Luana Treftite

"I haven't got my whole life to spend watching you annoy her into submission."

- Luana Treftite to her interrogation officer.

Major Luana Teftite was an Imperial commander, in charge of their hidden garrison on Zelos II. She captured two Rebels, but failed to contain them and was forced to her reveal the base to the local governor. This subsequently led to Imperial expulsion from the planet.

Imperial rise
Luana Treftite was a Human female, with a cold beauty. She had icy blue eyes and pale skin, and her blonde hair was tied up a severe bun.

Growing up, her parents were loyal to the Old Republic, and Luana herself was attracted to the ways of the Jedi Knights. She attempted to study their way, but was too ambitious and impatient to master her will as required. Instead, for lust for power attracted her to the Galactic Empire, and she rejected her parents’ views for the allure of the New Order.

In the Imperial military, Treftite rose to the rank of major, and was appointed garrison commander on Zelos II. The Imperial base was kept a secret from the locals, hidden in the Valley of Umbra, a place of perpetual shadow shrouded in local myths. It was said to be home to walking dead&mdash;in fact, local worms did simulated electric stimuli in corpses that caused them to walk. This macabre phenomenon delighted Treftite, for it terrified the local populace. She frequently sent disguised intelligence personnel into the capital city of Kryndyn to check on visitors to the planet. Overall, Treftite garrison was poorly maintained and sloppy, and Luana desired a more prestigious post than this backwater, seeking ways to promote herself.

Failure on Zelos II
Around two months after the Battle of Endor, Treftite had such an opportunity when her troops discovered a team of Rebel Alliance operatives investigating her base. This team was swiftly defeated; the one surviving woman was taken captive, Jai Raventhorn. Shortly afterwards, another man investigating the rebels disappearance was also captured, Dirk Harkness. Treftite took personal interest in their interrogation, overseeing the round black interrogation druid as it went about its work. Both proved remarkably resistant, but Treftite continued to torture them for its own sake.

Treftite was unable to capitalize on her captures, however, when she made a fatal error while interrogating Raventhorn. After four days of ineffective interrogation, the major decided to get at Raventhorn by torturing Harkness. She announced this plan in front of Raventhorn, which gave her enough motivation to spring up, and grab Treftite's blaster. Taking her captive, the Rebel operative then forced her to call the Zelosian governor, Galleros Nul, and reveal the secret Imperial base. Proceeding out of the interrogation block with Treftite as her hostage, Raventhorn encountered Dirk Harkness and his two companions who had infiltrated the garrison in an attempt to rescue him. The infiltrators, Platt Okeefe and Trueb Cholakk, had caught the garrison off guard, but by this point they had organized themselves and surrounded them.

However, with their major taken hostage, and the threat of an impending air raid, the Imperial troops fled the base, allowing the rebels to escape in Treftite's own shuttle. She was then handed to over to the Rebel Alliance. Zelos II also joined the Rebel Alliance in reaction to revealed Imperial presence.

Appearances

 * Gathering Shadows