Jir Tramsig Colonel Jir Tramsig was a Human male who served as the leader of the Thaereian military forces in the Cularin system . A ruthless and ambitious man , he had a reputation for caring more for the successful completion of a mission than the welfare of his subordinates — and , as so , he was unsurprisingly disliked by the common troops . In spite of that , he was able to inspire loyalty in his men . He specifically chose the soldiers who served under him for loyalty and having similar moral outlook . Tramsig had been a devoted officer since his first days , being a talented soldier who made all the available efforts to obtain promotions . Intelligent and manipulative , he was effectively promoted , although he made a few enemies in the process . Initially assigned to a fleet , Tramsig chose promising captain Kurth San to serve in his flagship . From that point onwards , San became Tramsig ' s right - hand man . San was loyal to Tramsig ' s interests before the interests of the military . Biography . In 33 BBY , mercenary - turned - bounty hunter Tira Wils called Tramsig ' s attention . Around 32 BBY , Tramsig was sent to Cularin system , a then - new member of the Republic , to establish military bases for the Thaerian army , in representation of the Republic ( which did not have a centralized military at that point ) . He had requested the assignment to the Cularin system , and it was speculated that he had been given the posting to get him out of the Thaereian system . Initially , Tramsig reviewed the troops under his commands , made some changes , and went to the system with less forces than he had been allowed . Tramsig also called Tira Wils and offered her a job as his personal bodyguard and unofficial security chief . Tramsig build his first base in Dorumaa , a moon on Almas , where he attacked the first pirate bases while surveying the Cularin situation and waited for more ships to arrive . Tramsig built a two - division understaffed base in the platform city of Soboll , in the planet Cularin , under the command of Major San . Although Tramsig did not organize any secret operation , he maintained a high level of secrecy to avoid critical information to be filtered , such as his own strategy — Tramsig was known to make secret " deals " . Nevertheless , crimelord Nirama managed to put a living mole in Tramsig ' s base . Tramsig also had two more bases in the system , one in Dorumaa and the other in a secret location in Ostfrei . He soon had two divisions , four capital warships and eighteen patrol craft . The pirates managed to steal great quantities of material to Tramsig . Due to this , local crimelord Nirama offered to replace it at a low cost . Tramsig asked Nirama for more quantity than he had lost , and the no - nonsense alien noticed , but nevertheless fulfilled , his order . Tramsig also asked for less legal material . Tramsig and the Thaereian military also dealt with eccentric financier Qar Jalunn ; Tramsig only accepted secret meetings with Jalunn , and only Tira Wils was informed to organize them . The military worked with genetic researcher Yush Baskalar , who was not happy with the agreement and did not leave because his boss , Jalunn , convinced him . Tramsig discovered that pirates hiding in the Cularin system asteroid belt ambushed incoming freighters by waiting till they leave hyperspace to pass further in - system . The Colonel reacted by sending military cruisers through that same route . In one of the ambushes , one single cruiser destroyed five pirate ships , and the other pirates suddenly became more cautious . Even after this , Tramsig did not manage to stop the pirate attacks . Although the pirates were no longer bold enough to make important raids , smaller ones were frequent , commonly whenever there were less military ships . In short term , Tramsig was unable to serve as police force , but he nevertheless disturbed the local traffic , gaining the population ' s scorn . Only Senator Wren , the native Tarasin species and a few gullible idealists were impressed by Tramsig ' s achievements . Personality and traits . Jir Trimsig kept his hair cut in a severe style and had an angular jaw that made him look obstinate . His uniform , which was a few sizes to small so that he filled it out , was decorated with a plethora of medals . He was ambitious and manipulative , and had been described as cold . He did not value life highly , though he would not unnecessarily waste his mens ' lives . He did not like anybody , an attitude he did not hide as well as he thought he did . His heavy - handed methods , his secrecy , and his seeming ineffectiveness against the pirates ( or rumored deals with criminals ) made him very unpopular in the Cularin system .