Graeda L'Annan

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Graeda L'Annan
Biographical Information
Race	Human
Homeworld	Baraboo
Mother	Ysilwen Eirswith
Father	Nevin L'Annan
Spouse	Romolus Lupine (deceased)
Siblings	Mraz L'Annan
Children	none
Born	Year -27 Day 350 (37 standard years old)
Imperial Service
Branch	Imperial Army
Positions	Army Commanding Officer Imperial High Command Assault Force CO Advisor, Imperial Geographic COMPNOR Department Leader
Prior Service	Army Executive Officer Director, Imperial Geographic
Awards

Graeda Eirswith L'Annan (Year -23 Day 350 - present) is presently a Lord General serving the Galactic Empire in the Imperial Army. She is the current Army Commanding Officer and is a member of Imperial High Command.

L'Annan's vision is to ensure a center of excellence for delivering capabilities to GE Army Soldiers so they can dominate the battlefield across the full spectrum of warfare. She remains focused directly – today and throughout the Army's transformation – to increase soldiers' combat effectiveness; deliver equipment that save soldiers' lives; and improve soldiers' quality of life.

General L'Annan is most known for her leadership commanding army units and for her effective methods in modernizing the Imperial Army. She was commissioned in the army at the age of 22 and was the first officer graduate from the new School for Officer and Command Studies on Coruscant. She is a strong advocate for the army and its continued importance in the Galactic war machine.

L'Annan has served in a wide variety of command and staff positions during her career. Prior to her current assignment she was the Army Executive Officer, Legion Commanding Officer, Legion Executive Officer, Legion Operation Adjutant, has served on Army High Command, Imperial High Command and has been an academy tutor. L'Annan has commanded troops in many sectors including: Corellia, Coruscant, Meridian, Dolomar, Fakir, Darpa and Bothan Space.

Early Imperial Career

L'Annan leading the Second Brigade's Taish's Raiders

• Imperial Army 2nd Brigade
  In year 9, Graeda graduated from the Imperial Army Training Centre on Carida with honours and was placed into service with the Imperial Army's Second Army Brigade (Second Imperial Legion), the Hellhounds. The new Private First Class was assigned as a Scout Trooper due to her skill set. From that point on, she immediately began proving herself in the ranks, eventually earning the 'Army Activty Medal' and becoming the first person to be awarded the prestigious 'Army Medal of Order' for demonstrating the ability to preserve the order, efficiency, and effectiveness of the Imperial Army. In the Second she served under CO Mark Ein Arton and XO Deric Adams and served with Marcus Aurelius and Zenchi Senkusha.

• Imperial Army 1st Legion
  She was not with the Hellhounds for long before the Army went through a restructure and she was moved into the First Imperial Legion, The Immortals. She served under LCO Arbellason Saalar and LXO Wolfgang Rasolam. When Rasolam went AWOL, L'Annan started filling his role, thereby demonstrating to her commanding officer and Army High Command that she was worthy of promotion to Sergeant Major and given the position of First Brigade Executive Officer. The same day she was also awarded the Army Medal of Order. She served with many fine army men and women, among them Ralkata Tyrran, who filled her position when she left The Immortals and eventually became their legion commanding officer.

• Imperial Academy Tutor
  On Year 9 Day 104 , L`Annan was accepted as a professor at the Imperial Academy by the Dean, Rann Van. At the time she served as the only female professor and one of only two Imperial Army members. L`Annan retired from her post at the Academy at the start of year 10 to better focus on her command duties.

• Imperial Geographic
  
  On Year 9 Day 249, L`Annan was made Director of Imperial Geographic by Lord Azrahk Raleep. The program was absorbed into COMPNOR as was the rest of the Sub-Ministry of Culture under the newly named Coalition for Progress. On Year 10 Day 99 she was awarded the Imperial Geographic Ribbon by the founder, Lord Raleep. She was the first recipient of this award.

Command Positions

A portion of a study of L'Annan in ATAT combat armor gifted to her by Euna Miriel on her birthday Year 10 day 350.

