Tanner

Tanner was a male Imperial soldier stationed aboard the Imperial-class Star Destroyer Vector in 1 BBY. During that year, the Vector was transporting containers of a deadly virus, codenamed "Blackwing," from Meglumine to Khonji Seven. However, during the journey, a few of the containers were breached, exposing the virus to the Star Destroyer's crew. Most died from the virus&mdash;and were subsequently turned into zombies&mdash;but a few like Tanner were immune to the airborne disease. As the virus spread throughout the Vector, Tanner and twenty-eight others led by Commander Gorrister sought shelter in a Sentinel-class landing craft docked within the Star Destroyer's hangar.

Biography
Tanner was an Imperial soldier stationed aboard the Imperial-class Star Destroyer Vector in 1 BBY. During that year, the Vector was transporting containers of a deadly virus, codenamed "Blackwing," from Meglumine to Khonji Seven. However, during the journey, a few of the containers were breached, exposing the virus to the Star Destroyer's crew. Most died from the virus&mdash;and were subsequently turned into zombies&mdash;but a few were immune to the airborne disease, Tanner being one of them. As the virus spread throughout the Vector, infecting its crew, Tanner and twenty-eight others led by Commander Gorrister sought shelter in a Sentinel-class landing craft docked within the Star Destroyer's hangar.

Over time, Tanner and the others became little more than living skeletons. Starvation forced them to resort to cannibalism as they drew lots to see who would be eaten. As time went by, the initial group of thirty survivors had been reduced to a mere seven, Tanner included, as the unlucky ones were killed and devoured. During the tenth week of their self-imprisonment in the shuttle, the Imperial prison barge Purge happened upon the derelict Vector near the fringes of the Unknown Regions. Salvage teams, sent to the destroyer to recover parts needed to fix the barge's inactive engines, inadvertently brought the virus back with them to the Purge, where it quickly spread and killed all but a half-dozen aboard. One Purge survivor, Captain of the Guard Jareth Sartoris, chanced upon the surviving Imperial personnel within their shuttle as he fled from the horde of undead. The seven attempted to kill and eat Sartoris, but he managed to gain the upper hand and threw four of the men&mdash;Gorrister included&mdash;into the sea of zombies outside the shuttle.

However, one of the three remaining men, White, managed to convince Sartoris to let them live and attempt an escape. Sartoris would deactivate the tractor beam preventing the shuttle from leaving; White, Tanner, and Pauling would help him in piloting the craft to safety once he returned. Sartoris succeeded in his endeavor but ultimately perished before directing fellow Purge survivors Han Solo, Chewbacca, and Trig Longo to the shuttle. Upon the trio's arrival, Tanner greeted them and informed them of White's death. As the shuttle began its departure, one of the zombies managed to get aboard; it killed Tanner and Pauling before it was shot dead.

Appearances

 * Death Troopers