Trask Ulgo

"Now hurry up, we have to find Bastila! We have to make sure she makes it off the ship alive!"

- Trask Ulgo

Trask Ulgo was a male Human who served as an ensign with the Galactic Republic Navy during the height of the Jedi Civil War. As an officer stationed aboard the Hammerhead-class cruiser Endar Spire, he was assigned as the bunkmate of the amnesiac former Sith Lord Revan, although the two worked opposite shifts during normal duty. As their vessel fell under attack from the Sith Empire, Ulgo helped him to get ready to find Bastila Shan, the mission's commander, and to fight their way off the ship. He eventually sacrificed himself so that Revan could escape the doomed warship, taking Darth Bandon on in single combat in order to hold the Sith apprentice at bay. Seizing the opportunity Ulgo created, Revan made it to the last remaining escape pod along with another Republic officer, Carth Onasi.

Biography
"I'm your bunkmate aboard the Endar Spire. We work opposite shifts, so that's probably why you've never seen me before."

- Trask Ulgo to Revan

As an ensign in the Republic Navy, Trask Ulgo served aboard the Hammerhead-class cruiser Endar Spire as of 3,956 BBY, when the ship was ambushed by a Sith fleet under the command of Darth Malak in the space over the Outer Rim Territories world of Taris. While the rest of the cruiser's crew and compliment of Republic troops attempted to fend off the boarding parties of Sith troopers and Dark Jedi, he returned to his quarters within the ship's command module in order to aid his comrade and get him into the fight. Though Ulgo believed him be a new recruit, his bunkmate was actually the amnesiac former Dark Lord of the Sith, Revan. As Revan awoke, having been roused into consciousness by the battle going on outside and the Endar Spire's shuddering as the ship was wracked by laser cannon fire from marauding Sith fighters, Ulgo burst in. Briefing Revan on the situation, Ulgo stated that it was their duty to ensure the survival of Bastila Shan, the Jedi Padawan who had been placed in command of the mission, as her skill in battle meditation was essential to the Republic's war effort. Together they fought their way to the warship's bridge through several knots of invading Sith forces, stumbling upon a short duel between a Jedi Knight and a Sith Lord on their way through the ship's corridors.



After making their way to the bridge and, after defeating more Sith troops, not finding Bastila, Carth Onasi, who was also serving aboard the Endar Spire, informed the pair via comlink that Bastila had already escaped from the stricken vessel. Trask reasoned that their only option was to follow her example and flee to the planet below via the ship's emergency escape pods. However, before the duo could make it to the pods, which were located on the ship's starboard side, they were confronted by Malak's apprentice, Darth Bandon. Trask realized that there was little chance that they could both survive an encounter with the double-bladed lightsaber-wielding Sith Lord; in order to save Revan, he charged into a confrontation with Bandon, sealing the door behind him in order to make sure that his death would buy his comrade enough time to make it to the life pods and escape.

Later that year, after having been retrained in the ways of the Force and sent out in search of the Star Forge, Revan encountered Bandon once again, who confirmed that he had killed Trask. Along with his companions, Revan bested Malak's apprentice, killing him as well as a pair of accompanying Dark Jedi.



Personality and traits
"For the Republic!"

- Trask Ulgo

Trask Ulgo was a dedicated soldier and courageous officer who took his duty very seriously. In addition to his loyalty to the Galactic Republic, he also held both the Jedi and the Sith in high regard, knowing full well what members of both Orders were capable of accomplishing in combat. Despite knowing this, however, he demonstrated his loyalty and courage by single-handedly taking on Darth Bandon, in order to ensure the survival of his comrade.

Behind the scenes
Ulgo's dialogue within the opening sequence of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic serves as a tutorial that shows the player how to use game controls; on the party selection screen, his portrait is on the square that later will belong to Bastila. The player can access Trask's equipment screen. All that is equipped, however, is basic clothing that takes the form of standard-issue Republic armor. If the player removes the clothing or replaces it with a different set of armor, the appearance of Trask's outfit will not change.

When the player confronts Darth Bandon later on in the game, the player may choose a dialogue option in which Revan accuses Bandon of killing Trask. Bandon subsequently admits that he did indeed kill the ensign.

On the planet Taris, Revan encounters a bounty hunter named "Selven" who hunted the Ulgo family; in-game there is no clear connection between them and Trask.

Ulgo was voiced by veteran voice actor Cam Clarke.

In Knights of the Old Republic, Trask's alignment is gray or neutral.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

Notes and references
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