Andres Palacios

Andres' Jedi Order

The Pathfinders

"*You have the potential to become the most powerful force user of this era!"*

- Roman Castro

Andres was a human male who was born into a farming family on the Lothal. Andres was sent to the Jedi Academy on Coruscant by his parents after learning of his strong force sensitivity.

## Biography

### Life on Lothal

Andres was taken in by a human local named Sylvia, who became Andres's mentor and foster mother. He was taught throughout his time on Lothal how to use blaster weapons, enhanced melee techniques and survival skills. Unexpectedly, Sylvia told Andres she was leaving for a while to take care of business for a while with the locals, but never returned. Andres was left alone for years with only his parent's old home to hold on to.

## Roman Wars

### Destiny

Andres was found on Lothal by Timothy Knighten after sensing that he was the last hope to stopping Darth Roman. The two came across Bruce Starkiller and Hanhar, who they hired to take them to the rebel alliance on Danuta. When they arrived, Delta Squad was formed to undergo a mission to Veterum to secure a battleship valuable to the war effort. Andres assisted in this battle and had his first fight with Roman alongside Tim. The two were defeated by Roman and managed to barely escape once the battle of Veterum came to an end.

### Jedi Training and Behemoth Capture

For the next few months, Andres trained in the Jedi ways, where he would eventually surpass the other students. Andres was visited by his old friend Bruce who had come to visit the rebels on Yavin for a short while before he set out again in the M4-78 campaign.

Andres and Tim were tasked to travel to Bespin in order to recruit an old Delta squad member, Kortez, but were intercepted by the Empire at Wayland. They taken prisoner aboard the Behemoth, Roman's flagship, along with the Jewel ship. Andres and Tim were able to escape their cells and send a distress call to the Vertibird and rebel alliance before Andres encountered Roman in the fuel lines of the Behemoth. Andres engaged in a lightsaber duel with Roman while the rebels and Vertibird attacked the fleet above the planet and Tim escaped in the Jewel ship. Andres fought Roman until the Behemoth landed on Wayland and Andres was flung off onto the a landing deck. Andres then witnessed the construction of the Sun Crusher on the planets horizon, but was interrupted when he was attacked

again by Roman. Roman was able to sever Andres's right hand and telling him he had killed his entire family. Andres in denial, refused him and declined joining the darkside. Roman attempted to kill him but missed him and hit the platform he was lying on. Andres fell many stories down through the pipeline and landed on a flimsy communication antenna where he hung for dear life. Andres was then found by Bruce and the Vertibird when searching for him. Andres was brought onboard the ship where he received medical attention and brought back to Yavin.

Andres received a new right hand and was forced to create a new lightsaber. Andres was very frustrated at Roman and himself, having a deep hatred towards him. Tim was able to convince him let go of the anger and continue his training.

### Continued training

After Bruce and the crew set off for Anoat, Andres continued to train in the ways of the force, learning more lightsaber combat forms and force abilities. Through his training, he began to see visions and disruptions in the force of Bruce and the others being killed in the very near future. Andres began to prepare and contemplate his departure for Bespin, where all of his visions pointed him. To much of Tim's displeasure, Andres set off for Cloud City in his X-Wing with his droid R7.

### Cloud City Rescue

When Andres arrived to Cloud City, he brought some rebel soldiers with him in case of Imperials. Andres found his friends being taken to Vikram's ship the Ravager, including his men and Roman himself with stormtroopers. Andres attacked the pack with his DL-44 and took out enough stormtroopers to free Vett, TC-6, Hanhar, and Kortez. Rose and Bruce were being taken by Vikram and Clay's men to the Ravager, and Vett, Hanhar, and Kortez tried to stop them. Andres fought Roman in the halls for a second duel where they continued to the lower levels. Andres was flung out of an observation window into an air shaft, where Roman believed him to be dead. When Roman left the city, Andres emerged from the shaft and tan back to his friends. They failed to get Rose and Bruce and the squad escaped from the stormtroopers and flew the Vertibird to M4-78, Vikram's next stop.

