Rom Mohc General Rom Mohc was a Human male who was a hero of the Clone Wars , serving in the armies of the Galactic Republic and later the Galactic Empire . Having developed an obsession with cybernetics and personal combat during the Clone Wars , Mohc was the architect of the Dark Trooper Project that arose in the wake of the destruction of the first Death Star . Despite initial successes in field testing , the project was destroyed by Rebel Alliance agent Kyle Katarn , who defeated Mohc in single combat . Biography . Early career . A non - clone officer of the Grand Army of the Republic , Rom Mohc fought in the Clone Wars with a passion for personal combat under the command of General Locus Geen . Mohc gained a reputation for fighting battle droids in hand - to - hand combat and developed a keen understanding of cybernetics . His ability to ascertain the weaknesses of various droid designs proved invaluable at the Invasion of Coruscant by the droid army of the Confederacy of Independent Systems . Mohc also had a healthy respect for the clone troopers and relished working with them . Mohc ' s bravery during the Clone Wars and loyalty put him on the fast track to success in Palpatine ' s New Order . On many worlds , Mohc fought in Palpatine ' s name , earning three Imperial Medals of Valor and the Distinguished Medal of Imperial Honor . Mohc continued his fascination with droids , often pitting himself against various deadly droids . His eccentric taste for combat culminated in a trophy room of battle droids that he had defeated , including a prototype IG - 97 , a ZQ infantry droid , and several Mark IX - XI Executioners . Mohc ' s passion for personal combat became almost obsessive , and he came to insist that every soldier had the right to face the enemy man - to - man , to the point of protesting the Death Star project . Battle droid research . As a Zero - G assault stormtrooper , Mohc grew frustrated with the limitations of Imperial cybernetics . Mohc believed that with his experience fighting droids and knowledge of their weaknesses , he could develop an ultimate battle droid , and " studied the designs of mechanical soldiers throughout history , from Xim to the Sith to the Iron Knight s of the Old Republic . " Mohc ' s research yielded the initial designs for what would become the dark trooper . Allying with Baron Orman Tagge , Mohc designed the Z - X3 experimental droid trooper , designed to supplement stormtroopers in dangerous radiation or vacuum . An experimental batch of seventy droids proved deadly and adaptable , but the Imperial Military viewed the use of battle droids with distaste and the Z - X3 was rejected . Mohc refused to admit defeat and kept pushing his ideas . His perseverance finally paid off when he won support from the Imperial Department of Military Research , and in 17 BBY young Lieutenant Mohc was stationed aboard the " Empirical " , a hidden space station in the Dominus sector , to oversee the Phase Zero Dark Trooper project , an attempt to restore aging clone troopers to battle - worthiness by remaking them into cyborgs . However , as the subjects were forcibly recruited into the project , many Phase Zero Dark Troopers could not cope with the state of being more machine than man and attempted suicide . The project was eventually shut down as the Empire grew in power and the recruitment rate of non - clones rose , though the successful subjects of the project became the Purge Troopers , which would later inspire the design of the Phase III dark trooper . Imperial general . Having been a prominent figure during the Empire ' s rise to power , Mohc was eventually promoted to the rank of general . During the year 1 BBY , General Mohc worked as an administrator at the Imperial Academy of the planet Carida . During his term , Mohc installed a high - tech surveillance system meant to act as a deterrent for misbehavior among cadets . Even so , General Mohc was well - respected by the academy ' s students due to his status as a combat veteran and not just another officer . Mohc was particularly impressed with cadet Kyle Katarn , who acted with bravery on his Omega Exercise , which involved the taking of asteroid AX - 456 from the forces of the Rebel Alliance . To honor the the cadet ' s bravery , Mohc personally commended Katarn at the latter ' s bedside . Later that same day , Mohc hosted dinner for the Imperial Inquisitor Jerec , who — while using Mohc ' s surveillance system to spy on Katarn — expressed an interest in meeting Katarn . Ironically , Jerec had executed Katarn ' s father sometime earlier for being an Alliance militant . Mohc later addressed the year ' s graduating class , where he was given the cadets ' full attention . After the speech ' s conclusion , General Mohc and Jerec presented awards to the students who graduated in the top ten percent of the class , which included presenting Katarn with the Imperial Medal of Honor . Special awards of valor and merit were also distributed to cadets Rand Nalleck , Dana Cory , Chad Longko , and Ben . However , as the ceremony progressed , Mohc wished for it to end so he could entertain a mistress . Despite the Imperials ' praise for Katarn , the cadet abandoned the Empire upon realizing that he had been lied too about the circumstances of his father ' s death , having been told rebel insurgents killed his father rather than being executed by an Imperial official . Katarn joined the Rebel Alliance and quickly partook in a mission where he stole information regarding the Death Star project that helped the Alliance destroy the battle station during the year 0 BBY . Ironically , General Mohc had previously opposed the construction of the Death Star due to his distrusting nature of technology that separated soldiers from battlefield glory . The Dark Trooper Project . When Mohc was promoted to the rank of general , he used the resources available to him to complete the technical designs and implementation plans for his own dark troopers , thinking that infantry should prove themselves in battle . He knew his creation would please the Emperor , but Palpatine