Alexei Ivankov

Terran Alliance

* Anti-Sith Assault Team

Major Alexei Ivankov, a human male, is a former member of the Soviet Army's Spetsnaz, and a current member of the Anti-Sith Assault Team. Ivankov took part in the Terran campaign, and was assigned to permanent duty on Terra, leaving him as the only member of the ASAT Team not to see action in the Andromeda Galaxy during the Clone Wars.

## Biography

### Early Life

Alexei Ivankov was born on Janaury 2, 1964 in St. Petersburg, USSR. He was born in a proud military family, with both his grandfathers having served in WWII, and his father a veteran.

Ivankov graduated from high school in 1982 at age 18 and immediately enlisted in the Soviet Army. Initially assigned as an infantryman as part of a Soviet armored division, he joined the Spetsnaz in 1989. He was known within the Spetsnaz for his skill and agility in hand to hand combat.

### Anti-Sith Assault Team

#### Initial Training

When the Republic arrived on Terra in 1991, the Anti-Sith Assault Team was formed as a Terran defense against the Sith. Ivankov was chosen for the team due to his skill and agility in hand to hand combat.

Ivankov and the rest of the team formally began their training under Mace Windu and Anakin Skywalker on December 5, 1991. During the team's intial meeting to begin their training, Ivankov chose a green bladed lightsaber.

Ivankov advanced quickly under Windu and Skywalker's training. Due to his emphasis on agility in combat, some of his teammates said that Ivankov sometimes looked like he was dancing when he fought with his lightsaber.

#### Terran Campaign

When the Separatists arrived in the Solar System, Ivankov was transferred to the Soviet city of Vladivostok.

Ivankov was given a commanding role in the Battle of Vladivostok, despite still being just a Sergeant at the time. Ivankov was among the Soviet troops which engaged the Separatist landing forces within just 20 minutes of their landing.

Ivankov fought on the front lines throughout the battle, and was joined 4 hours into the battle by his teammate, Warrant Officer Toshiyuki Yamazaki.

48.5 hours into the battle, Ivankov and Yamazaki encountered General Grievous, who had come down to Earth to ensure a Separatist victory in Vladivostok. Ivankov and Yamazaki engaged the cyborg general in a lightsaber duel in order to keep him distracted and allow the rest of their forces to avoid his attention.

Ivankov allowed Yamazaki to get in the first strike before attempting to use Yamazaki's distraction to attack Grievous. Grievous, fighting with four lightsabers, was able to hold off Ivankov's strike. However, the skill and ferocity Ivankov and Yamazaki surprised Grievous.

The duel lasted for several minutes before Grievous was able to get under Ivankov's guard and kick him in the chest, knocking him back. Yamazaki helped him back to his feet, and they prepared to re-engage Grievous. Before they could, fighters from the US Navy arrived to support the Soviet troops. The arrival of the American aircraft convinced Grievous to retreat, ending the duel.

Ivankov and Yamazaki continued to fight on the front lines of the battle for another 8 hours until the last of the droids were destroyed.

#### Clone Wars

Following the end of the Terran campaign, Ivankov was commissioned as an officer by executive order of the Terran Joint Command and given the rank of Major. The Joint Terran Command also decreed there must be at least member of the team on permanent duty on Terra, and Ivankov was chosen for this duty, preventing him from being deployed to the Andromeda Galaxy.

In late 1993, Ivankov, along with Colonel Vasily Stasevich and Colonel Shaul Peretz, was tasked with training the brand new Zulu Force. They trained the Zulus on how to survive a fight against someone with a lightsaber, as well as new tactics they had learned while training under the Jedi.

In 1994, when the Terran Alliance retreated to Terra, Ivankov was still in Russia. A month after the retreat, he was present at 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)*