### M4-78 Battle

On M4-78 the Vertibird attacked the Ravager and gave lots of damage, but the Ravager did as well to the Vertibirds crew. The Ravager used a cloaking device for a few minutes to allow Clay to board the Vertibird to kill everyone inside. Clay used Bruce's lightsaber to fight Andres in the Vertibird's garage but failed due to Andres being a Jedi. Clay jumped out of the garage into a nearby skyscraper while the Vertibird lost control and lodged itself in between two other buildings. Andres was flung out the garage and hung by the garage door landing deck. He swung himself to the nearby buildings, along with Vett and Hanhar, and went to find the Ravager's crash site.

Andres was able to find the crashed ship and recover Rose and Bruce. They continued through the city where they encountered a dying Clay. The crew decide to leave him behind but before they left, Clay threw a thermal detonator at them. Andres used force push to knock the grenade back at Clay, killing him. Bruce decided to continue by himself to kill Vikram and told Andres to take the others back to the Vertibird.

When they got back to the ship, they were able to repair most of it and fly it out of the buildings. Soon after the city began to crumble due to Bruce telling the core to deactivate the current sector they were in. The crew was able to rescue Bruce before the ground caved in and they fled back to Yavin IV.

### Evacuation of Yavin IV

When the crew arrived at Yavin IV, the Empire was on their way to attack. Delta Squad helped in evacuating any and all ships, personnel, and data off planet and return to the rebel fleet. When the battle begun Vett, Bruce, and Hanhar stayed in the command center to navigate everyone to their transports. Once everyone was almost gone, The three fled to the Vertibird to escape the approaching Roman and his guards. They were able to escape in time and return to the fleet.

### Trap on Korban

A year after the battle, two bounty hunters named Breanna and Vince set a trap for the rebels Bruce and Hanhar, they were captured aboard their ship the
Vertibird and taken to an abandoned cave hideout. Andres was led to the planet after looking for his missing friends. Andres was misled by Vince and knocked unconscious by Vince. Bruce was taken to Breanna's club in a small town and beaten by her thugs for revenge for cheating in Sabacc against Breanna. Bruce was able to beat all the others men and Breanna and escape on speeder bike to rescue his friends. After he rescued his friends and Vince fled, they recovered the Vertibird in Pleasant City in a shootout and left the planet for good.

### The Crucible

During a mission to make alliances with the people on Lunara, Bruce, Andres, Hanhar, Louise, and Vett were shot down by the townspeople and the Vertibird crashed near the town. They were all captured by the secretive Imperial forces on the planet led by Admiral Devon. The Admiral the planets rulers agreed to put the Vertibird's crew through the galaxies most gruesome and difficult crucible trials where the only way for them to reach the Vertibird and escape was to go through the crucible. Everyone doubted their success and believe they would die but they were able to make it through the trials. Devon was furious and called in the GameMaster, Jackal, to kill them with his stolen lightsaber. He was able to injure Andres and cause pain to his robotic hand and nearly beat them to death. Bruce was able to take his own and Andres's lightsaber to push back Jackal and they barely made it off the planet.

### Mission to Danuta

Andres accompanied Delta Squad on a mission to scope out a rumored weapons testing facility on Danuta from the Imperials. They found that the Empire was building large scale laser weapons for Star Destroyers that were capable of destroying flagships in seconds. Delta Squad was found, but they flew away to the planet MrIsst to seek help from the rebel alliance. When they arrived back at the fleet at MrIsst, the Empire was behind them and attacked them with their new weapons to make sure they didn't leak the information. During the ambush, Andres was aboard an Alliance Escort Carrier, but the carrier took heavy damage and crash landed on the surface of MrIsst.

Andres and a few crew members that were aboard survived the crash and attempted to get a distress signal to the fleet to alert of their position. The crew was attacked suddenly by a Imperials at the crash site, one of the Imperials being an Inquisitor wearing standard Storm trooper armor. As the skirmish broke out, the Inquisitor targeted Andres specifically under orders by Roman himself, who wanted him dead at any cost. The two engaged in a fierce light saber duel on the battlefield, both taking light blows from the edges of each others blades; forming rips in Andres's clothes.

