Arkos Rakton Arkos Rakton was a Human male general in the Imperial Army of the resurgent Sith Empire . Considered the Empire ' s greatest strategist and most successful battlefield commander , Rakton had led every victorious military campaign in recent memory and , until the Galactic War , had never been defeated . Rakton passionately believed in the Empire ' s ideals , confident he was fighting a war of enlightenment that would bring order to the corrupt and inferior Galactic Republic . He was well regarded by both peers and subordinates as an outstanding leader . Biography . Galactic War . After a Republic strike force destroyed the superweapon Gauntlet , Rakton became incensed that his enemies would destroy a weapon meant for " peace " . Thus , he declared hostilities with the Republic and launched a campaign against them . The first blow struck was capturing a group of Republic heads of state on a " diplomatic summit " to force their respective planets to allow Imperial forces to bypass their borders and strike at the Republic . While he managed to convince two planetary leaders to cede to the Empire in exchange for being leaders - for - life , Havoc Squad infiltrated Outpost 256 and rescued the hostages . Viewing this rescue via hologram , Rakton swore a vendetta against Havoc Squad . When the Republic began supplementing their ranks with soldiers from Belsavis and Voss to turn the tide of the war , Rakton made a move to remove the major player from the board . To that end , he set a trap for Havoc Squad , luring them to an Imperial prison station where they attempted to free captive Republic soldiers but Havoc survived the encounter . As a last resort , Rakton made use of Senator Grom Zian , who was a bought off Imperial agent in the Senate , launching a sham inquiry into Havoc Squad ' s activities , intending to have Havoc suspended so Rakton would get the upper hand in the war . It would ' ve worked , had not the Republic Strategic Information Service gathered information that proved Zian ' s Imperial ties so he could be arrested , allowing Havoc to return to the front to face Rakton . With the aid of Lieutenant Pierce and his black ops team , Rakton took the Bastion , the central Republic military operations center on Corellia and took it as his own fortress . He credited Pierce ' s Sith master , the new Emperor ' s Wrath , for the success . However , the Republic , under Havoc Squad ' s lead , laid siege . Eventually , Rakton came face - to - face with Havoc ' s CO for the first time . He offered his nemesis the chance to return to the Republic and convince them to surrender unconditionally , boasting to have discovered military files that enable him to wage a war so destructive that it would bring the Republic to its knees . His terms were refused . Rakton declared his nemesis a fool and promised to send the CO ' s corpse back to the Republic to cow them into submission . Rakton then activated his cloaking device , leaving his elite guard to kill the CO . He then decloaked when his guards were killed . After a long battle , Rakton , the supposedly unbeatable general , was defeated . Wounded , Rakton insolently asked what would be his fate : execution or be paraded before the ignorant Republic masses . The CO declared Rakton an official prisoner - of - war . Rakton sneered that he would only face a mockery of justice . As he was escorted out by the Safecrackers , Rakton said " until we meet again Major " , indicating that he would be back . Personality and traits . Despite the calm he projected as a commander , Rakton was still a soldier at heart — a killer in the trenches who had never shied away from getting his hands dirty . However , the general always reserved his warrior ' s rage for enemy soldiers . Men under his command who harmed civilians were always harshly disciplined . Rakton truly believes in the Empire ' s cause . He views the Republic as weak , bound to be crushed under the weight of its own decadence or the Empire ' s hand . He believes that under Imperial rule , the galaxy would flourish , rather than be burdened by bureaucracy . This contempt extended to the Republic ' s military leaders ; when he and the leader of Havoc squad finally met face to face in the Bastion he called the Major " the one worthy opponent in the entire Republic " ; despite this respect , he was disappointed in the Major for standing in his way . Behind the scenes . Arkos Rakton is a character in the 2011 " " video game . He is voiced by Timothy Watson . Fate . Depending on the Trooper player ' s choices , Rakton can either be taken into custody , paraded in front of the entire Republic or simply executed . If taken alive , Supreme Chancellor Saresh will suggest that they trade Rakton for countless POWs . The player can either agree to this or not .