Piard

Captain Piard was a Human who served in the Navy of Darth Krayt's Galactic Empire during the Second Imperial Civil War. In 137 ABY, Piard's shipping vessel was boarded in the Arkanis sector by Black Sun pirates who demanded Piard's shipment of blasters. The captain and the Imperial officer Guerno were rescued by the former Jedi Cade Skywalker, who used a mind trick to convince them that Black Sun pirates stole the cargo. Skywalker and his companions, Jariah Syn and Deliah Blue then took the shipment of blasters for themselves.
==Biography==
Piard was a Human who served as a captain in the Navy of Darth Krayt's Galactic Empire in 137 ABY, during the Second Imperial Civil War, a galactic conflict between Krayt's Empire and deposed Emperor Roan Fel's Empire-in-exile. Piard and the Imperial officer Guerno were assigned to a shipping vessel that was delivering cargo, which included Thunderbolt Mark 7 blasters, via the Triellus Trade Route.
Piard's ship stopped at the 5709-DC Shipping Lane, a hyperspace route in the Arkanis sector, and was boarded by pirates affiliated with the Black Sun crime syndicate. The pirates' captain, Dovrin, threatened Piard and Guerno, demanding to know where the blasters were. Piard objected when the Cathar pirate destroyed a protocol droid. Dovrin was interrupted by a noise nearby and sent several cronies to check on it. Shortly after, the former Jedi Cade Skywalker and his companions, Jariah Syn and Deliah Blue, revealed themselves after boarding the vessel and rescued Piard and Guerno by killing Dovrin and incapacitating the remaining pirates.
Piard immediately thanked Skywalker for his assistance, believing from his lightsaber that he was a Jedi, and proclaiming that they were the champions of the galaxy. When Guerno quietly questioned Piard's words because Jedi were enemies of the Empire, Piard answered loudly that these Jedi were friends; Guerno then understood.
When Skywalker demanded the shipment of Thunderbolt blasters, Piard began to object but was influenced by a mind trick from Skywalker, who used the Force to persuade the Captain and Guerno to forget the encounter and believe that Black Sun took Piard's cargo. Skywalker and his companions then took it for themselves.
==Personality and traits==
Piard was light-skinned with blue eyes and white hair with a mustache. As a captain in the Imperial Navy, Piard wore an Imperial officer's uniform. The captain objected when Dovrin destroyed the protocol droid and was extremely thankful when Cade Skywalker rescued the Imperials from the Black Sun pirates. Although Piard initially objected to Skywalker's intentions with the shipment, the captain was susceptible to being influenced by a mind trick.
==Behind the scenes==
Piard appeared in the thirty-seventh issue of the comic series Star Wars: Legacy, written by John Ostrander and penciled by Jan Duursema.
==Appearances==
*Legacy (2006) 37 
==Notes and references==
Category:Humans
Category:Imperial Navy officers of Darth Krayt's Galactic Empire
Category:Individuals of unspecified gender
Category:Individuals with unspecified pronouns