Jana Krintu

> Captain Krintu conducted herself most ably, winning distinction for her squadron and saving our left wing from annihilation.
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> Halliot Sern praising Jana Krintu's conduct at the Battle of Umbara, 3 ABY

**Jana Krintu** was a Twi'lek revolutionary and fleet officer during the time of the Galactic Civil War. Born shortly before the Clone Wars, her father was killed during the Separatist invasion of Ryloth, an event that deeply affected the young Jana. She witnessed the great Republic campaign to free the world, and the subsequent Imperial occupation at the war's end. Jana never forgot the heroics of the Republic armies, and became a fierce republican in a time when radicalism dominated Twi'lek politics. She deemed General Cham Syndulla's strategies to be immoral, and decried his movement as against Ryloth itself. Jana's harsh words won her few friends, but the ever-paranoid Syndulla was culled from taking action against her.

As the Empire's grip on Ryloth grew tighter, Jana was driven to further action. With a band of likeminded rebels, Krintu raided Imperial supply ships bound for the world, jettisoning the crews on escape pods and dispersing the supplies amongst the populace. Imperial retaliation only boldened her, as Jana and her crew began hijacking picket ships and corvettes. Imperial Navy Intelligence reported eight ships stolen in one standard year, including a state-of-the-art VT-49 Decimator. Her star rose significantly in Twi'lek society, and even Syndulla was forced to concede her capabilities. The two began an uneasy partnership, and Jana's small but fearsome fleet was integrated into the wider Free Ryloth Movement.

After the Rebel Alliance won their great victory at Yavin, Syndulla hoped to use the momentum to finally liberate Ryloth. Declaring a general rebellion, the Free Ryloth Movement advanced across the planet, scattering Imperial ground forces. Krintu used her existing forces to further raid and capture Imperial ships, even briefly securing an Arquitens command cruiser before self-destructing the vessel. Syndulla's personal naval forces, under his lieutenant Joll Ruche, proved less successful. Krintu, speaking with her characteristic vitriol, criticized Ruche's conduct, questioning his fitness for command. Ruche's eventual blunder over Lessu forced Syndulla to acquiese, transferring total command of Ryloth's naval forces to Krintu. Unobstructed, Jana launched increasingly successful attacks against Imperial convoys, but the presence of larger starships began to lessen her operations.

Despite Jana's relative success in orbit, the situation on the ground had worsened greatly. The capital city of Lessu remained in Imperial hands, as did the critical supply base at the Hatar Junction, which Syndulla had put under siege since the start of the campaign. The rapid slowdown had bought time for Imperial reinforcements, greatly changing the power dynamic in the field. Counseled by General Rahm Kota to withdraw, Syndulla stubbornly refused, creating a schism in his ranks that would prove fatal. When a fleet under Commodore Halliot Sern and Captain Shack arrived to evacuate any willing rebel forces, Krintu added her ships to their ranks, hoping to save the doomed ground forces. While some of the Free Ryloth Movement's less zealous members took the offer, the vast majority chose to fight on. As the Imperial fleet rendezvoused en masse to attack the rebel forces, Krintu and the rebels left the system. Ryloth would fall less than two months later.

Formally integrated into the Alliance Fleet, Krintu was assigned to Shack's fleet, proving herself an able captain of capital ships despite no formal education. Her soldierly nature convinced both Shack and General Kota to send her to Dornea, helping to settle a dispute regarding a renegade Mon Calamari cruiser. The ship, the *Silver Coronet*, had escaped Mon Cala during the Imperial takeover, but had entered Dornean space without authorization. With the old king no longer fit to rule in favor of the rebels, as he had for Sern a decade prior, she faced a difficult negotiation. The *Coronet*'s crew, growing ever-more restless during the internment, broke under the pressure. They broke their ship free, attempting to run down the Dornean blockade trying to keep them in. Spurned to action, Krintu led her own crew in an action against the *Coronet*, boarding and taking control of the ship, aided by her years of experience over Ryloth. This defiant showing by Jana won over the Dornean regent, Admiral A'baht, who agreed to surrender the *Coronet* to the Alliance, and promised to begin negotiations for further Dornean aid. For her service, Jana was given the *Silver Coronet* as her permanent command.

Now serving as Shack's second-in-command, Krintu was part of the newly assembled Alliance Third Fleet when it arrived to relieve Umbara. In the center of the line, she led her squadron forward during Mersil Mai's disastrous charge, saving the Tibrini ships from disaster. For this, she earned the respect of the fleet's commander, Rear Admiral Sern, who recommended her for immediate promotion. After the victory at Umbara, Shack took command of the Third Fleet, while Commodore Jana Krintu was given an independent command: a fleet to liberate Ryloth.

Jana's hopes for a rapid assembly are dashed by the upcoming Battle of Endor, as few reinforcements could be spared. While her ships trained in staging grounds, Commodore Krintu wrote constantly to Alliance High Command, demanding the greenlight to attack. Her pleas went unnoticed, as the victory at Endor transformed the Rebellion into the New Republic. Jana's luck changed somewhat at the arrival of the famed Twi'lek pilot Yendor, recently returned from the sieges at Naboo. With the aid of his own assembled rebels, Commodore Krintu ignored her orders and launched the attack on Ryloth. After several short, one-sided battles, the demoralized second-rate Imperial army units began to withdraw from the planet. Ryloth was free once more, and Krintu was hailed as a hero.

With the war over for Ryloth, Jana resigned her commission in the New Republic Fleet. While her compatriot Yendor became Senator of Ryloth, she returned to her home in Rhovari, where she was asked to run for the office of provincial governor. Disinterested in politics, she declined, though Jana would confide in Senator Yendor in matters where her naval expertise was warranted. Resting at last, Jana Krintu led a quiet life in her hometown, content with the freedom she had won for her planet and people.