Raithal Academy/Legends

The Raithal Academy was a prestigious school that trained citizens to serve in the Judicial Department of the Galactic Republic. It was possibly named after General Hyndis Raithal. It later became assimilated into the Imperial Academy, and remained one of its most prestigious branches, along with the Academy of Carida and Corulag Academy. The specific portion of the Imperial Military that it trained various attendees in was the Imperial Army.

History
Recruits spent a year at the Academy. In Imperial times, the experience would include indoctrination in the New Order and a week spent in simulated interrogation which occasionally killed recruits.

Raithal's Imperial Army training consisted of cadets familiarizing themselves with hardware such as ground-based artillery and vehicles including the Heavy Assault Vehicle/wheeled A5 Juggernaut, the Heavy Assault Vehicle/repulsorlift A9 Floating Fortress, the PX-4 Mobile Command Base, and All Terrain Armored Transports. Trainees commonly demonstrated their abilities in full-immersion holo-simulations against enemy targets.

Caul Gentis, Shens and Laurita Tohm were graduate of the Raithal Academy months after the Declaration of a New Order. That same time, the Academy was also involved in a military coup against the newly-made Emperor Palpatine orchestrated by Headmaster Gentis.

During an inspection tour of the Academy sometime during the assembling of Darth Vader's Death Squadron, Maximilian Veers noted the considerable skills of a cadet named Nyrox, who astutely took a defensive, kneeling position in an AT-AT, allowing simulated enemy craft come to him, rather than seeking to hunt them down. Nyrox was able to destroy each craft. He was awarded the rank of lieutenant straight out of the Academy and was personally selected by Veers to pilot Thunderer One, the lead walker of his AT-AT fleet, Thundering Herd.

Shortly before the battle of Talus, a small Rebel force led by Major Coret Bhan led a hit-and-run attack on the Raithal Academy. A Rebel strike force has landed just outside the Academy and&mdash;without trying to capture or destroy it&mdash;tried to disrupt Imperial planning in preparation for the operation in the Corellian system. When the cadets of the Academy put up reasonable defense, Rebel forces fell back in good order towards their landing craft, leaving behind some explosives which they planned to use to blow the starport on their way out.

In 42 ABY, Richeu served as commandant of the Raithal Academy.

Alumni
Notable alumni included Grand Admiral Gilad Pellaeon, General Crix Madine, Lieutenant Adion Lang, Grand Moff Tanniel,, Captain Conn Doruggan, and Captain Nyrox.

Behind the scenes
Prior to the development of the Academy of Carida in the Jedi Academy Trilogy, the Raithal Academy was established as the most prestigious branch of the Imperial Academy. Like the Academy of Carida, the Raithal Academy bears a striking resemblance to the military academies of West Point and Sandhurst.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Darth Vader and the Ghost Prison
 * A Glimmer of Hope
 * Shades of Gray
 * A Glimmer of Hope
 * Shades of Gray
 * A Glimmer of Hope
 * Shades of Gray
 * Shades of Gray