Name: Kleya Marki
Homeworld: A planet, Coruscant (adoptive)
Species: Human
Gender: Female
Hair color: Brown
Eye color: Brown
Skin color: Light
Affiliation(s): Axis network, Galactic Antiquities and Objects of Interest, Alliance to Restore the Republic, Massassi Group
Move: 10

DEXTERITY 2D
        Blaster 6D+2
        Brawling Parry 4D+2
        Dodge 6D+1
        Throwing Weapons: 5D
        Melee Weapons: 4D+1
        Melee Parry: 4D
KNOWLEDGE 3D
        Alien Species 5D
        Bureaucracy 6D+2
        Business 6D+1
        Cultures 6D
        Languages 5D
        Planetary Systems 5D
        Scholar; Antiques 6D+1
        Streetwise 5D
        Tactics 6D+1
        Value 6D+1
        Willpower 5D+2
PERCEPTION 3D+2
        Bargain 6D+2
        Command 5D+1
        Con 7D+1
        Disguise: 6D
        Gambling 4D
        Hide 6D
        Persuasion 6D
        Search 5D+1
        Sneak 5D+2
STRENGTH 2D
        Brawling 5D+2
        Climbing/Jumping 4D+1
MECHANICAL 2D
        Astrogation 4D
        Communications 6D+2
        Repulsorlift Operations 4D+2
        Space Transports 3D+2
        Starship Gunnery 4D
        Starship Shields 4D
TECHNICAL 2D
        Blaster Repair 4D
        Computer Programming/Repair 5D+2
        Droid Programming/Repair 3D
        First Aid 5D
        Security 7D

EQUIPMENT
         CREDITS - 1,000
                 Expensive Clothes, Comlink, Blaster Pistol (4D), Concealed Knife (Str+1D), Fractal Radio, Toolkit

FORCE SENSITIVE - N
FORCE POINTS 3
DARK SIDE POINTS 0
CHARACTER POINTS 7

Description: Kleya Marki was a woman who led a covert rebel network together with Luthen Rael during the Imperial Era. Originally rescued from a massacre as a young girl in around 18 BBY, Marki influenced the ex-soldier Rael to fight back against the Galactic Empire. Marki learnt from Rael, and the two humans' efforts against the Empire culminated in a rebel network that was based at their gallery, the Galactic Antiquities and Objects of Interest in the upper levels of the galactic capital planet Coruscant, and was dubbed "Axis" by the Imperial Security Bureau. By 5 BBY, Marki acted as Rael's assistant and concierge at the gallery. An expert in subterfuge, communications, and related devices, Marki served as a recruiter, leader, and contact point for Rael's many operatives.

In 1 BBY, the ISB discovered Rael's identity as the leader of Axis and cornered him in the gallery, where he would attempt suicide to avoid capture. Having witnessed Rael being taken to the hospital in Imperial custody, Marki would infiltrate the hospital and ensure Rael's death to protect the rebellion. After a tearful final goodbye, Marki fled to the rebel safehouse where she attempted to contact network operatives in hopes to pass along Rael's final intel. Marki would soon be rescued by Cassian Andor, an old associate of their network, and brought to the Alliance base on Yavin 4.

Biography
Early life
Kleya Marki was a human female from a planet. In around 18 BBY, she was a young girl when the Galactic Empire massacered her settlement. After stowing away on an Imperial ship, she was discovered by Lear, an Imperial Army trooper sergeant. Already growing disillusioned with his service, Lear decided to help the girl. As his superior officer entered the ship looking for him, Lear ensured the girl was hidden until the captain left. Then, Lear returned to the compartment she was hiding in and offered his hand.

She would escape the massacre of her home, as Lear left the military to raise her and they adopted the names "Luthen Rael" and "Kleya Marki" respectively. At some time later, Rael brought Marki to the shop of Tinch, a local vendor, to pawn off a carved figurine he had discovered. Rael asked for the price of twenty credits and Tinch made a counteroffer of seven. Marki, who had been introduced to Tinch as his daughter, haggled up the price to eighteen and they left. Marki asked Rael whether he truly considered her his daughter and Rael replied that Marki would play the part "when it's useful." Afterwards he bought Marki a meal with the credits she had earned.

At a later date, in an ancient hill town, Rael met with another vendor to sell a Devaronian victory necklace. The bargaining was swiftly interupted as Marki and Rael encountered an Imperial regiment that pushed a group of prisoners through the crowd, looking for a sniper who had killed an an Imperial trooper. Rael left, not wishing to see an execution and knowing he could not help them, but Marki, who was fixated on a boy her age, stayed to watch. When she caught up with Rael, she could not understand why they did not help, but Rael told her they fought to win, and they would keep losing until it could be sure they would triumph.