was obsessed with the Death Star project . He was one of the few generals to oppose the Death Star as Mohc had a distrust of any technology which separated warriors from their enemies in battle . With the failure of the first Death Star at the Battle of Yavin , Mohc seized the opportunity to pitch his program to Palpatine . Infuriated with Wilhuff Tarkin ' s failure and recognizing the partial success of the Phase Zero project , the Emperor granted Mohc authorization to begin his new program . The Dark Trooper Project was given billions of credits to support the research and development of Mohc ' s brainchild . Mohc established a mining facility on Gromas 16 to acquire the near - indestructible metal phrik , a weapons research facility on Fest , a robotics construction facility on Anteevy , and the massive starship " Arc Hammer " to act as a construction and mobile launch base for the dark troopers . Test on Talay . During the year 0 ABY , General Mohc met with the Sith Lord Darth Vader aboard the " Executor " in order to officially test the dark troopers with a combat scenario . A Rebel base was located on the planet Talay : Tak Base . Mohc gave the order to unleash phase II dark troopers upon the base via hyperspace pod s , which were reinforced by ground troops under the command of Captain Nonam . Tak Base was obliterated , and all Rebel personal were killed . In addition , the surrounding city of Tak was razed , and civilian casualties were high . The dark troopers were subsequently recalled while an Imperial garrison remained in the city . However , one dark trooper left its prototype weapon behind in the Tak Base . Nonetheless , Darth Vader was impressed with the show of force , and Mohc was given the go - ahead to continue with the project . Despite the destruction , the Rebel officer General Toka had managed to send the Alliance a distress message before he was killed . Although no footage of the dark troopers was recorded , the video - message did capture the sounds that the droid troopers made . The message was received by Alliance high - command , who in turn dispatched agents Jan Ors and Kyle Katarn to investigate the battle ' s aftermath . During the investigation , Katarn discovered the dark trooper weapon . With Rebus ' initials on it , the Rebels had a lead , and set out to end Mohc ' s ambitions . A worthy opponent . Mohc ' s assembly line began to falter when the Alliance operation began with the capture of Moff Rebus , the dark trooper project ' s weapon designer , on the planet Anoat , whose subsequent interrogation led to Katarn infiltrating and destroying dark trooper facilities on Fest and Gromas 16 . With Katarn ' s actions directly threatening Mohc ' s operation , the general hired the famed bounty hunter Boba Fett to deal with the Rebels . Shortly thereafter , Crix Madine ' s role as a rebel spy was rooted , and Mohc arrested the traitor before both Vader and Fett aboard the " Arc Hammer " . Although Mohc ' s own identity was a mystery to the rebel agents , the Imperials were well aware of Katarn . Mohc even recalled the agent ' s past Imperial career for those present . Despite Vader ' s growing doubts about the project , Mohc firmly claimed that Katarn would never near the " Arc hammer " . Madine was sentenced to execution and was incarcerated at the Imperial Detention Center located on the planet Orinackra . However , he was rescued by Katarn only a short while later during the year 1 ABY , after which Madine told the Rebels what he knew about Mohc and the dark trooper project . Madine ' s information resulted in Katarn tracking Jabba the Hutt ' s loaned smugglers from the planet Cal - Seti to Ice Station Beta on Anteevy , which was also destroyed by Katarn . The rebels later stole a nava card from the moon Nar Shaddaa which , after being cracked in the Imperial Security Operations building on Coruscant , revealed information on the routes that the smugglers used . It was during the latter mission that Katarn encountered Fett and , after a heated battle , defeated the bounty hunter . After that , Katarn used the information from the nava card to follow the smugglers to the " Executor " . Although Mohc had believed that the " Arc Hammer " was beyond Katarn ' s competencies , Katarn nonetheless infiltrated the " Executor " , stole a cargo container , and boarded the " Arc Hammer " . Realizing that Katarn was far more capable than anticipated , Mohc decided to regard the rebel agent as an adversary of merit . In response to rebel infiltration , Mohc donned his phase III dark trooper armor and laid in wait near the " Arc Hammer " < nowiki > ' < / nowiki > s hangar for a final confrontation with Katarn . Meanwhile , Katarn fought Mohc ' s forces and planted an explosive device on three of the " Arc Hammer " < nowiki > ' < / nowiki > s exchange coupling s that were built along the ship ' s main power grid . As Katarn made his way to the ship ' s hangar bay to find an escape , he found the massive ante - chamber where Mohc was waiting . The general only revealed himself , however , after Katarn destroyed the seven dark troopers that guarded the arena . A massive door opened revealing General Mohc atop a pedestal and the final battle commenced . Mohc fought the rebel he had personally commended and decorated on Carida to the point that Katarn had need to only outlast Mohc ' s barrage of attacks . Ultimately , General Mohc was slain and Katarn escaped the " Arc Hammer " before the explosives detonated and destroyed all that Mohc had worked for . Behind the scenes . Mohc is the main antagonist of the video game " " and is mainly seen during cutscenes which advance the plot . His voice in " " was provided by Jack Angel . Tim Russell voiced Mohc for the audio adaptation of " " . Mohc is seen again in the story " Sand Blasted " which extrapolates on one of the game ' s cutscenes , but his appearance differs somewhat from that of the game , showing him with receding but long , red hair . An action figure of Mohc was given with one of IG - 97 with a reprint of " Sand Blasted " as a part of a " battle pack " .