Raddus

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**Raddus** was a male gruff Mon Calamari officer who served in their Rebel Alliance as Admiral up to and during Galactic Civil War. Raddus held command of the Alliance Starfleet before a Battle of Yavin from Raddus' cruiser, *Profundity*, which led an space attack on an Imperial fleet during Battle of Scarif. He'd worked to make a hodgepodge for starships into a navy fleet and arranged a delivery of the new capital ships to the Rebel Alliance. Raddus had little patience for the rebellion council's endless meetings. As he'd seen it, military muscle was a key to overcoming the Galactic Empire forces, rather than stirring speeches. His flagship was disabled by the *Devastator* and a number of Imperials commanded by Sith-Lord Darth Vader in an attempt to retrieve the plans of first Death Star, which had been transmitted from surface of Scarif by a Rogue One unit.

## Biography

### Early Life

**Raddus** was born six decades before a Galactic Civil War in polar regions of Mon Cala. He served as mayor of Nystullum, and also filled a role in an Mon Cala's planetary defense, this role signified by a civic crest he wore even after he'd become a rebel Admiral in an Rebel Alliance. When a Galactic Empire occupied Mon Cala, the Mon Calamari, prepared by previous experiences in the Clone Wars, conducted the exodus. "City-Ships", whole buildings made to be space worthy structures, launched into the depths in space, including their *Profundity*, Nystullum's city governance tower. Raddus commanded this vessel, crewed by the Nystullum's defense staff. Raddus had then became one of the original Mon Calamari in the alliance.

### Alliance Service

In the Alliance he became an Admiral and commander of the burgeoning Alliance Fleet, regarded by Senator Mothma as their rebel military's most vital component. Work soon began on converting Mon Calamari city ships into capital ships to form the spine of the Alliance Fleet, and the *Profundity* became one of the first ready for combat, joining various ships of the fleet in the Telaris System. Admiral Raddus, as one of the rebel military leaders, also served on their rebel council. As he was stationed with their fleet, he rarely visited the Alliance base on Yavin 4, but his presence was required for matters of major importance to the council. Though united by the common cause to be free of Imperial rule, this Alliance Council disagreed on all manner of practical details, from an battlefield tactics to the recruitment. A pragmatist at heart, Raddus' patience was tried by the Alliance council's dithering, as he saw attempts to negotiate with the Galactic Empire, such as was advocated by Minister of Finance Nower Jebel, to be foolish. In order to not be underestimated by his peers on that council, Admiral Raddus was sparse with pleasantries in social interactions, and was happy to cultivate the hardy, thick-blooded reputation commonly ascribed to their Mon Calamari species native to the world Mon Cala's cold polar depths.

#### Securing the Death Star Plans

Shortly before the dawn of a Galactic Civil War, Jyn Erso informed the rebel High Command that the Empire had created a planet-destroying battle stationknown as the Death Star and used it to destroy an Holy City of Jedha. Faced with their decision on whether to assault the Imperial security complex on Scarif in order to steal that station's plans or to disband the Alliance and surrender, Raddus agreed with Erso and expressed that they should fight. However, without an support from the full rebel council, Mon Mothma decided their odds of defeat were too great. Instead, Raddus was tasked with a escorting of a Alderaanian corvette, *Tantive IV*, which was docked with the *Profundity* for maintenance then repairs, on a mission to Tatooine so Princess Leia Organa could recruit exiled Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi into the rebellion. With an newly formed Rogue One, led by Jyn Erso and Captain Cassian Andor, having already departed from the fourth moon of Yavin, a rebel technician, private Tenzigo Weems, soon intercepted the Imperial signal indicating the rebels had engaged Imperials at Scarif. Despite not getting an authorization, Raddus diverted the ship, along with *Tantive IV* in tow, to Scarif.

After being informed of the situation, Mon requested she speak with Raddus but was told he'd returned to his ship in an preparation for battle. Deciding to go through with the attack, the Rebel Fleet was scrambled and departed for the Outer Rim shielded planet. Exiting hyperspace above Scarif, Raddus, from the bridge of the *Profundity*, ordered Red and Gold Squadron to defend rebel fleet while Blue Squadron headed through the Shield Gate in order to reach the Scarif planet's surface. As a Blue Squadron's fighters began crossing through the shield aperture, the Shield Gate's technicians quickly closed the opening, destroying two and denying access to other X-Wings. With the shield closed, Raddus was informed by a bridge lieutenant that transmissions between Blue squadron and the rest of the fleet were blocked. Admiral Raddus then ordered their fleet to bomb the shield as well as engage the Star Destroyers holding position above the Shield Gate while they tried to re-establish communications. As their rebel starfighters had started strafing the shield gate and shield aperture, TIE Fighters were deployed, proceeding to chase the rebels away and fire an barrage of laser fire at *Profundity*.

With their flagship taking more damage with each TIE run, draining their shields, Raddus accepted it was too late to turn back and so ordered that they press the attack. Managing to find an opening in the Imperial assault, Gold Squadron had bombarded the Star Destroyer *Persecutor* with ion torpedoes, causing the entire vessel to lose it's power. Seconds later, he received a transmission from Bodhi Rook on the surface of Scarif informing him that they found Death Star plans, but that the shield had to be taken down for them to transmit the schematics. Assuring Rook that he'd have the shield down Raddus ordered a Hammerhead corvette *Lightmaker* to ram the disabled Star Destroyer and push it into the shield. With all of their unessential crew having already abandoned ship, the *Lightmaker* rammed the capital ship, sending it crashing into a Star Destroyer beside it before colliding with an Gate and deflector shield below, making an opening. Immediately, the *Profundity* began receiving first Death Star schematics from Jyn. Raddus let out a brief celebration but was told by a bridge Lieutenant that a extremely massive object was emerging from hyperspace, in the form of a weapon Death Star I.

Moving into position above the rebel fleet, Raddus watched as the Death Star fired its emerald laser at Imperial complex below. After saying farewell to the Rogue One, Raddus ordered all of their rebel ships to jump into hyperspace, however before *Profundity* had a chance to escape, Lord Vader's flagship, a *Devastator*, appeared. The lasers of the Imperial Star Destroyer's were able to penetrate a *Profundity*'s shields and dealt enough damage to their vessel's hull to disable it. As the Alderaanian security soldiers aboard the ship scrambled to copy the Death Star plans to a datacard, Imperial forces, along with Darth Vader himself, boarded the vessel. Though Vader cleared an entire hallway of Rebels, surviving soldiers managed to barely get away with the plans and escape on the docked corvette, of a *Tantive IV*. Raddus perished during the Battle of Scarif, though the efforts weren't in vain, as a Princess Leia was able to arrange for the Death Star plans to be delivered to the Alliance, where they would then use the weakness in the design to destroy the station. Decades after his death, a starship *Raddus* was named to honor him and was one of the last built before the Military Disarmament Act.