Ayer

Ayer was a major in the Galactic Empire's Stormtrooper Corps who served aboard the Imperial I-class Star Destroyer Chimaera as its Stormtrooper Commander. When the Imperial slave transport Sempre was attacked by rebels working with the criminal Nightswan, Ayer received orders from the Imperial capital Coruscant to board the vessel with his men without informing the rest of the Chimaera's crew of the slaves onboard.

By the time the Chimaera reached the Sempre however, the attackers and slaves were long gone, and so Ayer grudgingly allowed Commodore Thrawn and Lieutenant Commander Eli Vanto to board. Thrawn worked out that the transport had been carrying slaves, and used the information to work out the next target of the rebels: the Imperial base Lansend Twenty-Six, where the slaves had originated from. The Chimaera then arrived at Lansend while it was under attack and helped defeat the rebel attackers.

When the Chimaera traveled to the planet Botajef in order to confront its Governor Quesl, who had declared that the world was seceding from the Empire, Thrawn had the major and his men standby ready for battle before arriving. There proved to be little need however, as Thrawn realized that the secession was simply a cover created by Quesl to allow him to steal a collection of valuable art work onboard a CR90 corvette. Once the governor's ruse was revealed, Thrawn had Ayer and his men board the corvette and arrested Quesl.

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