Voss Parck/Legends

Voss Parck was an Imperial officer who later served as ward of the Empire of the Hand.

The Parck family was a noble bloodline of military heroes from Corulag stretching back to the days of the Galactic Republic. Voss Parck followed in the footsteps of his father and grandfather before him by entering the officers' training program at the Imperial Academy on Corulag without enlisted experience. Upon graduation with honors, Parck advanced through the Imperial Navy's ranks to earn the rank of captain and command of the Victory-class Star Destroyer Strikefast.

The Imperial Starfleet sent Strikefast to the edge of the Outer Rim on a series of exploratory missions that were trying on Parck's loyalty, leadership, and patience. During his chase of the smuggler Booster Terrik to an unknown world in the Unknown Regions, Parck sent one of Strikefast's landing teams to the planet. There, they discovered Thrawn. It is unclear if Parck was dispatched by Emperor Palpatine to locate Thrawn, or if it was a coincidence.

It was Parck who belayed Mosh Barris's order to bombard the world. Parck brought Thrawn aboard Strikefast and returned to Coruscant to present the alien to the Emperor. Palpatine's pleasure at the retention of Thrawn resulted in a promotion for Parck, and a backwater Outer Rim assignment for Barris.

Parck at first oversaw Thrawn's training in the ways of the Empire, but Thrawn was a fast learner. Soon Thrawn was a rapidly rising star in the Fleet, and Parck benefited from his association with the alien earning Starfleet honors as Thrawn ascended to the rank of Grand Admiral. But when Thrawn was dispatched to the Unknown Regions under the guise of a political scheme, Parck was demoted to commander and reassigned to the Imperial-class Star Destroyer Admonitor, a part of Thrawn's small fleet.

Using the fleet provided to him by Palpatine, Thrawn established a major presence in the Unknown Regions centered on the Hand of Thrawn, a secret installation of Chiss forces loyal to Thrawn on the planet Nirauan. When Thrawn emerged from the Unknown Regions in 9 ABY, he promoted Parck to Admiral and commander of Thrawn's Chiss force. This force formed the core of a shadow empire created by Thrawn known as the Empire of the Hand. For nearly twenty years, Parck, assisted by his Chiss aide-de-camp Stent, oversaw the expansion of Thrawn's empire through loyal Chiss forces.

Parck was also credited with insuring the survival of the famed 501st Legion, despite its well-known connections to Darth Vader, who was remembered as the ultimate symbol of treachery for killing Emperor Palpatine. Parck simply knew that the 501st was too valuable as an elite fighting force and a desperately needed symbol that the Imperials needed, and the name of "Vader's Fist" could be quietly swept aside to avoid any controversies.

Appearances

 * Mist Encounter
 * Command Decision
 * Specter of the Past
 * Vision of the Future
 * Survivor's Quest