Rahm Kota

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> ### Affiliation
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> Jedi Order
> Galactic Republic
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> The Coalition
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> ### Date of birth
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> 51 BBY
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> Esseles
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> Human
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> Male
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> "*Regardless, the wedge seems to have been driven in, at the very least. His forces are cracking, even if it is seemingly only in the minutiae.*" ― Rahm Kota after the Bespin Disaster
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**Rahm Kota** was a Force Sensitive Human Male during the **Republic Era, the Clone Wars, the Imperial Era,** and **the New Republic Era**. Born in 51 BBY on the planet of Esseles, Rahm Kota was inducted into the Jedi Order at the age of seven after a small but personally devastating uprising occurred on the planet, leaving him orphaned. Training under Jedi Master Elana Sela, Kota became a Knight, and subsequently took a Padawan of his own. Kota fought in the Clone Wars, as well as against the Empire. Kota eventually became a crucial member of the Coalition.

### **Early Life**

Rahm Kota was born in 51 BBY on Esseles. In 44 BBY, a few dozen insurgents attempted an uprising on the planet, and the Jedi Masters Mace Windu and Elana Sela were sent to deescalate. The attempts were unsuccessful, and Sela was nearly killed in an explosion that killed Kota's parents. While Sela was trapped beneath rubble, the seven year old Kota picked up a blaster and struck down two insurgents before finding Mace Windu, who rescued Sela.

After the incident on Esseles, Sela convinced the Jedi Council to allow her to train him as a Jedi, and so she did. It took time to break him of his aggression and attachment, but eventually Kota became a Jedi Knight, and took on a Padawan of his own.

### **The Clone Wars**

Rahm Kota, upon the outbreak of the Clone Wars, joined the fight, willing to defend the Republic to its last, but he refused to take up the clones of Jango Fett as his soldiers. Believing the Clones to be a pale imitation of true instincts and fighting spirits, he instead opted to create his own militia, comprised strictly of volunteers. During this time, he fought in defense of Corellia, where he briefly met Corellia's senator Garm Bel Iblis.

Because of the fact that Order 66 was issued to the Clones, most of Kota's troops did not follow the order. Some did buy into it however, and his militia did split a little, as Kota and his troops went into hiding and planned to combat the newly arising Empire.

### **The Empire**

2 years after Order 66, Rahm Kota and his militia forces attacked a TIE Fighter construction factory over Nar Shaddaa. The attack, however, ultimately was thwarted by the Sith Lord Darth Vader, who cleaved through Kota's forces, and Kota barely escaped.

After that, Kota went into hiding, rarely acting against the Empire unless it was drastically necessary. In 0 BBY, while at the shadowport on Borgo Prime, Kota witnessed a member of the Inquisitorius attempt to defeat Sceptre Squad, and he intervened. During the duel with the Inquisitor, he was blinded, but successfully bought enough time for Sceptre to escape.

Afterwards, Kota managed to smuggle himself off to Nar Shaddaa, where he learned to harness the Force and see through it, and eventually learned of some slaves being held on Riflor. While attempting to free them, he once again encountered Sceptre, and they assisted each other in freeing several slaves before escaping Darth Vader.

After Sceptre, he began assembling a new militia, and even managed to scavenge a *Venator*-class Star Destroyer to compete against the Empire.

### **Thrawn & the Coalition**

After the end of the Galactic Civil War, Grand Admiral Thrawn usurped control of the Empire, and Kota and his militia stayed together to fight him. By 6 ABY, Kota had started to help Lando Calrissian defend Cloud City from the Empire, and this caught the attention of the Coalition. Scalpel Squad investigated and helped defend Cloud City, which included a vicious fight with the Emperor's Hand Are'nara, before she escaped and ordered fusion bombs dropped on Bespin. Calrissian, Kota, and Scalpel barely escaped, along with most of their forces, as Bespin was destroyed, and Kota subsequently joined the Coalition.

Kota fought in the **Battle of Nirauan**, where he commanded his troops in battle and helped hold back the Imperial Star Destroyer *Chimaera* for Scalpel to board and capture Thrawn. After the defeat of Thrawn and the Empire, Kota continued to serve on the Coalition Council, in the event that Thrawn's underlings or something worse returned.