At some point between 18 BBY and 15 BBY, they planned their first attack against the Empire on the planet Naboo. Seated in a cafe, with eyes on an Imperial transport convoy on a nearby a bridge, Rael told Marki that if she wanted to fight the Empire, she would have to leave behind a normal life. Rael said that he wanted to ensure that she could make her own decisions, but Marki angrily said that he was using her as an excuse to back out of the attack. After hearing that Marki was adamant in her desire to fight the Empire, Rael handed her the transmitter and told her to detonate the explosives planted on the transports. Looking around, she noticed a child and his parents at an adjacent table, enjoying their meal like a normal family. Marki demanded to know why Rael was making her, to do what she was about to do and he replied by saying that the day marked the time they would finally take action. Marki hesitated, convinced Rael still did not believe she could act on her own, but then reached for the switch. However, Rael stopped her at the last second and triggered the explosions himself. He told Marki to look at him and not at the bridge, only allowing her to look a few seconds after the transports had exploded. As terrified civilians screamed and fled the restaurant, Rael declared that they had made their choice, and the two calmly left.

Secret rebellion
As Rael founded a secret network of rebels collaborating against the Empire, Marki worked at Rael's gallery Galactic Antiquities and Objects of Interest in the Imperial City on Coruscant as a concierge, performing tasks such as assisting customers and restoring precious artifacts. In 5 BBY, Marki was present when Chandrilan Senator, Mon Mothma, came to the gallery looking for a gift for her husband, Perrin Fertha, for his Day of Days, a Chandrila custom.

She announced Mothma's arrival to Rael, highlighting the fact that she was accompanied by a new driver she had not seen before and probably thought was Chandrilan. As Mothma and Rael began to converse between the lines, Marki made sure to distract the senator's driver, Kloris, by asking him if anything in the gallery was of interest to him and recommending looking at some ancient coins. When Rael asked her to wrap Mothma's chosen gift, Marki walked to the counter with the artifact and left it with Rael as the senator departed from the gallery.

Marki later met Vel Sartha, the leader of a rebel infiltration team assembled by Rael to steal a quarterly Imperial payroll on Aldhani, outside the Coruscant Eastern Spaceport in the aftermath of the mission. She congratulated her on her success while acknowledging the losses, noting that she had personally recruited one of the team's members, the ex-Stormtrooper Taramyn Barcona. Finally, she warned Sartha to be careful about sending messages to her lover and fellow rebel, Cinta Kaz, and instructed Sartha to track down Cassian Andor, who had been paid to join the team at the last minute but had disappeared after the heist. Sartha expressed hesitancy, but Marki told her that Andor had to be eliminated because he had knowledge of Rael.

The Andor situation
Marki received a message from the human Bix Caleen, a friend of Andor's, who was attempting to contact him and pass along a message of his mother's illness. Marki did not want to reply to avoid Imperial Security Bureau interference that could endanger their operation, but Rael believed they had too much helpful information. They further discussed Sartha and Kaz's mission on Ferrix, with Marki reiterating her belief that communications should be shut down. Rael reluctantly agreed with her and shut it down.

Marki later saw a mark on a fountain in Imperial City, which was a message from informant and ISB Supervisor Lonni Jung, who wanted a meeting. Marki believed this was suspicious and advised Rael to send her instead, but he refused and chose to go himself despite the risks.

When Sartha arrived unannounced at the antiquities gallery, Marki treated her as a customer despite the other woman's attempts to engage in covert conversation. Sartha demanded to see Rael, but Marki chastised her for her unprofessional conduct, and stated she was lucky Rael did not witness it. Sartha pressed and asked what she had done for him lately, stating that she had given him Aldhani, but Marki hardened and replied that Sartha was just one of many needy people that Rael had to deal with. However, she then asked what Sartha was there to tell him, and she notified her that Andor's mother had now died. Marki stated she would pass on the message and prompted her to leave.

Later, Rael sent Marki updates of his successful deal with Saw Gerrera. The two began a coded conversation about various "sales" with "clients." Marki advised him return home, as they were involved in intricate negotiations about the sale of a valuable object. She believed his presence would aid their negotiations. Rael said that they needed their piece and without it they would have to close the shop. Marki replied that it was a crowded market, prompting Rael to warn her about the consequences of losing the piece to another collector. Marki replied that she was preparing for every outcome.

A wedding and a theft
In 4 BBY, Rael deployed a team of rebels, including Andor, who had devoted himself to their cause, to steal a prototype TIE Avenger from a Sienar facility on the planet 73. As Andor traveled there, Marki joined Rael in attendance of the wedding of Mon Mothma's daughter Leida Mothma and the Chandrilan Stekan Sculdun, as Rael had done business with Stekan's father Davo Sculdun.

At the Mothma Estate on Chandrila, Mothma was surprised and concerned to see them at the event. As guests arrived, Sartha observed Marki as she approached Rael during the festivities. Later, Marki quietly relayed to Rael that the Sienar team had successfully stolen the TIE Avenger, though the only signal received was a pulse code. Rael expressed concern over the lack of further communication, but Marki reminded him that transmissions were impossible to hide on Chandrila. She reiterated that she had warned him prior to landing. Exposed and without a secure signal, they were operating blind. Rael instructed her to keep listening and walked away, leaving Marki visibly frustrated. Rael later approached Marki again and asked about communications with Andor and Porko, who Andor had been meant to rendezvous with. Marki said she had been listening, Rael iterated that they knew that Andor escaped the Sienar facility and that Porko was waiting. Marki headed to fetch a drink and told Rael that the monitor was switched on.

While drinking, Marki was approached by Sartha, who questioned why she and Rael were there. Marki stated that Sculdun was a client that had purchased antiques. Sartha asked if the two of them should pretend that they just met, but Marki smiled and said that there was no need, saying Sartha had been by the shop before. When Marki added that they would just be two single women searching for prospects, Sartha pointedly looked her up and down before leaving.

As they waited for the wedding feast, Marki asked Rael about their next plan. Rael explained they had to wait for Sculdun to reconsider, but Marki pointed out the lack of transmissions from both Andor and Caleen. She deduced that Mina-Rau, the planet where Andor had been staying, had been shut down due to a "temporary reception outage" for Imperial inspection. Marki did not know what type of inspection, stating that she needed to return to the gallery to be able to adequately support the rebels. Returning to Coruscant, Marki activated used the gallery's fractal radio to attempt to reach Andor.

Marki continued to monitor all transmissions, and eventually received a reply from Andor. Marki asked after Porko, and was told he was unavailable. Marki then asked for Andor's location, and he responded that the drop had been compromised, resulting in him being stuck for two days. Marki promised to locate a safe place for him to travel to, but Andor asked after Mina-Rau, which forced her to admit the existence of the frequency blockade. Andor asked for more information and ended contact when she was unable to tell him anything.

A party and a problem
In 3 BBY, Marki continued to eavesdrop on channels about disputed deals, and informed Rael of Andor's whereabouts. Later, Marki met with Mishko, who explained that Sculdun was angered over the selling of a counterfeit vase and had demanded an audit of his collection. She informed Rael of this, worried that a listening device she had planted in an artifact would be discovered. Rael later chastised her for the mistake, although she countered with the fact they had previously caught Wullf Yularen lying on the microphone. Rael, growing upset, admitted to having struggled with keeping track of the multiple transmissions. Marki, also growing frustrated, told Rael to cease and firmly stated they needed to remove the device, with an opportunity for doing so being available at Sculdun's upcoming Investiture party.

When Rael left Coruscant to meet with Andor at Port Steergard, Marki eventually received a transmission from him, saying that Andor's visit to the planet Ghorman had not gone well. Eventually, Marki sent Sartha and Kaz to Ghorman to assist the rebel Ghorman Front there instead of Andor.

Marki and Rael soon attended Sculdun's party, where Marki spoke to Mishko and claimed to have not told Rael about the forgery. As they mingled, Marki spied Jung and approached him, claiming to remember him from when he visited the shop to buy a gift for his wife. Jung was shocked, having not expected to deal with his secret collaborators, but Marki discreetly ordered him to pretend they were flirting and to follow her instructions. Marki steered Jung into the room where Sculdun kept his collection, moving towards the Tinian Codex. As she attempted to remove the listening device that had been installed on it, Marki pretended to speak with Jung about the piece, saying that she had regretted selling the piece, which was why she was interested in it now.

With her intial attempts to remove the device unsuccessful, Marki then recruited Jung to aid her in retrieving the listening device from the piece, maneuvering him to block the view and allow her to use more force to attempt to pry the device free. Marki explained the artifact's history and warned Jung they may be tested on the information later, simultaneously beginning to unlock the hidden compartment. Using her brooch, which was secretly a metal tool in disguise, she attempted to remove the device, but the brooch became stuck. As Jung began to panic, Marki ordered him to stay in position. Marki determinedly forced the tool with enough pressure to cause her hand to begin bleeding, but with no luck. She then told Jung to grip the top of the Codex so she could turn the bolt. The pair were approached by a group of visitors, including Sculdun, Rael, Mothma, and Orson Krennic. They asked Marki why she liked the Codex, and as she struggled to answer, Jung successfully covered for her.

Marki was finally able to remove the device as the group continued their tour of the collection. As she and Rael exited the party together, Marki triumphantly handed him the listening device. Rael joked about wanting to kill Krennic, and they laughed together before leaving on a speeder.

Saving Mothma
In 2 BBY, after the Imperial massacre of the Ghorman people, Marki prepared Andor for a mission to extract Mothma from the Senate, as she was prepared to give a speech on the massacre that would counter the Imperial propaganda surrounding the event and call out the Emperor for his tyrannical rule. As they sat in the gallery together, Marki forged press pass for Andor while she explained that he would be posing as journalist Ronnie Googe, who was heading to Coruscant straight from the Ghorman Massacre to cover the political fallout. Andor stated this would be his final mission, which drew Marki's attention away from the restoration table. She questioned whether he was finished with the Axis network or the entire rebellion, but Andor countered by stating she already knew. Marki told him his work was not over, as Mothma needed to give a voice to the atrocities on Ghorman. Andor responded that he wanted to make his own decisions, but Marki ignored him, instructing him to clean up before leaving.

A disguised Marki soon met with both Andor and Rael at a public walkway near the Imperial Senate Building in preparation for the extraction. Marki reported the lack of communication from Mothma since her aide, Erskin Semaj, had revealed he was working for Rael's network. Marki left the pair and received a message from Semaj, who informed her that Mothma had dismissed him and that she might not perform the intended speech. Marki interrupted the conversation between Andor and Rael to inform them of this and of the fact that Bail Organa, another Senator who was secretly allied with the rebellion, had prepared an extraction team himself that she was learning had become compromised. Marki believed they had to send Andor in to evacuate Mothma safely, but Rael worried that Andor did not know the building's layout. Marki countered that both Semaj and Mothma knew the building, but Rael pointed out that Mothma no longer trusted them and Organa's team were already on site. Andor asked what would happen if Mothma were to be arrested, Marki cryptically replied that their entire effort would fall apart.

Andor was sent in to save Mothma, and the evacuation was successful, with Marki and Rael managing to sneak out unseen as the Senate went under lockdown. Marki instructed Rael to return to the gallery while she sorted everything. Marki later arrived at the safehouse, finding Andor, Semaj, Mothma, Dreena, a survivor of the Ghorman Massacre, and the rebel Wilmon Paak, who had been severly wounded at the massacre, already there. Marki expressed amazement and relief at all of their escapes. Marki later informed Mothma of Rael's survival.

Finality
With Mothma gone and now leading the Alliance to Restore the Republic from its base on Yavin 4, Marki remained with Rael on Coruscant. In 1 BBY, Jung met with Rael and revealed that the Emperor's energy program was a front for the creation of a diabolical weapon, noting that the events on Ghorman and Jedha were all to mask the Empire's interests in critical materials for the project at each location. He also mentioned the importance of the Imperial engineer Galen Erso. After he was informed that the ISB were close to discovering him, Rael killed Jung, leaving his body sitting on the park bench. Rael passed Jung's intelligence along to Marki and sent her away to deliver the message to the Rebellion, while he went back to destroy all of the secret equipment at the antiquities shop.

When the ISB Supervisor Dedra Meero, who had been hunting Rael for years, arrived at the gallery and revealed that she knew the truth about him, Rael impaled himself with a Nautolan bleeder so as to not be captured and interrogated. Marki watched as her adoptive father's body was rushed onto an Imperial ambunaut. Soon after, Marki infiltrated Lina Soh Hospital to ensure that Rael, who had been stabilized by doctors, would not reveal information about the rebellion. She disguised herself as a hospital employee and killed several Imperials her way as she snuck towards Rael's room. After detonating several explosives on landing pads outside the hospital as a diversion, to clear her path to Rael's unconscious body. Marki removed Rael's life support and kissed him as a tear rolled down her face. With her adoptive father dead, Marki fled the building.