Military Offices Held
Preceeded By: Seele	Army Commanding Officer	Succeeded By: Incumbent
Preceeded By: Arbellson Saalar	Army Executive Officer	Succeeded By: Endora Strax
Preceeded By: Bacara Kex	Army Commanding Officer	Succeeded By: Seele
Preceeded By: Rex Corwyn	Assault Force Commanding Officer	Succeeded By: N/A
Preceeded By: Bacara Kex	Army Executive Officer	Succeeded By: Tec Vaan
Preceeded By: Zenchi Senkusha	Commanding Officer Second Imperial legion	Succeeded By: Gunther Rall
Preceeded By: Wolfgang Rasolam	Executive Officer First Imperial Legion	Succeeded By: Ralkata Tyrran

Legion Commanding Officer

Graeda was accepted in the first class of the new Imperial School of Officer and Command Studies and became its first graduating student. Soon after, she earned her fist commission when the commanding officer of the Second Legion was arrested on the grounds of treason. Graeda was back in the Hellhounds, this time as Commanding Officer. She oversaw the Legion's recovery necessary after the arrest of several traitorous soldiers: Zenchi Senkusha, Galven Corse and Alsten Jorel. Under her command the Hellhounds morale was improved and they earned the 'Legion of the Month' award in her first month of command. They repeated the performance again several times.It was here that she met Geno Krall, XO of the legion and a in sith training at the time and Endora Strax, a new private to the legion at the time, but went on to become a successful officer in both the army and in ISB.

Assault Force

On Year 10 Day 6, ACO Alan Steel informed L'Annan that her command, the Second Imperial Legion had been selected to compose the experimental Assault Force along with her old friend, Captain Rex Corwyn as commanding officer and the Seventh Imperial Fleet. The two branches joined together to form a fighting force that hoped to revolutionize the Imperial military. High spirits were celebrated when the two commanding officers attended the Imperial Union Ball together. It was here that Graeda also met Gunther Rall, her future XO in the Hellhounds and got to work beside her friend Euna Miriel. When Corwyn retired, his position was filled by Markus Saretti, who L'Annan had worked with in the Imperial Academy. The working atmosphere created a friendship as well.

• Commanding Officer Assault Force Year 10 Day 170 - (end date of AF?)
• Executive Officer Assault Force Year 10 Day 6 - Year 10 Day 170

Army Command

Near the beginning of Year 10 the army commanding officer, Alan Steel, retired. Bacara Kex became the new ACO and selected L'Annan as his executive officer. L'Annan retained her other command posts while in this position. From Year 10 Day 66 (February 7, 2009) through Year 10 Day 78 (February 19, 2009) she temporarily held the position of Army Commanding Officer. After nine months at the AXO, when Major General Kex resigned from his position, L'Annan was named his successor. She became the Army Commanding Officer on Year 10 Day 321 (October 17, 2009).

Imperial Army Service Record

Ranks

Grade	Insignia	Rank	Appointment	Time held (Combine Time)	Time held (Real Time)
[E-1]		Recruit		Year 8 Day 229 - Year 8 Day 231	July 18th, 2007 - July 20th, 2007
[E-3]		Private First Class		Year 8 Day 231 - Year 8 Day 329	July 20th, 2007 - October 25th, 2007
[E-4]		Corporal		Year 8 Day 329 - Year 8 Day 362	October 25th, 2007 - November 27th, 2007
[E-7]		Sergeant First Class		Year 8 Day 362 - Year 9 Day 77	November 27th, 2007 - February 15th, 2008
[E-8]		Master Sergeant		Year 9 Day 77 – Year 9 Day 104	February 15th, 2008 – March 13th, 2008
[E-9]		Sergeant Major	1st Brigade Executive Officer	Year 9 Day 104 - Year 9 Day 191	March 13th, 2008 - June 8th, 2008
[O-1]		2nd Lieutenant	Commissioned	Year 9 Day 191 - Year 9 Day 256	June 8th, 2008 - August 12th, 2008
[O-2]		1st Lieutenant	2nd Legion Commanding Officer	Year 9 Day 256 - Year 9 Day 301	August 12th, 2008 - September 26th, 2008
[O-3]		Captain		Year 9 Day 301 - Year 10 Day 30	September 26th, 2008 - December 29th, 2008
[O-4]		Major	Assault Force Executive Officer Year 10 Day 6	Year 10 Day 30 - Year 10 Day 64	December 29th, 2008 - February 1st, 2009
[O-5]		Lieutenant Colonel	Army Executive Officer (1st)	Year 10 Day 64 - Year 10 Day 164	February 1st, 2009 - May 12th, 2009
[O-6]		Colonel	Assault Force Commanding Officer Year 10 Day 170	Year 10 Day 164 - Year 10 Day 321	May 12th, 2009 - October 16th, 2009
[C-1]		Brigadier General	Army Commanding Officer	Year 10 Day 321 - Year 11 Day 166	May 12th, 2009 - May 14th, 2010
[C-2]		Major General		Year 11 Day 166 - Year 11 Day 308	May 14th, 2010 - October 3rd, 2010
[C-3]		Lieutenant General	Army Executive Officer (2nd) Year 12 Day 66	Year 11 Day 308 - Year 12 Day 229	October 3rd, 2010 - July 16th, 2011
[C-4]		General		Year 12 Day 229 - Year 12 Day 327	July 16th, 2011 - October 22nd, 2011
[HC-3]		Lord General	Army Commanding Officer (2nd)	Year 12 Day 327 - PRESENT	October 22nd, 2011 - PRESENT

