Crewman Sura

## CT-0416 "Sura"

*"This is petty officer Sura of the Ethereal, she is no more."*

*-Sura informs Battle Group B that the flagship of Battle Group A has been destroyed.*

Sura is a clone naval crew member that serves aboard the Venator-class Star Destroyer Valkyrie as a bridge hand and communications specialist.

## Biography

CT-0416 also known as "Sura" was born and trained on Kamino like all of his clone brothers. During his time as a cadet he was selected to undergo flash training for tactical thinking and large space fairing vessel operations. He is a clone of bounty hunter Jango Fett.

### Joining the Navy

Sura was among the many clones trained in Naval procedure and operation during his development and conditioning on Kamino. He would be trained as a bridge hand to operate and maintain midsize warships. Upon the outbreak of the clone wars he was assigned along with many other clones in his division to the Acclamator-class Assault Ship Ethereal.

### Fitting in

Along with many other clone crew members, the beginning of the war saw human crew members having their positions taken by the expendable clones. As the Navy grew so did the need for the manpower for the new ships coming off of the production line. With the aging members of the Republic Navy retiring and new prospects not living up to the standards of the already trained clones, Sura would find himself butting heads with the mainly human bridge staff.

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## The Battle of Haestrom

The Ethereal along with her Captian, the veteran Commander Andun Kana was tasked with leading Battle Group A to break the blockade of the Republic aligned mining moon of Haestrom. Battle Groups A and B were created each comprised of 10 Acclamator-class Assault Ships. The 20 strong fleet divided and set course for Haestrom at separate times.

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### Andun Kana

Commander Kana and Sura did not get along as the Commander had no respect or sympathy for the abominations that were Jango Fett clones. He would constantly reply to anything the communications specialist said with "Sure, ah." earning him his nickname aboard the Ethereal.

### Engagement

Battle group A would come out of hyperspace too close to the blockade due to a miscalculation by one of the human navigation officers. The V formation of the 10 ships was spearheaded by Kana's ship. The Ethereal surprisingly raised her shields in time but the ship to her port side, the entirely clone operated ship, Hoth's Kiss was shredded by CIS batteries. Sura was ordered to ignore any distress calls and to refrain from communicating with the crippled ship by Kana. The battle would last hours awaiting the return of the dispatched ground force. The Republic would lose 3 more ships, the Nyreen, Seductress and the Miyore. CIS losses were much more numerous but the CIS blockade was a much larger fleet. Disorganized, Battle Group A would disengage with the Ethereal providing cover for the fleeing Republic vessels. Sura would receive word that the ground team was unable to complete its mission and was unable to evacuate before complete communications silence. Kana once again informed him to disregard as the survival of the naval force was all that mattered at this point and the Commander would continue to keep providing cover for the fleeing ships. With shields down and uncontrolled fires within her hull the Ethereal was crippled and on the brink of total life support failure. The 5 disengaged ships would scramble what was left of their fighters to save her crew from pod-hunters.

### Evacuation

Sura had the honor of announcing the abandon ship order before the bridge was hit by a heavy turbolaser battery. Sura managed to get into the elevator in time before the vacuum of space sucked Kana and most of the command staff from the bridge. Kana's last words to him were "A clone does not understand going down with his ship." A small portion of the Ethereal's crew survived in their escape pods with the Vulture Droid fighters picking off most of the unarmed escape craft. Once safely on board the Quiss, Sura would inform Battle Group B of the event.

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### Aftermath

The underestimation of CIS naval capabilities was what really caused the downfall of the intervention force. Battle Group B would attempt to carry out the mission but would suffer a worse fate returning with only 1 heavily damaged vessel. Kana would be given a hero's funeral and Sura with the rest of the former crew were left psychologically drained after the ordeal.

## The Valkyrie

Sura would be assigned to the Venator-class Star Destroyer Valkyrie after an extended shore leave. Here he would be assigned a position on the bridge much like his former occupation. The much larger ship came with a huge learning curve but Sura would adapt to it. He was quite fond of her charismatic skipper Admiral Alastaire Galfridian Merr-Sonn Tycon.

## Personality and other information

Sura is a no nonsense clone with unwavering loyalty to his cause. He has one failure under his belt and is not afraid to accept the fact that the event did happen the way it did. He hopes that this will make him a better crew member. He is at times difficult to work with as he prefers working on his own at his station so things are done his way. Few know it but he has always wanted to own his own ship.