Alma Tan

Alma Tan was a female Kaminoan medical doctor, and later medic to the outlaw crew of the Marauder.

## Biography

### Early Career

Born in 52BBY, Alma was the youngest of six children. She showed an affinity for biology at a young age, and began training to be a doctor when she reached maturity at the age of eleven. Alma showcased her talent for genetic modification as she grew. Several uprisings from the shovel-handed miners on Subterrel led to a shortage of reactive metals during her teen years, and in order to combat the problem, she developed a new technique to increase the docility of subsequent clone generations by adapting certain parts of their genetic code. While the technique had an 80% success rate, relatively low for the Kaminoans’ existing cloning technology, it was the first of its kind to increase docility without affecting intelligence. Alma’s genius was rewarded with her own laboratory and research staff to allow her to continue refining the technique for future use. The 20% of clones that did not show the desired docility were culled, something Alma found oddly upsetting. Her motivation for refining the procedure changed from gaining scientific knowledge and improving her reputation to ensuring that as many clones survived as possible.

### Turning Point

At the age of twenty, Alma was paired with a carefully selected male and quickly fell pregnant. In the same year, Jedi Master Sifo-Dyas commissioned a clone army for the Republic, and Alma’s technique, now boasting a 95% success rate, was used on each clone after the first batch was deemed a failure.

Alma gave birth to a son, and was horrified to discover that the child had green eyes. While it sounds innocuous enough, children with green eyes are considered genetically inferior and disruptive to Kaminoan society, where eye colour is integral to determining an individual’s social standing. Consequently, green-eyed children are, as a matter of procedure, euthanized shortly after birth. Despite Alma’s protests, the baby was taken from her. She named the child Koh Sul.

Heartbroken, Alma engrossed herself in her work, dedicating every ounce of her energy to protecting the lives of the “genetically inferior.” She put forward the idea of using defective clones as maintenance workers, something that the cloners embraced to preserve resources, once Alma proved that these individuals could be just as capable as the Kaminoans themselves when it came to menial tasks.

### Joining the Marauder Crew

Finally, involvement in what she saw as a slaughter became too much for Alma to bear. She began to search for a way off the planet, and eventually came into contact with Rul, Xet and Scuttle. They offered her safe passage to Coruscant, after which she would be free to travel as a refugee to any system she wanted to call home. At the last minute, Nameless arrived back on Kamino ready to be destroyed, and Alma, being the expert, was assigned to analyse him. Alma found that he was in the 5% of clones that were not obedient, but while most of these clones were violent and rebellious, Nameless desired only peace. The transport job quickly became a rescue mission, as the Marauder's crew hijacked a Kaminoan transport ship to take fifty defective clones and Alma off the planet. Impressed by Alma’s compassion, and intrigued by Nameless, Rul invited the two of them to join their crew, should they wish to.

## Personality and Traits

Alma was calm and studious, and passionate about her work, sometimes to the point of obsession. Most of the time, she was reserved, and kept any display of emotion to the barest minimum. She was polite to her superiors and friends, and maintained a cool, collected bedside manner, with the appropriate amount of warmth to comfort her patients. Perhaps the best word to describe her personality is "appropriate."

Alma was also unusually empathetic for a Kaminoan. While most of her peers simply strove for genetic perfection, and were more than fine with the "disposal" of anything that didn't meet their expectations, Alma saw the value in every life, and it caused her great pain to see them cut short.