Hantor Loftus

"We have located the Imperial headquarters previously raided by Kyle Katarn. His report was understated, to say the least. Imperial casualties were evidently very high."

- Hantor Loftus to Mon Mothma

Captain Hantor Loftus was a male humanoid from Tatooine, who lived in Mos Entha during the Galactic Civil War. He later joined the New Republic Intelligence Service and in 12 ABY, Loftus led a mission to recover survivors from Kyle Katarn's raid on an Imperial Remnant headquarters on the planet. In reporting on the outcome of the mission, Loftus requested that Katarn stay out of future N.R.I. intelligence gathering missions due to his aggressive techniques.

Rebel Alliance
"You're a good soldier. I wish you all the best. Find this Inquisitor and take him out. He'll be well protected, so get some insurance first, and reserve a spot in the bacta tanks for later."

- Hantor Loftus

Hantor Loftus was a male humanoid, and a resident of the desert planet Tatooine, located in the Arkanis sector of the Outer Rim Territories. In 0 ABY, Loftus was an agent for the Alliance to Restore the Republic, holding the rank of Captain. Operating out of a hotel complex in the settlement of Mos Entha, Loftus became aware of a new initiative called Project Lasercutter, which he believed was controlled by the Imperial Security Bureau. The Imperials were targeting smugglers friendly to the Rebel Alliance, hoping to undermine supply lines to the insurrection. When Loftus became aware that the Imperials were about to arrest one such smuggler on Tatooine, he recruited a spacer to intercept and stop the agent. Shortly after this incident, Loftus heard that the Imperials were targeting Jaxa Lian, one of his most reliable smugglers. Enlisting the spacer a second time, Loftus paid for Lian to be escorted to back to his base of operations.

With her successful return, the Captain focused on discovering how the Empire was able to target his smugglers recruits so accurately. This led him to discover a spy placed in the Alliance recruiting program, a native of Naboo known as Lidek Baws. Baws was to meet his Imperial overseers out in the desert, prompting Loftus to sent the spacer after him. The spacer confronted Baws directly, and then killed him and the other Imperials. At this juncture, new information came to light that instead of the Imperial Security Bureau managing Project Lasercutter, it was actually members of the Inquisitorius. A top-secret division of Imperial Intelligence, Loftus knew that if they could kill the lead Inquisitor behind the Project, it would be set back months, if not permanently derailing the effort. Warning the spacer that the Inquisitors were deadly, and rumored to be able to use the Force, Loftus sent the agent out to kill the Inquisitor. The spacer finally returned, having successfully completed his mission and killing the Inquisitor.

New Republic
Loftus later became a member of the New Republic Intelligence Service, the official information service of the New Republic built upon previous interim organizations such as the spy networks of Rebel Alliance and the Senate Interplanetary Intelligence Network. By 12 ABY, Loftus had attained the rank of Captain. That year, Republic agent Kyle Katarn raided a local Imperial Remnant headquarters which had been recruiting from amongst the populace. Katarn routed the Imperials, including killing the ringleader who claimed to be "Reborn." Loftus liaised with the recovery and incarceration team sent as a follow up to Katarn's mission. They discovered only one Imperial survivor who was left terrified from the incident. The prisoner was sent to Coruscant for furthering interrogation. Loftus wrote a preliminary report of the mission to Mon Mothma, who at the time was working for N.R.I. In this report, the Captain requested that Katarn be sent on no more "intelligence-gathering missions," critizing his perceived over-zealous approach.

Personality and traits
"At the risk of overstepping my bounds, I humbly request that agent Katarn be prohibited from undertaking further intelligence-gathering missions."

- Hantor Loftus to Mon Mothma

Loftus later joined the New Republic and rose to the rank of Captain in the N.R.I., reporting directly on at least one occasion to Mon Mothma, a highly ranked official within N.R.I. and a former Chief of State of the Republic. Loftus was prepared to "humbly request" Katarn cease working on intelligence gathering missions, knowing that the recommendation might overstep professional bounds.

Behind the scenes
Loftus was first named in the N.R.I. Reports. There were a series of weekly in-universe updates published on the LucasArts website in the build-up to the release of the computer game Star Wars: Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast in 2002. These reports were later included in the README file of the computer game. Loftus later made an appearance as a Non-Player-Character in Star Wars Galaxies, the MMORPG produced by Sony Online Entertainment. Based in Mon Entha, Loftus gave out a number of quests to players, until he was removed from the game during the New Game Enhancements made in 2005. Loftus was a level 10 NPC, with 356 experience points.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Galaxies
 * N.R.I. Reports