Dren Jamer Dren Jamer was a Human male officer who served in the Imperial Navy during the Galactic Civil War . In 4 ABY when the planet Bakura on the Outer Rim was attacked by the alien Ssi - ruu k , he was second - in - command of the Galactic Empire ' s military presence in the system , and the captain of the one sizeable capital ship assigned there , the " Carrack " - class light cruiser " Dominant " . Biography . The most important available source for Jamer ' s biography is a report on the Bakura incident compiled by Voren Na ' al for the Alliance . This was based on Imperial records from the garrison at Bakura , and presented Jamer a meticulous but rather lackluster officer , somewhat dismissvely noting that he had only shown occasional moments of brilliance in a largely unremarkable career . However , the emphases in this account have been filtered through Na ' al ' s prejudices and interpretation , and there is also evidence of factual errors in the piece : Na ' al claimed that Captain Jamer was a young man of about thirty , but by his own account , Jamer had been a contemporary of Gilad Pellaeon at the Raithal Academy , which would imply that he was in his fifties or early sixties at this point . The Alliance account states that early in his career , as a young Lieutenant Commander aboard the Star Destroyer " Stormclaw " , Jamer ' s meticulous analysis of sensor readings was responsible for detecting and defeating a pirate attack at Jjannex II , which might otherwise have wrecked the ship . He was promoted to join the ship ' s bridge crew , where he remained for some time without attracting similar attention again , and Na ' al says that this set the pattern for his subsequent career . Reading between the lines , the short and somewhat thickset Jamer was a capable technical specialist , a man whose character was built around an intensely methodical approach to his duty , rather than to initiative or ambition . Aside from the incident aboard " Stormclaw " , little detail is known of his career until he was transferred to the outpost at Bakura under Commander Pter Thanas , some time after 0 ABY . Thanas recognized Jamer ' s abilities , and promoted him to serve as captain of the " Dominant " under his command . He also picked up on Jamer ' s enthusiasm for in technical projects and particular the study of deep space , and assigned him the duty of mapping the Bakura system and preparing the system ' s picket defenses . During the opetning phase of the Invasion of Bakura , Captain Jamer ' s picket systems were overwhelmed , though Voren Na ' al ' s dismissal of their performance seems somewhat arch when considering the overwhelming strength of the Ssi - ruuvi attack force compared with the defending Imperial squadron ; likewise , Na ' al ' s statement that Jamer was scheduled for disciplining after failing two physicals in succession must be read in a different light when considering that he was not in his thirties , but rather a man of around sixty . Nevertheless , it is noteworthy that Thanas commanded the defense from the bridge of the " Dominant " , reducing Jamer to essentially the role of executive officer . When Thanas surrendered the " Dominant " to the Rebel Alliance , Jamer was one of the majority of Imperial personnel at Bakura who opted to return to Imperial space rather than remain on the planet or join the Alliance . At this point , he disappeared from the Bakuran records available to Na ' al , and what little is known of his subsequent movements comes from a personal memorandum written by Jamer himself , preserved along with Na ' al ' s report , but presumably originating independently . After a debriefing by COMPNOR operatives , in which he indignantly rejected their accusations that he and the other Bakura survivors were Rebel infiltrators , Captain Jamer was appointed to command the " Strike " - class cruiser " Shrike " , a larger and more powerful ship than " Dominant " , apparently part of the fleet regrouping at Annaj . Jamer recorded his dismay at the confusion that Palpatine ' s death and the Battle of Endor had thrown the Empire into , and also his concerns about the Ssi - ruuk and his fear that the Alliance would adopt their entechment technology and turn it against the Empire . He considered taking his ship — and any others he could persuade to join him — on a rogue strike into Ssi - ruuvi space , but he also expressed his intention to track down his old friend Captain Pellaeon , now commanding the Star Destroyer " Chimaera " . Behind the scenes . The seemingly inevitable correction of Captain Jamer ' s age raises chronological questions about his biography as presented in " The Truce at Bakura Sourcebook " . The " Stormclaw " is called an " Imperial Star Destroyer " , implying that she was an " Imperial " - class ship and certainly indicating that the incident at Jjannex II took place under the New Order . If this really was early in Jamer ' s career , however it is likely to have taken place under the Galactic Republic , though the designation " Star Destroyer " would hardly be used before the Clone Wars , by which time his contemporary Gilad Pellaeon was already an officer with decades of service behind him . Alternatively , is possible that the incident took place soon after the Declaration of a New Order , early in Jamer ' s " Imperial " service , having previously served in the Navy of the Old Republic under Judicial Department authority , or else a local Sector Fleet .