Karyn Faro

Karyn Faro was a human female who served as a commodore in the Imperial Navy. During the years she served as Thrawn's second-in-command—first aboard the Chimaera, then with the 96th Task Force and eventually the 7th Fleet—she rose from a Commander to the rank of Commodore. She led the pacification of Sammun, participated in battles against the Grysks and defeated Grand Admiral Savit in a skirmish against the Third Fleet. When Faro was promoted to the rank of a commodore, she was promised the command of the Task Force 231, but Thrawn recommended against her transfer, suggesting that she was capable to lead an entire fleet. Her promotion into command of the Eleventh Fleet was accepted by the Imperial High Command the morning before her confrontation with Admiral Savit.

Faro was a good tactician in her own right, and her time under Thrawn's command honed her strategic abilities even further. She was honest and sometimes her bluntness toward superior officers came across bordering on insubordination, but she respected Thrawn and his aide Eli Vanto, recognizing the leadership qualities in both of them. Faro was confident and sometimes disagreed with Thrawn, but generally followed his orders although he sometimes accepted her alternative suggestions.

Text and facts from the “Karyn Faro” article on Wookieepedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. Modified for this site.