Awards

Ribbon	Name	Date Awarded	Awarded by
	Imperial Academy Honors Graduate [IAHG]	Year 8 Day 231 (20-07-2007)	Deric Adams
	Army Medal of Order [AMO]	Year 9 Day 104 (13-03-2008)	Arbellason Saalar
	Imperial Academy Tutor [TUT]	Year 9 Day 104 (13-03-2008)	Dean of the Academy
	Army Activity Medal [AAM]	Year 9 Day 104 (13-03-2008)	Deric Adams
	Imperial Duty Bars - 1 year [DB1]	Year 9 Day 232 (21-07-2008)	Bacara Kex
	Legion Command Award [LCA]	Year 9 Day 301 (26-09-2008)	Mark ein Arton
	System Failure II: Deja Vu [SYF2]	Year 9 Day 360 (24-11-2008)	Rann Van
	Army Betterment Award [ABA]	Year 10 Day 10 (09-12-2008)	Bacara Kex
	Crisis Management Ribbon [CRM]	Year 10 Day 26 (25-12-2008)	Bacara Kex
	Brigade Commanding Officer Award [BCO]	Year 10 Day 30 (29-12-2008)	Bacara Kex
	Army Tactical Essay Content Award [ATEC]	Year 10 Day 44 (12-01-2009)	Ralkata Tyrran
	Army High Command Bar [AHCB]	Year 10 Day 64 (01-02-2009)	Bacara Kex
	1st Legion Cross [1ILC]	Year 10 Day 95 (04-03-2009)	Bacara Kex
	2nd Legion Cross [2ILC]	Year 10 Day 95 (04-03-2009)	Bacara Kex
	Imperial Geographic - 10 Descriptions [IGO10]	Year 10 Day 99 (08-03-2009)	Lord Azrahk Raleep
	Operation: Stellar Aegis [AEGIS]	Year 10 Day 161 (09-05-2009)	Imperial Throne
	Imperial Duty Bars - 2 Years [DB2]	Year 10 Day 232 (21-07-2009)	Bacara Kex
	Imperial High Command Bar [IHCB]	Year 10 Day 321 (12-05-2009)	Imperial Throne
	Operation: Dumbo Drop [MBUH]	Year 11 Day 64 (01-02-2010)	Imperial Throne
	Imperial Geographic Distinguished Service [IGOD]	Year 11 Day 88 (25-02-2010)	Imperial Geographic
	Army Cross [AC]	Year 12 Day 327 (22-10-2012)	Executor Seele
	Order of the Emperor's Seal [OES]	Year 13 Day 274 (31-08-2012)	Executor Seele

Appointments

[1st Brigade Executive Officer]
Appointed 1st Brigade Executive Officer
Year 9 Day 104
March 13th, 2008

[2nd Imperial Legion Commanding Officer]
Appointed 2nd Imperial Legion Commanding Officer
Year 9 Day 256
August 12th, 2008

[Assault Force Executive Officer]
Appointed Assault Force Executive Officer
Year 10 Day 6
December 5th, 2008

[Army Executive Officer] [1st]
Appointed Army Executive Officer
Year 10 Day 64
February 1st, 2009

