Geist Geist was a Human male who served as both a High Moff and the general in command of the Imperial Army in the Fel Empire and later in Darth Krayt ' s Galactic Empire . Preferring war over peace , Geist led his troops from the front lines and favored the use of threats and intimidation as tactics . As a member of the Moff Council in Emperor Roan Fel ' s Empire , Geist accepted an alliance with the One Sith during the Sith – Imperial War between the Empire and the Galactic Alliance , but the Empire ' s ultimate victory in the war in 130 ABY saw the Sith Lord Darth Krayt usurp the Imperial throne and send Fel fleeing into exile . Geist and the rest of the Moff Council swore allegiance to the new Galactic Emperor and served in his new Sith Empire . Over the next seven years , Geist came to lament the Moffs ' lack of real power under Sith rule , and he declared as much during a meeting of the council on the Empire ' s capital world of Coruscant in 137 ABY . The Empire was fighting the Second Imperial Civil War against Fel ' s Empire - in - exile , the Galactic Alliance Remnant , and the New Jedi Order , and late in the year , Geist was given command of a naval mission to confront the Empire ' s foes . The Sith had recently poisoned the planet Dac , and Geist led the Outer Rim Third Fleet against the Alliance Remnant forces that sought to evacuate its citizens . However , a fleet loyal to Fel arrived to reinforce the Remnant , and Geist was able to convince his stubborn Sith overseer Darth Stryfe that a retreat was preferable to destruction . Darth Krayt began a significant military push against his enemies in 138 ABY , and when he learned that the Jedi had a Hidden Temple on the planet Taivas , he placed Geist in command of the ground forces that would participate in the attack . Geist led stormtroopers , walkers , starfighters and Sith warriors against the Jedi fortress after an orbital bombardment proved ineffective against Taivas ' s magnetic fields , but fleets of the Alliance Remnant and the Empire - in - exile soon arrived to support their Jedi allies . Krayt then unleashed his secret Sith trooper army against his opponents , and as the fanatical Sith troopers blasted through everyone who stood in their way , Geist was killed by the guns of their " Annihilator " - class starfighters . Biography . A deal with devils . Geist , a Human male , was the general in command of the Imperial Army of Emperor Roan Fel ' s Fel Empire during the Sith – Imperial War . His position earned him the title of High Moff and a seat on the Moff Council , a six - person group composed of three civilian and three military leaders . Geist ' s spot on the council in turn gave him control over a single sector as its governor . The Imperials ' war against the Galactic Alliance began in the year 127 ABY , largely due to the urgings of the Moff Council . Although Fel opposed the war , the council did not — Geist in particular felt the need for the Moffs to reassert their authority against Fel . However , the Empire soon found itself struggling against the abilities of the Alliance ' s allies in the New Jedi Order . One year into the war , Moff Nyna Calixte came to the rest of the council with an offer from the secretive One Sith of an alliance . That idea too was opposed by Fel , but the Moffs — each with his or her own agenda — were more receptive . The Sith thus joined the war effort on the Imperial side , and the Empire won victory after victory over the next two years . In 130 ABY , the Empire trapped and defeated the Galactic Alliance Defense Fleet at the planet Caamas , which prompted an Alliance surrender and the end of the war . As the Imperials took control of the galactic capital world of Coruscant , the Sith laid siege to the Jedi on Ossus , killing many of them and scattering the rest of the broken order throughout the galaxy . On Coruscant , the Moff Council appeared before Fel in his new Imperial Palace , and Grand Admiral Morlish Veed gave a report on the Jedi massacre . The meeting was interrupted by the arrival of Darth Krayt , the Dark Lord who led the One Sith , and three of his fellow Sith Lords . Krayt demanded Fel ' s life in exchange for the Sith ' s assistance in the war , and the Dark Lord cut through Fel ' s Imperial Knight bodyguards before slaying the Emperor himself . As Veed tried to prevent his fellow Moffs from interfering , Geist angered him by accusing him of having had advanced knowledge of the attack . Declaring himself the new Galactic Emperor , Krayt commanded the Moffs to swear allegiance to him , which all six did before being dismissed . However , Krayt had in fact struck down a double of Fel , allowing the real Fel to escape Coruscant and flee into exile . Servant of the Sith . Darth Krayt ' s Galactic Empire ruled much of the galaxy for the next seven years , while Fel established an Empire - in - exile and waged the Second Imperial Civil War against Krayt ' s forces . In 137 ABY , the " Predator " - class fighters of Krayt ' s Empire ' s Skull Squadron chased a starship through the skies of Coruscant that matched a description of the " Mynock " , the personal craft of Cade Skywalker . Skywalker was a former Jedi whose powerful healing abilities Krayt sought , and in the midst of the stir caused by his ship ' s appearance , Geist and the rest of the Moff Council convened in their Coruscant meeting chambers . The Sith Lady Darth Maladi joined them via hologram and told them not to waste any resources on hunting for Skywalker , refusing to give them any more details before signing off . Geist was the first of several Moffs to vocally lament the council ' s status as little more than puppets of the Sith . After Moff Konrad Rus , the only council member present via hologram , signed off and departed the meeting , Grand Admiral Veed told the rest of the council that they needed to learn more about Skywalker , but Geist dismissed the idea as futile due to the Moffs ' lack of real power . Veed broke up an ensuing argument between the Moffs and demanded that Skywalker be found , which brought the meeting to a close . Skywalker had in fact been captured by the Sith , and he spent weeks as their prisoner before being rescued by a group of his friends . Attack on Dac . Later in the year , Krayt was betrayed and nearly killed by the Sith Lord Darth Wyyrlok during a battle on the planet Had Abbadon . Believing that his Master was indeed dead , Wyyrlok assumed control of the Empire and made Grand Admiral Veed his regent , all the while maintaining the illusion that Krayt was merely resting in stasis . When Veed received intelligence that Roan Fel was planning to negotiate an alliance with representatives of the recovering Jedi Order on the planet Agamar , he called a meeting of the Moff Council . Geist and the others convened in their chambers , where Veed outlined his plan : Moff Rulf Yage of the Imperial Navy would lead an assault on Agamar and attempt to kill or capture Fel . Geist did not participate in what Veed dubbed , and was instead sent to the planet Dac . Krayt had earlier instigated the genocide of Dac ' s native Mon Calamari , and , around the same time as Operation : Thunderstroke , Wyyrlok ordered the Sith scientist Vul Isen to accelerate the process by infecting the water world ' s oceans with viral spore s . Dubbed the Final Protocol , the poisoning would kill every living thing on the planet within a week . Wyyrlok anticipated an evacuation effort on the part of the Galactic Alliance Remnant , a military organization that had recently allied with Fel , and he placed Geist in command of an operation to confront the Galactic Alliance Core Fleet in the space above Dac . Along with the Sith Lord Darth Stryfe , who was overseeing the mission , Geist boarded Admiral Krion Grail ' s " Relentless " , a " Pellaeon " - class Star Destroyer that served as the flagship of the Outer Rim Third Fleet . Ten hours into the Remnant ' s evacuation of the planet , Geist ' s strike force arrived at Dac . On the " Relentless " bridge , Geist asserted that the Third Fleet ' s primary target should be Remnant leader Admiral Gar Stazi and his flagship , the " Alliance " , but Stryfe was insistent that Darth Krayt ' s main goal was the extinction of the Mon Calamari . Stazi sent five ships vectoring toward the " Relentless " , which Grail identified as drone vessels carrying bombs , and Geist ordered them destroyed . However , the ships contained ion bomb s , which detonated and took down all of the Third Fleets ' ships ' sensors . Grail ordered that available power be transferred to the " Relentless " shields just before the Remnant ' s capital ships began a run through the Third Fleet ' s lines with guns blazing . Five Imperial ships were destroyed or rendered derelict , but the Remnant fell back to protect their emergency evac fleet from retaliation . When the " Relentless " sensors came back online , Stryfe demanded that they target the civilian evacuation vessels , and Geist ' s insistence that Stazi ' s effective tactics rendered him the primary target prompted Stryfe to lift him into the air by the neck . Stryfe argued that Stazi would use his own capital ships to shield the civilians , which the Admiral did after the Third Fleet destroyed several of the civilian ships . The Remnant fleet took heavy damage , but a fleet of the Empire - in - exile arrived from hyperspace and began to fire on the Sith – Imperial ships . Trapped between two foes , Geist was adamant that they retreat , and managed to convince a fanatical Stryfe that attempting to exterminate the Mon Calamari at the cost of their own lives would serve only to bring joy to their enemies . The Third Fleet thus jumped to lightspeed , and the evacuation of Dac continued unabated . Meanwhile , Roan Fel escaped from Agamar with his life . Into the fire . In 138 ABY , a fully - recovered Darth Krayt returned to Coruscant to slay Wyyrlok , reclaim his throne , and launch a renewed military push against the Empire ' s enemies . Veed was dismissed from his position as regent , and the Moff Councils ' numbers were thinned when Konrad Rus went missing and when Nyna Calixte fled Coruscant after Veed discovered that she was a spy for Roan Fel . When Antares