Evir Derricote

"Preparation is the price for constant vigilance."

- Evir Derricote

Evir Derricote was an Imperial officer who, although a trained TIE Fighter pilot and Imperial Naval Academy graduate, was more adept as a scientist. His particular specialty was in biological warfare. Derricote's base of operations was an obscure asteroid in the Deep Core known as the Emperor's Plague Storehouse. It was there that he experimented on prisoners and slaves with various biological weapons, including a Human-specific virus known as the Emperor's Plague.

Biography
Derricote was the commander of the 181st Imperial Fighter Group for much of the Galactic Civil War, holding the rank of Colonel. He spent most of his off-duty hours in his greenhouse, doing little to help the morale or élan of those under his command.

Things changed with the arrival of Soontir Fel, a former Academy instructor who, having the rank of Captain, became Derricote's subordinate in the unit. Nevertheless, it was Fel who transformed the fighter wing, known for the longest time as the "One-Eighty-Worst" into the legendary TIE unit whose reputation had become known across the galaxy.

Derricote remained in command of the unit, participating in many devastating attacks against Rebel Alliance installations, including the devastating assault against a Rebel convoy at Derra IV. It was shortly after this battle that he was promoted to General and given command of the Imperial garrison at Borleias.

He remained in command of the installation following the Battle of Endor, gradually upgrading the moon's defenses, including two additional TIE fighter squadrons. When Kirtan Loor visited Borleias shortly before the Rebels first attempt to take the world, he proudly took the time to showcase the world's ability to defend itself against Rebel attack, a notion proven correct when he directed the Imperial forces under his command in resisting the Rebel's first attack on the moon.

Shortly thereafter, he was transferred to Coruscant on orders from Ysanne Isard, where he was ordered to develop the Krytos virus, which Isard hoped to use against the New Republic when it captured the capital planet. He worked the best he could at developing the virus, but Isard found his methods too slow, and released an imperfect strain of the virus into the planetary water supply.

For his failure, Derricote was imprisoned aboard Lusankya by Isard. When Corran Horn made it known that he intended to break out of the facility, he allowed the Rogue Squadron pilot to do so, hoping he could kill him and escape himself. He was killed by Jan Dodonna in the attempt, his skull cracked by a shovel and his body cast into a waste chute.

Appearances

 * X-wing Rogue Squadron 25: The Making of Baron Fel
 * X-wing: Rogue Squadron
 * X-wing: Wedge's Gamble
 * X-wing: The Krytos Trap
 * Young Jedi Knights: Jedi Bounty
 * Young Jedi Knights: The Emperor's Plague
 * Enemy Lines I: Rebel Dream