Snopel

"Look, I don't know when you arrived here, but I've had two weeks of orientation and I think I know what I'm doing&hellip;"

- Sergeant Snopel arguing with an Imperial officer

Sergeant Snopel was a retired Human male commando trainer who resided at Tansarii Point Station where he would teach novice commando trainees the commando fundamentals. He wore black Imperial shock trooper armor.

Battle of Geonosis
Stories had it that a Human male by the name of Snopel fought on Geonosis during the beginning of the Clone Wars in 22 BBY at the First Battle of Geonosis between the Galactic Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems.

Battle of Talus
Following the rise of Galactic Empire in 19 BBY, Snopel continued his military service, this time for the Empire during the course of the Galactic Civil War against the Alliance to Restore the Republic. Following the Battle of Yavin in 0 BBY, Snopel was stationed at the Imperial Outpost on Talus where he participated in a fierce battle that took place on the world. During the course of the battle, a Rebel counterattack led by Captain Coret Bhan attempted to overrun the Imperial outpost after the Empire retreated there following a failed initial assault on the Rebel's secret Talusian base. Although they were wearied, the Imperial Military forces had no choice but to defend themselves. Grabbing helmets and blaster rifles, all available soldiers rushed to defend the outpost. For his part, Snopel made sure that all the forces were deployed correctly. Due to the efforts of Snopel and his fellow Imperial troops, the Empire began to make headway against the Rebels, forcing Captain Bhan to give the order for the Alliance forces to fall back. This success culminated in a second Imperial offensive the next morning. This time, thanks to the arrival of reinforcement troops and TIE/LN starfighters, the assault on the Rebel's secret base proved successful. However, despite the Empire's victory during the Battle of Talus, many key Alliance personnel managed to evacuate.

Reassignment to Tansarii Point Station
As the Galactic Civil War intensified, the Empire began to fear that abandoned domiciles spread throughout the galaxy could be used as safe houses and ambush points for Rebel insurgents. To combat this perceived threat, Colonel Braedic Ekirk contracted a small firm known as Galactic Vacant Building Demolitions to demolish countless vacant structures on the Empire's many worlds through means of aerial bombardment. However, Imperial regional commands had also turned the opportunity to destroy deserted houses into a training exercise for TIE bomber groups. At one such bomber command center, the usual training officer was not able to attend that year, and was replaced by Snopel. Although he was by now recognized as a sergeant in the Imperial Army, and as a distinguished commando trainer and non-commissioned officer, Snopel seemed out of his element commanding a TIE bomber group.

Nevertheless, the TIEs left properly on schedule and in formation, vectored towards the houses they were assigned to destroy. Meanwhile, one of Sergeant Snopel's subordinates tracked their progress with the help of a large holoprojector in the command center. Soon, the Imperial subordinate noticed something was wrong. All of the houses were targeted for demolition, not just the empty ones. Recognizing this critical oversight, the subordinate pleaded with the sergeant to abort the mission. However, Snopel was unfazed by these protests. The sergeant casually swiveled his chair to face the junior Imperial, and insisted that his two weeks of orientation were enough to know how to do his job. The lower-ranked Imperial persisted, exclaiming to Snopel that he was wrong, and that he needed to send out the abort code immediately. Snopel, set in his ways, refused to carry out such a command. When it became apparent that hundreds of innocent citizens could be killed, the junior Imperial headed towards the comm console to send the abort code personally. When Snopel blocked the way and grabbed the Imperial's arm, a scuffle ensued between the two Imperial officers. After a brief struggle, the subordinate officer managed to subdue Snopel, and throw him in the brig. The abort code was then out to the bomber group, saving countless lives in the process. When the embarrassing situation was later explained to their superiors, a decision was made to reassign Snopel to Tansarii Point Station in the Bright Jewel system. The disgraced army officer was never to be allowed in an Imperial facility again.

Behind the scenes
Snopel was a non-player character in the 2003 video game Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided, a massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed by Sony Online Entertainment and published by LucasArts, prior to its closure on December 15, 2011.