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True, but you can't deny her resolve.
—An unknown Imperial officer discussing Anna's "unnecessary aggressive" methods
Annabelle Jenkyns Nakamura, nicknamed Aggressive Admiral by other Imperials and the Rebel Alliance, was a Corellian human female who served the Corellian Defense Fleet as a Lieutenant, Captain, and Admiral. Because of her family name, she was often believed to be a descendant of the Nakamura Clan from the Inner Rim world Kazoku, however, she almost always denied this while many remained skeptical after learning of Kazokan traditions. After the outbreak of the Clone Wars, her skills and service as an admiral were noticed by the Galactic Republic and she was given an offer to serve as Admiral within the Republic Navy, and given command of the Schnee, a Venator-class Star Destroyer. During the Clone Wars, she fought against many Confederate admirals and generals, winning said battles for the Republic. After the Clone Wars and the Proclamation of the New Order, Annabelle was made an Admiral within the reorganized Imperial Navy and after 17 BBY, she was given command of an Imperial I-class Star Destroyer which she christened as Schnee. Weeks after the execution of Order 66, she was given the 115th Legion to serve as her Imperial Army contingent and used them to great effect, even after the clones were phased out of the military, being the only other Imperial Military unit, besides the 241st Regiment and the 501st Legion, to have clones in its ranks.
During the Age of the Empire, Anna was given command over the Fleet of Imperial Justice in the Outer Rim Territories by Grand Moff Tarkin. As an Admiral of the Galactic Empire, she was known among other Imperial Navy personnel as an aggressor, using very aggressive methods when dealing with criminals, pirates, early rebels, and insurrectionists. One such example was during a confrontation, she used the family of a rebel in order to have them submit to the Imperial law. These methods were seen as unnecessary by other Imperials as most would just neutralize them.
When the Galactic Civil War broke out, she was relived to finally see combat against real targets. She grew to respect Darth Vader, not fearing him like most Imperial officers. She briefly served under his command prior to the Battle of Yavin where she commanded his command ship, the Devastator. After the destruction of the first Death Star by Luke Skywalker, she began to hate the Rebel Alliance even more. She used her fleet to search for Alliance assets, fleets, ground forces, anything or anyone who claimed to be affiliated with the Alliance, she became known as the Aggressive Admiral by Alliance High Command.
During the Battle of Hoth, she was present at a planet called Remnant which was involved in a civil war between its kingdoms. For one year, she spent at Remnant trying to suppress the planet's infighting with each other and attempted to install Imperial diplomacy, which would establish Remnant as an Imperial world. She was promoted to Grand Admiral by Emperor Palpatine himself after she was able to establish Remnant as important imperial world, using and mining its rare resource for imperial war machines and experimental military technology such as artificial intelligence, becoming one of the few officers to obtain the rank Grand Admiral.
After the second Death Star's destruction at Battle of Endor and the deaths of Emperor Palpatine and Darth Vader, Anna's personnel within her fleet continued to follow her orders and she used her fleet as her own splinter faction, a splinter group from the fractured Galactic Empire. For a year after Endor, she fought against Admiral Jek Nrahom and his Fleet. After her conflict with Jek, she was called to Jakku where the remaining forces of the Empire gathered to take a stand against the New Republic, resulting in the Battle of Jakku. After the battle, she was one of the few Imperial Admirals to survive, taking with her the Schnee, and two other Imperial II-class Star Destroyers to the Unknown Regions with other Imperial survivors.
Thirty-four years after the Battle of Yavin, she was serving within the First Order Navy as an Admiral, commanding the Schnee which was now a Resurgent-class Star Destroyer and fought in the war against the Resistance. At the time, she was considered one of the eldest First Order officers, having served in the Galactic Empire and fought against numerous Rebel cells and forces. Because of her age, she was treated with high respect from other officers who idolized the Empire and heard stories about her Clone Wars and Galactic Civil War days. She eventually met her end during a galactic-wide uprising against the First Order in 35 ABY after her ship the Schnee was bombarded by repurposed civilian bombers over Corellia.