Andres's stamina and power in the force helped him stay in the fight with the Inquisitor, so long that he began to tire his opponent. With faith and the force at his side, Andres was on the offensive and defeated the Inquisitor by destroying his stolen light saber and knocking him to the ground. Andres spared his life after the many lessons he was taught by his master, Timothy, and left him to regroup with the rebels and defend themselves from the last wave of Imperials. The distress signal that they had sent out to fleet above reached them and they were given transport back to the Rebel fleet and return back to base before Imperial reinforcements could arrive.

### Training on Kabal

Andres had a vision in the force to the location of a civilization of believers in the force who had knowledge to old Jedi teachings on the planet Kabal. Andres traveled there and met with believers in the force that allowed him to stay with their people on the planet for several weeks, teaching him the ways of the force and providing him with valuable lessons about the force and becoming a Jedi. One member of the village in particular named Vondar aided Andres the most in his studies except he taught Andres much more beyond the force, such as light saber techniques and forms.

Andres and Vondar would often stay up late into the night and look over Vondar's old journals to review or venture out into the woods to increase Andres's stamina and core force abilities. During one of Andres's training sessions with Vondar, an ancient temple in the center of the woods beyond the village called out to Andres. The strength of the force was strong and Andres wanted to investigate. Without telling Vondar, Andres searched the temple and embraced the power of the force within the temple, but this caused Andres to black out and experience a vision of Roman. Roman called out his name in shock and could feel the anger and anxiety brewing within him. Andres ran from the temple before the vision could become even more alive and he alerted Vondar. Vondar shared with him that the news of his

discovery was not good: Andres had now just enhanced his link with Roman. The link and vision of Roman was an unintentional call out to him through the force and Roman now knew where Andres was located.

Andres was ready to leave before Roman got hold of him, but his X-Wing was damaged from the forest's environment for the weeks of inactivity. Andres had to spend lots of time to repair his ship, but the wasted time allowed Roman to arrive on the planet to confront him. Andres was stopped by Roman, now being forced to duel him a second time in self defense. Using the new skills that he learned from Vondar, Andres surprised Roman with her new skills with the blade and their duel lasted for a lengthy amount of time. The two kept moving during their fight, eventually reaching the temple where the remainder of their fight would take place. Andres defending himself by using Soresu, but he wouldn't be able to last for too long until Roman annihilated him. Andres wasn't alone however and he was aided through the force by Vondar who trapped Roman by invading his thoughts and causing him to see visions of his past and awaken his worst fears. This bought time for Andres to run back to his X-Wing fighter and leave Kabal behind.

### Rift in the Void

Andres had yet another vision of force sensitives on the planet of Arbra who were under the control of the Empire. Andres, with the help of Blade Squadron, went on a rescue mission to save these force sensitives. The mission was a success and the rebels took control of Arbra in the process, but one member of the squad was killed.

Andres consulted with Tim and Vett about hiding the force sensitives in a secure location. They infiltrated past the Imperials on Telos IV and hid the Force users in an ancient temple in the polar regions where they couldn't be detected.

### Darktrooper Project

Andres and Bruce caught word of secret movement in the Charros system and went to the Charros IV to check it out. With the help Dani, the two learned that the Empire has a facility underneath Charros IV with a top secret project. The three are led into a trap in a small town by Agent Thrall. They are taken to the underground facility to be executed in a

furnace, but Andres used the force to help them escape. Through their escape, they discovered the Darktrooper project factory. Dani stole some of the data from the factory before they all escaped on the Vertibird.

### Mical's Past

In an attempt to uncover the mystery of where Mical and his mask originated from, Andres traveled to Mimban, Mical's homeworld, to uncover his past. Andres found his parents, who were disappointed in their son's actions. Andres learned the origins of Mical's mask and some of his greatest fears while traveling into a cave on the planet that Mical had poured some of his force energy into.

### The Battle of Maximus Prime

At the final battle of the war, Bruce and some of the Delta Squad members were sent to the Imperial city to infiltrate Roman's palace and take him out with Andres and Tim. They were able to make it to the palace and blow it up but, Roman was able to escape via TIE fighter and ordered the Sun Crusher to fire on the planet. Bruce was able to escape with everyone before the explosion reached the city. On the way, Bruce and Tim fought with Mical, which Bruce threw his light saber at Mical, defeating him and saving Tim.

