| abstract | - DiSote joined the Army in the waning months of the Mandalorian Wars, leaving her homeworld of Bestine to help defend the Galactic Republic. Graduating from basic training as that conflict came to its end at the Battle of Malachor V, she later served as part of the garrison force on Telos IV. When the Jedi Civil War broke out, she earned a promotion to sergeant for her actions in helping to save lives during the Sith Empire's bombing of that world. Assigned to the Hammerhead-class cruiser Vibrosword, the flagship of Vice Admiral Forn Dodonna soon afterward, she was placed in charge of one of the squads in the platoon of troopers commanded by the Twi'lek lieutenant Ibratu'na. During the Iridonia-Lannik Campaign, the Republic's first counteroffensive of the war, DiSote saw combat during operations on Mon Gazza and Lannik. In the latter battle, she was trapped in the debris from a building that had been collapsed by Sith artillery; she was rescued by Private Rev Axeli, who pulled her clear despite the continued bombardment. Two years later, she was still serving within the same unit as a staff sergeant, which by that time had been put under the overall command of Marine Captain and Jedi Knight Laera Reyolé. As part of the informally-designated 1st Marine Strike Platoon, she participated in the capture of Darth Revan, serving as leader of the unit's second squad. During the boarding operation, she fought at Reyolé's side from the initial infiltration through to the unit's hasty departure as the battle over Ord Mantell drew to a close. With the fleet's successful retreat at the conclusion of the battle, DiSote continued to serve in the Army despite an offer to transfer into the Marine Corps. In the wake of Ibratu'na's accepting the offer of induction, she was given a battlefield commission and promoted to junior lieutenant. Assigned to take his place aboard the Vibrosword, she served out the rest of the war in relative obscurity save for the warship's participation in the final battle over Lehon. When peace was achieved, DiSote left the military at the first opportunity, returning to her homeworld and living a life of seclusion. She joined the Veterans of Galactic Wars, however she only rarely attended meetings and appeared in public only once, during a celebration marking the twentieth anniversary of Darth Malak's defeat. She died of cancer not long afterward, which was determined to be an artifact of toxic fumes inhaled during the battle at Lannik.
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