History[]
Early Life[]
Annabelle grew up an innocent girl but at the age of 7, her older brother Guarin taught her about starships, thus her love for starship was born. Her father Kurscant expected her to continue his legacy by enlisting with the Corellian Security Forces, but became disappointed when she chose the Defense Fleet, though he still supported her decision. The same went with her mother Krissara, who hoped she would enter politics. At age 15, her personality continued to change, often being compared to that of a leader, which she displayed in schools and group events. This trait would also be noticed by many others.
Corellian Defense Fleet[]
Once she became of age and reaching maturity in 30 BBY, she had sent an application for her enrollment into the Corellian Defense Fleet academy, which she was invited for an exam and passed with a high score. In the first few weeks within the academy, her beauty was noticed by some of her fellow male classmates, all of whom had failed to impress her. Due to this, she steered away from romantic relationships, believing that they would only distract her from her one true dream, being an officer of the Defense Fleet and protecting Corellia. During her time at the academy, she spent late nights studying for her classes, using what knowledge she gained from childhood and teenage. She also strived to excel better than her classmates, displaying her impressive qualities as a leader to her professors, this effect on her personality made her appear very serious and stern, and caused most people to remain on her good side.
After her graduation from the Defense Fleet academy in 26 BBY, she became a Lieutenant and captain of a CR90 corvette she named “Stalwart”, a newly commissioned vessel specifically for her. She was admired by the crew of the Stalwart, and gained respect from other officers in the Defense Fleet, including the Admiral. For her performance and actions during her escape from pirates on Neral’s moon and a subsequent Corellian Defense Fleet attack, she was promoted to Captain by the Corellian government department in charge of administering the Fleet. As captain, she became even more determined to excel in her position and this would continue on for the next two years.
Just two years after being promoted to Captain, the Corellian sector had an influx of smuggling and pirate activity. She was stationed on Neral, where she commanded a small fleet of three CR90 corvettes and shared her command with a Security Forces officer on the planet’s surface. Her intuition led her to investigate the activity herself and after a month, she was able to piece together evidence that the Defense Fleet’s current Admiral had been in association with the criminal organization behind the illegal activity and allowed it to continue on. Infuriated at this discovery, she requested an audience with the Corellian Defense Fleet administration, though without allowing the corrupt Admiral to discover what she was doing. A week later, she was granted this audience and she revealed the corruption of the Admiral, who was present. After the admiral was arrested and detained, the administration commended Annabelle for her actions and offered her the position of Admiral, which was the highest rank attainable in the Defense Fleet, and she accepted without hesitation. Vowing to end the activity, she spent the next year tracking down and neutralizing the criminals in the sector.
Clone Wars[]
In 22 BBY, when the Clone Wars had erupted on Geonosis, the Galactic Republic searched for human officers within its systems and offered her the same rank in the Republic Navy as well as a Venator-class Star Destroyer named the Freedom. She accepted and renamed the Freedom to Schnee, deciding that the previous name was generally unfitting for her. During her time in the Republic Navy, she passively became aggressive against the Confederate Navy that went unnoticed by most but a few Jedi generals, which they considered her behaviour and battle tactics to be a little unfavourable as they would potentially cost the Republic, though her continued victories proved otherwise.
Hunt for the Raxus[]
In 21 BBY, after reports of a Confederate warfleet nearing Coruscant, Annabelle was tasked by Republic High Command to deal with this possibly threat due to her service and skills, a task she accepted without hesitation.
