Tobin (Human)

"Tobin is General Vaklu's personal kath hound. If he's on your trail, you might want to steer clear of Onderon."

- Kelborn

Colonel Tobin was a male Human officer in the Onderon military until 3,951 BBY when he joined General Vaklu in his attempt to wrest control of Onderon from then Queen Talia. Despite an alliance with the Sith Lord Darth Nihilus, the revolution failed. Tobin was spared from death and forced to serve aboard Nihilus' flagship the Ravager. During the Battle of Telos IV, Meetra Surik boarded the Ravager, intent on destroying the ship and it's master. There, she found Tobin and convinced him to help in the destruction.

Biography
Before the Onderon Civil War in 3,951 BBY, Tobin was the second in command of General Vaklu, who was the military leader of the Onderon military. Many Onderonians, including Tobin, believed that benefits with the planet's recent relationship with the Republic favored the interstellar government while Onderon's culture and resources faded. When Vaklu began to carry out his plan to overthrow his cousin and supporter of the Republic, Queen Talia, Tobin was responsible for provoking open conflict between Onderon and the Galactic Republic in order to instigate a civil war. At some point before the civil war broke out Sith Lord Darth Nihilus approached Vaklu, Tobin, and their supporters to offer his assistance in their endeavor.

Tobin was informed by an unknown source about the upcoming arrival of the Ebon Hawk. The Ebon Hawk eventually did appear near Onderon, as Meetra Surik planned to search the planet for Jedi Master Kavar. Tobin then ordered his fighter pilots to attack the vessel, which forced Surik to hide in the jungles of Dxun, the nearby moon of Onderon. This event triggered a space battle between the Republic fleet and Vaklu's fleet and, practically, the Onderon Civil War itself.

However, Tobin was not satisfied with the outcome, as he wanted to see the Ebon Hawk disintegrated. He reprimanded the captain who allowed the ship to escape and dispatched a group of scouts to Dxun to find Surik and her crew. Before the scouts could report anything, they were killed by Surik and the Mandalorian Kelborn.

When Surik, with the help of the Mandalorian leader Canderous Ordo, breached Onderon's military blockade and managed to contact Master Kavar in the cantina of Iziz City, Tobin personally arrived with a squad of Vaklu soldiers, hoping to capture both Jedi at once. Suddenly, Kavar stunned all of Tobin's soldiers with the Force, and Tobin left the cantina to pursue Kavar, who had escaped.

Later, during the Second Battle of Onderon, Tobin commanded the strikeforce that infiltrated the Royal Palace, and while in the palace, killed a Twi'lek slicer named Kiph when he betrayed Vaklu and tried to escape. He used a drexl beast to disable the force field that guarded entrance to Queen Talia's throne room, planning to assassinate her. However, his plans were disrupted when the beast broke free of its handler, crushing everything in the hall, and incapacitated Tobin. Surik, who appeared in the palace just in time, left Tobin for dead while pursuing Vaklu and his soldiers to the throne room. Unlike Surik, Kreia realized that Tobin's injuries were not lethal. She decided to use him as a pawn in her own game against Darth Nihilus, the shadowy Sith Lord behind Vaklu and Tobin. She lied to the Colonel, telling him that many Jedi were hiding in Atris's secret academy on Telos IV. Tobin initially didn't believe her and fled the palace before the Royalist forces could capture him.

Eventually he found himself before Darth Nihilus and informed him of the academy. In his hunger for the Force, the Sith Lord summoned his fleet to Telos, which started the Battle of Telos. During it, Surik once again crossed paths with Tobin aboard the Ravager, Nihilus's flagship. By that time, Tobin had been physically ravaged by the dark side energy aboard the ship, likely a result of Nihilus's hunger, shown by his now gaunt appearance.

Tobin realized at last that Nihilus did not care for Onderon, and had he won the battle, it would be his next target. Still loyal to his homeworld, Tobin turned away from the Sith and agreed to help Surik and her Mandalorian allies destroy the ship, annoying Mandalore.

Behind the scenes
As an alternative to persuading Tobin to abandon the Sith (only if the player has high persuasive skills), the player has an option to kill him or not to engage in conversation with him at all, if the latter is chosen then Tobin would die in the explosion that destroys the Ravager.

Killing Tobin results in gaining "influence" with Mandalore while helping him "for Onderon" will result in an "influence" decrease, as described above.

Alternate dark side storyline
If Meetra Surik expresses support for Vaklu prior to the cantina ambush, then Tobin offers her a job. If she accepts, then she sides with Vaklu, though Tobin warns that his troops will still attack her in order to "keep up appearances."

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords