Ruwan Tokai Ruwan Tokai was a Human male technical sergeant of the Galactic Empire who was posted to the Great Temple of the Massassi on Yavin 4 during the Galactic Civil War . A year after the Battle of Yavin in 1 ABY , Sergeant Tokai examined a piece of the DS - 1 Orbital Battle Station , a moon - sized Imperial battlestation better known as the Death Star . After sending a courier of his to deliver the fragment to a warrant officer for further analysis , Sergeant Tokai was put at risk of court - martial due to the Death Star salvage being above his security clearance . To avoid punitive action , Sergeant Tokai procured from his superior officer a " retroactive authorization " which retroactively granted the sergeant the right to have examined the piece of the massive Imperial battlestation . Biography . A Human male technical sergeant of the Galactic Empire by the name of Ruwan Tokai was alive during time of the major galactic conflict known as the Galactic Civil War , during which the Alliance to Restore the Republic won a decisive victory against the Galactic Empire at the Battle of Yavin in 0 BBY . About 6 months later , the Rebel Alliance evacuated the moon of Yavin 4 . By around 1 ABY , Sergeant Ruwan Tokai and other Imperial officers were posted to the Great Temple of the Massassi formerly used by the Rebel ' s as their base of operations . During his time at the temple , Sergeant Tokai examined a fallen piece from the destroyed DS - 1 Orbital Battle Station , the moon - sized Imperial battlestation better known as the Death Star . The Death Star fragment was an unidentifiable piece of durasteel , possibly a hull fragment from the destroyed battlestation . While examining the piece , the sergeant lamented the affect the humidity of Yavin 4 ' s jungle environment had on their equipment . The Death Star fragment , for instance , was covered in moss . However , any attempt to clean the piece risked removing vital chemical traces which would help the Imperials learn what happened to the Death Star . To better examine the piece , Sergeant Ruwan Tokai sent a courier of his to deliver the fragment to a warrant officer II for further analysis . After the courier handed the fragment over to the warrant officer in the nearby Ersham Ridge region , the officer expressed surprise that the technical sergeant was allowed to examine it in the first place . All salvage from the Death Star was declared by the Empire as a classified secret . Arousing suspicion , the warrant officer said he would look into Sergeant Ruwan Tokai ' s clearance level . The courier returned to Sergeant Tokai to inform him of the warrant officer ' s suspicions , as well as to collect payment allocated from Sergeant Tokai ' s equipment restoration budget . The technical sergeant claimed that no one had told him Death Star salvage was classified , and he hoped nothing bad would happen to him as a result of this fact . Unfortunately for Ruwan Tokai , his worst fears were realized when he received news that he was at risk of being court - martialed for examining the piece of the Death Star , which was above his security clearance . Fearing he could be sent to the Spice Mines of Kessel , Sergeant Tokai frantically begged his courier to procure a " retroactive authorization " from his superior officer , a man who held the rank of lieutenant colonel in the Imperial Military . The courier agreed to help out the panicked sergeant , even though this meant traversing a dangerous area of the Ersham Ridge known to harbor Rebel activity . Although the courier was attacked by a Rebel first lieutenant and two of their commandos , the courier managed to kill them off , and successfully reach Ruwan Tokai ' s superior officer . Fortunately for Sergeant Tokai , his superior was understanding of his situation , and dismissed it as an understandable little slip - up . With the retroactive authorization procured , the courier returned to a grateful Ruwan Tokai , who paid the loyal Imperial servant out of his own funds . Free to continue his service to the Empire , Sergeant Ruwan Tokai then remembered that the warrant officer had also examined the same Death Star piece . Tokai hoped that he would not get into the same kind of trouble as he did . Personality and traits . Ruwan Tokai had fair skin , brown hair , and blue colored eyes . During his time at the Great Temple , Ruwan Tokai remarked how he despised the humidity of the jungle moon . Nevertheless , he carried on his duties , sometimes with ill conceived consequences . When Sergeant Tokai was at risk of court - martial for examining a piece of the Death Star above his security clearance , the Imperial officer panicked , and begged his courier to retrieve a retroactive authorization from his superior . Ruwan Tokai had something of a generous disposition . When the courier carried out his tasks , he saw to it that the individual received compensation , either from his allocated budget , or from his very own personal funds . Equipment . During his post at the Great Temple on Yavin 4 , Ruwan Tokai wore a typical Imperial officer ' s uniform . This uniform consisted of a grey tunic and trousers , a cap with an affixed officer ' s disc , a black belt with a silver colored buckle , black boots , and black gloves . Behind the scenes . Sergeant Ruwan Tokai was a non - player character in the 2003 video game " Star Wars Galaxies : An Empire Divided " , a massively multiplayer online role - playing game developed by Sony Online Entertainment and published by LucasArts , prior to its closure on December 15 , 2011 . Players who performed a series of quests for Tokai had to deliver a Death Star fragment to a warrant officer , and receive a retroactive authorization from a lieutenant colonel . Completing the first quest would earn the player 40 credits , while completing the second would earn the player 50 credits . Although the player could choose not to do Tokai ' s quests , this article assumes 100 % game completion . Ruwan Tokai was one of only few NPCs in " Star Wars Galaxies " for which a definitive quest timeline could be established . In his first quest , he referenced the destruction of the Death Star as having taken place " last year , " indicating a quest timeline of around 1 ABY .