Dallan Morvis Dallan Morvis was the second - in - command aboard the " Courageous " during the Mandalorian Wars . He fought at the battles at Vanquo , Serroco , and Omonoth and was later promoted to the rank of captain and placed in the command of his own capital ship , " Veltraa " . Eventually , Morvis reached the rank of admiral and gained the command of " Diligence " . Biography . His father was the founder of the Coruscant Financial Exchange and his mother — the senator from Chandrila , so Dallan Morvis has been obviously groomed for big things . But instead of typical thrust into the Naval Academy at Coruscant , Morvis choose to become an asset to the Admiralty . Upon graduation , he became a junior liaison between the Vanjervalis design team and Admiral Noma Sommos ' s staff . That assignment eventually lead him to promotion to lieutenant and his first bridge posting on " Reciprocity " under command on then - Captain Saul Karath . Morvis saw in Karath a leader on the rise , so he followed him to " Courageous " — and right into the Mandalorian Wars . But on Courageous , Morvis encountered a rival in the junior officer Carth Onasi . Onasi shared both Karath ' s hardscrabble beginnings and penchant for quick and sometimes reckless decision - making - neither of which apply to the high - born , calculating Morvis . In Carth , Morvis saw a competitor for the admiral ' s favor , so he struggled to make life more difficult for him . When fugitive Padawan Zayne Carrick was brought onboard and later joined them on the escape from Serroco , Morvis showed no sympathy for Onasi ' s new friend . But it was Onasi and Carrick , without whom Morvis would never escape a career - ending disaster aboard the " Arkanian Legacy " . There , Morvis suggested to Karath that the Republic use exogorths — weaponized space slugs capable of decimating star systems — to create a firewall of scorched systems between itself and the Mandalorians and urged him to bargain for Republic control of the slugs . But Onasi and Carrick brought the affair to an unfortunate end , leaving Morvis with empty hands back on Coruscant . This time however , Morvis choose to turn to his political connections , which resulted in him not only escaping punishment but also winning a captaincy aboard Karath ' s successor vessel , the " Swiftsure " and soon enough — the command of his own capital ship , " Veltraa " . Morvis , thus , continued to show his talents as a survivor willing to do anything to protect his position — a hidden element of Karath ' s character he struggled to imitate and cultivate . He eventually became Zayne Carrick ' s commanding officer during the Mandalorian Wars , and both were captured by the Mandalorians . Eventually Zayne took charge during a prison escape , and the rest of the soldiers began to defer to Zayne . Morvis was enraged and blamed Carrick for everything bad that had happened . Zayne finally had enough and told Morvis that it was his own fault ; now that he was in a position where he couldn ' t rely on favors he didn ' t know what to do . Morvis finally broke down and admitted that he felt the need to live up to his family ' s proud legacy . Zayne told him that being a hero means facing danger when the time comes . Eventually , Morvis was promoted to the rank of admiral and was given the command of his own " Inexpugnable " - class ship , the " Diligence " . He was described millennia later by the mercenary brigadier Jarrow Rusher as a capable yet misunderstood officer . Sith Lord Arkadia Calimondra , however , claimed that his accomplishments were fraudulent .