Cheng Han

Terran Alliance

* Anti-Sith Assault Team

Colonel Cheng Han, a human male, is a former member of the People's Liberation Army's Special Operations Forces, and a current member of the Anti-Sith Assault Team. Born in Shanghai, China, he joined the People's Liberation Army Ground Forces at age 22, and joined the Special Operations Forces at age 25. He was selected for the Anti-Sith Assault Team when it was first formed. He took part in the Terran campaign and several operations in the Clone Wars.

## Biography

### Early Life

Han was born on April 1, 1961, in Shanghai, China. When he was young, he began training in kung fu, which he continued throughout his life.

At the age of 18, Han enrolled at Peking University in Beijing, where he studied Geography. After graduating in 1983, he joined the People's Liberation Army Ground Forces as an officer.

Three years later in 1986, he joined the Special Operations Forces. In 1990, he joined the unit within the Special Operations Forces known as the Eagle unit.

### Anti-Sith Assault Team

#### Induction and training

Soon after the Republic arrived on Earth in 1991, the Anti-Sith Assault Team was formed to protect Earth from the Sith. Han was one of 12 men chosen for the team.

Han began his training under Mace Windu and Anakin Skywalker on December 5, 1991. During the team's first meeting, Han chose a blue bladed lightsaber as his weapon.

Han became something of a maverick during his training. He combined Windu and Skywalker's teachings with the kung fu techniques he had learned throughout his life. He also developed a style of using his lightsaber to get in close during lightsaber combat, and then subdue his opponent with kung fu techniques, which was surprisingly effective.

#### Operation Thunderstrike

Han's first taste of combat as a member of the ASAT team came during Operation Thunderstrike. Han and his teammate, Warrant Officer Toshiyuki Yamazaki, were assigned to follow Mace Windu to capture Kim Il-Sung.

Han and Yamazaki, along with Windu, were taken to Pyongyang aboard an LAAT. Several more LAATs brought South Korean troops and clones to reinforce them.

The strike team was able to catch the North Koreans off guard, and were able to land at Mansudae Assembly Hall. Han and Yamazaki accompanied Windu and South Korean troops and clones into the building. Once inside, they were able to capture Kim-Il Sung, along with other key officials of the regime.

Once the strike team retreated from North Korea, and South Korea moved to occupy the North, Han returned to Beijing, where he would await the arrival of the Separatists.

#### Terran Campaign

When the Separatists arrived at Terra, Han waited for orders to deploy. However, due to the Separatists not landing any forces in China, Han was not deployed at first.

Finally, Han received orders to deploy alongside Chinese reinforcements making for the Soviet city of Vladivostok to aid the Soviets in the Battle of Vladivostok. He arrived late in the battle, but was able to fight alongside his teammates, Alexei Ivankov and Yamazaki, for the last few hours of the battle.

Soon after the Terran campaign, Han was promoted to the rank of Colonel by executive order of the Joint Terran Command.

When Terran forces initially began to deploy to the Andromeda Galaxy, Han remained behind on Terra. He would end up remaining on duty on Terra until late in 1993.

#### Battle for Anaxes

In December 1993, Han was deployed to the Andromeda Galaxy for the first time. He arrived on Coruscant on December 18.

In mid January 1994, the Separatists launched a campaign against the critical world of Anaxes. Han and his comrade Colonel John White were deployed to lead a large Terran army to help defend the planet.

Days into the battle, Colonel White was injured while leading a charge, and Colonel Tyler Hall was sent to take his place. Hall and Han together continued to lead the Terran forces through the battle for the next several weeks.

#### Black Hawk Down

On February 20, Colonel Han led a mission that uncovered the fact that the Techno Union had secretly been helping the Separatist campaign. Han was selected to lead a strike team to Skako Minor to take out the research facility supporting the Separatist campaign on Anaxes.

On the 21st, Han arrived on Skako Minor with a strike team including the Bad Batch, ARC troopers, and Pakistani SSG commandos. The team was landed near the city of Purkoll by two UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, and made the rest of the journey on foot.

Once the team reached Purkoll, Han led them up to the building containing the intelligence facility. Under his direction, the team set charges to destroy the facility, and then made their escape.

Han led the team to the rendezvous point, where the two Black Hawks picked them up. However, while returning to the *TAS Dauntless*, the Black Hawk that Han was flying in was shot down by a Vulture droid. The *Dauntless* was forced to retreat, leaving Han and the men on board the Black Hawk stranded on Skako Minor.

Han and the team scavenged what they could from the crashed Black Hawk before leaving the wreckage behind to find some place to hide. They took up position among a pile of boulders 13 miles from the crash site.

A few hours later, over a hundred battle droids found the team. Han led the team in an attack, but during the attack, one of the Pakistani commandos, Mohammed Zaheer, was hit while trying to protect one of the clones. Han immediately ordered the team to move on and find a more secure place to hide.

The team marched 4 miles and found a crevice in the face of a cliff to hide in. Once the team was settled into the crevice, Han took the time to take a nap.

Han was awakened hours later by Hunter, who informed him that over a thousand battle droids had them surrounded and were closing in. Han determined they had no chance of escape, and ordered the team to prepare to defend the crevice.

When the droids arrived, Han and the others members of the team opened fire with their blasters. The team held the crevice for almost ten minutes, sustaining several losses, before a Terran rescue team arrived, including 5 of Han's ASAT comrades, who assisted the team in destroying the remaining droids.

Following the rescue, Han, who had sustained minor injuries, was taken to a Republic medical station, and was replaced on Anaxes by Colonel Dennis Rommel.

#### Retreat to Terra

Han soon returned to combat. He went on several missions in the following months, before being deployed to Kashyyyk in early April.

Han remained on Kashyyyk for the next several months, and was present when the Separatists first attacked the planet. When Yoda arrived to lead the defense, Han worked with him and Master Luminara Unduli to defend the planet.

In mid July, the Terran Alliance received intelligence that suggested that the Separatists were planning a second attack against Terra. Han was one of the members of the ASAT team that was ordered back to Terra to prepare for such an attack.

Han was still on Terra in July 1994 when the Republic turned on the Jedi and the Alliance, and the Alliance retreated to Terra. Han was assigned to gather intelligence from any possible sources on the progress of the Empire's expansion. A month after the Alliance's retreat, Han traveled to the Terran Jedi Temple construction site for the first meeting of the entire ASAT team since December 1991. In this meeting, the entire team swore an oath to see the Empire and the Sith destroyed.

## Appearances

* *Rise of the Terran Alliance (first appearance)*