With the rise of the Empire and the mass eradication of the Jedi, the road was prepared by Emperor Palpatine for the Dark Side of the Force to reign over the Galaxy. Without the Jedi to provide opposition, many who turned to the Dark Side emerged to pledge their aid to the Empire's cause. Jerec, a human Dark Jedi, was one such case who wreaked havoc over several star systems in his quest for power. ...

Republic Fleet Systems' B-72C K-wing was designed for the close/precision-bombardment role in planetary assaults (the standoff/area-bombardment role is adequately filled by a number of other platforms). As such, it has been designed for a primary combat environment deep in gravity wells and usually deep in atmosphere. That means big engines and lift-producing wings as well as repulsors. The primary assault modes of the K-wing are dive-bombing, skip-bombing (with delayed fusing), and lob bombing against fixed targets. ...

The IG-2000 is highly modified to fit IG-88's personal bounty hunting style. More like an overly large starfighter than a space transport, the ship is quick and powerful, and boasts an impressive enough armament that rarely does IG-88 find himself out matched. Additionally, IG-88 had several false duplicates of his ship created to act as decoys. ...

Bossk pilots a heavily modified YV-666 Light freighter from Corellian Engineering Corporation. It has been designed to allow his unique Trandoshan physiology to pilot the craft, as it was originally intended for species with more human hands. ...

Major Grodin Tierce served as a part of the triumvurate that hatched the plan that caused the New Republic such turmoil during the Caamas Document crisis. Originally serving as an aide to Moff Disra, his secret was discovered and brought to light in order to convince him to join the plot: he was a former Imperial Guardsman. He had been off the Death Star II at the time of its destruction; Major Tierce had been cycled out into a stormtrooper unit at the time to keep his combat skills fresh. ...

Kir Kanos is one of the last surviving Royal Guardsmen, who was able to survive the purge initiated on his kind by former Guardsman Carnor Jax. Kanos vowed revenge for not only Jax's sabotaging the Emperor's clone project, but also for the deaths of his brethren. Kanos lured Jax to the planet Yinchorr, the site of their Royal Guard training, where he slew Jax in one-on-one combat. Kanos is a loner, and owes no loyalties except to himself and his long-dead Emperor. ...

Adalric Brandl is perhaps one of the most tragic cases of falling to the Dark Side as can be found in the Galaxy - which is exactly the way he wants it. Brandl was, first and foremost, and actor, obsessed with the tragic heroes found in the dark plays he loved to perform. Brandl eventually trained as one of the Emperor's Inquisitors, invested with the authority of the Emperor to act as agents of evil throughout the Galaxy. ...

Xerrol Nightstingers were a type of blaster rifle produced by the Empire after the Battle of Endor for use in covert assasination attempts. The Nightstinger fires invisible blaster bolts which pack the same destructive punch as a regular blaster bolt. The obvious advantage to this is that shots can be fired from practically anywhere, including open, public places, without anyone being able to tell who is doing the shooting. ...

Daiya Janders joined the New Republic Special Forces after her lover was killed in an imperial raid during the later years of the civil war. Though still a bit of a rookie, she knows her way around the Garos system and is a very capable person. She seems older than she really is, her expression is hardened, though deep down she has deep sympathies for those who lost loved ones during the War. ...