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During her time within the Imperial Navy, she became even more aggressive, as evident by her given nickname by Alliance personnel. At some point, she learned of her family's death which was caused by an extremist cell of the Alliance. This became the source of her hatred against the Rebel Alliance and used her fleet to hunt down those responsible and hold them accountable. Although she was obligated to wear the Imperial officer's uniform given to her, she continued to wear her own personal attire, though this changed after she was promoted to Grand Admiral where she then replaced her outfit with her own variation of the Grand Admiral uniform. At some point during her Imperial Navy career, she and fellow Admiral Jek Nrahom developed a friendly rivalry with each other, and sometime after the Battle of Endor, she came into conflict with Jek's Fleet of the Eternal Raven.
Jedi Hunter[]
In 16 BBY, she worked with the Second Sister of the Inquisitorius to locate and eliminate a Jedi survivor.
Bestine IV Rebellion[]
In 3 BBY, a rebellion erupted, and with her past campaigns against the growing rebellion, she was assigned by Imperial Navy High Command to quell it.
Hunting Rose Squadron[]
At some point during the Galactic Civil War, she was given an assignment by Naval High Command to hunt down Rose Squadron, an Alliance starfighter unit whom were responsible for numerous high-profile attacks against Imperial Navy installations and personnel within the Outer Rim. Having heard of the unit beforehand, she was determined to complete the assignment and wanted to impress her superiors. She had begun her mission to finding Rose Squadron immediately afterwards.
Hunting a Turncoat[]
Shortly after her promotion to Grand Admiral, she was ordered by Emperor Palpatine to hunt down and eliminate an Imperial turncoat who was believed to have taken refuge in Hutt Space.
Imperial remnant[]
After the defeat at the Battle of Endor, she maintained command over her fleet and operated as an Imperial remnant and fought against fellow Imperial Jek Nrahom in the Pantoran sector.
First Order[]
Like many Imperial Military officers within the First Order, she saw the new generation as overconfident and arrogant, which affected how she saw their judgement. While she did despise them, she did respect them on some levels, such as their ability to adapt and improve their tactics and battle plans, which she saw in a young officer named Krita. As she was respected by the new generation because of her history, her opinion mattered greatly to those who asked and this was mostly evident in Krita who served onboard the Schnee. Despite her old age, she was still very much a capable commander within the First Order Navy and her status and ship were often revered by those who knew of her history in both the Galactic Republic and Galactic Empire, though the latter was always mentioned.
Skirmish with the New Republic[]
In 29 ABY when a New Republic squadron was investigating the First Order's activities and their capabilities, Naval Command, she was given the task to destroy this squadron and prevent them to discover the First Order's true capabilities.
Hunting The Wanderer[]
When the rumour of The Wanderer was a Jedi, Annabelle was tasked by the First Order Supreme Council to hunt down and eliminate the probability of The Wanderer becoming a threat.
Death[]
While above her home world of Corellia in 35 ABY, she would killed onboard the Schnee after a large group of repurposed civilians bombers destroyed her ship after the defeat of the First Order leadership on Exegol.
Personality[]
In the early time of her life, Annabelle was a sweet and gentle person, especially when it came to showing compassion and love for her family. Her older brother Guarin being a source of her happiness. It was at this time that she had no negative emotions or burdens that influenced her actions, and all that she wanted was to earn the affection of her father Kurscant and Guarin, both she held in high regard. Although in her childhood, her curiosity was a big part of who she was as a child, often exploring or wandering away from her parents when told not to, as she was fascinated by the world around her. As she continued to grow, so did her ambitions and judgement.
The first time she fell into a more pragmatic nature was during her time in the Corellian Defense Fleet. What she called victories further fueled the fires of her ambitions and desires to attain respect and power in the Defense Fleet. This would further be supported when criminal activity in the Corellian sector spiked, as she was repeatedly denied direct action to deal with the activity herself, arguing that politics and strategy of the Defense Fleet often did not mix when dealing with crime or corruption, vowing for more direct approaches. Her tendency of passive-aggressiveness were born when she became an Admiral in the Republic Navy, as because of how she went about her business, she would deal with situations based on practical views than theoretical, and always gave her desirable results. Unknown to her, though, this gave birth to a form of ruthless pragmatism she was not aware to, and this did not fall in favour with the Jedi Generals she worked with during the Clone Wars.
