Yamarus

Rebel Alliance Admiral Yamarus was the commander of the Liberty task force during the Galactic Civil War. He was probably killed when the second Death Star first fired upon the Alliance Fleet at the Battle of Endor, effectively destroying the Liberty.

TIE Experimental Project
Following the Battle of Hoth, the Liberty was sent to the Vilonis Sector, sans task force, to investigate reports of attacks on neutral freighters. Having lost some support staff recently, the Liberty received a transfer of fighter pilots and officers from the Defiance. One of the pilots, Ace Azzameen, investigated a distress signal during the transfer with his wingman. After a skirmish in the Belat system, Azzameen reported that he had helped save a civilian convoy from destruction at the hands of unusually modified TIE Fighters. Pleased that he had a new lead in his investigation, Yamarus had his technicians review Azzameen's flight recorder data, while welcoming the new pilot to the Liberty ' s fold.

Hoping to inspect some of the mysterious craft at closer range, Yamarus had a set of droid-piloted Mobquet Medium Transports from Sulin Group travel around the sector, utilizing fake transponders and dodging customs checkpoints. It was the admiral's hope that the Imperials would take the bait, and attempt to destroy the convoy with their experimental fighters. Hoping to ensnare these attackers, he worked with his new starfighter officer, Commander Kupalo to devise a trap. Since he hoped to keep a low profile in the sector, Yamarus chose to have Z-95 Headhunter deployed, although they would be equipped with Ion pulse warheads to help disable the Imperial craft.

The operation was a success, with two of the new fighter variants brought in, as well as one of the Beta-class ETR-3 Escort Transports that was accompanying the attackers. Before Yamarus' staff had an opportunity to question the crew of the transport, however, they learned that its life-support system had "malfunctioned" upon the disabling of the ship. What his technicians did learn was that the transports were equipped with elaborate communication devices, used to control the unmanned fighters. Yamarus concluded that the new TIEs were a part of an experimental program, although he had no idea as to who the arbiter could be.

Alliance Intelligence was able to provide a lead, since one of their agents had established that the Bretie Facility was being used to develop the experimental fighters. With orders to destroy the facility once they had extracted any pertinent information, Storm Unit was sent by Yamarus to sweep Bretie for valuable data.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: X-wing Alliance