Vost Tyne

Vost Tyne was a Force-sensitive Human male Imperial Navy admiral who ran a hyperbaride synthesis plant on the planet Marca. Tyne served the Galactic Empire in its navy and, after attaining the rank of admiral, began working very closely with the Dark Lord Darth Vader. The two formed a close relationship, and Vader began training Tyne in the dark side of the Force. Tyne became proficient in many Force abilities under Vader's tutelage, including Force Choke, and soon tested his abilities against a novice Jedi. With Vader's assistance, Tyne was able to retire his commission in the Navy and gain a high position in a hyperbaride synthesis plant on Marca that had recently been taken over by the Empire. Once there, the Dark Side Adept assassinated the plant's managing director, Arviz Linden, and the head of its mercenary security force, Gayle Sertim, on suspicion of collaboration with the Rebel Alliance. After Tyne became the new managing director, he subjected the plant to his cruel methods and tightened the plant's security.

Tyne eventually came into conflict with a group of rebel agents who accidentally crashed on Marca. Though Tyne sent swamp troopers and repulsor scouts after them, the rebels continued to evade capture and infiltrated the plant with the intention of shutting it down. As the Alliance agents launched an attack with the help of the planet's native Sekct, Tyne arrested Gayle Sertim's younger sisters, Marci and Darci, who had betrayed him by assisting the rebels. While Tyne imprisoned Marci in one of the plant's detention cells, he took Darci to his personal suite and began interrogating her for information on the Alliance operatives. Tyne's interrogation was cut short as Marci escaped imprisonment and overloaded the plant's hyperbatteries, initiating its self-destruction. Tyne fled through a secret turbolift to the plant's landing bay and escaped Marca through hyperspace in a TIE fighter, swearing vengeance against the rebels.

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