Linus Mosk

Linus Mosk was a human male smelter who worked on the planet Morlana One, and before was employed by the Consolidated Holdings of Preox-Morlana Corporation and served in the Pre-Mor Authority Security Forces as a sergeant. Due to an incident on Ferrix, Mosk was stripped of his duties and left utterly disgraced by his superiors. He eventually found work again on Morlana One in a smelter plant. Mosk revered the Galactic Empire as a bastion of law and order.

Following the deaths of two Preox-Morlana employees in 5 BBY, Mosk was summoned to Corporate Security Headquarters on Morlana One to meet with Deputy Inspector Syril Karn. The pair discussed the case, and agreed that they should both travel to the planet Ferrix with a squad of men to arrest their prime suspect, Cassian Andor. The squad traveled to Ferrix aboard a personnel carrier, and en route, Mosk gave a briefing to the men on the plan, splitting them into three teams. The sergeant and Karn were both in West Team and, after deploying in Mobile Tac-Pod, proceeded to the Andor household to serve the warrant. They found their target's adopted mother, Maarva Andor, and the droid B2EMO at the house, but no Cassian; however, as they questioned the droid, it was contacted by Cassian via comlink. Tracing the signal, they discovered Cassian's location, with Mosk sending East Team to surround him. Leaving two members of West Team at the house, Mosk and Karn headed toward their target's location. As they traveled, Mosk received reports the Team had been attacked and were taking casualties. He and West Team rushed to reach them, but after learning that Cassian had escaped with a collaborator, Karn and Mosk took positions on the Rix Road and waited for the pair of fugitives. After North Team arrived to join them, Mosk and his men opened fire on a landspeeder that they believed to be carrying Cassian and his partner, disabling the vehicle. However, the speeder had been a decoy, and took out several of Mosk's men in an explosion as two criminals escaped on a speeder bike.

Following the incident, the Galactic Empire ended corporate independence in the Morlani system and Mosk and Karn were reprimanded by Imperial Security Bureau Lieutenant Supervisor Blevin and sent to a transfer center. Mosk managed to find work at a smelter on Morlana One, but later learned that Maarva had died and contacted Syril to inform him of the news, believing it that Andor would resurface at her funeral. After Mosk survived the following riot, he downed a flask of drink.

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