Kelen PellNo one knows Kelen’s real name, just that he hails from somewhere out in the Outer Rim… or was it New Holstice, near Hutt Space? The records originally had him as a native of Corellia, but those were found to be altered somehow. The only things that have been verified in the Rebellion’s records is his codename is ‘Umbra,’ he goes by Kelen Pell, and he’s a retrieval specialist.
Over the years, Kel has smuggled merchandise for black marketeers, done the odd job for the Hutts, and spent some time as an infochant. However, his true passion is acquisitions. When he was a child, he would often steal whatever wasn’t bolted down and challenge himself to keep the theft hidden as long as possible. The longer it took the owner to realize their prize possession was missing, the more successful the acquisition. Stealing is part of his being, no matter the thing to be stolen, regardless of whether he was paid to do it or not. Jewels, speeders, shipments, pets, information… it didn’t matter as long as he acquired it in the end and wasn’t caught.
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He made a name for himself with the Rebellion when he decided to go up against a small Imperial Garrison to get back at a young, loud-mouthed lieutenant. He found out where the officer went to relax off-duty and copied the access codes to the garrison off the lieutenant’s datapad. Unbeknownst to Kel, a Rebel agent was surveilling the officer and other members of the garrison for a sabotage mission and spotted Kel as he brazenly swiped the codes. Seeing an opportunity, the agent decided to shadow Kel and see if his infiltration team could take advantage of the young man’s ingenuity.
The next evening, Kel made his move and snuck into the garrison. Finding the lieutenant’s quarters, found the officer’s personalized Relby-K23 blaster, the insignia from the Imperial Academy. He quickly pocketed it and left the way he came in, leaving the access door unlocked without thinking. The agent following him saw his opportunity and sent his infiltration team in to sabotage the base. The next morning, the news feeds were filled with reports of a bombing and the destruction of Imperial vehicles and weapons.
Unfortunately for Kel, he was caught on a security camera. The Imperial officer eventually tracked him down to a rundown apartment complex but Kel was no where to be found. The officer gave the order to demolish the complex, regardless if there were people inside or not, and left a smoking ruin in his wake. When Kel finally returned, he realized immediately what had happened and was overwhelmed with both rage at the wanton destruction and shame that he was to blame for the retaliation. Gathering what things he could, Kel purchased hs way off planet and struck out into the galaxy.
Months later, the Rebel agent tracked Kel down, almost purely by accident. He saw potential in the thief and began recruiting Kel for the occasional acquisition here and there. Sometimes the pay involved credits, other times the pay came in the form of honing his skills. It wasn’t until much later that Kel realized that he was doing freelance missions for the Rebellion, but he found that it didn’t bother him at all. Anything he could do to throw a wrench in the grinding machinations of the Empire was fine by him.
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Kel is an average looking human, with brown hair and brown eyes. His height, looks, and demeanor don’t stand out at all, which serves him well in his line of business. He still has the personalized blaster he stole from the Imperial officer, and almost always has the rest of his slicing and lockpicking gear on him need the opportunity arise.
When he’s not freelancing for the Rebellion, he often picks up odd jobs with local crime bosses, smugglers, and others willing to pay for something to be retrieved.
Last edited May 23, 2018 11:10 pm