[Assault Force Commanding Officer]
Appointed Assault Force Commanding Officer
Year 10 Day 170
May 18th, 2009

[Army Commanding Officer] [1st]
Appointed Army Commanding Officer
Year 10 Day 321
May 12th, 2009

[Army Executive Officer] [2nd]
Appointed Army Executive Officer
Year 12 Day 66
February 3rd, 2011

[Army Commanding Officer] [2nd]
Appointed Army Commanding Officer
Year 12 Day 327
October 22nd, 2011

Commission

[Commissioned Officer]
Promoted to the Rank of Army 2nd Lieutenant
Year 9 Day 191
June 8th, 2008

Engagements and Operations

• [AF] Operation Dumbo Drop
• [AF] Operation Stellar Aegis
  
• [2IL] Operation (to be added)
• [2IL] Operation (to be added)
• [1IL] Operation (to be added)
• Combined Effort

Controversies and Criticism

Graeda L'Annan's most notable controversy came shortly into her reign as the Army Commanding Officer. After several documented incidents with a legion commanding officer, L'Annan proceeded to take disciplinary actions against the Captain in addition to the Military Commanding Officer, Admiral Goth adding his disciplinary actions to the formal hearing at the same time.

The resulting action resulted in the captain being demoted to Command Sergeant and losing their legion command. Due to the hearing being held in public, many members of the disciplined individual's legion responded negatively towards L'Annan and some deserted in outrage over the incident.

Many attribute the desertions due to popularity for the former commanding officer rather than how the disciplinary actions were presented. Several Imperials have commented on the needs for Command Staff to praise in public and criticize in private, however this has been countered with the need to demonstrate the problems and errors that occured as well as show what can happen if such acts take place.

Attitudes on species and nationality

Considering historical Imperial culture towards aliens, L'Annan's attitude toward other species is neither negative nor positive. Her attitudes are varied depending on circumstance, with military necessity bearing the most importance. L'Annan has stated that soldiering capability is more important than species or cultural affiliation.

Family, Early Life and Education

Family

Romolus Lupine

Graeda Eirswith L'Annan born on the planet Baraboo in the year -27 to Ysilwen and Nevin L'Annan. The L'Annans are an affluent family of Corellian descent. L'Annan is the first born child and has one younger sister. Ysilwen is a successful cloth merchant with a high end shop in the city of Sengir. Nevin is a career xenoarcheologist credited with the discovery of the Mwanamutapas ruins in Baraboo Central during the planet's early colonization efforts. Nevin moved his young family to Sengir to be closer to his groundbreaking work and aid in the Galactic Empire's colonization efforts on the planet. L'Annan and her younger sister, Mraz attended the same program at the Harbringer Dance Academy. Mraz is an accomplished and well known musician.

L'Annan was briefly married to the Director of Imperial Intelligence, Brigadier General Romolus Lupine who was killed in action. She considered him to have been the love of her life and his death on Year 10 Day 199 after only weeks of marriage broke her heart and affected her more than any other singular event in her life. Never before had her own personal quote affected her so truthfully: “Taunting Death - by engaging in violence or meddling in shadowy arts - means pitting oneself against a wily enemy who cannot lose.” Both the tops of L'Annan's feet and the backs of both hands are permanently tattooed with the ritual, elaborate matrimonial mehandi that was used on her wedding day. Aside from her uniform, Graeda usually wears an emerald green ring around her neck and a curious runed armored pauldron on her left shoulder (typically under her uniform jacket). She obtained this pauldron by engaging in mortal combat with an elder sister of the Singing Mountain clan on Dathomir. The pauldron, ring and tattoo are permanent reminders of her times with Lupine. The pauldron that she earned when she bested and killed the Singing Mountain elder is a badge of honor for her. She had been adventuring with Lupine on Dathomir specifically to test herself and her TK methods against force users.

