Rolf Treidum

Captain Rolf Treidum was the captain of the Imperial corvette Lialic II during the early years of the New Republic. He served Moff Kentor Sarne in the Kathol Sector, and was loyal to the Moff when he formed his own fiefdom following the death of the Emperor during the Battle of Endor.

Biography
Treidum served in the Deep Core with Kentor Sarne, and threw in his lot with the future Moff, eventually serving under his command in the Kathol Sector. During the Battle of Endor, Treidum lost his only son.

When Sarne learned of the FarStar's progress through the Kathol Sector, and their mission to track his fleet, he ordered Treidum to take the Lialic II back to the Kathol Outback.

His orders were clear - delay the FarStar's progress, and turn the local population against the New Republic. Under no circumstances was he to destroy or cripple the FarStar.

Treidum hatched a plan to accomplish both tasks at once. Renaming the Lialic II as the Lance of Endor, he posed as an emissary of the New Republic and approached several Outback planets. After welcoming them into the New Republic, he then made impossible demands of the local population. When they did not - or could not - comply, he attacked them with the Lialic II's weapons. The result turned several neutral planets against the New Republic. While Sarne fully intended for the FarStar to follow him, he did not want them to have an easy time of it.

Sarne ordered Treidum to delay the FarStar in the Kathol Republic, a small empire centered in the Episol system. Treidum's recon indicated that the Kathol Republic's defense fleet was enough to threaten the lone corvette. Arriving in the Episol system, Treidum demanded the annexation of all Kathol Republic worlds, a fifty percent tax on products and resources, the force sterilization of all colonists, and the replacement of all elected officials with appointed New Republic representatives. After reporting his plan to Sarne, the Moff lured the FarStar to the system by intentionally broadcasting his reponse on a wide-beam transmission that he was sure that the New Republic ship would intercept.

When the Kathol Republic refused to meet his demands, Treidum attacked two of the Republic's Marauder-class corvettes, destroying one, and damaging a second, the Bravado III. The arrival of the FarStar forced Treidum to withdraw earlier than he had intended.

Treidum kept to his mission, visiting the planet Danoor on the edge of the Kathol Rift, demanding the complete surrender of the colony, annual tribute equal to half the planet's gross income, and ten percent of the population to be used as slaves in the name of the New Republic. While on the planet, he secretly contacted one of the Ministers on Danoor, Waric Nane. He told him of his true identity, and told him of the benefits of joining with Moff Sarne's Empire. Wane, a proponent of a totalitarian regime, agreed to consider his offer. Treidum provided the Minister with a trapeziod device that could be used to contact him in case of emergency. However, Treidum requested that, if the New Republic should ever turn up at Danoor, then Nane would activate the device and let Treidum know immediately.

A week after Treidum had made his demands and left the system, the device was activated, alerting him to the FarStar's presence in the system. Treidum ordered the Lialic II, along with an Imperial-class Star Destroyer, to return to the planet. During the subsequent Battle of Danoor, Tredium was killed when the Lialic II was rammed by an Aing-Tii Sanhedrim ship.

Personality and traits
Treidum was considered to be a talented and loyal Imperial officer who believed that the ends justified the means. He could present an affable front when it was needed, but it was only to gain an advantage.

Appearances

 * The Kathol Outback