Zeke Rondel Zeke Rondel was an officer of the Alliance to Restore the Republic in the days after the Battle of Yavin . A Captain , Zeke Rondel approved a mission where analyst Fulkrehm Protial worked undercover pretending to be a drunkard to obtain information . Soon after these events , Rondel became the commander of the Rebel Alliance ' s base on Berrol ' s Donn . He sent a team to Kailor V to obtain secret information , but they failed . At the same time , his base engaged in a mission that saw the rescue of the Shashay Crying Dawn Singer from Braig and Nak Farool . Rondel was noticeable by his thick , curly black hair , and gruff demeanor . History . Zeke Rondel was a member of the military of the Alliance to Restore the Republic . Zeke Rondel became a Captain , with the task of approving or rejecting purposed missions . After the Battle of Yavin , Captain Rondel was approached by former Rebel pilot and by - then analyst Fulkrehm Protial , who walked like a drunkard because of his injuries . Protial wanted to act as a field agent , pretending to be a real drunkard in a cantina . Initially not interested , Captain Rondel changed his mind when he understood that Protial was really unhappy with his current task . Captain Rondel greenlit Protial ' s idea , and Protial ' s performance would satisfy his superiors . Following the Battle of Yavin , while the Alliance was trying to convince the Shashay species to join their fight , Rondel was the commander of a secret base of the on the planet Berrol ' s Donn . Commander Rondel knew of the status of the negotiations , as the Shashay had already agreed to provide some navigators to Rebel ships . However , the diplomacy was hampered when the pirate Yearo Seville kidnapped Crying Dawn Singer , a cultural hero of the Shashay . A Rebel agent in the Shashay ' s entourage was also kidnapped , the droid KL - 6T - LF7V / T , was also kidnapped , but he sent a signal from the planet Najarka . Rondel ' s superiors ordered him to send a team to rescue both Crying Dawn Singer and KL - 6T - LF7V / T . Rondel assigned the crew of the CRX - Tug " Worthless Fool " , even although they were entitled to a leave of absence . As the mission took longer than expected , the Shashay navigators in Rebel ships threatened to ask the Galactic Empire for help in exchange of their allegiance - particularly when Seville broadcast a false transmission pretending to be a leader of the Alliance . Rondel was aghast at this situation , and he reported it to the " Worthless Fool . " Rondel believed they were the only chance of the Rebel Alliance in the Rayter sector . Eventually , Rondel ' s agents rescued Crying Dawn Singer from the Imperial agents of Moff Nile Owen and from his enemy Braig Farool . Around the same time , Commander Rondel assigned a team of Rebels under his command to travel to Kailor V , where they were to obtain information about a secret Imperial installation . This team failed in their mission and returned to Rondel without the data . Personality and traits . Thick , with curly black hair , Rondel was a serious military commander , familiar with the political situation in his area - however , he did not give information he considered was unneeded . Men in his Rebel base respected him , and even feared his wrath . He sometimes used holograms to contact his subordinates . Commander Rondel believed in the power of the Force , mentioning it in his prayers . Behind the scenes . Zeke Rondel first appeared in " The Abduction " ( 1992 ) , a roleplaying adventure for West End Games ' " . " He was later mentioned in other role - playing guides . If the players of " The Abduction " fail to recover the droid , then it falls in Owen ' s hands . Owen discovers the location of the Rebel base on Berrol ' s Donn and sends Imperial forces to obliterate it . Rondel organizes a hasty evacuation and scolds the player characters , but he cannot punish them right there and then because he needs them to save Crying Dawn Singer .