Taka Aioko

Taka Aioko
Biographical Information
Race	Thyferran
Homeworld	Thyferra
Mother	Naoki Aioko
Father	Sono Aioko
Spouse	Craulani Ortesma
Siblings	None
Children	None
Born	Over 42 years ago
Physical Description
Gender	Male
Height	5'8" (173cm)
Coloring	Brown
Hair Color	Black
Eye Color	Brown
Political Information
Affiliation	New Republic
Rank	Former CoS
Positions	None
Prior Affiliation	Outback Industries (Year 8)
Awards	Detailed below

Taka Aioko is a Thyferran Jedi best known for his two terms as Chief of State of the New Republic.

Before holding that position Taka Aioko worked exclusively in civil sectors, and covered many positions leading several nationalized factions, eventually becoming Minister of State. He calls himself a man of action, and he was awarded two Outstanding Excellence and two Hydian Star of Excellence medals.

As Minister of State, he worked in the restructure of the New Republic organization and was appointed Second in Command of the New Republic. Before his election to Chief of State, he commanded successfully an operation aimed at liberating the planet Sacorria from CorSec, for which he earned the Perlemian Star of Freedom.

Soon after elected Taka Aioko successfully commanded two other operations: Operation Blackbeard, which liberated two planets from Eidola (Galus and Hararyn), and Operation Argos which liberated Adbauniac from Black Sun.

Aioko was re-elected in Year 13 Day 17, becoming the very first sentient to have filled the role of Chief of State for two consecutive administrations. In addition to be a record per se, his two-year administration managed to break what the galaxy had called "the curse of the NR CoS," referring to the past gloom history of the Republican Chiefs of State.

Taka Aioko's double election made him the sixth and seventh Chief of State of the New Republic, despite some sources indicate Cheda Quche as the seventh CoS.

Biography

Physical Description

Taka Aioko is a tall Thyferran man with a lean frame. He has dark hair and brown skin, and looks to be around forty-two years of age. He wears formal jedi gear most of the time, but enjoys wearing Hawaiian shirts when he is kicking back. He is very active and full of energy, which often spurs others onward. He is easy going and straight forward, maintaining a sense of calm through adversity.

Early Years

Taka was born in the human colony of Mirega on Thyferra. The world is a primary source for bacta, and farming is a way of life there. As a youth Taka would labor with his father, working their land to produce Alahzi to be used in bacta creation. It was hard, back-breaking work, but as a young man Taka learned to value the simple things in life, that anything worth having must be earned. His mother, Naoki, was a beautiful, gentle hearted woman and his father, Sono, was a hardworking man of the land.

Growing up he always had a special place in his heart for starships and space travel. Late at night after working the fields all day he would look through a book he owned that detailed various starships. He must have read through it a thousand times, but it didn't matter. Any chance he had to see a ship or even set foot in one he was there. After his parents died due to a virus, he longed to leave the planet but it was almost impossible under the rule of the Empire. While he enjoyed the simple life of Thyferra, he knew deep down inside that if he were to stay here he would forever wonder what might have happened.

Eventually the New Republic liberated the planet and Taka decided it was a good moment to travel to their Capital Planet, Adbatar.

Corellian Transport Services

In Year 8 Day 119 by chance or by the Force and while travelling around Adbatar City, Taka made the acquaintance of Johnny Moon, a Corellian Transport Services (CTS) officer who offered him a job in the company. Taka quickly adopted Johnny as a father figure and kept in contact for a long time, even after Johnny was found to be force sensitive and left to join the Jedi Order.

Taka was thoroughly enjoyed himself while working for CTS. He was doing the things he loved and he excelled in his pilot training, quickly moving up to captain of a starship. He also met a lot of friends that he learned to depend on along the way like, Kit, Adhrakon, Van, Mosiah, Nathos, Rebekka, Lani, Jenssar, Kurva, Draelin and Azzi, who happened to be his main mentor.

Things were really looking up for Taka and he was becoming very successful, and just when he thought things couldn't get any better he met her. Her name was Craulani Ortesma and she was the most beautiful women he'd ever seen. They quickly became good friends and continued in this way for a while. However, they were both just starting out in their careers and were hesitant to take the relationship any further. Sadly, they fell out of contact for a while when Taka was sent to help outside CTS.

Taka was sent by Kit Lorcan, his CTS liason, to work with RMC (led by Nov Chebot) and Alph Virpen on the reconstruction of Tierfon after the war against the 12 Colonies. The New Republic at the time was under a constant state of turmoil, and after a acouple of months working in that project and a tax planet with them, Nov, Alph and Kit quit the NR leaving Taka's career in a crossroads: with all his direct bosses gone he decided to leave as well, just a couple of days before Amun Sokar would loot RMC.