Isaiah Kalt

Isaiah Kalt is a human serving in the Imperial Stormtrooper Corps.

## Appearance

Isaiah stands at a slightly larger stature, 5'11 and 180 lbs, in part due to the time he spent working in his fathers shop and his experiences in the Commenor PDF. He likes to keep his clothes and uniform neat but not to a painstaking parade or inspection level, just enough to look presentable unless the situation requires more.

## Personality

Isaiah's experiences in the Clone Wars have dampened his old enthusiasm as a soldier, however he still completes any task assigned to him to the best of his abilities. He holds great loyalty to the Empire, believing its cause to be a just one and that this new Empire is worth defending. He also has great loyalty to those he considers friends, willing to stand by them in tough choices and to be there for them during hard times. He has no issues with aliens, his father was running a business and had no time to worry about who was born as what, only that they paid, giving Isaiah some fairly frequent experiences with alien races.

## Early Life

Isaiah was born on the planet of Commenor in the city of Munto. His father, Nathan, owned a moderately successful starship repair shop due to Commenor being a frequented starport. Isaiah spent most of his early days in his fathers shop, helping wherever he could. As he grew older however, he began to gain an affinity for travel, to one day leave Commenor and see the galaxy beyond his planet but had no real opportunity to leave. His parents were somewhat concerned by this want to wander but believed he would grow out of it and follow in his fathers footsteps with the repair shop. As he grew older though, he kept chasing the dream, asking all sorts of questions to clients in the shop or whatever visiting ship crews and captains he could find about life in the stars and what the rest of the galaxy is like, growing his parents worry.

## The Clone Wars

Isaiah's big chance came during the Clone Wars, specifically after Operation Durge's Lance, the fallout of which was being felt on Commenor. Though Isaiah was enlistment age he decided to enlist in the Planetary Defense Force rather than some GAR reserve unit, this decision was mainly caused by Durge's Lance, Commenor was suffering and Isaiah felt he had to help someway. However, his time in the PDF would prove more eventful than he had assumed. While he was stationed in the capital city on humanitarian duties alongside a GAR reserve regiment, the Londori Black Guard, and about half a regiment from the 992nd Support Brigade, Separatist forces attacked and pushed the defenders back to the capital's outskirts. Several weeks and many lives were spent holding the Separatist offensive until it was determined the defenders no longer had the numbers to hold the outskirts and pulled back into the city after destroying their defenses and supplies they couldn't take. Fighting in the city was brutal, street to street fighting with the defenders making the Separatists pay for every inch. Isaiah's unit spent most of the city fighting in the commercial district, having a homefield advantage allowed them and other PDF units to inflict major damage. The defenders though, simply didn't have the numbers or the supplies to hold out, but just when the city seemed destined the fall, Republic reinforcements arrived and, along with the defenders, pushed the Separatists into a total retreat, turning certain defeat into a major Republic victory. Isaiah would spend the rest of the Clone Wars in the PDF, helping in the recovery of the planet and all manner of humanitarian efforts worldwide. This time was more akin to what he had expected, a quiet though still helpful post.

## The Empire

After the Declaration of the New Order, Isaiah had some reservations for the new government, the egalitarian nature of it, however, was extremely enticing to Isaiah. The beginning of the War of Galactic Emancipation, Isaiah believed, would be just the chance he wanted to explore the galaxy while holding major career opportunities. His parents did not approve though, the fighting on Commenor had been all the proof they needed the military life was the wrong choice for him and they practically disowned him for the choice, convinced the next time they would see him would be in a box if they were so lucky to get the chance.

This did not deter Isaiah though and he followed through with his enlistment. He performed exceptionally due to his prior experiences during the Clone Wars, making the top of his class and being offered the chance to joined the elite Imperial Stormtrooper Corps. He leapt at this chance and was soon being trained for life as a stormtrooper. This training of course proved much more difficult, nothing like the training of a PDF, even for a wealthy world like Commenor. Isaiah was in the midrange of this academy class and proved as a true eye opener for what this life would be like. He was excited to hear about his posting to Telos IV, though that isn't saying much, he was just happy to see a planet that wasn't his own to be deployed to.