Arkos Rakton

General Rakton was a Human male supreme commander of Sith military of the resurgent Sith Empire. Rakton was the Empire's greatest strategist and most successful battlefield commander. He had led every victorious military campaign in recent memory and has never been defeated. Rakton passionately believed in the Empire's ideals, confident he was fighting a war of enlightenment that will bring order to the corrupt and inferior Galactic Republic. He was well regarded by both peers and subordinates as an outstanding leader.

Cold War
During the Cold War, when a Republic strike force destroyed the superweapon Gauntlet, Rakton became incensed that his enemies would destroy a weapon meant for "peace". Thus, he declared hostilities with the Republic and launched a campaign against them. The first blow struck was capturing a group of Republic heads of state on a "diplomatic summit" to force their respective planets to allow Imperial forces to bypass their borders and strike at the Republic. While he managed to convince two planetary leaders to cede to the Empire in exchange for being leaders-for-life, Havoc Squad infiltrated Outpost 256 and rescued the hostages. Viewing this rescue by hologram, Rakton swore a vendetta against Havoc Squad.

When the Republic began supplementing their ranks with soldiers from Belsavis and Voss to turn the tide of the war, Rakton made a move to remove the major player from the board. To that end, he set a trap for Havoc Squad, luring them to an Imperial prison station where they attempted to free captive Republic soldiers but Havoc survived the encounter.

As a last resort, Rakton made use of Senator Zian, who was a bought off Imperial agent in the Senate, launching a sham inquiry into Havoc Squad's activities, intending to have Havoc suspended so Rakton would get the upper hand in the war. It would've worked, had not the Republic Strategic Information Service gathered information that proved Zian's Imperial ties, allowing Havoc to return to the front to face Rakton.

With the aid of Lieutenant Pierce and his black ops team, Rakton took the Bastion, the central Republic military operations center on Corellia and took it as his own fortress. However, the Republic, under Havoc Squad's lead, laid siege. Eventually, Rakton came face-to-face with Havoc's CO for the first time. He offered his nemesis the chance to return to the Republic and convince them to surrender unconditionally and revealed to having discovered military files that would bring the Republic to its knees. His terms were refused. In a long battle, Rakton was defeated.

Personality and traits
Despite the calm he projected as a commander, Rakton was still a soldier at heart&mdash;a killer in the trenches who has never shied away from getting his hands dirty. However, the general always reserved his warrior's rage for enemy soldiers. Men under his command who harmed civilians were always harshly disciplined.

Fate
Depending on the Trooper player's choices, Rakton can either be taken into custody, paraded in front of the entire Republic or simply executed. If taken alive, Supreme Chancellor Saresh will suggest that they trade Rakton for countless POWs. The player can either agree to this or not.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: The Old Republic