Tomer Darpen Tomer Darpen , sometimes known as Ejector Darpen , was a Human male from Commenor who was a career diplomat serving with the New Republic Diplomatic Corps and later New Republic Intelligence . He initially served as a pilot during the early years of the Galactic Civil War as a member of the Tierfon Yellow Aces , a starfighter squadron which was equipped with Y - wings , prior to the Battle of Yavin . Dispatched to the newly - rediscovered planet of Adumar in 13 ABY as part of a diplomatic mission and head of the local NRI office , he was tasked with assisting the delegation , led by General Wedge Antilles , in swaying the government into allying itself with the New Republic . Biography . Early life . The Human male Tomer Darpen was a native of Commenor . While serving a brief stint with the Tierfon Yellow Aces , he earned the nickname " Ejector Darpen " after an involuntary exit from a damaged BTL Y - wing starfighter that he had managed to crash - land on the low - gravity moon that his unit was using as a base at the time . Wes Janson , who served alongside Darpen in the Yellow Aces , recalled that he was always one step above being an outright black marketeer , and figured that he had " gone smuggler " after mustering out of the unit . Darpen transferred to the New Republic Diplomatic Corps soon after , where his talents for persuasion and manipulation could be put to more productive use . Diplomatic career . Eventually , his career path brought him into New Republic Intelligence , where he would meet Janson , now a major , again on Adumar in 13 ABY , where he was part of a four - man team of renowned pilots , led by General Wedge Antilles and including Colonel Tycho Celchu and Major Derek " Hobbie " Klivian . The team had been sent to negotiate the newly - rediscovered planet ' s entry into the New Republic through aerial duels with the pilot - obsessed Adumari . Unknown to the delegation , however , Darpen was misleading the pilots about circumstances on Adumar that bordered on and even crossed into outright lying . During this time Darpen was also serving as the regional head of Intelligence on Adumar and , though he didn ' t reveal this role , he frequently clashed with General Antilles on how the negotiations , which turned out to be little more then public demonstrations of skill and " honor " , should take place . Antilles deplored the immoral pandering to the Adumari version of heroism or of how they purchased " honor coupons " with other peoples ' blood . However Darpen would insist , frequently and vehemently , that the delegation use the tactics of Turr Phennir and his pilots from the 181st Imperial Fighter Wing who were serving as the Imperial delegation to Adumar . Prior to this the members of Red Flight had been using powered - down lasers and simulated " paint " missiles to conduct practice duels with a variety of Cartannese flightknives , a local variant of a starfighter squadron , a tactic which , while at first ineffective , soon drew the attention of a number of Adumari pilots . Included among them was the eldest son of Cartann ' s reigning monarch , though no one knew it at the time . Realizing that his control of the situation was slipping from his grasp after Antilles refused to fly alongside the Cartannese air force during Perator Pekaelic ke Teldan ' s war to forcibly unite his world ' s nations , Darpen tricked the ruler into believing that Antilles and his pilots wanted an honorable death in combat to avoid the shame of having to refuse . Despite having to run a gauntlet of hundreds of armed would - be assassins and the pursuit of thirty Cartannese Blade - 32s , Red Flight managed to escape and made their way to an apartment being used by NRI agent Iella Wessiri , who was next on Darpen ' s list of people to kill in order to save face . With the help of former sludgenews journalist Hallis Saper , who had found out about Darpen ' s many deceptions while performing her duty as mission documentarian , the pilots were able to convince Iella to abandon her post and turn against Darpen , who had been her superior . After the brief civil war that occurred subsequent to the New Republic delegation being smuggled into the Yedagon Confederacy and the attempted Imperial invasion , the diplomat was arrested and given a choice between New Republic and Adumari justice , choosing the former . To help him with this choice , Antilles and Celchu put blasters to his head ; Antilles then told the man to pick an option before Celchu had a sudden finger spasm . Personality and traits . During his time with the early Rebel Alliance , Tomer Darpen was known to be a gambler and profiteer . Considered barely above being a smuggler and outright con man , Darpen was always running a floating sabacc game , was known to always have liquor , as well as any number of " rare " items , available for sale in addition to any number of other schemes . A barely adequate pilot , it was not known if Darpen ever had any kills to his credit before he transferred out of the Yellow Aces . Deceitful and manipulative by nature , Darpen was a natural candidate for New Republic Intelligence , which he became a part of in concurrence with his Diplomatic Corps service . Darpen was a skilled liar who possessed few scruples ; he was not afraid to sacrifice the lives of men who were perhaps the greatest starfighter pilots in the galaxy just to save his own career . Darpen was also something of a coward , preferring to mask his deceptions within deceptions and playing his cards very close to his chest . Behind the scenes . Tomer Darpen was created by Aaron Allston for the novel " " . He was later given an entry in " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " .