Elsyn Voss

Elsyn Voss
Biographical Information
Race	Human
Homeworld	Cadomai Prime
Mother	Zahra Voss †
Father	Ordas Tandar †
Spouse	None
Siblings	Marika Voss
Children	None
Born	Year -3 Day 8 (28)
Imperial Service
Branch	Imperial Stormtrooper Corps COMPNOR
Service Code	PX-271
Positions	Imperial Stormtrooper Corps First Lieutenant COMPNOR Artist
Prior Service	Imperial Academy Recruit
Awards

Elsyn Voss (/ɛlsɪn/ EL-sin; Born Year -3, Day 8) is a Female Human currently serving as a First Lieutenant in the Imperial Stormtrooper Corps. Alongside her continued military career Elsyn eventually found a passion for the arts and was welcomed into the Imperial Art Society, being bestowed the position of Artist early Year 25 by the current Secretary at the time, Darin Byrch.

Pre-Imperial History

Childhood

Born early into Year -3 on the Outer-Rim planet of Cadomai Prime, Elsyn is the eldest child of Ordas Tandar and Zahra Voss. Like most fringe worlds that were isolated from Imperial rule at the time, living standards were rather low and financial stability was difficult to come by, the Voss household was able to maintain some level of stability during these times as Elsyns father, Ordas, owned and operated a Droid Repair store in a nearby major settlement. As a child many of Elsyns earlier years were spent at the store rather than at her family home so that her parents could continue to provide financially, it was here she learned basic droid repair and programming skills alongside other more mundane life skills, which she would use to try and help her parents with the day to day running of the store.

Personal recollections provided by Elsyn indicate that at some point during her adolescence, she was gifted an ID9 Seeker Droid that was in dire need of repair by her Father, this apparently became a personal project to repair the droid which she had undertaken and claims took her a number of years to see to it's fruition.

Some years later, around her twelfth year, Elsyns family expanded when Zahra gave birth to her younger sister, Marika Voss. It was at this point that Elsyn would take on more responsibility at the store alongside her father to allow her mother time to raise her sister through early infancy, reinforcing Elsyns family values that she had begun to cultivate.

Tragedy Unfolds

In Year 13 Elsyns life would be thrown into turmoil as a tragedy befell the Voss household. To this day, Elsyn refuses to elaborate much on the events of what happened, but public reports and eye witness accounts dated from the same year that were recovered by Imperial archivists are able to build a some what fractured picture.

On Day 173, for unspecified reasons Elsyn was away from the store and Zahra Voss was working alongside Ordas in her stead, all was unfolding as usual until roughly 22:47, it was at this time where eye witness reports recall a trio of speeders pulling up outside of the store in quick succession, the three armed assailants are then reported to have entered the store, where around 5 minutes later a volley of loud blaster fire was said to be heard coming from within the store. The three assailants were then seen to be fleeing the store with large bags that seemed to be filled with unknown contents and leaving the scene on speeders.

The files available that were recovered state that the assailants were never successfully identified due to a lack of evidence, the case was eventually closed in Year 18 by the local governing bodies and moved to a cold case archive where it remained untouched.

A Sister, A Mother

With no one else left to look after her younger sister Marika, it fell to Elsyn to take up the role of parent. Being far too young to run the store alone and her duties of care to her sister being priority, Elsyn was forced to accept whatever pay-out on the store and assets contained within that was offered by the local government. While this somewhat allowed her a brief respite financially, after a few months the households funds dried up and Elsyn was in desperate spot. It was at this point Elsyn reportedly spent a number of years roaming between the surrounding settlements offering droid repair services on a door to door basis, often seen with her baby sister in a papoose slung around her back wherever she went.

Life remained a struggle for Elsyn in the years to follow, barely making enough to feed herself and Marika, often choosing to feed her sister over herself when things were particularly tight. Eventually as the pair grew older and Marika was able to stand on her own and be more independent, the sisters were able to re-establish themselves somewhat in the local market after saving enough money to purchase a small lean-to which they were able to run their repair service from on a more permanent basis.

Broadening Horizons

Several more years passed for the sisters, and Elsyn was now growing quickly into a young adult able to provide a much more stable life for herself and Marika. Reports also show that at some point Elsyn was also able to regain ownership of her old family store from the local governing body and had set back up here. During this time with the galaxy rapidly expanding, Elsyn had began to hear of tales and rumours of the Galactic Empire and it's prosperous rule over an ever growing hold in the Outer-rim, including that of the neighbouring system of Lur in the Aparo Sector.

It wasn't until late Year 24 that Imperial influence finally made it's way to the Cadomai system. But once it had made it's way to her planet, Elsyn was quickly swept up in the propaganda, and along with the years of positive hearsay it seemed like it might be perfect opportunity to provide her sister with a better life. Hesitant at first, it wasn't until Elsyn saw first hand the improvements that the Empire had brought to her planet, including improvements to security and reduction in crime that the Empire was able to provide that she eventually enlisted to join their ranks. Being part of the first waves of new recruits coming from the planet, Elsyn and her sister relocated to the planet of Prakith, where the Imperial Academy was located and where her Imperial Career would begin. Deciding to cut ties with her past, Elsyn sold off the store and her family home before leaving for Prakith.

Imperial History

Imperial Academy

Elsyn quickly settled into her new duties as a student at the Imperial Academy on Prakith, the structure and safety of Imperial life was a huge improvement over her childhood. Now she was able to safely entrust her sister into the care of her peers, for the first time Elsyn was able to experience the independence she'd missed out on. Between lectures and practicums Elsyn reportedly spend a fair amount of her personal time honing her skills with a blaster, to which she developed an acute aptitude for. She also took to frequently be seen on hikes through the nearby jungles and forests.

It was clear as time went on that Elsyn was beginning to show a natural aptitude for several traits that aligned with the the Imperial Army; Skill with a blaster, natural leadership capabilities and an acute perception, and it was no secret that she planned to apply to join the Stormtrooper Corps upon graduation. After years of living an impoverished life in a crime ridden city, Elsyn wished to personally do her part to ensure that Imperial Law was enforced in the hope she could help others avoid having to suffer the way she did under the protection of the Empire.

Time at the Academy passed at a swift pace for Elsyn, and she quickly found herself rising to be considered a star student under Officer DuMontes tutelage. Eventually earning her first accolade of what was hopefully many to come through a successful career, Elsyn graduated from the Imperial Academy Day 266 of Year 24 with Honours.

Imperial Service Record

Service Ranks

Imperial Academy

Grade	Insignia	Rank	Time Held
[T-1]		Recruit	Y24, D266 - D272

Imperial Stormtrooper Corps

Grade	Insignia	Rank	Time Held
[O-1]		Second Lieutenant	Y24, D272 - Y24, D364
[O-2]		First Lieutenant	Y24, D364 - Present

Positions

Artist, Imperial Art Society
Preceded By: N/A	Elsyn Voss Y25 D11 - Present	Succeeded By: N/A

Accolades

Code	Ribbon	Name	Date Awarded	Awarded by
[IABG-H]		Imperial Academy Basic Graduate - Honours	Year 24 Day 271	Commandant Thokul Tovcor
[LOC]		Letter of Commendation	Year 24 Day 316	General Isolder von Alard