Freja Covell

"Pattern coherence is a fine goal during academy maneuvers, Major. But not at the expense of an overall battle plan."

- General Covell explains to a subordinate officer during Grand Admiral Thrawn's attack on Myrkr.

Freja Covell was a Human from Corulag and officer in the Imperial Army.

Biography
Covell had freshly graduated from the Academy when he was made a junior officer in an Army regiment commanded by Colonel Maximilian Veers. Under the colonel's tutelage, Covell learned to command ground forces and grew to love the AT-AT divisions as much as Veers did. They both understood the power of walkers and the fear they generated in the enemy. To sit in the cockpit of a walker satisfied Covell like nothing else could. Veers saw himself reflected in the younger officer, so that when Veers was promoted to general and given command of Darth Vader's ground forces in 3 ABY, he brought Covell to the Executor with him. There, Covell's excellent performance earned him the rank of high colonel in charge of one of Veers' battlegroups.



In the Battle of Hoth, in which Veers' assault force routed the Rebel troops defending Echo Base, Colonel Covell served as Veers' executive officer, and personally commanded one of the AT-ATs assigned to Blizzard Force (though where he stood in the chain of command in relation to other officers such as Brigadier General Nevar and Colonel Starck, is not certain). The Rebel tactics brought down his walker, wounding him in the process, but he made a good showing of himself and his command abilities. Despite his wounds, he got to safety and took charge of a stormtrooper group, which routed a larger number of Rebel SpecForce troops before they could dig into defensive positions.

Later, Captain Gilad Pellaeon promoted Covell to the rank of Major General and placed him in command of the ground forces aboard Chimaera. Subsequently, Grand Admiral Thrawn advanced him further to command all the Army forces under his command. During Thrawn's campaign, General Covell commanded numerous ground assaults&mdash;often leading from the front&mdash;and was finally assigned to the protection of Wayland. At Wayland, Joruus C'baoth took control of his mind with the Force, but a ysalamiri's interference with the Force severed the connection, destroying Covell's mind. Covell was killed instantly.

Traits
Covell was a brilliant tactician. Like Veers, Covell mastered the commanding of the AT-AT and AT-ST units in battle during the post-Endor campaigns, ensuring that they would continued to be used by Imperial ground forces for years to come.

Many of Covell's innovative battle tactics were adopted by later Imperial Army commanders.

Behind the scenes

 * Freja Covell was created by author Timothy Zahn.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Rebellion
 * Heir to the Empire
 * Dark Force Rising
 * The Last Command