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Full Name: Casie Anne Connolly
Birth Name: (hey, no spoilers)
Nickname(s): Casie
Age: 35
Gender: Female
Race/Species: Squib
Class/Occupation: Engineer
Place of Origin: Skor II, although she did grow up on a ship

Appearance
Casie stands at one meter, or three point two eight feet in height, and is rather vulpine in appearance, although she does lack the prehensile tail common to other vulpine species, and her eyes are more amber than brown. Her hair, though long, is usually kept bound back either in a braid or a bun. While her fur is a mid-dark blue, her hair is typically dyed in varying shades of blue. She does dress rather conservatively, to hide scars that are, as she puts it, "from another life", however, it is extremely rare to find her wearing any form of skirt or dress, although she does occasionally wear the former over top of pants. Aside from that, she typically is found in either coveralls, or pants and a long-sleeved shirt, with heavy workboots. She is never found without her clan pendant around her neck, as it is the only thing she has left of her parents. Aside from that, she's never found without her tools and blaster.

Personality
To put it bluntly, Casie's a b***h. Not in the typical "it's all about me" sense, but in the "cross me and you're so dead" sense. She's not afraid to tell someone where exactly they can put it and how far up they can shove it. That being said, she is extremely loyal to her friends, although she will gut them if they betray her. She does have an odd fear of high-ranking males, due to some trauma caused by several high-ranking male officers in her past, both during her prisoner days, and her days at the New Republic Armed Forces Academy. Relationships with people aside, Casie is a true technophile, and she's usually found elbow-deep in some project or other.

Personal History
Casie was born to a free father and a slave mother. From the time she was born, she was the apple of her father's eye, much to the resentment of her half-brother. Around a year later, her sister Kelsey was born, who, while never truly replacing Casie, was also the pride of their father. As with most family stories, she was happy. Unfortunately, that happiness was not to last. Her and her family were betrayed to slavers hunting her mother. The slavers killed her parents and took both her and her sister into slavery. Over the years, they had several owners, ranging from people who treated them almost as equals to ones who acted as if they were of no more consequence than a spoon. Eventually, they were freed, and while Kelsey fell in love and was married, Casie took to gallivanting around the galaxy with the crew of a smuggling ship. However, as with all good things, this too soon came to an end. The ship was overtaken by an Imperial Star Destroyer shortly before the Battle of Hoth. Most of the crew were released when the captain of the smuggling ship "proved" that the smuggling was all Casie's doing. She was taken into custody and tossed in the brig, but not before assaulting the officer overseeing the boarding party, a man who would later become her CO. She languished in prison for a time, until being freed, quite accidentally, by a raid staged by the New Republic to retrieve an Intelligence operative. While at the prison, Casie met her current best friend and partner in crime Tahidra. Eventually, after gaining and loosing several odd jobs, including one at a house of ill repute, she enlisted in the New Republic Navy, and was assigned to Rogue Squadron, an elite unit in the a** end of space. While some would see this assignment as a reward, the reality was otherwise; Casie was assigned there not due to her considerable skills as an engineer, but rather to keep her out of the way so she could not rat out one of her instructors, who was an unreconstructed ISB agent blackmailing new graduates into passing him sensitive information that was in turn relayed to Remnant forces. To this day, she is assigned to Rogue Squadron, and considers Farpoint her home.


Family Background
Aside from her sister, her half-brother, and her b*****d daughter, Casie doesn't know anything about her biological family, as she grew up as a slave, so she considers the people she works with her family.