Viggen

Viggen was a human who served in the military of the Galactic Empire. In the fourth year before the Battle of Yavin, he served as the commanding officer of an Imperial base on Imvur. Under Viggen's watch, the base was raided by a group of anti-Empire insurgents led by Commander Ryden. Although Viggen's forces damaged their transport starship, the rebels still managed to escape with stolen supplies. Intent on wiping out Ryden's operations, the Imperial C.O. then tracked the insurgents to their base, which was also located on Imvur. Once he arrived in the orbit of Imvur aboard an Imperial I-class Star Destroyer, Viggen was glad to find the rebels unprepared to evacuate. Against the suggestion of a lieutenant, the C.O. chose to launch an immediate ground assault instead of starting with an orbital bombardment. Having taken place in one of two AT-AT walkers, Viggen led their war machines toward Ryden's base, easily breaking through the rebels' meager defenses.

At one point, the rebels apparently decided to counter-attack, as three MLC-3 light tanks came out of the base and fired on the AT-ATs. Convinced that those obsolete tanks were no match against Imperial walkers, Viggen continued on to their primary target, ignoring the MLC-3s. They quickly changed their mind when one of the tank, piloted by the rebel Kanan Jarrus, managed to destroy an AT-AT by hitting its neck at full power. The Imperial then figured out the tanks were only performing distraction maneuvers. When Ryden was forced to exit his tank, Viggen ordered their forces to shoot him. That action, however, was interrupted by the sudden arrival of a rebel evac ship that brought the remaining AT-AT down. Although Viggen and the pilots survived the crash of their walker, they were forced to watch the rebels flying away from Imvur.

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