Unidentified Republic soldier ( Undercity ) During the Jedi Civil War , a Human male Republic soldier was a crew member of the " Hammerhead " - class cruiser " Endar Spire " . When the ship was attacked and boarded by the Sith over the planet Taris , he fled the " Endar Spire " along with several others in an escape pod , crashing in the planet ' s Undercity . Following the crash , the soldier ' s companions were killed by rakghoul creatures , while he was wounded and contracted the rakghoul plague . Several days later , the man was found and cured by fellow Republic soldier Revan but was killed by rakghouls immediately thereafter . Biography . A Human male soldier served the Galactic Republic Army during the Jedi Civil War against the forces of the Sith Lord Darth Malak ' s Sith Empire . In 3956 BBY , the soldier served aboard the " Hammerhead " - class cruiser " Endar Spire " under the command of Jedi Knight Bastila Shan . That year , the " Endar Spire " was dispatched along with a Jedi battle fleet to engage Malak ' s invasion fleet at the planet Taris . A battle erupted in space above Taris , and the " Endar Spire " was boarded by the Sith , who attempted to capture Shan . However , she was able to flee the ship in an escape pod , and with their prey gone , the Sith were willing to destroy the Republic vessel . The soldier and several other crewmen managed to reach an escape pod and jettison shortly before the " Endar Spire " destruction . As the survivors ' escape pod plummeted toward Taris , the soldiers picked up a signal from Shan ' s own pod . Just before they reached the planet ' s Undercity , the escapees tracked Shan ' s pod , seeing as it went down somewhere to the west . Soon , their own pod also crashed in the Undercity , and they lost the signal from Shan ' s craft . When the surviving soldiers emerged from their escape pod , they were attacked by vicious rakghoul creatures that killed everyone except for the soldier . The man was wounded and contracted the rakghoul plague , however , which would eventually turn him into a rakghoul as well . Feeling immense pain and terrified by the rakghouls roaming nearby , the soldier survived for several days near the downed escape pod . Eventually , the man was found by fellow Republic soldiers Revan and Carth Onasi , two other survivors from the " Endar Spire " , who were searching for Shan . Still experiencing the effects of the plague , the man asked the two for help , and Revan gave him rakghoul serum , which he had just found while searching the remains of a Sith trooper nearby . The man injected himself with the serum and was immediately cured of the disease . Revan questioned him about Shan , and the man revealed to him what he knew about her pod ' s crash site . However , the soldier then believed that he heard the rakghouls moving closer — even though Revan heard nothing — and the man felt that the creatures were coming back to finish him . Frightened , the soldier bolted away but ran into a group of rakghouls and was killed by them . Personality and traits . The Republic soldier was deeply affected by the sight of his comrades getting slaughtered by rakghouls . He was very frightened of the creatures , which ultimately led to his demise when he tried to escape from them in a panic . The man had black hair , brown eyes and fair skin . Behind the scenes . This Republic soldier appeared as a non - playable character in the 2003 video game " " . The player , controlling Revan , can meet him in the Undercity , though the nature of the encounter is such that it does not progress the game ' s storyline and is not necessary to complete the game . However , giving the rakghoul serum to the soldier rewards the player with light side points . Upon meeting the infected soldier , the player may also tell him to stay away or refuse to give the serum to him until he reveals some useful information . In both cases , the soldier will transform into a rakghoul and will attack Revan . The same also happens if the player has not obtained the serum yet but promises to find something to help . If the player approaches the soldier after Bastila Shan has already been rescued and gives him the serum , the option to ask him about Shan ' s pod will not be available , and the soldier will run away to his death immediately after injecting himself with the serum .