Garl Lykan

Garl Lykan was a human male TIE fighter pilot in the 204th Imperial Fighter Wing of the Galactic Empire. He saved the life of fellow pilot Armenauth shortly after the Battle of Endor. Some weeks after Endor, Lykan participated in a hunt for the New Republic EF76 Nebulon-B escort frigate Hellion's Dare and its escort squadrons. The pilot favored a maneuver the New Republic pilots called the Needle and used it to kill the A/SF-01 B-wing starfighter pilot Rawn. The New Republic pilots also nicknamed Lykan "Snapper."

Lykan's forces destroyed the Hellion's Dare and killed all but two of the New Republic pilots. Multiple weeks later, General Hera Syndulla's New Republic battle group defeated the 204th at their base of operations in the Pandem Nai system. The survivors of the fighter wing fled aboard the Quasar Fire-class cruiser carrier Aerie. Around 5 ABY, Lykan was part of the 204th's attack on Syndulla's battle group in the Cerberon system. While the fighter wing was operating on the planet Troithe, they were faced with a counter attack, during which Lykan used the Needle to killed the New Republic pilot Ubellikos.

The 204th was forced to flee the Cerberon system. Later in 5 ABY, the fighter wing carried out a string of genocides until Syndulla's battle group arrived to hunt the unit. The 204th was attacked through multiple systems, being tracked by a communications signal burst from the flagship. While the fighter wing was hampering the enemy in the Ghonoath system, Lykan's port stabilizer lost power and he was killed by a trio of X-wing starfighters. He received a funeral that evening, led by Captain Armenauth, who lamented the late pilot alongside Colonel Soran Keize.

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