Darman Skirata

"I can't think of a better time to die than when I'm no longer the best."

- Darman

RC-1136, also known as Darman, was a clone commando of the Grand Army of the Republic and member of both Theta Squad and later Omega Squad.

Biography
Darman was trained by Kal Skirata, like the rest of Theta Squad. On his first mission on Geonosis, the rest of Theta Squad was killed, and Darman was re-assigned to Omega Squad, where he was considered their demolitions expert.

Mission to Qiilura
On his first mission with Omega Squad, he was separated from his squad during planet-fall, and landed far away from the other Omegas. After landing on the planet, Darman later met up with Jedi Padawan Etain Tur-Mukan, who had no knowledge of the new clone army and her new status as a general. They managed to work together and with the help of Jinart, a shape shifting Gurlanin, they reunited with Omega Squad. With Darman, Omega Squad assaulted the bio-weapons facility, retrieved a Clone killing virus that was being worked on, and captured Doctor Ovolot Qail Uthan, who was working on the project.

Galactic City spaceport hostage siege
A month after the Qiilura mission, Omega Squad was stationed at the Arca Company Barracks on Coruscant, where they were called upon to defuse a terrorist siege at a local spaceport. With help from Kal Skirata and the Null Arc Captain Ordo, they were able to rethe situation.

Mission to the Corellian-Perlemian Intersection
367 standard days after the Battle of Geonosis, Omega Squad was tasked to interdict and detain the occupants of a Gizer L-6 freighter. After boarding the craft, they managed to subdue the crew and took some prisoner. Unfortunately their own ship, along with their pilot Sicko was shot down by a civilian freighter, Nova Crystal (starship). The attack caused several hull breaches in the L-6 and left Omega stranded.

A Red Zero call was immediately issued and both the RAS Fearless and Delta Squad responded to the call. Delta Squad was the first to arrive in a Neimoidian shuttle and dock with the crippled craft. They successfully evacuated the prisoners and Omega Squad while the RAS Fearless provided cover and destroyed an attacking Neimoidian starship that had also responded. Darman would find himself reunited with Etain aboard the Fearless.

Mission to Coruscant
Due to the increasing terrorist activities on Coruscant, Omega and Delta squad were handpicked by Kal for a special black ops mission. Completing the team were training Sergeant Walon Vau, Ordo, Jedi Knight Bardan Jusik and Etain.

The team settled in at Qibbu's Hut as their base of operations. Kal pretended to be someone selling explosives and the terrorists soon took the bait. After several contacts with the terrorist network, an exchange was soon scheduled. Led by Ordo, the team comprised of Mereel, Kal, Omega and Delta Squad. Their objective was to neutralize the terrorist cell that would show up for the exchange while a separate team would go for the other cells.

The team managed to kill fifteen out of twenty-six terrorists almost immediately, while the survivors retreated to a warehouse. The survivors made a last, final gambit and attempted to trick the commandos with a false surrender. Darman, was nearly killed in their attempt by a flame projector, fortunately his Katarn-class commando armor managed to protect him against the attack. All of the terrorists were killed after the second firefight.

The two teams completed their missions without any loss. They regrouped at their base and celebrated their victory.

Mission to Gaftikar
"Dar, you actually like thieving stuff, don't you?" "It's not stolen. It's differently procured."

- Atin and Darman

Darman traveled to Gaftikar with Omega squad to help with a rebellion against the CIS loyal government. While there, he found AWOL ARC Trooper A-30, nicknamed "Sull", who he and Atin captured and brought him to the commanding Null ARC A'den stationed at Gaftikar. The Null let the AWOL ARC escape and Darman traveled to the former home of the AWOL ARC trooper to collect any signs of him being there. While he was doing so, two Covert Ops clone trooper came and tried to kill him, thinking he was Sull. Darman killed them, causing himself a great deal of guilt. Sometime later, Darman's emotions were also put on a roller coaster when squadmate Fi was seriously injured in battle.

Mission to Harugab
Darman and his squad were sent to assassinate a rebel leader,Jolluc. After they killed him though, they found themselves however assaulted by more rebels than Intelligence stated. They made a stand on a hill and after a furious firefight, were rescued by a LAAT/i sent by Captain Maze.

Personality and traits
Like all Fett clones, Darman had the nature of a young child despite his commando training. The loss of his original squad affected him greatly and considered Omega his new family.

Trained by Kal Skirata, he adopted the Mandalorian culture wholeheartedly. Due to his guilt of killing whom he considered his brothers, he decided to memorialize CT-6200/8901 and CT-0368/7766 by saying their name everyday, as part of a Mandalorian custom. He was also quick to defend any cracks or rude comments aimed at Etain.

Romantic relationship
"Dar there the reason I was away on Qiilura for five mounths was ... I was pregnant. I had a baby." "What?" "I had a baby." "It died? Oh, Et'ika..." - Darman and Etain

During the mission to Coruscant, Darman's relationship with Etain Tur-Mukan blossomed and they became romantically involved. Etain, out of pity and desire to give him a future, conceived without his knowledge. The two wed via comm messages during the Battle of Coruscant.

Behind the scenes

 * According to Karen Traviss's blog, Darman was named after Peter Darman, a military writer. "Darman" was used as a placeholder name until a better name could be thought of, but it was accidentally released into the public domain.


 * An in-universe explanation in Republic Commando: Triple Zero, explains that Darman's name, which he probably received from Kal Skirata, is short for Dar'manda, a Mando'a term denoting someone who has lost his Mandalorian heritage, and thus his soul. Presumably, Kal Skirata gave him the name out of pity.


 * "Darman" is a cheat code on the PC version of the game Star Wars: Republic Commando.


 * Theta Squad is mentioned in Star Wars: Republic Commando after the player eliminates Sun Fac. "As you know, 36's squad has been incapacitated" could be a reference to Darman, even though he was not the leader of Theta, he was the only survivor which would explain why they mention him.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Republic Commando
 * Republic Commando: Hard Contact
 * Omega Squad: Targets
 * Republic Commando: Triple Zero
 * Republic Commando: True Colors
 * Order 66: A Republic Commando Novel
 * Revelation