Description and Personal Interests

L'Annan is slender, graceful and athletic both from her days of being a dancer as well as her daily duties in the army. She has a dark complexion and green eyes framed by long hair that is typically worn up for military regulations. She has been known to wear her hair blonde, black or red. She is a fiercely devoted GE member who is well poised and has a generally proper attitude from her formal upbringing and background in traditional dance. She is also impishly spontaneous in her personal life, free spirited and incredibly graceful. She has an easy smile and likes to laugh, but also maintains a hard take on military necessities - after all, her branch must know their jobs well as lives depend on them. She speaks clearly, without much of an accent. She can seem absent minded to others at times, as she has a lot on her plate and relies on her staff to keep her on top of the less pressing matters. L'Annan makes a strong confidante and friend; people seem to instinctively know this and befriend her. Perhaps as an offshoot of this, L'Annan is a protective sort over her faction, branch, personnel, family and friends. She has a tendency to give guarded trust to people before she assumes the worst; this makes it seem like she sticks up for people when, in fact, she is merely trying to give them the benefit of the doubt before condemning them wholeheartedly.Grey loves performing tricks and high velocity speeder maneuvers. She also loves to explore and is adventurous. Caves, mountains, hunting expeditions all give her a thrill and she will jump at the chance to visit new locations. She has an interest in exploring the histories of things due to her father's influence. She still likes to dance, and her idea of a perfect vacation would be to explore ancient temples in a warm climate by day and sample ethnic fare and dance by evening.

L’Annan’s Early Years

L`Annan attended the Harbringer Academy of Dance and Music in Sengir with her sister Mraz under the tutelage of the phenomenal matron, Cindal Harbringer. Here she studied traditional dance and participated in competitions. Upon graduation, she decided to make her way as a dancer at the cantina Sandfury in Sengir. One night the cantina was short a bouncer and she was accosted by a nautolan patron. It was odd enough to see the alien on the Imperial world, but had the menace not been killed by an Imperial officer, L'Annan may not have survived the scrap unharmed. The incident prompted L`Annan to seek skills in self defense. It took L'Annan several diplomatic attempts to convince Xargon Dagos, a renowned master of Teräs Käsi, to allow her to become his honored pupil. L`Annan to this day remains a practitioner of Teräs Käsi and is extremely prejudiced against all nautolans.

Master Dagos

An incident with Mraz found her family in a situation in which they could easily have been on the wrong side of Imperial law. The man that Mraz was dating brutalized her, shattering her leg and ruining her dancing career. Their father Nevin went after the man in a fit of rage. What transpired after is known only to the immediate family, but to avoid more serious matters and to protect her father, Graeda negotiated a deal with the boyfriend's brother, the gang leader of to the territorial gang, the Sand Demons. As a result, Graeda spent two years as an indentured servant to the gang. She learned many of her more illicit skills during that time, including stealth, theft and smuggling abilities. She is also became an experienced slicer and learned how to handle a speeder and small starfighter. As soon as her time was up, making her family safe, L`Annan followed her personal need to use her skills for the service of the Empire that she respects immensely.

Education

• Harbringer Academy of Dance in Sengir, Baraboo
• Dagos' Dojo for Teräs Käsi on Baraboo
• Imperial Army Training Centre on Carida
• Imperial School of Officer and Command Studies on Coruscant

Dislikes, Weaknesses and Predjudices

Graeda does not like space, piloting or anything of that sort. The fact that she is now the commanding officer of a VSD gets under her skin and she often delegates piloting duties. L'annan experienced the loss of the love of her life, which makes her tough to approach on a romantic level, staving off advances. She has a feeling that she is serving penance for her time in a gang and fanatically follows her personal need to use her skills for the service of the Empire. She sometimes lets her passionate responses get the way of her better judgment and has had to work to repair the damage these actions have caused. Graeda absolutely loathes traitors to the Empire. Contact with betrayers, even if they are former friends and compatriots, is immediately severed or returned with contempt. On more than one occasion she has taken joy in ending the life of a traitor. Grey does not seem outwardly intolerant of most aliens, as is her cultural inclination, but she is especially prejudiced against nautolans due to a personal experience a with member of this race. She will go out of her way to provoke them, even work to destroy one's career or kill him/her if she can get away with it. She is also unforgiving of anyone who fails to show proper respect to her officers and those who cannot follow the proper protocol or social observances.

Favored Personal Assets

Bayonet Faith & Misery	Namana Sinner's Folly	Sentinel Widow's Lament	EE-33 Carbine Vera	Vornskr Nimue
64-Y Swift Hooptie	Leather Duster Ode to Robby	Engagement Ring	Nightsister Bracer	First Brigade Service Ring