Tarl Sokoli

Tarl Sokoli, nicknamed the Spine Dragon of Anaxes, was a human who served as a stormtrooper captain in the Galactic Empire, being pivotal in the liberation of the planet Chorin. During a parade on Chorin, Sokoli inspired a young boy Beilert Valance to pursue joining the Imperial Military. Sokoli came across Valance again, at Carida Academy, deeming the boy unfit to serve the Imperial Navy due to his injuries.

Sokoli later became an admiral and commanded the light cruiser Forerunner II. His growingly public dissatisfaction of the Empire became known to Darth Vader, who tasked the now rebuilt cyborg Valance with killing the admiral, giving the false excuse that the war hero has joined the criminal syndicate Crimson Dawn. Sokoli was lured near the Eriadu system, where Valance's Dark Squadron went to engaged his forces.

Sokoli's forces fought Dark Squadron, eventually destroying two of the squadron's TIE/d "Defender" Multi-Role Starfighters while the admiral's forces suffered their own losses. Valance then crashed his defender into the Forerunner II bridge and confronted Sokoli in person. The pair conversed, and the admiral learned about Valance's motives. When two stormtroopers attempted to intervene, Sokoli shot at Valance, only to be fatally shot himself by the cyborg's palm blaster.

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