's daughter Jasika, they were able to clear the Imperial lab, where experiments had been performed on a group of Wroonians. The younger Kraens and Knrrs were endangered by a group of stormtroopers, but Sarth, Cassi, and Selu were able to save them. Upon seeing the enslavement of the aliens, Milya was filled with anger; mistreatment in her youth had left with a deep-seated antipathy towards slavers. Along with Ana, Jorge, and Annita, Milya took out the rest of the lab's Imperial staff, freeing the Wroonians. She also helped arrange for their evacuation on a Yanibar Guard frigate. Once the lab's personnel were defeated and the Wroonians freed, the ersatz vacationers returned to their beach house and prepared to leave. While the Wroonians were evacuated back to Yanibar, their intervention meant that Fiolla had cut their vacation short. Before they left, though, the true legacy of the older Kraens and Knrrs was revealed to the younger generation for the first time.

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In Force Exile IV: Guardian, Atarumaster88 sought to emphasize the maternal bond between Milya Kraen and her daughter, Rhiannon. Though her professional obligations still played an important role in the story, Milya's character was most often seen interacting with Rhiannon. Their relationship was pivotal to her development as a character and Milya's willingness to go to great lengths for Rhiannon was highlighted. Milya also helped bring the Noghri Morgedh clan Kel'nerh onto Yanibar, and her Force visions were instrumental in doing so. She also had a chance to utilize several different roles, including personas introduced when she was undercover, allowing her to express emotions rarely seen in Milya, such as flirtatious or timid. Atarumaster88 found her dialogue with Taelros Bac particularly interesting and provided more page time for it than originally planned. She later appeared in the short story Deception on R'alla in practically the same characterization.

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