Cormun (Imperial Army)

"Excuse me, acolyte. Sergeant Cormun, Fifth Infantry company, Korriban regiment. Can I&mdash;can I talk to you?"

- Sergeant Cormun speaking to a Sith acolyte

Cormun was a Human male who served the Sith Empire as a sergeant in the Imperial Army during the Cold War, a period of unrest between the Sith Empire and the Galactic Republic. Around the year 3,641 BBY, he was stationed on the planet Korriban near the Sith Academy on that world. At the time, he was part of the Korriban regiment's Fifth Infantry company and was tasked with eliminating k'lor'slugs in the tomb of the Sith Lord Ajunta Pall. During the mission, Sergeant Cormun made the decision to target the k'lor'slug egg chambers with explosives in order to negate the large worm-like creatures' fast rate of reproduction. However, when his troops placed the explosives, the k'lor'slugs attacked his team wildly and killed three squads. After losing most of his troops, Cormun stayed at one of the tomb entrances with his remaining forces realizing that he needed someone skilled in using The Force to help him. He eventually enlisted the aid of a Sith Acolyte from the academy, who successfully detonated the explosives.

Biography
"I'm here commanding a hard target mission to exterminate k'lor'slug's in this tomb. They're&hellip;horiffic things. Mouths bigger than your head."

- Sergeant Cormun explaining his mission to a Sith acolyte

Cormun was a male Human who was alive during the Cold War, a period of unrest between the Galactic Republic and the Sith Empire that began at the end of the powers conflict in the Great Galactic War. Around the year 3,641 BBY, Cormun was serving in the Imperial army of the Sith Empire as a sergeant in the Korriban regiment's Fifth Infantry company. During that time, Sergeant Cormun was on Korriban near the Sith Academy located on that planet. He was assigned the task of exterminating an infestation of k'lor'slugs in the tomb of the Sith Lord Ajunta Pall. The k'lor'slugs, a species of large worm-like creatures, had survived initial attempts at extermination due to their high rate of reproduction. Seeing that previous attempts had failed, Sergeant Cormun decided to destroy the creatures' egg chambers using explosives. However, when he and his troops attempted to destroy the nests, the k'lorslugs attacked them in a crazed frenzy. Outnumbered, Cormun's troops took heavy casualties, resulting in three entire squads of experienced troops under Cormun's command being killed over the course of the mission. Eventually Cormun was forced back to one of the entrances of the tomb by which time he realized that he would need help to destroy the k'lor'slugs. Without enough troops left to enter the tomb and detonate the explosives they had planted, Cormun guarded the entrance with his last surviving troops, along with a Sith Warrior named Veshta, and a Sith Inquisitor named Gesen. Only two Sith troopers remained alive in the tomb, with one able to stand guard and the other unable to fight due to his wounds.

Eventually, a Sith Acolyte from the Sith Academy arrived in the tomb and spoke with Sergeant Cormun. Cormun explained the situation to the acolyte and asked for assistance in destroying the k'lor'slugs. He maintained that his troops were trained and that they died not due to incompetence, but due to the large number of k'lor'slugs. Sergeant Cormun told the acolyte that if the explosives were successful in destroyed the egg chambers that the k'lor'slugs could them be eradicated. After a brief discussion where Cormun warned against underestimating the creatures, the acolyte accepted the assignment and successfully destroyed the egg chambers using the explosives, which Cormun heard from his position at the entrance. Upon the acolyte's return, Cormun praised the individual for the successful completion of the task and stated that he would hold the position until he was reassigned.

Personality and traits
"I've lost three squads of good men fighting them. They come in packs&mdash;they just&hellip;they'll swallow a man whole."

- Sergeant Cormun speaking of the k'lor'slugs in Ajunta Pall's tomb

Although Sergeant Cormun was in command of three entire squads of troopers, during his mission to destroy k'lor'slugs in Ajunta Pall's tomb he was unable to keep his troops from being killed. After his most of his troops were killed, Cormun realized that he would need someone more skilled than his troopers to destroy the creatures. However, he stilled viewed his soldiers as highly skilled, and believed that their defeat was due to them being outnumbered by the k'lor'slugs. After his encounters with the k'lorslugs, Sergeant Cormun viewed them as horrific and deadly, with more intelligence than he originally thought they possessed. He also had a fair amount of knowledge about events and new arrivals at the academy. Sergeant Cormun had fair skin, brown hair, and blue-gray eyes.

When he met the Sith Acolyte, Cormun knew who they were and how they had arrived at the academy. When Cormun spoke to the acolyte, he was respectful and asked the acolyte for permission to make his request for aid. He presented the mission to the acolyte as a way to impress the academy overseers, as well as form connections with the Imperial military. Sergeant Cormun viewed the acolyte's force-sensitivity as a large advantage, to the point of the acolyte being worth a dozen normal individuals. Although he was polite to the Sith Acolyte, Cormun insisted that he could not complete the mission without the aid of someone who could use The Force. Before the acolyte left to complete the task, Cormun warned against underestimating the k'lorslugs as he had done during his attempts to exterminate them. During his assignment to destroy the k'lor'slugs, Cormun was able to come up with a solution to destroy the k'lor'slugs using explosives, which was successful, although his troops were unable to implement it.

Equipment
"We managed to get explosives to all of the egg chambers, but the k'lor'slugs were all over us before we could detonate them."

- Sergeant Cormun telling a Sith acolyte about his plan to exterminate the k'lor'slugs

During his time in Ajunta Pall's tomb, Sergeant Cormun wore a suit of red and gray armor of the same type that was worn by Sith troopers on Korriban during the time. He used a blaster rifle and possessed the explosives necessary to destroy the nests of the k'lor'slugs.

Behind the scenes
Sergeant Cormun first appeared in Star Wars: The Old Republic, a 2011 MMORPG produced by BioWare. He was featured in a quest to exterminate k'lorslug's from Ajunta Pall's tomb on the planet Korriban, which was available to players who selected either the Sith Inquisitor or Sith Warrior class. Cormun's quest did not give the player an opportunity to receive dark side points or light side points, and the player was not required to complete the quest in order to continue. Upon the completion of the quest the player received fifteen credits and an item. However, this article was written with the assumption of full game completion.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: The Old Republic