Stan Taggart

**Stan Taggart** was a human male soldier and special operative who served in the United Federation and later fought with the Imperial Alliance against Jawajuice and later the Jedi aligned Republic. Stan signed up to be a soldier for the Federation sometime before 20 ABY. During the war between the UFP and the Sith Imperial Alliance, Stan was assigned to lead Ultrainlar Squad to investigate the Unknown Regions and the sudden disappearance of Federal ships. In the investigation Stan and his squadmates were ambushed. They captured and held as a prisoner, where he was subjected to horrible Sith experiments. Stan was the only survivor, however, through the experiments Stan developed super-human strength and endurance, and was able to break out of prison, however he returned to the UFP a changed man and spoke little even under intense questioning, and was prone to bursts of violent anger. Stan was assigned as one of the founding members of the DF-42 cover op squad. Although at first seemingly uncooperative and breaking away from the squad to operate on his own, he ended up being a useful part of the team and eventually made friends with his fellow members, in particular Wesley Jozkowicz. Stan's tendency for recklessness got him injured several times on missions with DF-42, and he came close to death twice. Despite Stan's hatred of the Sith for his treatment as a prisoner, Stan did not object to DF-42 switching allegiance to the Imperial Alliance. During his time on the Imperial Alliance capital world Zakuul, he met Gen D'alf, an Imperial Officer who would later be assigned as temporary leader of DF-42. After the defeat of Pite Tverlo at the Valley of the Jedi, Stan resigned from DF-42 and married Gen, settling down with her on Dantooine where they adopted Shruk and helped the former Jedi adjust to their new way of life without the Force. Stan was once again badly injured when an assassin droid sent by the Neo-Jedi Resistance attacked him in retaliation for Shruk's damages to their operations during his search for his friend Wonc. He managed to recover from the attack.

## Personality and traits

### Loyal soldier

Stan was a professional trooper, silent and quick, often preferring to operate solo and getting his missions done. Stan was not much different in personality from any other loyal trooper, besides his rather lonely nature.

### Traumatized Operative

Barely escaping alive from dark side torture, Stan was traumatized and became very secluded. He shut himself off from socializing and only ever accepting meeting his superiors for mission requests. His traumatized and unnatural habits made him somewhat dangerous potentially to even his own allies, as Stan could rarely stop himself from lashing out. Thus Stan's companion numbers dropped with every mission, until he was even sent on missions with mere few, as he was capable enough to be trusted on them but not trusted enough to put an entire battalion at risk. His special capabilities and unique nature made him a candidate for the DF-42 secret project. As a member of the special squad, he made himself out to be a disruptive member and was even considered to be reported. However, his fellow companions of varied levels of similar uniqueness managed to gradually get Stan to open up. Slowly, Stan became more cooperative and friendly, eventually becoming a trusted squad leader and even a good friend.

### Imperial Ally

Perhaps what made Stan open up even more was his relationship with Gen D'alf. Strict troopers of similar nature, the two realized they cooperated well during missions. Even as Gen found dislike for the rebellious nature of DF-42's other members, she still felt respect for Stan at first. As they experienced war further and further, Gen and Stan drew closer, to a point where their supervisors felt it was hindering their missions and split them apart so that the two would not see each other as much. Although they knew what this meant, it did not really stop their relationship from progressing. Eventually, after the wars, Stan and Gen decided to retire as a couple and spent their days helping the former Jedi recover and looked after the younglings, adopting one of them as their own son.

### Protective Father

Taking much needed time away from war, Stan improved to function better in society as a human being, a good friend and a loving father. Despite becoming more humane however, Stan still carried a protective nature from his experiences in war. Despite trusting Shruk to go look for and find his friend, Stan gave him protective armor and kept reminding him not to get involved in danger. When Stan found out that Shruk was secretly working against the Resistance, he was displeased and almost angry but only because he cared for Shruk and didn't want to lose him. Stan still kept his contact with his former squad buddies. Especially with Bison, who he deemed a good friend and trusted enough to look after and protect Shruk.