Tchaka

Tchaka was a student at the University of Kalla and a political activist who vocally opposed the Corporate Sector Authority. For expressing opinions held in disfavor by the leaders of the Authority, he was arrested and imprisoned in the Stars' End penal facility. Tchaka's disappearance inspired Rekkon, his uncle, to form a network dedicated to finding the Authority's secret prison facility, and the prisoners held there.

Biography
Tchaka spent much of his early life in the Corporate Sector primarily because his father had moved there to work as a programmer of entertainment software. Although life was comfortable for Tchaka and his family, his parents grew concerned by the lack of commitment Tchaka had to his studies. When Tchaka's uncle, Rekkon, came to live in the Corporate Sector to teach at the University of Kalla, he led Tchaka to develop an interest in the areas of history and philosophy, which helped to alleviate his apathy.

Tchaka was still young when his parents died, so Rekkon took him under his wing and raised him as if he were his own son. Due to his position as a respected member of the faculty at the University of Kalla, Rekkon was able to ensure that Tchaka received a higher education. At the University, Tchaka witnessed the heavy-handed tactics the Corporate Sector Authority used to clamp down on critics and others it deemed to be troublemakers and he spoke out against the Authority's injustices to his fellow students.

Because the parents of many of those students had considerable influence within the Authority, Tchaka's activism did not go unnoticed. Although he held views similar to those of Tchaka, Rekkon felt it would be unwise of his nephew to vocally oppose the policies of the Authority. Despite his misgivings about Tchaka's behavior, Rekkon felt he could not ask Tchaka to ignore his conscience and instead decided to undertake what he termed an "ignoble compromise"&mdash;he planned to resign his position in order to draw the Authority's attention away from his nephew's activities.

Before Rekkon could put his plan into motion, Tchaka was arrested by the Authority's Security Police. Tchaka's criticism of the Authority had led to him being included on a list of critics, criminals and other troublemakers compiled by the Security Division's Executive Viceprex, Mirkovig Hirken. Like the others who were on the list, Tchaka was shipped to the Stars' End penal facility and imprisoned within a stasis booth.

Troubled by Tchaka's disappearance, Rekkon contacted the Security Police, but he ascertained that they would do nothing to help him find Tchaka. Rekkon learned of other individuals whose relatives had vanished as a result of their oppostion to the authority and formed a network dedicated to the recovery of the missing dissidents.

Although Rekkon was murdered by a traitor before he could see Tchaka again, he set into motion events that resulted in the liberation of Tchaka and the other prisoners from Stars' End. After the facility's destruction, Tchaka was taken in by Klaus and Jessa Vandangante. Greatly saddened by his uncle's death, Tchaka decided to continue his studies and honor Rekkon's memory by opposing the Authority, albeit in a less brazen but more effective manner.

Appearances

 * Han Solo at Stars' End