Harry Paton

Terran Alliance

* Anti-Sith Assault Team

Major Harry Paton, a human male, is a former member of the British Army's SAS and a current member of the Anti-Sith Assault Team. He joined the SAS several years after enlisting in the British Army, and was selected for the Anti-Sith Assault Team when it was first formed. He spent most of the Clone Wars on Terra, but took part in several battles throughout the war.

## Biography

### Early Life

Harry Paton was born in April 16, 1964, in Glasgow, Scotland. At the age of 18, he enlisted in the British Army, and became a paratrooper.

In 1987, at the age of 23, Paton was selected for SAS training. He completed his training at the end of 1987, and was assigned to the 22nd SAS Regiment. He served a tour of duty in Iraq during Operation Desert Storm.

### Anti-Sith Assault Team

#### Induction and early training

Soon after the Republic arrived on Terra in late 1991, the Anti-Sith Assault Team was formed as a Terran defense against the Sith. Paton was one of two SAS chosen for the unit.

Paton and the rest of the team began their training under Mace Windu and Anakin Skywalker on December 5, 1991. In that first meeting, Paton chose a blue bladed lightsaber.

Paton advanced quickly under Windu and Skywalker's training. However, more than any other member of the team, Paton still preferred using firearms and blasters over his lightsaber in almost every situation.

#### The Terran Campaign

When the Separatists arrived in the solar system, and the Terran campaign began, Paton was stationed in London to help protect against any attack against Britain, as it was deemed a likely target. However, no Separatist forces attacked Britain, and Paton saw no action during the campaign.

Soon after the Terran campaign, Paton, under executive order from the Joint Terran Command, was commissioned as an officer and given the rank of Major. When Terran units began to deploy to the Andromeda Galaxy, Paton was one of the members of the team to deploy, and he was sent to Coruscant.

Not long after arriving on Coruscant, Paton was chosen as part of the team to rescue Jedi Master Eeth Koth. Paton nearly lost his life during the mission, but was saved by Obi Wan Kenobi.

Paton took part in several more small mission before being ordered back to Terra just before his 28th birthday in April. He remained on Terra for over a year.

#### Battle of Ringo Vinda

In October 1993, Paton again deployed to the Andromeda Galaxy. He spent the first few weeks of his deployment on Coruscant.

At the end of October, Paton was sent as part of the joint Republic/Terran force to capture the planet Ringo Vinda, where Paton was given command of several British battalions.

During the battle, Paton led his battalions very successfully, helping the Republic to slowly gain ground over the Separatists, and keeping casualties down.

Paton was on the front lines when clone trooper Tup seemingly snapped and killed Jedi Master Tiplar. Paton helped Anakin Skywalker cover the Republic and British troops as they retreated.

When clone trooper Tup was captured as he was being taken to Kamino for examination, Paton accompanied Skywalker and the clones Rex, Fives, and Echo to get Tup back. When the team boarded the Separatist shuttle attempting to take Tup away from the battle, Paton attempted to interrogate a tactical droid on the ship for information on what was happening to Tup. When the droid made it clear he would cooperate, Paton destroyed it with his lightsaber. He and the others then returned Tup to the Republic controlled part of the space station.

Paton remained on Ringo Vinda and continued to lead the British troops in taking it. After the battle was over, Paton remained on Ringo Vinda for almost a month before returning to Terra, where he remained for months.

Paton was still on Terra when the Republic turned on the Jedi and the Alliance, and the Alliance retreated to Terra. Paton was impacted by the news of many of his friends from the British Army's 1st Division having been killed in the attack on the Jedi Temple, and spent a great portion of the following month traveling across Britain to support the families of those men killed. In late August 1994, a month after the retreat to Terra, he traveled to the Terran Jedi Temple construction site for the first meeting of the entire ASAT team since December 1991, where the team swore an oath to see the Empire and Sith destroyed.

## Appearances

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