The team was saved when rebel pilots flew the Vertibird above them and rescued them before they could be engulfed by the explosion. Bruce flew the Vertibird in the final push to the Sun Crusher to drop off Tim and Andres inside the

station to kill Roman and his master. When they reached the command tower, the two Jedi fought the Sith lords in a final duel. Tim was able to kill Roman's master, but Roman retaliated against them. Roman knocked Andres off the deck and he landed several decks down. He witnessed Tim be engulfed by Roman's force lightning until he was unconscious. Roman pursued Andres down through the deck until they fought again. Andres used the dark and lightside to push Roman to the edge of the deck and slice off his right hand. Roman threatened Andres before Andres stabbed Roman with his saber and pushed his body off the edge, falling all the way into the abyss.

Andres woke Tim up and helped him walk back to the U-Wing transports in the hangar bays. They managed to escape the explosion of the station and return to the planet for a celebration. During the party on the planet's surface, Andres vowed help reunite the exiled Jedi and rebuild the Jedi order.

### Candros

Very shortly after the rebel's victory on Maximus Prime, Andres traveled to the planet Candros to search one of Roman's observatories. On Candros, Andres came across Erik Rand, who he helped defect from the Empire and retaliate against his fellow squad mate Davik Nord. Inside of the observatory, Andres recovered a star map to other Jedi worlds and his severed hand and lightsaber from his battle with Roman on Wayland.

### Rebuilding the Jedi Order

Andres began to reunite other Jedi in the galaxy by bringing them out of hiding. He was also able to easily bring in Jedi that fought in the Battle of Maximus Prime and have them become Jedi Masters. Former Jedi masters volunteered to let Andres lead the order, believing he was the next logical choice for a Grand master. Andres primarily used the Jedi temple on Coruscant for training the next generation of Jedi.

## Victorian Wars Era

### Jedi Hunt

Seven years after the Battle of Maximus Prime, Andres's students were being slaughtered and hunted down by Mical's Sith order. Most of the Jedi temple's records were stolen by the Sith and began to travel to any world that may inhabit exiled Jedi.

Andres then met his lost brother on his home planet Lothal and agreed to allow him to travel with him to stop the Sith. They stopped at Telos to visit Tim and consult with him about the threat. They were soon attacked by Mical's Sith and Andres's brother, Tim, his student Jane were taken prisoner. Andres and Dex escaped to Kabal to train Dex to fight the Sith. They went into hiding for 4 months until they were found once again by Mical and his Sith. They were able to take down the ship they were onboard and crash it into a forest. They rescued their friends and Andres

went on to duel with Mical. They fought inside of an unstable temple on a cliffside, which Andres defeated Mical in. He caused the temple to collapse, killing Mical while he escaped. He gathered the others and returned to Coruscant to reunite Jedi once again along with training his brother.

### Meeting the Senator

Andres started to talk more with the Chief of State and senator, Bastila Vermire, who he had an attraction to. Bastila shared the same feelings but never wanted to admit it.

### Battle of Crescendo

When the Correan Empire finally began to reemerge, they chose to attack the New Republic capital on Crescendo. The New Republic was surprise attacked and was bombarded with an orbital strike. Most of the capital city wasn't too damaged due to the shields that surrounded it. Senator Bastila who was present on the planet, contacted Andres and his Jedi order to help in the battle, which he agreed to. Andres and his Jedi arrived mid-way through the battle to help protect the senator from Bounty Hunters that the Empire hired. Andres was able to escort her from the city into her

transport where she managed to escape.

Andres stayed to fight in the battle outside the city in the open fields that became wastelands. As Andres took out remaining Stormtrooper squads, an elite trooper named Davik Nord approached Andres, not yet knowing he was a Jedi. As Davik fired on him, Andres was able to fight back easily and damage Davik greatly, nearly killing him. Andres left him to assist his Jedi companions in the battlefield. Although the Jedi came to help, the battle was lost and Andres left the planet with his students to return back to Chandrila.

