Lei-Co Shoval

Admiral Lei-co Shoval is a Cerean female born on Cerea in 60 ABY. Shoval served in the New Republic Senate as the Senator of Cerea from 83 ABY to 95 ABY, when she succeeded from the New Republic after joining the New Imperial Council. Shoval, like Admiral Col Keala, was a more submissive member of the Council due to her trust of more outspoken members, Admirals Ornell Graccau and Bogtor. Unlike her Mrlssi counterpart, however, Shoval was known to speak out against the other Council members when she found herself in disagreement with their opinions or plans.

Biography
Shoval was born in 60 ABY in Cerea's capital city, Tecave. Shoval has an older sister named Dei-Mala Shoval, and two younger sisters named Reia-Dai Shoval and Tora-bo Shoval. Shovals mother died soon after Tora-bo was born, leaving their father, Ni-Hanna Shoval, to raise the four girls with little help from his second and third wives. Ni-Hanna wouldn't be able to get over the loss of the girl's mother and he soon fell into a deep depression that caused him to spend most of his time at the cantinas getting drunk, and sleeping in the streets overnight. The oldest of the four, Dei-Mala, took it upon herself to raise her younger siblings. As Shoval aged, she discovered an interest in politics after witnessing the Council of Elders become allies with the New Republic. She began reading about the different government positions within the New Republic, and the role of Senator caught her attention. Whenever rumors spread throughout Cerea that the Council of Elders only joined the New Republic due to the rise of a new Sith Lord, Shovals political interests were put on hold after Dei-Mala, who claimed that their government had been lying to its citizens, hired an Advozse bounty hunter known as Jvsone to train her and her sisters self-defense. The four Shoval sisters continued their training under Jvsone, learning how to use a wide variety of blasters and melee weapons. Shoval favored the wrist blade and blaster, which she wore on each wrist. Her skills with the weapons were impressive for someone of her age, but only average compared to that of her older sister. In 72 ABY, the Elder Council branded the rumors of a new Sith Lord as false, and Shoval demanded that the brutal training lessons with Jvsone stop, a request that Dei-Mala reluctantly agreed to with the exception that Shoval continued to look after Reia-Dai and Tora-bo while she joined forces with the Advozse bounty hunter. This caused more disfunction within the Shoval family, as Lei-co told her older sister that she "was no better than the Tecave drunk who claimed to be their father." Shoval looked after her younger sisters for the next year and a half until their uncle, Malak-sin Shoval, arrived at the girl's home and took custody of the younger siblings so that Lei-co could begin her political career.

Senator of Cerea
In 83 ABY, Shoval, now 23 years of age, was elected as Senator of Cerea after former Senator Oin-Si Kala fell ill and resigned from the Senate. Working alongside Representative Junn Deguery, a Human male also from Tecave city, Shoval started creating plans that would benefit individuals on Cerea, starting with a bill that would send New Republic forces onto Cerea to rid the city of Molaca of the Pyke Syndicate, who had taken parts of the city hostage in order to establish their spice trade in the sector. After weeks of review, the bill passed and the Pyke Syndicate fled the planet before New Republic forces could arrive to drive them out. This gave both Shoval and Deguery support from a majority of the cities citizens, a feat that would benefit the duo in their future.

Succeeding from the New Republic Senate
In 95 ABY, Wookiee Sith Lord Darth Katos, who had kept an eye on the political career of Shoval, visited the Cerean Senator on her homeworld of Cerea in order to offer her a seat on the New Imperial Council. Shoval denied the offer and, though noticeably angry, Darth Katos left the Shoval's home with no problem. However, Ornell Graccau put a bounty out for Shoval, which would attempted to be collected by Katura Shade later on in the week. While flying towards Tecave city from Shovals home, Shade boarded the ship and attacked Shoval. Shoval, armed with her wrist blade from her childhood, managed to hold her own against Shade for a short time, but proved to be no match for the more experienced Zabrak, who had the Senator at gunpoint. Before Shade could pull the trigger, Jsvone sneaked onto the ship and shot her in the back with his blaster rifle. Following Shades death, Shoval received a transmission from Darth Katos, who informed Shoval that there was a bounty placed on her head by an unknown crime lord, and that he could negotiate with them to take the bounty down in exchange for her joining the New Galactic Empire. Shoval refused to join the Sith Lord, but Katos informed her that the unknown crime lord placed a bounty on her entire family, and someone already collected the one on Reia-Dai. Katos claimed that the New Republic betrayed her, much like her father and older sister did in the past, and that she and her family would only be safe if she joined him. Fearing for the safety of her family, Shoval reluctantly agreed to join Darth Katos, and she was used to spy on the New Republic Senate from within. This wouldn't last long, as both the Senate and Jedi Order were aware of the rising power of the Sith Lord and the New Galactic Empire. Shoval denied any evidence of the threats that Chancellor Kyrus brought to the attention of the Senate, but this only raised the Twi'leks suspicions, and the Cerean would succeed from the Senate shortly after, placing Deguery as temporary senator.

Jedi/Imperial War
Following her succession from the New Republic Senate, Darth Katos ordered Shoval to oversee the construction of a massive New Imperial base that would help maintain Cerea as one of the New Galactic Empires capital systems. Shoval agreed to do so, and the massive base was built inside Tecave city, and Cerea's politicians were ordered to succeed from the New Republic Senate much like Shoval. Shoval managed to persuade Darth Katos into allowing the Council of Elders to continue its rule over the planet with their political powers being severely limited. During construction of the base, a New Imperial blockade was placed in orbit of Cerea, and the citizens past fears of falling under Sith control unraveled infront of their eyes. After her homeworld fell under complete control of the New Galactic Empire, Shoval was sent to Hoth, where she would remain during the battle of Battle of Scipio, in order to make sure she could still command New Imperial forces while managing to avoid capture should her forces be defeated. Shoval's forces won the battle and control of the planet, which allowed the New Galactic Empire to gain access of the InterGalactic Banking Clan's Main Vault. Shoval flew to Scipio, and when she saw the trillions of credits inside the vault, she couldn't help but be amazed. Darth Katos contacted Shoval via hologram and allowed the Cerean to take as many credits she could carry, as long as "she didn't allow her new-found wealth to cause her to forget where her loyalties lied." After the transmission ended, Shoval began to consider the New Galactic Empire as her "saving grace", and she sent 16,000 credits to her sister and uncle on Cerea.

