Viera Cacete

"Wisdom comes from experience, and experience comes from making mistakes."

- Viera Cacete Viera Cacete was an Asheran   born on the world Ashera in 45 BBY as a. When she was four years old, she was found by the Kian Jiranus, who took her to  to train in the ways of the  as a Jedi. When she was thirteen, she was captured by and taken to, where she eventually escaped them alongside Jenira Kiriam, while also losing a close friend of hers, Garahum Helion.

During the, she was the of the 56th Battalion, and served alongside the     CC-1211, whose nickname was "Dodge," whom Viera both looked up to, and fought with as an equal. Throughout the war, Viera recognized the superb abilities of CT-2176, nicknamed "Droidpopper," and because of this had hidden feelings for him.

Later in, was executed by  , provoking most of the clones in the 56th to try and kill Viera. However, with the aid of defective Siege Platoon members. Viera went into hiding, and eventually formed a small rebel group that often weakened citadels of the.

Early Life
Viera Cacete was born on Ashera in 45 BBY. There, she lived in the capital city of Qirath'nora with her family. When she was about five years of age, the Kian Jiranus arrived in Qirath'nora, saying that he had found out there was a  Asheran there in the city. He came across Viera at her home, and told her family that she was the Force-sensitive he was searching for. She went with Kian, clearly not knowing what was happening.

She traveled to Coruscant alongside Kian Jiranus, and there she began to train in the Force. When she was six, she joined a youngling group that consisted of four other Jedi younglings, two of which became her best friends - Jenira Kiriam and Garahum Helion. They trained under the watchful eye of Grand Master Yoda, and eventually they all became padawans, and Viera was taken by Jiranus once more, and became her apprentice.

When Viera was nine, she traveled to Ilum with her former youngling group, and there obtained her kyber crystal to make her first lightsaber. By the time Viera was about eleven years of age, she began to love Garahum, and he returned the affection. They then bonded in secret, which was against the Jedi code.

Trapped on Trandosha
FIn 30 BBY, when Viera was fifteen years old, she was walking through the Jedi Temple halls at night from a training session with Jiranus, when she was suddenly encountered by a group of several Trandoshans, led by an individual who called himself Kadeesk Sadeer. He said that she was to be captured, and they immediately fought Viera, who fought back. Jenira and Garahum happened to be walking by at the time, and they helped their friend in the fight, although they were all eventually overpowered by the Trandoshans, who stunned them using their blasters, and loaded them onto a starship. They then went from Coruscant to Trandosha, where Viera and her friends awakened.

They managed to escape from Sadeer and his pirate gang, and later hid in a cave, beginning to devise their next plan. On the way out of the gang hideout, they saw a Trandoshan-styled shuttle that they could use to escape. So they decided to split up, Viera and Garahum would go in one group, and Jenira would go alone. Once they had separated, Viera and Garahum had a moment together, then continued on the mission. They then went to opposite sides of the large, Trandoshan hideout, and silently made their way to the landing platform, which held the shuttle. Although, before they could make it to the platform, Garahum was suddenly pounced by Sadeer, who then used his blaster to shoot a laser through the Jedi's chest, ending him. Viera, now mortified, tried to kill Sadeer, who only fled, several other Trandoshans taking his place. She and Jenira fled, Viera taking Garahum's lightsaber. Viera was especially saddened at Garahum's death.

Enraged, Viera vowed that she would get revenge on Sadeer. Jenira, too, agreed that the Trandoshan had to die. But they also had to escape Trandosha before something bad happened. So together they assaulted the Trandoshans' landing platform, and were - expectedly - encountered by Sadeer and his group. They fought their way to the shuttle, and Viera eventually leaped at Kadeesk Sadeer, thrusting Garahum's lightsaber through his chest. With the Trandoshan leader murdered, the other Trandoshans became stunned, allowing Viera and Jenira a moment to escape. Just as they were taking off, the Trandoshans fired at the shuttle, although it was too late for the gangsters.

The two made it back to Coruscant, where they gave their story to Jedi Masters Jiranus, Yoda, and Mace Windu. They were told to rest just after, and in her quarters, Viera kept Garahum's lightsaber, in order to remember him. While she did eventually grow out of her love for Garahum, she knew that rules would not keep her from doing what she wanted.

Knight of the Order
Just after the conclusion of the Battle of Geonosis, Viera was deemed worthy enough to become a Jedi Knight, and was raised in a ceremony at the Jedi Temple by Master Yoda. Kian Jiranus no longer tutored her, and she was soon informed she would lead her own battalion. She took a shuttle to the Valiance, the 56th Battalion's personal Acclamator-class assault ship. She was introduced to the battalion's commander, CC-1211, a driven and courageous clone, Viera could tell. They were then told to prepare to arrive at for their first assignment.

Battle for Balmorra
The 56th Battalion was being sent to the planet Balmorra on an assignment to bring peace to its two factions - whom were currently in civil war with one another - and act as ambassadors of the Republic, under the hopes of making Balmorra a Republic planet. However, recent intel told the 56th Battalion that they would have competition as they arrived above Balmorra to find a  in Balmorra's orbit.

The Valiance was immediately assaulted by swarms of, and Viera ordered the 56th's pilots to gear up and fight back. Meanwhile, she told Dodge that they needed a path to be cleared so that their gunships could make it to the surface before the Separatists did, assuming they had not made it already. Dodge then ordered the pilots to clear a path, and the ground infantry of the 56th Battalion prepared to make for Balmorra's surface.