Emelia Shintai

Emelia Shintai was born in 13 BTC to a family with a very strong military tradition that spanned back all the way to the days of Grand Moff Odile Vaiken. In 10 BTC, her father (a Corporal at the time) fell in battle fighting against Balmorran Partisans in Imperial occupied territory. Retreating Partisans rigged a munitions dump within a cave network to explode, claiming his life as it detonated.

During interviews with our Jedi, she has made it evident that she blames the Republic for supplying arms to civilian forces during the Great Galactic War. This acted as the driving force in her career as she hopes to prevent the deaths of other Sith servicemen in similar circumstances.

Her career started in 1 ATC when Emelia was accepted into the Kaas City Military Academy. After rigorous training exercises and exams during her teenage years, she graduated with excellence in 5 ATC with hopes of attaining an officer rank. She was quickly offered a post within a platoon on the planet of Boztrok where she served for three years, as part of an occupying peacekeeping force to deal with the criminal inhabitants.

As the Cold War started to heat up she moved from assignment to assignment, her platoon engaging in minor skirmishes with Republic planetary liberation forces. By the end of 11 ATC she received a career advancing assignment; her platoon would be supporting forces on Belsavis against the defending Republic forces. After the initial Republic rout, she received orders for her small squad to capture a fortified position blocking the advances of the Imperial forces; this assault led to our Enclave’s first meeting with Emelia Shintai.

Emelia offered terms of surrender to the defending forces and the Gadani Enclave, which were politely declined. During the ensuing battle, her squad was cut down, leaving her wounded and ultimately a prisoner of war.

Upon learning of her family ties to Master Shintai - the two are cousins - she was interrogated by the Gadani Enclave and specifically Master Teira Subarashi. We managed to convince her to turn over what knowledge she had of the Imperial forces on Belsavis in exchange for better quarters. The deal was agreed upon and she was moved from the reliquary to the brig.

Shortly after this, we were required to undertake a prisoner exchange – Lieutenant Shintai, for Captain Skylarr Fenix of the Republic Special Forces. After the exchange Lord Kleist who was representing the Sith Empire, Force choked Emelia and officially revoked her rank of First Lieutenant. He also announced her engagement to his son, Kelher Adalhelm II, although neither party seemed pleased with this arrangement.