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== Appearance ==
 
== Appearance ==
 
Sierra is tall for a female Togruta. She has a toned and athletic build. Her skin has a light blue hue, and the only visible tattoos are two white diamonds around her eyes. Her most noticeable features, however, are her two front lekku. They are much shorter than average, ending several centimeters below her chin and capped with gold braces. The ends of the lekku above the braces are scarred.
 
Sierra is tall for a female Togruta. She has a toned and athletic build. Her skin has a light blue hue, and the only visible tattoos are two white diamonds around her eyes. Her most noticeable features, however, are her two front lekku. They are much shorter than average, ending several centimeters below her chin and capped with gold braces. The ends of the lekku above the braces are scarred.
 
== Early Adulthood ==
 
Over time, Sierra became an invaluable member of her father's business. Her exceptional managerial skills and her knowledge of ships didn't escape the notice of her parents, who convinced her to apply to Corvala University for an advanced degree in Year 1. It was while she was at university, working towards her dual degree in business and engineering, that Sierra met a young engineering student by the name of Matohk Null. Friendship slowly blossomed into a more serious relationship, and shortly after graduation they were married. Matohk joined Perri Shipworks and alongside Sierra helped the business expand into mass production. Kasovo bought an old factory in Corvala and business exploded. This was the happiest Sierra had ever been.
 
  
 
== Downward Spiral ==
 
== Downward Spiral ==

Revision as of 14:08, 29 August 2016

Sierra Null
Biographical Information
Race Togruta
Homeworld Shili
Mother Chiarra Perri
Father Kasovo Perri
Marital Status Widowed
Spouse Matohk Null (deceased)
Siblings Deron Perri
Born Year -17 Day 114
Languages Togruti, Basic, Hapan
Physical Description
Gender Female
Height 1.78 m (5' 10")
Weight 60 kg (132 lb)
Eye Color gold
Political Information
Affiliation Faerytail Family
Title Mistress of the South

Appearance

Sierra is tall for a female Togruta. She has a toned and athletic build. Her skin has a light blue hue, and the only visible tattoos are two white diamonds around her eyes. Her most noticeable features, however, are her two front lekku. They are much shorter than average, ending several centimeters below her chin and capped with gold braces. The ends of the lekku above the braces are scarred.

Downward Spiral

Business continued to grow steadily for the next six years. One factory became two and then three, and then the company purchased a small shipyard in orbit where they began to manufacture larger ships. It was around this time that Deron returned. Sierra had just finished negotiating a contract to build a new Corellian freighter via the holonet when there was a knock on her office door. She turned to see her little brother standing there, looking thin and worn. She was overjoyed to see him but was cautious of his reluctant nature. He apologized for running off those many years ago and said he was trying to turn his life around. Sierra offered him a job but he declined, insisting that he wasn't asking for a handout but simply wanted to let her know he was back. He got a job at a nearby bar working the late shift. Sadly, one morning a few weeks later a pair of detectives arrived at Sierra's home to inform her that they had discovered Deron's badly beaten body in the alley behind the bar. He had apparently been killed by members of a local hired thugs in retribution for leaving their crime syndicate. It was then that she found out that Deron had been selling ryll on the streets for years and had also been addicted to his product. She was distraught, and Matohk took over much of the daily operations for a couple of weeks while she and her parents mourned.

When Shili joined the New Republic and entered the growing Galactic Civil War, the resultant loss of potential customers in the Core caused sales to drop for a period of time. However, Sierra and Matohk devised a new business strategy and marketing campaign that helped Perri Shipworks rebound. Despite their initial concerns with the political change, their entry into New Republic life appeared to be reaping positive benefits. Then everything changed one day late in Year 15. Kasovo suffered a debilitating accident when a freighter's landing strut collapsed and his leg was crushed under the ship's bulk. He chose to retire rather than risk a cybernetic replacement at his age. Ownership of the company thus passed to Matohk and Sierra, even though they had been essentially running the business for years at that point. Soon after, Sierra began to notice some disturbing changes on Shili. The news began reporting an increasing dissatisfaction among residents with the way the New Republic was handling security in the system. With Shili being the most remote New Republic system, far removed from other Republic planets and located near to Imperial space, activists claimed that the Republic should be doing more to ensure their continued safety. Rumored sightings by freighter pilots of Imperial and Black Sun scout ships in the system, alongside claims of a limited Republic military presence in orbit, further inflamed concerns and localized protests soon began. A new group calling themselves the Shili Independence League arose and began circulating a petition for the Togruta homeworld to leave the New Republic and join the much closer Trade Federation.