This ruthless pragmatism would further develop and influence her actions into the Galactic Empire to maintain order and enforce the will of Emperor Palpatine. Many Imperial officers would attribute Annabelle to being the inspiration for Wilhuff Tarkin's statement following his promotion to Grand Moff, as she often quelled early rebellions with ease and tactical strategy, and made disloyal worlds in the Mid Rim and Inner Rim as well as former Separatist worlds obedient to the Empire's authority and rule. Her ruthless nature was further fueled when she discovered that her family was killed by Alliance freedom fighters and all of her sympathy, if any, she held for the people had disappeared and vowed to inflict retribution, and she snapped, becoming the Aggressive Admiral in the process.
Skills and abilities[]
Annabelle’s qualities as a leader was often noted to be one of her strongest suits, mainly due to her being the eldest daughter of Kurscant, a retired renowned veteran of the Corellian Security Forces. During her time at the Defense Fleet academy, she displayed exceptional skills in and exhibited the qualities of leadership, which impressed her academy professors. Although she had caused her parents Kurscant and Krissara to feel somewhat dissatisfied about her decision to enroll in the Defense Fleet over the Security Forces and politics, she still held their support. Her love for starships was mostly influenced by her older brother during childhood, fueling her ambition to join the Defense Fleet.
While at the Defense Fleet academy, she was chosen to be her class’s flag officer which was a position held by students who had good grades, displayed high intelligence and leadership. As a flag officer, she was in charge of her classmates’ activities, their well-being and studies, which she assisted with from time to time. Despite this role, she thought of it purely as ceremonial without any significance but still took its duties seriously. She balanced her time between her studies and responsibility over her classmates. At the beginning of her fourth and final year at the academy, she was given a list of courses to select for that year and she went with a leadership course, which was suggested by her parents, the academy’s superintendent, her professors and classmates. This would greatly benefit her as she had a chance to command a starship and crew of her own after graduation.
After graduating from the academy and entering service in the Defense Fleet, she was made Lieutenant and given overall command of a newly commissioned CR90 corvette that she was allowed to name, which she named “Stalwart”. This corvette would later be modified in order for her to effectively command its crew. In 25 BBY during a routine patrol in the Corellian sector, Annabelle’s ship had been attacked by pirates who resided on Neral's moon, it was here that she first saw combat, albeit short. Seemingly captured, she was able to lead her crew and defeat the pirates when they boarded the Stalwart and were able to escape back to Corellia, though the ship had taken some damage. Reporting the incident to the Defense Fleet’s admiral, she joined the small task force sent back to the moon and dealt with the pirates, despite the Stalwart having sustained damage prior. To her crew and other ship captains, she displayed impressive skills in the art of combat, tactical awareness and the ability to effectively command her ship. After the battle and the return to Corellia, she was commended by the admiral himself and subsequently promoted to Captain by the Corellian government’s department in charge of the Defense Fleet.
Behind the scenes[]
Like all other versions of Annabelle, her appearance is based on that of Winter Schnee from the RWBYverse. The difference between this Annabelle and her other versions, excluding her "Alternate" timeline counterpart, is that she does not possess any connection to the Force.
Appearances[]
- Tales of the Aggressive Admiral
- Star Wars: The Hunt for the Raxus
- Star Wars: The Hunt for the Fallen Order
- Star Wars: The Hunt for Rose Squadron (First appearance)
- The Aggressive Admiral
- Annabelle Nakamura: Grand Admiral
- Annabelle Nakamura: Imperial Remnant
- Annabelle Nakamura: Cold War
- Annabelle Nakamura: Downfall
- The Viius Thane Chronicles
- The Essential Guide: First Order