Jo-kendo Hyum

Jo-kendo Hyum was an admiral in the Galactic Alliance Navy. She was good friends with her cousin, Vistun Herezel, the Senator of Corulag, her homeworld. she was also close to Admiral Ackbar, before his death.

Miscellaneous Information

Marital Status: Single

Homes:	Corulag – Corulag Presidential Palace; Coruscant – Apartment

Flagship: MC30c frigate: The Desdemona



•	Heavily modified weapons •	18 Squadrons, T-65 X-wing starfighter



Shield Generator •	14 Escape pods •	Enhanced engines •	Crew of 60 •	1 Lambda-class T-4a shuttle

Biography

Jo-kendo Hyum was the second born daughter of Gef’po Herezel Hyum, the fourth female President of Corulag. Born in 10 BBY, she was always fascinated with tactics and strategy, which is why she had dreamed of enlisting in the Imperial army, as opposed to working in the government as a Senator or dignitary. However, after the Battle of Endor in 4 ABY, her dream changed, to wishing to enlist in the Corulag navy. After excelling slowly, perhaps due to her connection to the Royal family Hyum, she dropped out in 12 ABY, at age 22. She decided then, that she would move off-world, where her roots were less important, and would not hold her back. In fact, her connection to I-vel Sha’an – though a distant one – might help in furthering her career.

She enrolled in the Rebel Alliance navy, as a gunner, and was sent aboard Home One, flagship of Admiral Ackbar. Ackbar, at first, was displeased with Jo-kendo’s performance, but eventually grew quite fond of her. She was promoted to Ensign in her fifth year in the navy, in 17 ABY. By this time, the Rebel Alliance had become to be the New Republic, and peace had been mostly restored through the galaxy. However, she continued to serve aboard Home One, and became very good friends with an aging Ackbar. As his first act before retirement, Ackbar promoted Jo-kendo to Fleet Commander of New Republic Forces, for her strength of mind, decisiveness, and clear-headedness, along with her abilities as a natural leader. He retired immediately after her promotion ceremony, in 23 ABY.

The first female and youngest Fleet Commander in the New Republic Navy, 33, Jo-Kendo Hyum received a Hammerhead-class capital ship as her personal flagship. She saw a number of battles, including the Yuuzhan vong invasion. She attempted to defend Coruscant from attack, and just narrowly escaped the bombing of her ship in an escape pod. The aftermath of the invasion left much of the galaxy in ruin, and she was appointed to a committee to deal with much of the damage. In 37 ABY, at age 47, she commanded the Galactic Voyager, having inherited the cruiser indirectly from Ackbar himself. She commanded it about the galaxy, along with its fleet, until 42 ABY, when she was promoted to Admiral Jo-kendo Hyum. She would maintain the position for the remainder of her career.

However, in 43 ABY, when she got ear of I-vel Sha’an’s death, she suspected her mother immediately. Gef’po Herezel Hyum often spoke of I-vel’s disgrace of the family line and the planet in general. Jo-kendo knew her mother was an opportunistic woman, and an assassination seemed just her style. But the doubt was too great to chance, so Jo-kendo kept quiet, and attended I-vel’s funeral in silence, before returning to her work.

In 50 ABY, when Jo-kendo was 60, she took a leave of absence for 5 years, in order to deal with a number of personal issues; particularly, with her sister and her mother, Jo-messia Hyum and Gef’po Hyum. After being fired from I-vel Sha’an’s Staff, Jo-messia had done nothing else. She had quit public service, and had not worked for 15 years – instead, mooching off her parents, and her mother’s ridiculously long presidency (Gef’po was not a brilliant politician, but was a ruthless and cunning individual, who believed in the Empire). And, with her mother, Jo-kendo had some things to talk about – particularly the death of I-vel Sha’an, along with her political views disrupting her planet’s image and attitude towards the senate (Gef’po Hyum was very vocal on the subject of pro-empire, and that the New Republic was not to be trusted). After returning to work in 55 ABY, at age 65, she worked hard to maintain peace throughout the galaxy. But after only 2 years, her beloved cousin, Vistun Herezel, retired from the Senate. His capable, but not quite as brilliant, son took the reins as Senator of Corulag, and Jo-kendo was left in command of his Flagship, The Desdemona. She had the armor updated, weapons replaced (as there were none – Vistun had them all removed), and the fighter bays restocked with brand new starfighters. It was this ship, The Desdemona, that would act as her personal warship and command ship for the remainder of her military position. She commanded it through many battles, until, finally, in 60 ABY, it exploded, due to over 200 charges planted on the hull by the bounty hunter Boba Fett (who was really his granddaughter who assumed his position after his death), but it was never discovered who hired him. It was rumoured to have been the former president of Corulag, Gef-po Herezel Hyum, though, again, it was never proven. All crew onboard, including Jo-kendo Hyum, were killed.

Three weeks later, as was tradition on Corulag, the memorial to Jo-kendo, and all officers aboard The Desdemona was held. Since no bodies were recovered, there was no burial, but instead, a moment of silence was held on Corulag and in the GFFA Navy.