Katya "Kat" Shihei is a native of Centares, and from that vantage she has been a witness to the destruction and cruelty the Empire is responsible for.

Kat was 8 when the Clone Wars began in earnest, too young to understand the ideological nature of the conflict. When her planet joined the Confederacy of Independent Systems and was invaded by the Republic, she cared little for who would be on the right side of history, only that her parents had died in the fighting. Now an orphan, Kat waited out the remaining three tense years of Clone Wars with others in her position, forming familial bonds that transcended species and origin.

She thought the end of the fighting would bring peace to her homeworld, allowing the "jewel of the Mid Rim" to flourish yet again and allow her to recapture the sense of stability and belonging she'd associated with those times. The new Empire dashed those dreams. Hoping to use Centares's resources to further supplement their military might, the Empire began tapping lava beds and strip mining the prairies Katya had spend her youth on. Worse, the Empire brought with it its dogmatic hatred of non-Humans. Although personally unaffected, many of her foster brothers and sisters faced discrimination and violence under the Empire's new policies.

Of all her adopted family, it was Kat's sister and closest friend Reeth Azu - a Kel Dor orphaned while her parents were on trade business to Centares - that chaffed under Imperial rule the most. Reeth treasured the volcanic lakes and sweeping plains of the planet she had become trapped on, and exploring them with Kat had replaced homesickness with wonder. Seeing them destroyed and polluted by Imperial industry had not only deeply pained her, but revived her longing for home. She hatched a scheme to become a freighter captain and return home to find family and a way to support Centares against Imperial occupation. Her dream required resources and means not available for non-Humans, however.

After almost a decade of facing often violent discrimination and watching her new home become a grimy, polluted wasteland, Reeth developed a proclivity for environmental and species' rights activism. Kat did what she could to support her sister, and their efforts to promote a sense of safety and equality in her community - especially their involvement in silent protests - began to mature the charismatic and talkative girl into a reserved and deliberate young woman. Months later, while attending a protest along side her sister, she witnessed Reeth gunned down by Imperial Stormtroopers; within the year, Centares's resources were depleted and the Empire pulled out as if nothing had happened, leaving behind a struggling world polluted with terrible chemicals and venomous ideologies.

Katya was well aware of the way the Empire could destroy lives at every level. At the age of 21, she joined the Rebellion as a medic, determined to do her part to end the Empire's tyranny and restore a sense of safety and trust to the galaxy.

Kat excelled in the medical field, and her sharpshooter scores were excellent,which landed her in a combat medic & secondary sharpshooter of her squad. Her career as a combat medic was fruitful,with multiple daring and successful missions, up until the point when her squad was ambushed by a regiment of Stormtroopers backed up by TIE air support. Most of her squad got wiped out, except for her CO, who was heavily injured. Shocked by the loss of her comrades, she didn't know what to do, she was only overcome with grief and anger. Kat gathered a couple of thermal detonators and flung them into the group of stormtroopers, managing to wound a good chunk of them, as she picked up her CO and carried him to safety. Kat managed to avoid detection, and got a beacon up to get a medevac for her remaining "squad". Her CO was shocked that he survived through the fight, and decided to recommend Kat into the Alliance SpecOps as a field combat medic. She later received the handle "Elix" from her squadmates.

Kat would never forget that day, and she vowed to never again allow such a huge loss of life occur on her watch,no matter what she has to do to prevent it. Little did she know what awaited her in the future of the Rebel Alliance...

Revenge against the empire for ruining her homeworld and mercilessly killing her siblings and close friends. Helping,healing and preventing danger to her squadmates and comrades-in-arms at all cost,no matter what it takes.

Oath - Life savior. After her personal loss, Katya swore to never again allow anything to get in the way of keeping her friends,squadmates and fellow soldiers alive, regardless of risks in the field. (Severity - 20) +2500 credits.

Kat has earned the nickname "Elix" by her squadmates for being fearless and aggressive whenever a friend / squadmate was in danger, as well as the fact that the Elix and Kat share the fate of the planet they each originated on.