The Republic Senate assured all Shili residents that the Republic Navy's rapid response fleet was within a short hyper jump from the system and could respond to any emergency. In addition, the New Republic announced the formation of local militias across all of it's systems. Citizens within a certain age range, specific to each race, were now legally bound to serve in the militia for one year. It just so happened that Sierra and Matohk, both in their early 30s, qualified for service. Within months, they both found themselves called in front of a New Republic officer and given their conscription orders. They protested on the grounds that their company could not survive the absence of both of them at the same time, but the officer was unresponsive to their pleas. They were given one week to put things in order, during which time they managed to convince Kasovo to step back in as CEO and keep the company afloat for the next year.

Militia Life

Sierra and Matohk were sent to basic training at different bases on Shili. Apparently the Republic was not in favor of married couples co-habitating. During this training they both became quite competent with firearms and simple tactical skills. Plus, she exited training in the best physical shape in her life. Following basic, she was promoted to Ensign and slotted for Piloting & Logistics while Matohk was given a Lieutenancy and sent to Advanced Infantry School. Sierra was understandably worried about him becoming a ground pounder but he assured her that the likelihood of him seeing combat in his one year was slim. He would soon be proven wrong.

Sierra spent the next three months piloting shuttles around the system and organizing the movement of equipment to the handful of New Republic naval vessels assigned to Shili. Meanwhile she spoke with Matohk once or twice a week and discovered that the captain in charge of his unit was having them aggressively patrol the planet to look for (ironically) rebels and bandits.

On Day 49 of Year 16 that her life changed forever. Sierra had just finished delivering a load of supplies to a remote communications center and was walking back to her JV-7 shuttle when she was knocked to the ground by a large explosion. Stunned, she looked up to see several armed Togrutans charging through a breach in the base's outer wall. She tried to rise to her knee, reaching for her sidearm when the nearest one turned to her and aimed his rifle. She saw a bright golden light and then blackness.

Sometime later she came to in a dark room. She was strapped to a chair and couldn't move her arms or legs. A large Togrutan male, wearing a mask, stood in front of her. He identified himself as Raul and proceeded to ask her pointed questions about the New Republic military forces in the system. She claimed ignorance, admitting that she was in the militia and therefore not privy to such information. Her interrogator didn't believe her and struck her across the face. What followed was something that Sierra will never forget. Days of torture, sensory deprivations, beatings, and questions. Day and night had no meaning to her as there was no window. Unconsciousness became her refuge, her escape from the pain. She couldn't give him the answers he sought because she didn't know the answers. And then one day she awoke to find herself back in the chair, facing Raul again. He asked her yet again about the locations of New Republic special forces. Again, she replied that she didn't know. Raul sighed and nodded. She was held from behind as another masked Togrutan approached with a long blade and in one swipe sliced off her left lekku. The pain was so intense that she blacked out. The next time she came to, the scene repeated itself, but this time she sobbed and begged Raul to not hurt her anymore. She swore she knew nothing. Unconvinced, he ordered her right lekku to be cut off.

During the next interrogation session, Sierra had already decided that she would do whatever she had to do to get Raul to kill her. She couldn't stand to live as a maimed outcast. But before Raul could ask the first question, she heard blaster fire coming from above. Raul looked up at the ceiling, muttered something to his companions and fired a stun blast into Sierra's chest. When she awoke later, she was on board a Republic medical cruiser, having just been pulled from a bacta tank.

... finds out Matohk was killed in the rescue attempt... leaves Shili to avoid being a societal outcast due to her maimed lekku...