Omega-4 Platoon

The **Omega-4 Platoon**, also known as the **Omega Platoon**, was a platoon of veteran alliance troopers who fought under the Alliance to Restore the Republic's Omega Cell. Commissioned by Major Kente Rhen of the 24th Battalion in the months before the Battle of Yavin, as he reorganised the severely understrength unit into fighting capable units.

Born from the tumultuous days after the Battle of Yavin and the subsequent division of Primary Alliance units between bases throughout the Outer Rim, Omega Company and through it Omega-4 Platoon, were pushed into a small Cell, operating within the outer rim and beyond independently, with a miniscule fleet of Blockade Runners and a single Pelta Command Cruiser holding the force together. Omega-4 Platoon in particular, even as one the smallest units in the Alliance Army Order of Battle, serves mostly independent of even its sister platoons. The GR-75 Medium Transport *Omega Home Four* serving as its only method of transport, and armoured support, due to the abandonment of its mechanised speeder force at Yavin Four.

### Organisation

Omega-4 Platoon contained six distinct sub-units, foremost among them being the Technical Section which crewed and maintained the GR-75 *Omega Home Four* which served as the headquarters and primary transport for the Platoon, comprised of seven individuals. Alongside the Technical Section in Support was the Medical Section, with only one individual, Doctor Neema Volia, serving as the medical officer and combat medic for the platoon with soldiers joining her to ensure the stability of their fellow personnel as assistants and escorts as needed. The last four sub-units were the squads which made up the combat personnel, each containing nine men, almost all bearing combat armour, with only a few geared with the standard alderaanian trooper kit.

### Notable personnel

Omega-4 Platoon contained a number of noteworthy personnel throughout its history, mostly from the four squads making up the combat element of the unit, though also several from the support elements.

#### Doctor Neema Volia

Neema Volia was the Mon Calamari Medic of Omega-4 Platoon, originally a civilian doctor in the floating city of Reef Home on Dac, Volia would join the Alliance to Restore the Republic alongside many of her people at Admiral Gial Ackbars request. She would serve as a junior medical officer aboard the MC80 Liberty Type Star Cruiser *Liberty*, until the battle of yavin, from when she was transferred out as the star cruiser removed any non-essential naval combat personnel due to its agenda of raiding Imperial facilities. Volia is a recent addition to Omega-4, only being assigned due to the units closeness to the *Liberty* during its offloading of non-essentials, and its need for a medic due to sustained losses.

#### Sergeant Major Lyk Yk

Lyk Yk was the Trandoshan Sergeant Major of Omega-4 Platoon, originally a bounty hunter and a mercenary hired by a fringe alliance cell in the galactic west, Yk would grow fond of the Alliance and their vendetta against slavers such as the Hutt Clans and the Empire. After the massacre of the cell, Yk would find their way to the alliance proper through the last two survivors of the cell, forgoing any payment for her services and joining the Alliance herself four years before the battle of yavin. From then on she would be inducted into the Alliance Army as a Trooper, though her experience and age would rapidly elevate her to the rank of sergeant major, acting as drill sergeant for new recruits for a year, before being assigned to the newly created Omega-4 Platoon in the months before the battle of yavin.

#### Sergeant Eshe Valo

Eshe Valo was the Naboo Human Sergeant of Omega-4-1 Squad, originally of the 95th Company before its annihilation at the hands of Darth Vader's 501st Legion during an assault on the Alliance Temple Base on Yavin Four. She was one of the only survivors, even with many GR-75s and CR90s escaping to orbit, only to be destroyed at the hands of the Imperial Fleet. Valo was transferred, or rather, recruited, after the GR-75 carrying her was found scuttled in the midst of a debris field. She now serves as the leader of the veteran alliance troopers in the first squad.