Jak Bremen

Jak Bremen was a colonel of the New Republic serving as Director of Security for the New Republic Council during the campaigns of Grand Admiral Thrawn against the New Republic some five years after the Battle of Endor (9 ABY).

Early Life
A native of the planet Shiffrin in the Outer Rim, Jak Bremen was the son of Kallin Bremen, a farmer who organized a group of disgruntled landowners in peaceful protest against the Empire's forced acquistion of land for the mining of hfredium, and who would later be acused of being a "Rebel agitator" and subsequently executed on the orders of the sector Moff. Jak Bremen, himself only a teenager, fled from the planet aboard a mining transport and would eventually come to settle on a planet in the Outer Rim called Coveway. The hard-working ethic of the people of Coveway would have a serious impact on Bremen's personality, and he would eventually come to be the colony's constable, enforcing the law, but mostly fending off attacks by dangerous animals. At some point during his time a constable, he came to marry a local woman and eventually had a daughter.

Returning from a hunting expedition, he came home and found that his village had been destroyed, but more devestatingly, his wife and infant daughter had been murdered. He eventually tracked the killers to a hidden Imperial garrison established by COMPNOR in order to complete some mission. There he discovered that the garrison commander was responsible for the killings, deeming it a means to more a expedient end of their objective. Though angry, Bremen was not careless and knew that he had neither the means nor capability to do a thing, so he fled, eventually winding up in another village. Shortly after his arrival, he met with an operative of the Rebel Alliance whom informed him of a strike team that was planning to destroy the Imperial garrison. Knowing the garrison's defense networks, he offered to help them in exchange for transport off-planet&mdash;the team agreed, and the Imperial garrison was successful neutralized.

Rebel Alliance
Bremen entered into the Rebel Alliance military and had his first duty station as a secruity officer aboard the cruiser Starveil, a warship tasked with "hit-and-fade" operations near Wild Space. Due to his experience and previous experience as a security officer, Bremen quickly rose through the ranks, eventually becoming chief of security aboard the Starveil.

New Republic
After the Battle of Endor and the eventual Liberation of Coruscant in 6 ABY, Bremen was promoted to colonel and transferred to Palace Security on Coruscant. Within a brief period of time, he rose to be Director of Security for the New Republic Council. Though a competent soldier and security officer, Bremen's security was nonetheless breeched when Grand Admiral Thrawn sent a strike team of Noghri to intercept and abduct Leia Organa Solo and her infant twins, Jacen and Jaina Solo. Though not punished for the attack, he was very embarrassed and immediatley took measures to tighten security throughout the Palace.

Though not quite a rude man, Bremen is more comfortable at work than socializing. A strict commander, he is well-known for his "by the book" strategies, something that has brought him at odds with less orthodox officials within the New Republic, most especially Han Solo and General Garm Bel Iblis. In light of these interactions, is also not one to be awestruck by popular figures such as the Skywalker family or the Solo family, unimpressive, once being quoted as saying, "Everyone else has done more than their fair share of fighting. And dying." He is fully dedicated to the New Republic, and nurses a deep and bitter hatred towards the Empire (more than likely caused by the murders of his father, wife, and daughter), which explains his hostility towards Mara Jade.