Tsk, tsk. You don't understand. All those years ago, Cyana agreed to her mission on one term- that you would be protected by the Empire, no matter what happened.
—Decien explaining Cyana's disappearance to her husband, Barak Dakens.
Cyana Bastra was one of the top agents of Republic Intelligence during the Clone Wars. She was assigned a mission by Chancellor Palpatine to infiltrate the Brotherhood and destroy it slowly from within, but did so at the cost of abandoning nearly everyone she knew and loved, including her husband Barak Dakens. She spared no expense in appearing fully loyal to the Brotherhood, taking part in the formation of Antimatter Squadron and eventually succeeding her longtime partner Taran Ragnan as the effective second-in-command of the Brotherhood.
Biography[]
Early Career[]
By the time of the Clone Wars, Cyana had established herself as one of the Republic's most capable agents, as well as one of its most loyal. She eventually fell in love with and married a fellow agent, Barak Dakens.
A Desperate Mission[]
In 19 BBY, Chancellor Palpatine met with Cyana Bastra, one of his top agents, and offered her the mission but warned her that she would have to sacrifice every aspect of her life to fool the Brotherhood- including her husband. Cyana, loyal to the Republic and its ideals above all else, accepted the mission on the condition that her husband be kept safe. She was placed into the Brotherhood and met with Taran Ragnan as part of his crew on Coruscant, which immediately headed to Dantooine to deal with Yula Ardinn. On Dantooine, Taran abducted the Jedi Master, and took her to back to his Venator-class Star Destroyer.
Once Yula was aboard, Taran interrogated a drugged Yula alongside Cyana, but the ship was attacked by the Nightsisters, led by Talzin and Yula's master, Nyri Tacon. The duo attempted to escape with Yula, but were cornered, leading to a stalemate until Nyri attacked. Cyana killed the Jedi Master, which enraged Yula, who escaped, wounding and scarring Cyana before she and Taran quickly ran into an escape pod. Though the assignment was a failure, Taran was impressed by Cyana's performance and remarked that she deserved a promotion as he prepared first aid for her. Indeed, Cyana would go on to become Taran's second-in-command.
Antimatter Squadron[]
Under orders from Dylan Antiunknown, leader of the Brotherhood, Taran and Cyana oversaw the capture of Hans Cerrano (now under the alias of Hans Novastar), Cade Slarwalker, Ranulph Darkhitch, Siri Tokolighter, and Blaze Terrant. The mercenaries formed the first Antimatter Squadron, which would be a covert Brotherhood strike team under the guise of a Republic one.
However, the team would not last long. Antimatter Squadron was dispatched to Felucia to eliminate a Separatist general who had been a thorn in the side of both the Brotherhood and the Republic. Unbeknownst to Taran and Cyana, the Shadow Assassin Arek Saris had beat him to eliminating the general, and had replaced him to lay low after 'eliminating' Darth Massikus. When the team arrived, Saris easily captured them. They were then rescued by Ganner Slarwalker, now a Jedi Master who had followed Saris and was determined to defeat him.
However, Dylan would eventually find himself in need of the duo's aid again when he decided to eliminate Nebula Corporation executive Dani Morrow. He met with Taran and Cyana on Nar Shadda along with Cade, who was currently working for Dylan. Though neither of the two were happy to hear about the plan, they both complied and quickly went to work gathering new recruits.
Operation Supernova[]
The second Antimatter Squadron was comprised of Praxon, DX-245, Kev Marnath, and Asura Tyuki. Taran had them given neural implants that allowed them to be controlled remotely, assembled them aboard the Exarch, and gave them their mission: infiltrate Dani Morrow's party and kill her.
The mission was a near failure due to the unexpected intervention of Hans Novastar and Cade, as well as an attempt from Praxon to rebel and save Dani. However, Asura, in control of DX-245, killed Dani to save Praxon's life. At the same time, Kev Marnath fought and was defeated by the duo, who tried to interrogate him. Taran took control of Kev using the neural implants and made him mock Hans over the death of his mother, which provoked him into killing Kev.
Back onboard the Exarch, Taran locked the team up save for Praxon, who became the first test subject of Cyana's experimental DX Neural Interface, which allowed for its user's brain to be synced with that of a DX-series droid, in this case DX-245. Cyana expressed her doubts that the droid could control Praxon, but Taran assured her such a thing was impossible.
Conspiring with Asura, Hans and Cade attatcked the Exarch, prompting Taran sic Antimatter Squadron on them whilst preparing to escape with Cyana. The two got away from the battle unharmed, but lost control of the neural interface due to Ranulph Darkhitch's slicing, and lost control of DX-245 when his restraining bolt was torn out.
Later, Taran and Cyana returned to a hidden Brotherhood base in the Unknown Regions to meet with Dylan, who expressed great dissatisfaction at Taran's failures. He demoted Taran, having Cyana take his place. Dylan did not, however, execute Taran, as he knew Taran would suffer more in obsolescence, instead exiling him to Tatooine.
Legacy[]
Barak never truly believed that Cyana was dead, and spent a long time searching for proof of her survival, which he finally obtained when he found a copy of the Exarch's manifest with her name on it. Realizing that the love of his life had been stolen from him in order to serve the Republic, and later the Empire, Barak began secretly assisting terrorist organizations, seeking to get revenge. He was eventually found out, but due to the terms of Cyana's mission, was merely imprisoned. Eventually, Barak would play a role in The Binding of Ganner Slarwalker.
Personality and traits[]
Cyana was unquestionably loyal to Chancellor Palpatine and the people of Republic. She willingly gave up everything she had ever known in order to destroy the Brotherhood, which she considered to be one of the greatest threats to the Republic that had ever been known. She was fully devoted to her role in defeating the Brotherhood, killing Jedi Master Nyri Tacon so that she could complete her mission.
Behind the scenes[]
Cyana's first name is derived from the word "cyanide"; her last name is derived from the word "bastard".
Appearances[]
- LOTF: Dark Matter (First appearance)
- LOTF: The Hunted
- LOTF: Resurgence (Mentioned only)
- LOTF: Collision (upcoming)