### Protecting the Senator

After Bastila's near death during the battle, Andres was asked by the senate if he could protect Bastila for a few weeks, which Andres agreed to. Andres made sure that she didn't leave the planet until the New Republic confirmed it was safe for her to move offworld. During their time together, the two began to have an attraction towards each-other. Andres and Bastila had their first kiss and vowed to be in a relationship.

When the New Republic allowed Bastila to move off world, Andres continued to protect her for a while longer in case of anything happened. They traveled to Tempus and stayed inside of the heavily protected Republic embassy.

### Children

A year later in 172 ABY, Andres and Bastila had an unplanned child and named him John. Andres and Bastila kept him protected with the same handmaiden that protects Bruce and Vett's children. One year later they had a new planned child and named her Ginger. After he had his children, he would visit them very often, but also continued his duty to care for his Jedi at his academy. When they became a little older, Andres started to take them to his academy and train them in the ways of the force.

### Paul's Darkside Tampering

At Andres's Jedi Academy on Dantooine, Andres was approached by Paul, a thought-to-be dead soldier that fought in the Roman Wars who possessed force sensitivity. Paul begged Andres to help him try to bring the friends that he had lost during the battle of Ignis Edge back to life through the force, but Andres shot him down once he told him that no such powers existed. Paul lashed out at Andres in anger and tries to fight Andres, but is easily beaten by the grandmaster. Andres aids Paul with his anger in private training sessions at the academy, reducing Paul's anger towards Delta Squad and the New Republic.

Andres is able to turn Paul back to the lightside and throw away his anger towards the New Republic. Paul leaves Dantooine to send out a public statement that he is no longer fighting against the New Republic and clears Delta Squad's names from the accusations that he pressed upon them throughout the war.

### "Death" Of Mandalore & Jonathan

Years later Mandalore would fake his death to come up with his master plan to assassinate Victoria. A funeral was held for him by the unsuspecting Delta Squad. Andres and his family attended the funeral as well.

Not too long after, Jonathan passed away of old age and Andres attended once again for his funeral on Korban. Andres gave a speech on his experiences with Jonathan in the past and detailed all of his accomplishments he had when fighting for the Republic and Rebel alliance.

### End of the Victorian Wars

When Victoria was assassinated by Mandalore, Andres rushed to Coruscant to see his friends and say goodbye to Mandalore before he went into hiding. A celebration was held in monument plaza on Coruscant.

## Galactic Schism Era

### Son's Turn to the Darkside

In 191 ABY, Andres's son John started to question his powers and feel restricted on the knowledge Andres wouldn't let him learn. He was easily influenced by an old Sith Lord, Darth Krant, who promised to let him know everything in the force and let out his frustrations. Andres learned of this and tried to turn his son to the light, but he refused. John tried to convince Andres to join him, but he also refused. John tried to attack his father, but Andres was able to push him away and escape before Krant could join the fight.

### Search for Answers

Bastila was devastated with the news when Andres told her, including his daughter Ginger who became very depressed. Andres tried to make her feel better several times, but she couldn't come to terms with it. Andres then set

out to uncover where Krant had risen from and learn his history. In the process, John and Krant attacked Andres's Jedi at their most vulnerable time, scattering them into hiding. Andres learned that they were searching for Sith holocrons and artifacts as well as visiting places Andres had been in the past to improve their strength in the force. To draw Andres out and the rest of Delta Squad, Krant and John kidnap Bruce and Vett Starkiller and keep them at Rakata Prime during the excavation there with C.I.L. When Andres learns of this, he travels to Jakku to retrace the steps of the Sith as he believes that they visited his old home on the planet.

### New Apprentice

During a series of events in the outer rim, Delta Squad crash lands on Jakku in search for Andres. Andres hides them from C.I.L in a secluded spot in the graveyard of giants. Cody Prim shows Andres how they found Bruce's lightsaber on Jakku, in which Andres wants to train him in the force. They begin basic training before they are found by John and C.I.L troops. A battle ensues, but everyone manages to escape via the Vertibird and jump to hyperspace towards Rakata Prime.

