Vernan (general)

Vernan (&mdash;3 ABY) was a General in the Rebel Alliance.

The beginnings of Vernan's career are unknown.

He became the first Chief in Alliance Intelligence, a branchr responsable for obtaining and analyzing military, diplomatic and economic information, reporting the information to the revelant branches of the Alliance. As Chief of Intelligence, General Vernan had to oversee mainly Intentions, Operations and Counter-Intelligence branches, including different departments like Cryptology, Interrogation, and Equipment; Systems Ops, Passive Ops, and Coordinate; and Security and Retrieval respectively. Through the organization's many operatives, analysts and personnel, information was channeled up to Senior Intelligence Officers, who presented the Chief with daily briefs on the most crucial topics. The Chief in turn reported to the Commander-in-Chief and Supreme Commanders, and advised them in their strategic planning.

Captain Ioth, an Alliance Naval Supply Analyst, manage to undesrtand that Imperail Oplovis base, on Harrod system, was fortifyng, and correctly understood that they were preparing an attack on planet Mantooine. With additional information from spy Troomis, Commander Zgorth'sth, from Intentions division, got a report for Vernan. With it, Vernan could act on time and sent Ackbar with a fleet to Atrivis Sector, to guard Mantooine from attack by the Oplovis fleet. The Rebel forces battled the Oplovis fleet on Yuvern.

Later during the war, Vernan became the commanding officer of special agent teams commander Dutra Zeneta. A survivor of the Wellte-ir Massacre, Zeneta was considered suicidal by Alliance Command. However, when Zeneta requested permission to use Shrould Team as a foster agent group, Vernan trusted Zeneta and agreed with his request.

General Vernan was killed in action, under classified circumstances, shortly before the Battle of Hoth. Mon Mothma replaced him as Chief of Alliance Intelligence by General Airen Cracken.

Appearances

 * Alliance Intelligence Reports
 * The Rebel Alliance Sourcebook
 * Star Wars Adventure Journal #10