Draco , a captured Imperial Knight loyal to Fel , was tortured into revealing that the Jedi had a Hidden Temple on the planet Taivas , Krayt gathered Moffs Geist , Veed , and Fehlaaur ' aitel ' loro into his war room in the Temple of the Sith . He outlined his attack plan : Moff Yage would lead a naval assault on Taivas while Geist commanded troops on the ground , and Veed would be in charge of their combined forces . The Moffs departed the war room to prepare , unaware that they were merely bait in the Dark Lord ' s secret plan to destroy the Alliance that had been formed between the Jedi , Empire - in - exile , and Galactic Alliance Remnant . The Imperial Navy soon afterward arrived at Taivas and began the Attack on the Hidden Temple with an orbital bombardment . When high cliffs and powerful magnetic fields prevented them from locking onto their target , Geist and his ground troops were sent in . Commanding stormtroopers , Imperial walkers , TIE " Predator " s , Sith - Imperial starfighter s , and a number of Sith warriors , Geist led his forces from the front lines and marched on foot with them toward their target : the Hidden Temple , which consisted of several starships turned upright in a pool of water . The Imperials fired on their targets , with a minimal defense coming only from the " Mynock " and a group of Jedi and Imperial Knights . A number of Sith fell to the defenders ' lightsabers , as did several stormtroopers and at least one walker , but the invasion force marched on largely unopposed . Meanwhile , in orbit , the Jedi sprang a trap when fleets of the Empire - in - exile and Galactic Alliance Remnant emerged from hyperspace and surrounded the Sith – Imperials . Krayt , however , had anticipated their arrival , and he sprang his own trap : the Dragon ship s and " Annihilator " - class starfighters of his secret Sith trooper army arrived at Taivas and were unleashed upon the gathered Alliance forces . Unflinchingly loyal to their Dark Lord , the Sith troopers blasted through friendly and enemy forces alike , and a group of them approached Taivas ' s surface . When they fired on the Imperial Army forces that stood in their way , Geist frantically commed Veed , who screamed at him to fall back . It was too late , however ; an explosion caused by the " Annihilator " s ' guns killed Geist and most of his forces as the Sith troopers raced toward a confrontation with the Imperial Knights and Jedi . Outmatched by the new arrivals , the Alliance forces were only able to escape from the battle when a beam of light created by the death of Jedi Master T ' ra Saa destroyed a number of Sith – Imperial ships and created an escape corridor . Personality and traits . Geist was the commanding general of the Imperial Army in the Fel Empire and later in Darth Krayt ' s Galactic Empire . His preferred tactics were threats and intimidation , and he had little regard for Konrad Rus ' s Imperial Mission and its " Victory Without War " mantra . Geist fought alongside his troops on the battlefield at Taivas , leading them on foot from the front lines . He had been eager for a chance to confront the Jedi for some time . As a member of the Moff Council in Krayt ' s Empire , Geist had a personal agenda . Like the rest of the council , he did not entirely trust any of his fellows , believing Rus to be a spy for Roan Fel and accusing Morlish Veed of having helped plan Krayt ' s usurping of Fel ' s throne . Despite being divided on a number of issues , the council limited their squabbling due to a fear of the power of the Sith . Geist despised the fact that the Moffs had little power in a Sith - controlled Empire , feeling as if they were a pack of dogs that the Sith could send to their kennels . He initially agreed to wage war on the Galactic Alliance and to form a partnership with the Sith after growing tired of Roan Fel playing the Moffs against one another , but he eventually came to realize that Fel ' s Empire had given him more power than Krayt ' s did . Geist idealized the days of the Imperial Remnant , which he saw as having granted its Moffs considerable authority . Although he was the leader of the Imperial Army , Geist was selected to command a naval mission to Dac . He dismissed Darth Stryfe ' s order to target the Mon Calamari , believing them to be insignificant " fish - heads , " and openly argued with Stryfe on the " Relentless " bridge . Geist thought that Gar Stazi and the Galactic Alliance Remnant were a significant threat to the Empire , but he chose to flee the battlefield when the odds pointed to his fleet ' s destruction . He was able to convince Darth Stryfe , who was dogmatically following his Master ' s wishes , to agree to the retreat . Geist had black hair , dark skin , and golden eyes . Behind the scenes . Geist was created by John Ostrander and Jan Duursema as one of the villains in the " " comic series , with his first appearance coming in " Legacy " , released in June 2006 . He made sporadic appearances throughout the rest of the series before being killed in the fourth issue of its followup miniseries , " " , released in March 2011 .