Emarr Ottkreg Emarr Ottkreg was a male colonel and loyalty officer for the Imperial Security Bureau who was stationed aboard the " Imperial " - class Star Destroyer " Vigilance " during the Battle of Endor in 4 ABY . Strongly disliked by the " Vigilance " admiral , Rae Sloane , Ottkreg questioned her tactics as she gave orders during the battle while he personally watched the fighting on the Star Destroyer ' s holotank . Ottkreg greatly enjoyed watching the destruction of the Rebel Alliance on the hologram but began trying to give orders to the crew once the battle started turning against the Empire . Realizing the Empire had lost and that the Death Star II was going to be destroyed , Sloane shot and killed Ottkreg rather than arguing with him when she ordered a retreat . Biography . The Battle of Endor . Emarr Ottkreg was a male colonel from Pondakree who served as a loyalty officer and agent of the Galactic Empire ' s Imperial Security Bureau , a subdivision of the Commission for the Preservation of the New Order . Much to the disgust of Admiral Rae Sloane , Ottkreg was assigned to the " Imperial " - class Star Destroyer " Vigilance " shortly before the Battle of Endor during the Galactic Civil War against the Alliance to Restore the Republic . Unsure if Ottkreg ' s placement was the result of Galactic Emperor Palpatine ' s presence aboard the Death Star II battle station — currently under construction in orbit around the moon of Endor — or paranoia within the ISB , Sloane assigned her executive officer , Nymos Lyle , to assist Ottkreg , trusting that he would also keep the agent well away from her . Ottkreg was still aboard the " Vigilance " when the Rebel Alliance staged its attack on the Death Star above Endor in 4 ABY . During the battle , he made his way to the Star Destroyer ' s bridge with Lyle and approached Sloane while she commanded her crew . The admiral led Ottkreg to the forward part of the bridge , so that the crew was less likely to overhear them , after which Ottkreg questioned Sloane on why the " Vigilance " was only assuming a defensive position and not attacking the Alliance Fleet . Sloane revealed that her orders had come directly from Admiral Firmus Piett , commander of the Imperial fleet , and beyond that most likely from the Emperor himself . The loyalty officer tried to parse Sloane ' s comments for disloyalty to the Empire but was satisfied after she stated that Palpatine ' s plans were not to be questioned . After Ottkreg asked how Sloane had identified three distant rebel CR90 corvette s that she had ordered Sapphire Squadron — part of her ship ' s contingent of TIE fighters — to intercept , the admiral brought up the bridge ' s holotank so that Ottkreg could view a holographic display of the battle to better understand it and also to keep him occupied and less of a distraction to her . Beginning of the end . As Ottkreg keenly watched the destruction of the rebel forces on the holotank , Sloane realized that the fulcrum of the battle would be the fighting occurring on the moon below , where the Death Star ' s shield generator was located , and had her crew try and find out what was happening . When she received conflicting reports , Sloane ordered Lieutenant Habbel to personally contact the bunker for a situation report . This earned a contemptuous glance from Ottkreg , who then returned to the holotank to view more rebel death s . He was forced to step back from the projection to refocus after Sloane had it changed to an image of the shield bunker , which had just been destroyed . The holotank was quickly changed back to the full view of the battle , causing Ottkreg to splutter indignation when he saw that the rebel starfighter s were entering the now - unshielded Death Star superstructure . The loyalty officer began shouting , but Sloane ignored him and ordered that Sapphire Squadron not pursue the rebels into the Death Star . Ottkreg began to object but was silenced by Sloane , who then ordered the TIEs to return to the " Vigilance " . Ottkreg , by this time red in the face , tried to countermand the order and send the TIEs in to attack , but Sloane cut him off and reminded him that he had no power to give such orders on her bridge , only to report on what she did . Ottkreg then turned away in disgust , as Lyle tried to change Sloane ' s mind , but the admiral would not be swayed and ordered that the " Vigilance " move to flank position on Piett ' s " Executor " - class Star Dreadnought , the " Executor " . However , before the " Vigilance " could reach the " Executor " , the Super Star Destroyer smashed into the surface of the Death Star following the destruction of its command bridge . Remaining calm , Sloane asked for communications from the Death Star itself but learned from Communications Officer Ives that the chain of command had fragmented after orders from the Emperor ' s Throne Room had ceased . Ottkreg refused to believe that the Emperor had gone silent , but Sloane accepted it and ordered that all remaining Imperial forces form up on her ship . Ottkreg then commented that the rebels were retreating as he viewed them on the holotank , at which point Sloane shot Ottkreg dead with her blaster pistol before giving the order for the Imperials to retreat to avoid the Death Star ' s imminent destruction . His body fell through the holotank he had been viewing and crashed to the floor , rolling over so that even in death he still stared at the holodisplay of the fighting . Personality and traits . Emarr Ottkreg served as an Imperial loyalty officer , monitoring others for disloyalty to the Empire , and so when speaking to individuals such as Admiral Rae Sloane , he would parse their comments for anything he could report . Absolutely loyal to the Emperor , he refused to believe that Palpatine could have stopped issuing orders during the Battle of Endor and tried to force Sloane to use her TIE fighters to protect the Death Star , despite lacking the actual authority to do so . The power of the Death Star and the idea of using it to destroy rebel worlds awed him , and he stared upon the battle station ' s superlaser with greed in his eye s . Ottkreg considered the Rebel Alliance a group of fanatics and enjoyed watching the destruction of their ships above Endor , believing that their assault had been doomed from the start . He thought of the assault as a final attempt at resistance before their inevitable extinction and hoped to tell his future grandchildren about the day he saw the Rebellion die . Ottkreg was greatly disliked by Sloane , who was disgusted by his presence aboard her ship and found it difficult not to provoke him while speaking to him . She believed he lacked any concept of personal space when talking to others . Ultimately , Sloane considered Ottkreg so out of touch with reality that she shot him in order to avoid dealing with his objections as she ordered a retreat from Endor . Behind the scenes . Emarr Ottkreg was created by author Jason Fry for the short story " The Levers of Power , " which was released as part of " The Rise of the Empire " compendium on October 6 , 2015 .