As the war continued, Shoval was rarely placed in command of New Imperial forces during battle, as Darth Katos considered her a better politician than war general, and she stationed on the New Imperial base on Mustafar, and was occasionally sent to negotiate with new allies of the New Empire.

Trouble at Home
While stationed on Ansion in 102 ABY to oversee the training of New Imperial cadets, Shoval received a transmission from her uncle Ni-Hanna Shoval, who informed his niece that Dei-Mala and Jvsone had broken into their home in search of her father (and his brother), who had a large bounty placed on his head by one of the underground Cerean crime lords. Shoval blew her uncles warnings off, telling him that she didn't care what happened to her father. However, her attitude changed whenever Malak-sin told Shoval that her father was on Tatooine and that he was already pursuing him. Knowing that her sister and Jvsone would kill her uncle if he tried to stop them from collecting their bounty, Shoval left Ansion with a squad of New Imperial soldiers and headed for Tatooine. Shoval landed her shuttle near Mos Eisley after spotting her damaged uncles ship on the surface beside Jvsone's ship. Shoval, disguised as an everyday traveler, walked inside the nearest cantina where she saw Jvsone standing over Malak-sins body and Dei-Mala fighting her father near the back door of the cantina. Shoval shot the Advozse in the wrist, disarming him of his blaster pistol and creating an opening for Malak-sin to kick the bounty hunter away and chase after Dei-Mala and Ni-Hanna. A small firefight broke out inside the cantina between Shoval and Jvsone, with the former quickly knocking the latter down and began interrogating him. Jvsone told Shoval that a man named Borua Galnaca placed the bounty on her father. Shoval stabbed the bounty hunter in the chest before exiting the cantina with her New Imperial soldiers close behind her. When she finally caught up with her three family members, she saw Malak-sin on his knees holding Hi-Nanna's corpse in his lap. Dei-Mala had slain her father, and had her blaster pistol aimed at her uncle. Shoval's New Imperial soldiers arrived at the scene ready to shoot the bounty hunter, but the Cerean told them to stand down. Before Dei-Mala realized it, she was kicked in the chest by her younger sister, who drew her wrist blade and attacked the bounty hunter.

Dei-Nala vs. Lei-co and Malak-sin
"'You won't kill your blood, your family... its a deed far too beneath you, sister!' -Dei-Nala, to Lei-co."Dei-Nala drew her sword on her sister, blocking and evading the attacks Lei-co sent her way. Dei-Nala grabbed her sisters arm and threw her into a wall before trying to slash her in the chest. Seeing Lei-co getting overwhelmed by her sister, Malak-sin drew his knife and attacked Dei-Nala, but was quickly disarmed and thrown against a passing speeder-bike, hurting him badly. Using the distraction from her uncle to her advantage, Lei-co disarmed her sister, who was forced to fight with her bare-hands. Even with her wrist blade, Lei-co was overwhelmed by the barrage of kicks and punches from her sister, who soon grabbed her by both arms. Malak-sin managed to get back to his feet and slowly made his way towards his seemingly even-matched nieces. Lei-co kicked Dei-Nala away from her and pointed her wrist blaster towards her, but Dei-Nala grabbed her injured uncle and pulled him infront of her, causing Lei-co's blaster fire to strike him in the back. Filled with regret and rage, Nei-co shot her sister in the leg before consoling her dying uncle, who was hardly even capable of breathing before he passed. Dei-Nala scolded her younger sister, claiming she couldn't kill her because it was "a deed far too beneath" her. Lei-co walked away from her sister and with a simple hand command, ordered her New Imperial forces to open fire on Dei-Mala, killing her.

When Shoval arrived back on Ansion, she walked into her quarters to meet Darth Katos and Admiral Ornell Graccau, the former immediately attacking her with Force lighting. The Sith Lord revealed his disgust with Shoval for abandoning her post without consulting him first. When Shoval told Katos about what happened on Tatooine, the Sith Lord told her that he had no interests in her personal life and asked for one reason he should spare her life. When she was unable to answer, Admiral Graccau intervened, informing the Sith Lord that she still possessed information on the New Republic and that killing her would cost the New Galactic Empire that information and one of its best negotiators. Hearing this, the Sith Lord spared Shoval's life and left her quarters. Following this incident, both Shoval and Graccau's distrust towards their master began to form.

Hunt for Galnaca
A few weeks after losing her father and uncle due to a bounty placed on the former's head, Shoval contacted Lieutenant Pich Tetra, one of the New Imperial lieutenants that commanded a Street Patrol unit on Cerea, and tasked him with finding and killing Borua Galnaca. Finding Galnaca's hideout was completed within a few hours, and Tetra immediately led New Imperial forces inside the crime lords base, killing everyone inside and capturing the Ualaq male. Upon capturing Galnaca, Lieutenant contacted Shoval via hologram, where she could see the crime lord who was responsible for her recent family tragedy face-to-face. Shoval told Galnaca that his days of "destroying families" were over, and ordered Lieutenant to kill him. Following the orders he was given, Tetra shot Galnaca in the back of the head and began searching Tecave city for anymore of the crime lords men.