Vult Skerris

Vult Skerris was a human male pilot who served as a captain in the Galactic Empire's naval forces during the Imperial Era. As an Imperial pilot, he flew a TIE/IN interceptor with red markings and wore a TIE pilot flight suit with yellow stripes on the helmet and arms. Skerris was stationed at the elite Skystrike Academy, where he trained TIE pilot cadets as a flight instructor. In 2 BBY, he engaged rebel forces near the planet Teralov and destroyed a transport and its escorts delivering supplies to civilians.

In that year, Skerris dealt with cadets at Skystrike attempting to defect to the rebellion, led by the rebel Sabine Wren, but failed to prevent their escape. Sometime later, Skerris, promoted to commander, was placed under Grand Admiral Thrawn's command and was personally chosen by the Grand Admiral to fly a prototype TIE/d "Defender" Multi-Role Starfighter to pursue the rogue Senator Mon Mothma into the Archeon Nebula. During the pursuit, Skerris shot down multiple Y-wings escorting Mothma, who was aboard the starship Ghost. The rebels escaped after Skerris' starfighter was struck by an ion cannon, causing it to drift aimlessly into the nebula.

After recovering, Skerris was placed as the commander of Defender Squadron One and led the unit in engaging Grysk Hegemony forces while Thrawn and the Sith Lord Darth Vader completed their mission on the planet Batuu and later the planet Mokivj. The pilot was later selected to fly a new prototype fighter, the TIE/D Defender Elite, by Thrawn on the planet Lothal. However, Skerris did not get a chance to demonstrate its capabilities to the Grand Admiral when the ship was stolen by Wren and her rebel cohort Ezra Bridger. Subsequently, Thrawn allowed the rebels to demonstrate its prowess and later authorized its destruction after he was satisfied with the results.

In 1 BBY, Skerris participated in defending the Imperial blockade in the Lothal system against a Rebel Alliance squadron led by General Hera Syndulla. He ultimately died when Syndulla lured him into a trap that involved eliminating his Defender's shields to let her shoot him down, sending him crashing into an Arquitens-class command cruiser.

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