### Mission on Rakata Prime

By using Tseebo's new cloaking device, Delta Squad and Andres manage to sneak onto the planet with their temporary cloaking device. As they land, Angela, Cody, Andres, and Andrew go to the temple of ancients and rescue Bruce and Vett. Tseebo informs them afterwards that they were found and the Empire activated the shield gate. Bruce tells everyone the location of an override console to turn off the shields for them to escape. They turn off the generator and at the same time, the rest of Delta Squad is able to escape capture and fly to the temple. The rescue crew ran to the top of the temple for pickup, but were stopped when John and Krant engaged found them and engaged in a lightsaber duel with Cody and Andres. Cody was beaten when fighting John as Andres fought Krant. Krant's fierce fighting style was too fast for Andres, who was forced to try and disengage.

Delta Squad pulled Cody away from the action aboard the Vertibird's garage. Andres was becoming overpowered by his son and Krant and told everyone else to escape while they can.

### Death

Andres took many slashes and stabs to his body as he was overpowered to the ground. As Delta Squad tried to go back for him, Andres forced pushed them back onto the ship. Tseebo and Derrick finally obeyed Andres's words and took off with everyone inside. In his final breathes, Andres told John that he loved him and that there was still hope. John began to stop and walked away. Krant then stabbed Andres in the heart as he looked at his son one last time. Andres's body was left at the top of the temple once C.I.L had found what they wanted and continued their construction of their space factory.

### Living on as a Force Ghost

Andres came back in the form of a force ghost, where he gave guidance to all his Jedi students, Cody, and Delta Squad. He would also appear to his family and even John, to move him closer back to the lightside. A proper funeral was held for him on his homeworld of Lothal. A large statue of his heroism was constructed in Monument Plaza on Coruscant and a holo statue was made for him on Corellia.

## Personality & Traits

Andres overall was a very kind and passionate person towards the people he cared about. He was very humorous throughout his entire life span and always dreamed of starting a family. Andres never had a huge ego even though he was considered a Savior of the Galaxy.

## Powers & Abilities

### Lightsaber Skills

Andres's lightsaber combat skills were great in his later years. When he was a novice during the Roman Wars, his skills were average, but were very fierce during the battle of Maximus Prime and beyond. Andres mainly focused his fighting style on form V, form III, and form VI. He utilized everything he knew to keep his fighting style fresh and unpredictable during melee fights with other combatants. During the early Roman Wars, Andres didn't have his own style yet and copied Timothy Knightens form, Ataru, but it didn't work for him in the end.

### Force Powers

When it came to the force, Andres was very adept in essential force abilities. He focused more on lightsaber combat rather than the force, but still showed remarkable skill. Andres could perform a saber rush, in which he runs at full speed and launches himself through the air to take out multiple enemies. Andres also had a strong force push and pull, which he would use to defeat enemies with his environment.

### Lightsabers

Andres had two lightsabers during his lifespan. His first lightsaber was one that he had made when he apart of the Jedi order before he was stranded on Jakku. When Andres had his right hand dismembered by Roman above Wayland, Andres constructed a new lightsaber, which he would keep for the rest of his life.

## Behind the Scenes

### Origins

Andres was created from the real life friend of the Delta Squad creator, Andres Palacios. Andres was never meant to be the main lead of the saga until very late into development. Andres was originally suppose to appear in Delta Squad New Dawn, but was changed to Delta Squad 2. Andres's character was always meant to have a similar storyline to Luke Skywalker from the Star Wars movies.

## Appearances

*Star Wars Delta Squad 2: Revenge of the Jedi*

*Star Wars Delta Squad 3: Rebel Strike*

*Star Wars Delta Squad: Last Jedi*

*Star Wars Delta Squad: Fallout Trilogy*

*Star Wars Delta Squad: The Victorian Wars*

*Star Wars Delta Squad 5: Last Legacy*

*Star Wars Delta Squad: Lost Chapters*

*Star Wars Delta Squad 6: Broken Fate*

*Delta Squad: Crucible*

*Delta Squad: Bounty Hunter Tales*