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Daala
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Human
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Female
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18 meters
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Imperial Admiral, Leader of the Remnant
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Double Blaster Pistol, Imperial Star Destroyer
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Black/Red
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Imperial Academy of Carida
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Galactic Empire
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is a fictional character in the
Star Wars Expanded Universe . Admiral Daala was a beautiful woman with a cold face and a dark smile.
Admiral Daala is one of the very few high-ranking females in the
Imperial Navy . Though she was a talented student and officer at the Imperial Academy, she was continually passed over for promotion simply because of her
Gender .
To take out her frustrations toward the male-dominated military, she made herself a false computer identity. Daala was able to defeat many a high level officer and more than a few of her own instructors. This gained her the attention of
Moff Tarkin . He investigated the talented young officer and was pleasantly surprised to discover not only her identity, but that she was female.
Tarkin took her on as his protégé, helping her to ascend to the rank of Admiral. Many quietly complained that she was sleeping her way to the top. When one of those remarks made its way back to
Tarkin , he searched out the offending officer and ejected him into space over
Carida , with his suit mike on so that all of Tarkin's subordinates were forced to listen to his slow demise.
As his most trusted officer, Daala was tasked with overseeing and protecting the
Maw Installation , birthplace of the
Death Star s,
World Devastator s and the
Sun Crusher . This facility was hidden away even from the rest of the Empire, and no less than four
Imperial Star Destroyers were stationed there (''Basilisk'', ''Gorgon'', ''Hydra'', and ''Manticore''). Tarkin ordered Daala never to abandon her post or to break communication silence unless he returned. So after his death aboard the first Death Star, Daala stayed isolated in the Maw with no news of the Galaxy outside and no one in the Empire aware of her existence.
When
Han Solo ,
Chewbacca , and
Kyp Durron escaped from the mining planet of
Kessel and accidentally discovered the Maw Installation, Daala captured and interrogated them, learning for the first time about the destruction of the Death Stars and the death of
Tarkin . Daala knew that her orders were obsolete and it was time to strike back at the "Rebels".
When Han, Chewie, and Kyp escaped, they destroyed one of Admirral Daala's Star Destroyers by crashing into it, which greatly decreased her firepower and fighter count.
Though the female admiral made a valiant attempt and was armed with "the power to turn planets into slag," Daala was ultimately foiled by
Admiral Ackbar and
Kyp Durron , armed with up-to-date military tactics and the Sun Crusher (respectively). She fled back to the core to join the warlords, with only the ''Gorgon'' remaining of a once impressive battlegroup.
Furious, she wrathfully attacked the proving grounds of Dantooine, slaying a colony of civilians. The AT-ST and Imperial walkers commanded by Commander Kratas destroyed the colonists easily.
Eventually, she sprung her hate against the
Mon Calamari for their fleet support and troops to the Alliance. But her campaign was foiled and one of her high officers was killed by Admiral Ackbar. After planning a suicidal attack on Coruscant, her next mission was foiled with
Kyp Durron (Now a Sith apprentice to
Exar Kun ) using the
Sun Crusher to blow a Battlecruiser.
In the end of the Admiral Daala managed to escape death with her command ship.
After joining
Supreme Warlord Harrsk , Daala realized what shambles the Empire was in. Feuding over what was left of a formerly galaxy-spanning government, the warlords were destroying everything they had left. Daala sought to change that by forcing the most powrful warlords to meet, finding only Warlord Teradoc's subordinate, Vice Admiral
Pellaeon a worthy enough commander among them to live. Together they murdered the warlords, sealing them in a room and poisoning their air, the two conspirators wearing the only rebreathers. Daala coldly murdered the warlords without hesitation. The Admiral would have been willing to accept any leadership from any warlord but none could hold the line.
Daala took command of all their forces, consolidating fleets of ''Victory''-Star Destroyers, Skipray Blastboats, and even a single ''Executor''-class
Super Star Destroyer , the ''
Knight Hammer ''. Her glorious fleet lasted just long enough for a poorly planned and even more poorly executed attack against the
New Republic and
Luke Skywalker 's
Jedi Academy . It was once again Kyp Durron and Admiral Ackbar who were the two prior responsible of her defeat.
On the Knight Hammer, she confronted Jedi Knight
Callista but outsmarted her well. Admiral Daala was indeed a great fighter and particularly cunning. Despite the aggressive action of the Jedi, Tarkin's former student let her live because her stance impressed her. Defeated for good, Daala promoted
Pellaeon to the rank of Admiral, handing her rank insignia and remaining fleet to him, and resigning Imperial service seemingly for good.
She settled temporarily on Pedducis Chorios. She settled into civilian life, leading a group of settlers on the distant world. Daala would return to service, however, when she learned of Moff Getelles plan to use the Death Seed plague to take over the Meridian sector.
After this, she returned once more to the Deep Core looking to establish another fleet. Though she did make an attack against the Republic a short time later,
General Garm Bel Iblis defeated her soundly and she has yet to return.
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