Dace Golliard Dace Golliard was a Human male who served the Galactic Republic as a naval officer during the Great Sith War . He later became a member of The Crucible slavery organization . Golliard was the Fleet Captain of the " Gladiator . " Biography . Member of the Crucible . During the Great Sith War , the Human male Dace Golliard served as an officer in the Galactic Republic ' s Navy . When Sith forces under the Sith Lord Ulic Qel - Droma attacked the shipyards at the planet Foerost , Golliard fled the battle . Eventually , he was recaptured and was set to be court - martialed . However , Sith forces attacked the ship transporting Golliard , leaving him in the ship ' s brig . Members of The Crucible slavery organization enslaved the survivors of the Sith ' s attack on the ship , taking Golliard and the survivors to the Crucible ' s dueling pits . Golliard killed all of his former crew members in the dueling pits . He advanced in the Crucible ' s ranks , leading raids on various planets to find more slaves . Golliard eventually became the captain of the warship " Gladiator " . During Golliard ' s time with the Crucible , he dealt with Antos Wyrick , the professor of the New Generation Academy on Osadia . Wyrick bargained with Golliard and the Crucible for more Arkanian offshoot families for his biological experiments . At some point , Wyrick gave Golliard his daughter , Chantique , to enslave in exchange for a shipment of offshoot families . Golliard eventually led a raid against Wyrick ' s school and captured his students while the professor was away on a trip . He captured the female Arkanian offshoot Edessa , who had fled Wyrick ' s academy during the attack . Reunion with " Snow - Hair " . In 3963 BBY , Captain Golliard responded to a distress call from Sariyah Budan , leader of the Sungrazer cooperative , a client of the Crucible located in the Koornacht Cluster . Two beings , Zayne Carrick and Jarael had posed as Crucible agents in order to infiltrate the cooperative and free the slave miners that worked the comets . Golliard immediately recognized Jarael as a young child he had captured many years earlier . He ordered his skyreaper drone s to attack the Hot Prospect , the mining ship that the slaves were being taken to . As Golliard ordered a boarding party to attack the ship , the " Hot Prospect " fired its mining drill into the bridge of the " Gladiator " , causing it to decompress . The warship suffered further damage when it was hit by mining explosives launched by Mandalorian renegade Rohlan Dyre . Golliard ordered the surviving sky reapers to attack the mining ship , but Carrick shut off the " Hot Prospect ' s " centrifuge , sending into a spin that tore it away and enabled it to jump to hyperspace . Golliard was severely punished by Chantique for his failure to apprehend Jarael and Carrick but his life was spared by Bar ' injar who still required his knowledge . Golliard later found Carrick adrift in an " Aurek - class " fighter , under the alias of Carth Kamlin , a Republic officer escorting the " Vindication " . Golliard could tell that the fighter was salvage and discovered a homing beacon in it , immediately putting the Crucible on Carrick ' s plot . Brought to Justice . After the Crucible fled from Volgax , Golliard went into hiding . Soon , however , Zayne Carrick realized that Golliard knew the location of Osadia , and became determined to track him down and retrieve the information so that he could save Jarael . Carrick called in his debt with Cassus Fett , who staged an attack in order to lure Admiral Saul Karath to a mining facility near the Ithor System . At the same time he released a signal out announcing his intent . Golliard swallowed the bait and moved the ship behind some asteroids in order to capture any survivors as slaves . The Mandalorians suddenly fled , and Zayne contacted Admiral Karath , informing him of Golliard ' s presence nearby . Since he still nursed a grudge against Golliard for causing his father ' s death , Karath was all too eager to help bring Golliard down . The Gladiator was disabled and brought aboard with a tractor beam . In a last ditch effort , Golliard used an escape pod to flee to the surface hoping to find a shuttle offworld . However , Carrick used the Skyreaper control panel aboard the Gladiator to release the drones ; the drones then proceeded to capture Golliard and bring him to the Swiftsure . Golliard was brought before Admiral Karath , who taunted him before having Golliard taken away to be court - martialed . Personality and traits . Golliard was very proud of his status as Fleet Captain ; he expected his commands to be obeyed to the letter and frequently threatened his subordinates with death if they displeased him . This was at odds with his previous behavior in the Great Sith War , as he was court - martialed by the Republic Navy . Despite his arrogance , Golliard had no desire to ascend in rank since he preferred to see front line action . He was knowledgeable about naval combat and was quick to spot weaknesses in his enemies ' tactics . Golliard was nevertheless tricked by the " Hot Prospect ' s " unorthodox tactics . He , however , accepted responsibility for his failures , even when faced with death . Behind the scenes . Dace Golliard was created by John Jackson Miller , the writer of the " " comic series . He was drawn by Bong Dazo in " " story arc . Golliard was also penciled by Brian Ching in the " " story arc and the and issues of the " " story arc . Miller has stated that Golliard was not a Fleet Captain when he was set for a court - martial by the Republic .