Tobin ( Human ) Colonel Tobin was a male Human officer in the Onderon military until 3951 BBY when he joined General Vaklu in his attempt to wrest control of Onderon from then Queen Talia . Despite an alliance with the Sith Lord Darth Nihilus , the revolution failed . Tobin was spared from death and forced to serve aboard Nihilus ' flagship the " Ravager " . During the Battle of Telos IV , Meetra Surik boarded the Ravager , intent on destroying the ship and its master . There , she found Tobin and convinced him to help in the destruction . Biography . Before the Onderon Civil War in 3951 BBY , Tobin was the second in command of General Vaklu , who was the military leader of the Onderon military . Many Onderonians , including Tobin , believed that benefits with the planet ' s recent relationship with the Republic favored the interstellar government while Onderon ' s culture and resources faded . When Vaklu began to carry out his plan to overthrow his cousin and supporter of the Republic , Queen Talia , Tobin was responsible for provoking open conflict between Onderon and the Galactic Republic in order to instigate a civil war . At some point before the civil war broke out Sith Lord Darth Nihilus approached Vaklu , Tobin , and their supporters to offer his assistance in their endeavor . Tobin was informed by an unknown source about the upcoming arrival of the " Ebon Hawk " . The " Ebon Hawk " eventually did appear near Onderon , as Meetra Surik planned to search the planet for Jedi Master Kavar . Tobin then ordered his fighter pilots to attack the vessel , which forced Surik to hide in the jungles of Dxun , the nearby moon of Onderon . This event triggered a space battle between the Republic fleet and Vaklu ' s fleet and , practically , the Onderon Civil War itself . However , Tobin was not satisfied with the outcome , as he wanted to see the " Ebon Hawk " disintegrated . He reprimanded the captain who allowed the ship to escape and dispatched a group of scouts to Dxun to find Surik and her crew . Before the scouts could report anything , they were killed by Surik and the Mandalorian Kelborn . When Surik , with the help of the Mandalorian leader Canderous Ordo , breached Onderon ' s military blockade and managed to contact Master Kavar in the cantina of Iziz , Tobin personally arrived with a squad of Vaklu soldiers , hoping to capture both Jedi at once . Suddenly , Kavar stunned all of Tobin ' s soldiers with the Force , and Tobin left the cantina to pursue Kavar , who had escaped . Later , during the Second Battle of Onderon , Tobin commanded the strikeforce that infiltrated the Royal Palace , and while in the palace , killed a Twi ' lek slicer named Kiph when he betrayed Vaklu and tried to escape . He used a drexl beast to disable the force field that guarded entrance to Queen Talia ' s throne room , planning to assassinate her . However , his plans were disrupted when the beast broke free of its handler , crushing everything in the hall , and incapacitated Tobin . Surik , who appeared in the palace just in time , left Tobin for dead while pursuing Vaklu and his soldiers to the throne room . Unlike Surik , Kreia realized that Tobin ' s injuries were not lethal . She decided to use him as a pawn in her own game against Darth Nihilus , the shadowy Sith Lord behind Vaklu and Tobin . She lied to the Colonel , telling him that many Jedi were hiding in Atris ' s secret academy on Telos IV . Tobin initially didn ' t believe her and fled the palace before the Royalist forces could capture him . Eventually he found himself before Darth Nihilus and informed him of the academy . In his hunger for the Force , the Sith Lord summoned his fleet to Telos , which started the Battle of Telos . During it , Surik once again crossed paths with Tobin aboard the Ravager , Nihilus ' s flagship . By that time , Tobin had been physically ravaged by the dark side energy aboard the ship , likely a result of Nihilus ' s hunger , shown by his now gaunt appearance . Tobin realized at last that Nihilus did not care for Onderon , and had he won the battle , it would be his next target . Still loyal to his homeworld , Tobin turned away from the Sith and agreed to help Surik and her Mandalorian allies destroy the ship , annoying Mandalore , who remarked , " We shouldn ' t waste our time with the weak , " and promised Tobin that his men would shoot Tobin dead if the colonel were to " try anything stupid . " Behind the scenes . As an alternative to persuading Tobin to abandon the Sith ( which works only if the player has high persuasive skills ) , the player has an option to kill him or not to engage in conversation with him at all , if the latter is chosen then Tobin would die in the explosion that destroys the Ravager . Killing Tobin results in gaining " influence " with Mandalore while helping him " for Onderon " will result in an " influence " decrease , as described above . Aboard the Ravager , Tobin ' s dialogue options are the same regardless of whether the player sided with the Royalists and Queen Talia or the secessionists and General Vaklu . Alternate dark side storyline . If Meetra Surik both speaks and acts supportively for General Vaklu prior to meeting Master Kavar in the cantina , then Tobin leading a team of soldiers in and attacking is not a real attempt to kill Surik again ; it is a ruse . After Kavar flees back to the Royal Palace , Tobin shouts for the fighting to stop , and apologizes to Surik that " We have to maintain appearances . " Attacking the Ebon Hawk when it first reached Onderon was not truly Tobin or Vaklu ' s choice ; a Sith Lord they have allied with demanded they do it . Tobin explains the General is aware Surik has helped his cause , and that he wishes to break his current alliance with the Sith Lord and make a new one with Surik at the same time . If Surik accepts the offer , Tobin warns that for now Surik must leave Iziz and will be attacked on the way out by men loyal to Vaklu , so that the Sith " will be satisfied we are still loyal to them . " Instead of being called back to Dxun by Kelborn , Surik receives a message from Tobin and communicates with him directly before landing on Onderon again . When first greeting her , Tobin says , " It is good to see you " , and details that " The war goes well , but victory is not yet certain . " Displaying strategic and tactical ability , Tobin identifies two areas that must be dealt with for General Vaklu ' s forces to win the war : a Sith tomb on Dxun , and the Royal Palace on Onderon . He advises Surik that she will have to send a team to assault the tomb on Dxun while Surik herself - the Force - capable asset that Tobin and Vaklu need to break Talia ' s lines at the Royal Palace - returns to Iziz with one companion . When Surik arrives , diving down from space in a Basilisk war droid , Tobin remarks with dismay that there are strong memories of the last time those machines came to Iziz , something Mandalore reacts proudly to . Surik leads a contingent of secessionist forces in storming the Sky Ramp and meets up with Tobin in the halls of the Royal Palace . Tobin stays in front of the main doors to the Throne Room , advising Surik and directing her from there . When the secessionist forces break through and assault into the Throne Room , Tobin is still taken down by the Drexl larva , and Surik still leaves him behind and proceeds into the Throne Room . Despite General Vaklu ' s victory in the Onderon Civil War in this version of events , Tobin still goes missing and , inexplicably given that he and Vaklu achieved their goals for Onderon , still appears aboard the " Ravager " late in the game .