Escape from Coruscant
Escaping back to the safehouse, Marki removed a hidden communication device from the walls of the safehouse, sending a secret message to Yavin 4. Wilmon Paak reported the message to Andor, who along with K-2SO and Ruescott Melshi took an unauthorized mission to Coruscant to rescue Marki. Meanwhile, after determining Marki's identity by reviewing hospital security footage and tracking Marki's coded message using the partially destroyed fractal radio recovered at the gallery, ISB Supervisor Heert sent a team to raid the safehouse and capture Marki.

As Andor and Melshi arrived, Marki let them in and revealed what had happened, frantically trying to recall all her intel. As Andor regarded her with silence, she furiously shouted at him to repeat what she told him, but he was more concerned with getting her to safety. Marki was hesitant to go to Yavin, given Rael's negative reputation amongst the Alliance leadership, and insisted that Andor simply relay her information to them, but Andor refused to abandon her.

Though Andor promised sanctuary on Yavin, they soon got into an argument over Andor's departure from the Axis network and Rael's decision to remain on Coruscant. Grabbing Andor by the coat, she defended her late adoptive father, whose very decision enabled them to discover the Empire's true plans. She asserted that he needed to warn the Rebel Alliance about the threat, as he owed Rael that much.

After calming down, she lamented her life coming to a bitter ending, but Andor and Melshi assured her that she'd welcomed as a hero, not a prisoner, on Yavin, the place she helped built and that she'd be keeping Rael alive by speaking to the Alliance leadership. Relenting, Marki prepared to leave with her allies, only for Melshi to run into an ISB Tactical squad outside. As Melshi quickly duck back into the apartment, the rebels barely had time to consider their options before a stun grenade was thrown through the open door. Marki was quickly stunned unconscious, leaving Andor and Melshi engaged in a blaster fight again the Imperials. Fortunately, K-2SO arrived and ambushed the Imperials from behind. Melshi then carried an unconscious Marki back to the U-wing, before fleeing the planet as Imperial reinforcements arrived.

Sanctuary on Yavin
Andor's team traveled back to Yavin, where they were met with an armed rebel squad, given the nature of their unauthorized mission. Andor pleaded with General Davits Draven to give Marki medical treatment, which was granted as a pair of rebel troopers escorted her to the infirmary. While she was being treated, Andor informed the rebel leaders of the details Marki had told him on Rael's behalf.

Some time later, Andor came to visit Marki in the infirmary and apologized for the lack of a hero's welcome. He then informed her that he passed on Rael's intel to Alliance leadership, who remain skeptical given the magnitude of the information he relayed. Andor then left her to recuperate.

Marki later awoke during a rainstorm and freed herself from all the medical technology was attached to her. As a soaked Marki walked through the rain, she was greeted by a surprised and worried Sartha. Sartha gave her a coat and instructed her to go with her. Inside one of the Great Temple's shelters, Sartha apologized for Rael's passing, acknowledging it must have been really difficult for Marki to end Rael's life. Marki quickly replied back it was essential that she did it. She then told Sartha that Rael always told her she needed to know her way out, before she went in. On Yavin, Marki found she no longer knew where she was. In response, Sartha told Marki "I have friends everywhere," a code phrase used by members of the Axis network, and emphasized that she was on Yavin 4 with friends.

Mere hours after Andor's departure from Yavin to meet with Tivik, one of Andor's connections to the Partisan militia, the existence of the weapon Marki had warned of—the planet-destroying DS-1 Orbital Battle Station—was confirmed through the meeting between Andor and Tivik.

Personality and traits
Kleya Marki had brown hair and light skin. As a young girl, she was already mature for her age, evident in her bargaining skills and her ability to control her emotions. In those younger days, she was also eager to strike back against the Empire, but Rael urged her to bank her hate and accept that, for a time, they would need to lose and fail until greater rebellion was possible. He also urged her to accept what she was leaving behind by choosing revolution. The two shared a deep bond, but Rael once remarked that they were only father and daughter when it was useful. Marki was a true master of disguise, performing her duties as a concierge at Rael's gallery, but serving as an emissary, messenger, and enforcer for Rael's spy operation, with highly attuned intuition and unflinching commitment to the rebel cause.

Equipment
Kleya wore a gray tunic with a black trim over a white turtleneck top, complete with backcombed hair. At another point in that year, she wore a dark red hooded gown, complete with reddened lips and straight, flowing hair. Marki was skilled in the use of blasters, explosives, lockpicks, and the Axis network's radio. She was an expert at operating the fractal radio used to communicate with Axis network operatives.