Sil Sorannan Sil Sorannan was a red - haired Human male and officer who served in the Imperial military . He served as a Major the 6th Sector Army , otherwise known as Black Sword Command , in the Koornacht Cluster in 4 ABY . He would be captured by the enslaved Yevetha during their revolt , in which all ships and personnel of the Command were captured . One of the lucky captives to survive the ministrations of the Yevethan Duskhan League , Sorannan would develop a special system to take back the Imperial vessels in Yevethan hands and mount an escape from the Koornacht Cluster . Biography . The Human male Sil Sorannan served as a pilot with a Research Section team trying to discover ways of dropping bombs directly from hyperspace , and was subsequently stationed with Black Sword Command in the Koornacht Cluster . As Imperial forces began to withdraw from Koornacht in 4 ABY , eight months after the Battle of Endor , the Black Fifteen shipyards at N ' zoth were overwhelmed by the rapid Yevethan insurrection and Sorannan was one of three hundred thousand Imperials taken captive , relocated to a prison camp on the moon Pa ' aal , where the Yevetha forced them to divulge the secrets of Imperial technology , such as turbolasers and hyperdrives . Over time , Sorannan became the " de facto " leader of his fellow Imperial prisoners and formed a secret command group , plotting to strike against their Yevethan overseers when the moment was right . This plan was finally expedited in 17 ABY , when the Imperial prisoners were dispatched to the ships of the Yevethan fleet to aid in the war effort . Sorannan was stationed in the fire control center of the Super Star Destroyer " Intimidator " — renamed " Pride of Yevetha " as the Duskhan League flagship — and charged with maintaining the data server for the target registry and its electronic links throughout the ship . During the Battle of N ' zoth , Sorannan and his shadow command used a built - in slave circuit system to gain control of the Imperial starships in Yevethan hands . From the bridge of " Intimidator " , Sorannan informed the New Republic that he and " Camp Pa ' aal Squadron " were rejoining the Empire , and the fleet entered hyperspace for the Deep Core . " En route " to their destination , Sorannan saw to it that Nil Spaar was deposited into hyperspace aboard an escape pod . Before the Camp Pa ' aal Squadron ' s escape , he noted the New Republic assault with some grudging respect , surprised to see them fighting a genuine fleet action instead of the Rebel Alliance ' s hit - and - run tactics . He extended a brief message to New Republic General Etahn A ' baht , expressing his desire to leave the Cluster and his deferral of the situation to New Republic jurisdiction . With that , all Imperial ships jumped from the area under the control of Sorannan ' s system . Sorannan then presided over the execution of hated Yevethan dictator Nil Spaar , who had helped to orchestrate the Yevethan uprising that saw the Imperial presence on N ' zoth and many other worlds reduced to slavery and death . With the assistance of several underlings , Sorannan forced the restrained alien into an escape pod on the " Intimidator " . Voicing his hatred of Spaar and briefly describing his experience with launching bombs into hyperspace , which was ultimately a dead end , Sorannan launched the pod and Spaar into hyperspace , wishing the viceroy a slow death as he did so . Personality and traits . Sil Sorannan , a human male and Imperial officer , was a stout and courageous individual , as well as being techinically proficient ; skilled in the use and deployment of experimental weapons , his scheme to bring the vessels of the Empire , purloined by the Yevetha , back under what he considered rightful Imperial control was nothing short of technical genius . Subjected to harsh conditions under the yoke of the Yevetha for twelve years , Sorannan stood firm even while others around him were killed or committed suicide , and harbored a strong hatred for his captors , with a special dislike for their ruler , Nil Spaar , whom he would delight in killing in a cruel yet oddly just fashion . In doing this , Sorannan described his grief at losing so many comrades , whose faces he would see for the rest of his life . Even when speaking with the commanders of the New Republic , whom Sorannan still characterized as the Rebel Alliance of old , Sorannan was respectful and even expressed admiration for their progression in tactics , which had evolved from " cowardly " guerrilla combat to overwhelming force . Behind the scenes . Sil Sorannan makes his only appearance in canon in the novel " Tyrant ' s Test " by Michael P . Kube - McDowell , which forms the third installment of the Black Fleet Crisis Trilogy . Appearing in several plot - specific scenes towards the book ' s conclusion , Sorannan is responsible for killing off the trilogy ' s villain , Nil Spaar . An experimental Imperial vessel named in the novels as the " EX - F " has since been identified as a " Sorannan " - class Star Destroyer in " The Essential Guide to Warfare " . Other than this , however , Sil Sorannan has not made an appearance since .