Vahliri Kresten
Character
IMPERIAL SECRET SERVICE | PERSONNEL DOSSIER: SIGMA-9-021
RECOVERED ARCHIVE / ACTIVE RE-COMMISSION: 902 ABY RESTRICTED ACCESS: CONFEDERATION HIGH COMMAND ONLY
GENERAL IDENTIFICATION
- NAME: Vahliri "Val" Kresten, MD
- SERVICE ID: [EOTL-9928-VK]
- RANK: Major (Specialist Medical Corps)
- YEAR OF BIRTH: 847 ABY
- GENDER: Female
- SPECIES: Arkanian Offshoot
- AFFILIATION: Imperial Confederation (formerly Empire of the Lost)
- ROLE: Medical Officer / Bio-Hazard Response Lead
HISTORICAL CONTEXT: 902 ABY
Major Kresten is a relic of the Empire of the Lost, the expansionist remnant that attempted to spread the "Pure Imperial Ideal" throughout the Outer Rim. When the Empire of the Lost fractured due to resource starvation and internal sabotage, Kresten was instrumental in transitioning her sector's remaining military assets into what is now the Imperial Confederation.
SERVICE RECORD & LONGEVITY
Through a combination of Arkanian genetic resilience and self-administered regenerative cryo-stasis treatments during the "Long Hunger" of the 880s, Kresten has maintained the physical peak of a female in her late 30s, despite her true chronological age.
Key Engagements:
- Siege of Tion: Serving as a Junior Medical Liaison, Kresten was responsible for the Triage Priority Mandate. As the sector collapsed, she made the cold, calculated decisions on which wounded were "salvageable" for the retreat and which were to be left behind. She famously stabilized the Sector Governor while under direct heavy artillery fire, ensuring the political continuity of the Tion remnants.
- Battle of Lothal: During this desperate last stand, Kresten operated a Mobile Surgical Unit (MSU) in the heart of the urban conflict. When the front lines buckled, she famously took up a repeater to defend her trauma ward, holding the "Final Wave" of the defense long enough for the tactical data cores to be purged before the facility was overrun.
- Battle of Maldra IV: Kresten was deployed with the Vanguard Spearhead. She pioneered the "Combat-Stim Drop," jumping with the first wave of invasion troops to provide immediate adrenaline and coagulant injections on the LZ. This allowed the invasion force to maintain a relentless tempo, ignoring non-lethal injuries to shatter the Maldra defenses in record time.
- The Fall of Lianna: During the collapse of the Empire of the Lost, she successfully evacuated the central gene-bank while the palace fell to the riotous citizenry.
- The Unification Skirmishes: Acted as the primary surgeon for the Confederation's First Strike Team during the reclamation of the Tion Sector.
- First Battle of Brosi: During the attempted liberation of the Brosi system, the enemy unleashed Sithspawn horrors. Kresten led a specialized "Sanitation Squad," developing a rapid-delivery neuro-toxin that paralyzed the beasts. Though it was not enough to stem the tide of the Sith, her efforts were rewarded with commendation.
EQUIPMENT & TACTICAL PROFILE
- THE "STITCHER" SYSTEM: A custom-built, wrist-mounted micro-surgical suite. It uses ultrasonic vibrations to "weld" wounds shut in seconds, allowing soldiers to return to the front line almost instantly.
- CYBERNETIC AUGMENTATION: Following a shuttle crash in 890 ABY, she replaced her left eye with a Mk. VII Multi-Spectral Optic, allowing her to see cellular degradation and internal hemorrhaging through standard-issue plastoid armor.
- Tactical Philosophy (The "Efficient Corpse"): Kresten operates on the principle of Macro-Triage. She views the battlefield as a biological organism; if a limb (unit) is gangrenous, she advocates for its immediate amputation to save the body (the mission). She prefers high-mobility "Drill-and-Fill" tactics where she moves through the heat of combat rather than staying in a static field hospital.
PSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATION
Major Kresten is weary but unwavering. Having seen one Empire die, she is fiercely protective of the Confederation. She views her patients not as people, but as "Strategic Assets." Her bedside manner has been described as "colder than a Hoth midnight," yet she is the only officer the enlisted troops trust to pull them back from the brink of the Force.
"The Empire of the Lost died because it bled out. I will not let the Confederation suffer the same fate. Every soldier I save is a brick in the wall against the coming dark." — Major Vahliri Kresten
CURRENT STATUS
ACTIVE. Currently stationed aboard the Relentless II. Major Kresten is spearheading the "Project Lazarus" Initiatives, focusing on the integration of synthetic necro-tissues and "living armor" harvested during the Brosi incident.
Reports indicate she has successfully moved beyond standard cybernetics into the realm of Post-Biological Resilience, developing medical protocols that allow soldiers to remain combat-effective even after sustaining traditionally "unsurvivable" trauma. High Command notes that while her loyalty is to the institution of the Empire, her recent innovations suggest she is preparing the Confederation for a conflict of a nature yet unknown to the general staff.