Kella Rand

Kella Rand was a female Human reporter who worked for the Galactic News Network.

Covering a vote on Indu San deciding an alliance between the Indu San system and the New Republic, Kella Rand was witness to the assassination of the Indu Council chief councilor, Shek Barayel. Hoping for a big story, Rand notices a Council Authority officer following Ambassador Dictio L'varren's aide, Tev Aden, into a corridor. Rand decides to follow but is stopped by another Authority Officer. When a blaster goes off in the hallway beyond, she disobeys the guard and follows him to investigate. There, they find Aden dead, shot by Officer Kaleb Darme. Rand (along with her hovercam) glimpses Darme retrieving a detonator from Aden's body.

Back at the Indu GNN bureau, Rand goes through several of her past interviews, and in the process, she notices a shot of Darme planting the bomb that killed Barayel. She shows the other reporters&mdash;Crislyn, Juloff, and her boss, Robbe Nostler&mdash;then goes to share the evidence with Ambassador L'varren. On the way, a sniper takes several potshots at her, but she manages to escape danger temporarily. Finally arriving at L'varren's hotel, she notices Juloff and Darme standing together and realizes that Juloff&mdash;still loyal to the Galactic Empire&mdash;tipped off Darme. She races to Suite 44-1 and sends her hovercam ahead with the evidence. However, Darme manages to catch Rand before she can reach L'varren's suite. He pulls her into the turbolift, threatens her with a vibro-knife, takes her datacards, and shoots her with a stun bolt. In his escape from the turbolift, L'varren's people, having seen the evidence, catch Darme and rescue Rand. Rand, not wanting to miss the deadline, quickly rushes off to get her new story.

Appearances

 * Kella Rand, Reporting...