Elin Garza

Garza was a Human female who served the Galactic Republic as a General during the Great Galactic War. During the war against the resurgent Sith Empire, she helped found an elite special forces division of the Republic military, and assisted in the training of the division's soldiers. After the signing of the Treaty of Coruscant, Garza was often accused of ordering covert assaults on Imperial holdings in the galaxy.

Biography
Garza, a Human female, hailed from the galactic capital Coruscant. Over time, she married and divorced three times. Garza joined the Republic Army and eventually earned the rank of General. During her career, she was awarded a number of commendations, including the Medal of Valor, the Silver Crescent, the Mark of Dedication, and the Chancellor's Service Medal. When the resurgent Sith Empire launched a full-scale assault on the Republic, Garza served with distinction, and helped to found a elite special forces division of the Republic military.

However, in 3,653 BBY, the Republic and the Sith Empire signed the Treaty of Coruscant, marking an official end to the conflict. In the years that followed, Garza was accused numerous times of ordering covert assaults on Imperial holdings throughout the galaxy.

By 3,643 BBY, during the Cold War, Commander Harron Tavus led members from Havoc Squad to defect to the Empire. The only Havoc member to have stayed loyal to the Republic was a newly transferred sergeant, now promoted to lieutenant and new Havoc Squad commander. Garza summoned the new Havoc to Coruscant to eliminate Tavus' underworld assets on the planet before going after the traitors. Garza made it clear to Havoc that the mission is to be taken under complete secrecy, including non-disclosure to non-SpecForce personnel. After Havoc finally tracked down all the Havoc traitors, Garza promoted the Havoc CO to the rank of Captain.

However, Garza was forced to cut Havoc's shore leave short when they received intelligence about a new Imperial superweapon, codenamed Gauntlet. She dispatched Havoc to Tatooine to extract an undercover SIS agent with the intel. Once it was determined that the Gauntlet could fire through hyperspace, a joint military initiative was formed. However, Garza felt that Havoc needed to be brought up to full strength, and dispatched the squad to recruit two new members crucial to the mission, Tanno Vik on Balmorra, and Sergeant Yuun on Hoth, as well as extract the Safecrackers on Quesh.

Once Havoc succeeded in destroying the Gauntlet, Garza promoted the CO to the rank of major. Unfortunately, their victory was not without repercussions. The Gauntlet's destruction incensed Imperial General Rakton, who declared outright hostilities against the Republic. His first move was capturing a group of Republic-aligned heads of state, forcing their respective planets to allow Imperial forces to bypass their borders to assault Republic holdings. Garza has Havoc infiltrate the space station where the hostages are being held.

After Havoc successfully rescued the hostages, as well as made an enemy out of Rakton, Garza deployed Havoc to reinforce the Republic offensive, starting with extracting the Dagger Wing, a disavowed Republic fighter wing imprisoned on Belsavis for a botched mission that resulted in the deaths of thousands of Imperial citizens on Fest. Regardless, Garza felt that the Republic needed Dagger Wing, as starfighter pilots of their caliber were in short supply.

Secondly, Havoc was dispatched to space station A-77 to liberate POWs. Unfortunately, it turned out to be a trap set by Rakton, though Havoc survived the encounter.

Lastly, was the planet Voss, where Senator Evran was withholding thousands of Republic soldiers from the war effort for fear that the Empire would attack Voss again. And as he had Supreme Chancellor Janarus' complete confidence, even Garza couldn't overrule him. Thus, Havoc was forced to eliminate any Imperial invasion vectors, making the overall Republic military presence unnecessary. Havoc proceeded to foil Lord Torius' plan to utilize the stolen ZR-57 orbital strike bomb to hold Voss-Ka hostage.

Though the Republic had more than enough strength to turn the tide of the war, Garza was forced to recall Havoc Squad to Coruscant for a Senate inquiry into the squad's activities. Meeting at the spaceport, Garza reveals that the inquiry is a sham. It is being held by Senator Grom Zian, who is in fact a paid agent for the Empire. It is Rakton's intention to use Zian to suspend Havoc, allowing the war to turn in his favour. Luckily, the SIS had gathered evidence proving Zian's ties, allowing Havoc to return to duty.

Personality and traits
By the time of the Great Galactic War, the Human female Garza was recognized as one of the most experienced officers in the Republic's army. She was renowned for her genius at both military tactics and strategies, and possessed an almost-flawless record of operations. However, she was not beyond controversy; Garza owned a reputation for being ruthless and without compromise, such as when she ordered Havoc Squad to execute Krell's supposed cyborg victim, not even willing to chance that Krell was bluffing. She claims that they have to be heartless and make morally questionable decisions so that the citizens of the Republic won't have to. Despite this, few doubted the General's willingness to assure that the Republic was victorious. Garza had, at this point, been married and divorced three times. Garza was political rivals with the Supreme Chancellor Janarus. She despises politicians repeatedly interfering in military matters, preferring to keep them on a need-to-know basis.

Behind the scenes
Garza was introduced on the official site for the upcoming PC video game Star Wars: The Old Republic. She received an entry in the "Biographies" section of the website's Holonet feature.

On her Holonet page, messages written in Aurebesh state "The Senate is suspicious", "Ando Prime", and a third statement that is mostly obscured by the print. "hree times" is all that is clearly legible, but at close observation parts of the letters in "divorced" can be made out, as well as the letter "t" completing the statement to read "divorced three times".

Appearances

 * Star Wars: The Old Republic: Fatal Alliance
 * Star Wars: The Old Republic