Bledsoe

"Dr. Bledsoe is the Empire's expert in the areas of disease and medicine. Unfortunately, he was abducted by Alliance terrorists. There's no telling what those ruthless animals will do to him but his existence is extremely important to the Empire's efforts. He needs to be returned."

- Colonel Darkstone

Bledsoe was a Human male doctor who lived during the time of the Galactic Civil War. He served the Galactic Empire as an expert in the areas of disease and medicine, and was an ardent supporter of the Empire's xenophobic policies. Sometime following the Battle of Yavin in 0 BBY, he was captured by members of the Alliance to Restore the Republic, and transported aboard one of their CR90 corvettes. While the Corellian corvette was traveling through deep space, the doctor was rescued by a small team of Imperials dispatched by Colonel Darkstone. Doctor Bledsoe also shared the namesake with the deadly Bledsoe's disease, a virus transmitted by air and physical contact.

Biography
"Good work, soldier. I'd hate to see all my groundbreaking work fall in to the hands of these Rebel scum. I will make my way to one of the escape pods now. I will also make sure to let your commanding officer know how well you took care of the vermin on this ship."

- Doctor Bledsoe to his rescuer

The Human male by the name of Doctor Bledsoe served the Galactic Empire as an expert in the field of disease and medicine during the time of the Galactic Civil War. The leading Imperial scientist was a staunch supporter of the Empire's xenophobic policies, and shared the namesake with Bledsoe's disease, a deadly virus transmitted by air and physical contact. Sometime following the Battle of Yavin in 0 BBY, Doctor Bledsoe was abducted by members of the Alliance to Restore the Republic, and whisked away for questioning on board a CR90 corvette towards a Rebel insurgent camp.

Given Bledsoe's extreme importance to the Empire, his rescue was considered to be imperative. Ironically, given Bledsoe's xenophobic beliefs, it would in fact be a Non-huMan Zabrak who oversaw the doctor's rescue. At the Imperial Oasis military base on the Outer Rim Territories world of Tatooine, the Zabrak Colonel Darkstone served as the main point of contact in regards to Imperial officers who found themselves in hostage situations. Although he was on the verge of retirement, Darkstone was not willing to give up his post until completing one final mission to rescue the defenseless Imperial scientist. Bledsoe's xenophobic beliefs appeared to have no personal affect on the Zabrak Colonel. Darkstone likened Bledsoe's captors to terrorists and animals, and emphasized the importance of rescuing the doctor. To that end, Darkstone tasked an Imperial operative with the responsibility of locating the Rebel's prisoner transfer orders, so that the exact whereabouts of Bledsoe could be determined. After intercepting faint transmissions discussing Bledsoe's capture, it was believed that the transfer orders could be found at one of three locations, including the Woolamander Palace on Yavin 4, the Mokk Stronghold on Dantooine, and the Droid Engineer cave on Lok. After investigating these three locations, Darkstone's Imperial operative finally discovered the Alliance document detailing the prisoner information on Doctor Bledsoe, including scheduled times at which he would be moved. After returning this information to Colonel Darkstone at the Imperial Oasis, it was determined that Bledsoe was still on board the Rebel's Corellian corvette, traveling through deep space.

To enact a daring rescue, Colonel Darkstone's Imperial soldier assembled a ragtag group of Imperials and was instructed to travel to the Emperor's Retreat on Naboo to meet with a shuttle pilot. At the Emperor's Retreat nestled within the Gallo Mountains, a TIE pilot sat beside a Lambda-class T-4a shuttle. After handing over a travel authorization form provided by Darkstone, the TIE fighter pilot aided the Imperial soldier and their rescue team by piloting the shuttle, and intercepting the Corellian corvette holding Doctor Bledsoe. After making contact with the corvette, and forcing their way on board, the Imperial rescue team fought their way through the many corridors of the small capital ship. Despite facing resistance from a large number of Rebel crew members, the rescue team successfully gained access to the prison cell holding Doctor Bledsoe, and freed him. The doctor expressed his gratitude to his rescuers, and referred to his Rebel kidnappers as "vermin." After securing the prisoner, Bledsoe and the rest of the Imperials used the escape pods to flee the besieged starship. For their part in saving the Imperial doctor, all members of the rescue team were awarded with the Imperial Valorous Services Medal. Upon returning news of Bledsoe to Colonel Darkstone in the Imperial Oasis, members of the team were also awarded with schematics for an AV-21, a Mobquet high-performance landspeeder. Thanks to the success of the mission, Colonel Darkstone finally considered beginning his retirement, and mused that he would move to Naboo to get a little place near the city of Kaadara.

Behind the scenes
The appearance of the prisoners which appeared in each of the three Corellian corvette missions was randomly chosen using one of five Interchange File Format files titled shared_dressed_dathomir_prisoner. These included a Rodian, Zabrak, Nikto, and two Humans. As Bledsoe was a xenophobic Human, either one of the two Human depictions may be his actual appearance.

Appearances

 * Tatooine Sojourn