Unidentified Imperial (Sixela System)

This unidentified Imperial Admiral took part in the Battle of the Sixela system against the forces of the Alliance to Restore the Republic.

Biography
A number of months after the Battle of Yavin, Imperial Commander Rezi Soresh betrayed the Empire and fled retribution. In his exile, the former officer hatched a plan to take his revenge upon both sides of the Galactic Civil War. Soresh would draw the Rebellion to the Sixela system under false pretenses while at the same time, tapping them with elements of the Imperial Navy.

This admiral was chosen by Anakin Skywalker to lead a fleet of Imperial Star Destroyers to the Sixela system. When the Rebel fleet came out of hyperspace, the Imperial fleet was ready. Trapping the Rebels with interdiction fields, the Admiral engaged in brutal ship-to-ship combat, while Darth Vader landed on the planet to pursue Soresh.

When Rebellion leader Leia Organa escaped Soresh and joined the battle in orbit around the barren planetoid, she contacted this Admiral to warn of Soresh's plan to annihilate the system's sun with resonance torpedoes. The only response the Admiral gave her was an angry tirade against the Rebellion.

After Soresh's torpedoes reached the sun, it became apparent that the system would be destroyed, despite the death of Soresh. Both fleets fled into hyperspace before the sun went supernova, vaporizing everything in the local area.

Personality and traits
This Admiral was a loyal member of the Galactic Empire and dedicated to the preservation of law and order. When he was contacted with terms of a truce, his response was an angry tirade against the Rebellion he hated, promising their destruction. His pursuit of victory, however, was not overarching. He fled the system to save lives when it was apparent the system's sun was going to explode.

Behind the scenes
This Admiral was introduced as a background character in the final book of Alex Wheeler's Rebel Force series. He was not named, so he could be an entirely new character or one of the other Admirals known to serve under Vader.

Appearances

 * ''Rebel Force: Uprising