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Lessev, Kerri

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the daughter of Alderaanian diplomats, Kerri grew up on Coruscant. When her parents were rounded up and executed for trumped-up charges of treason against the Empire, she was "adopted" by Emperor Palpatine, along with the children of the other parents who were killed. She was placed in the early COMPNOR SAGroup on Coruscant, under the guideance of Crueya Vandron, and eventually became one of the program's shining starts. Lessev was later recruited into the Imperial Intelligence Destabilization branch, and she became one of Palpatine's most trusted agents. Her role was to factionalize those Imperial nobles and Moffs who tried to undermine Palpatine's efforts, thereby forcing them into competition with themsevlves, rather than allowing them to focus their effort on the Empire. However, just before accepting this role, she viewed some of the Alliance's propaganda and realized the things Mon Mothma and Leia Organa - a fellow Alderaanian - were saying were true. She realized that her parents' disappearances were more than likely the result of Imperial paranoia, and decided to help the Alliance from inside the Empire. She used her position as a Major within Destabilization and manipulated the outcomes of operations in order to benefit the Alliance. It was Kerri Lessev who was responsible for ousting Moff Varnier and removing a number of Imperial agents from Wyloff Sector.