Firmus Piett/Legends

Admiral Firmus Piett (39 BBY-4 ABY) was an officer in the Imperial Navy.

Piett was born on the Outer Rim world of Axxila. He joined the Imperial Navy and became a lieutenant at age 26. Piett was assigned to patrol his home sector, as he lacked Core World connections. However, the anti-pirate fleet eventually made the Axxila sector the most buttoned-up sector. Piett, with his flawless record, became of notice to Darth Vader.

Piett became one of Vader's officers in his personal fleet, the Death Squadron. He was the first officer of Captain Ozzel. However, with the death of Admiral Griff, Ozzel was promoted to admiral and Piett became the captain of the Executor.

Piett and his command staff recieved a transmission from a probe droid in the Hoth system suggesting the location of the Rebel base. However, Ozzel dismissed the report, but Vader accepted his recommendation. A miscalculation brought the fleet close enough to Hoth to alert the Rebels, thereby destroying any chance for spatial bombardment. Ozzel was killed by Vader and Piett assumed command of the fleet.

Despite the fact the Millenium Falcon had entered an asteriod field after the Battle of Hoth, Vader ordered the fleet to search the field until they were found. They failed and the Falcon was able to limp to Bespin. However, the Executor was able to track them, thanks to Boba Fett, and arrived before the Rebels did. Piett had an engineering team deactivate their hyperdrive. Thanks to the sabtoge, the Falcon, along with Luke Skywalker, were nearly captured by the Executor's tractor beam. Fortunetly, R2-D2 found the failt and reactivated the hyperdrive, just seconds before the tractor beam was activated.

Despite the failure, Piett was allowed to live. A year later, he commanded the Imperial fleet at the Battle of Endor. He was mearly ordered to hold postion and keep the Rebels from escaping. This plan led to the end of Piett's life. As the Rebel fleet engaged the Imperials at point-blank range, two A-Wings destroyed a targeting dome on the bridge tower, crippling the defensive guns and lowering the shields on the bridge. Seconds later, a disabled A-Wing rammed the bridge, killing Piett, and sending the ship on a collison course with the second Death Star.