Cardinal

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**Cardinal**, also known as **CD-0922** or **Archex**, was originally a inhabitant of the planet Jakku who was recruited by Imperials to serve in the successor government to the Galactic Empire. An Imperial successor that would be known as the First Order would incorporate its own military program, with Archex being one of the first to become a Stormtrooper. He eventually was made into a Captain within the First Order, whose results and skills were spoken about with high regard even by Snoke, the First Order's Supreme Leader. At some point, he interrogated the Resistance operative Vi Moradi aboard the *Resurgent*-Class Battlecruiser *Absolution* for information about the past of his rival, Captain Phasma.

## Biography

### Molded into a Stormtrooper

#### Captain of the First Order

**Archex** was born around and spent his early life with his mother on Jakku. At some point in his childhood, his mother died, leaving him to survive on his own with the other orphans of the desolate planet. Near the end of the Battle of Jakku, Archex and several other orphans were invited by General Brendol Hux to come with the Imperials into the Unknown Regions. Archex agreed, wanting to leave behind the cruelty of the planet. He was inducted into the Stormtrooper cadet program and given the codename **CD-0922**. CD-0922 was one of the original Stormtroopers of what would later become the First Order, having been taught by Hux that the New Republic was disorderly and corrupt, and that only the First Oder could bring peace and order to the galaxy.

A loyal adherent of the tenants of the First Order, CD-0922 eventually became a Captain and was put in charge of Stormtrooper physical training. Stationed on the *Finalizer*, CD-0922 served with distinction as both the lead Stormtrooper trainer as well as Hux's personal guard. Cardinal was presented by Hux with a personalized set of red Stormtrooper armor and given the name **Cardinal**.

### Rivalry with Phasma

Roughly a year after Cardinal was presented with his personalized armor, Hux conducted a scouting mission to the planet Parnassos. While surveying the planet, Hux's ship was shot down by an automated weapons system and crashed on the planet. With the help of members of the local Scyre tribe, including Phasma, Hux was able to find his ship and make contact with the First Order. Hux returned to the *Finalizer* with Phasma in tow, along with a young girl from Parnassos named Frey. Phasma wore a set of dirty, ill-fitting stormtrooper armor. Cardinal was instructed to familiarize Phasma with the *Finalizer*, First Order technology, and her duties as a stormtrooper. Cardinal's role as head trainer was to be split with Phasma, who would focus on training the teenage and adult stormtroopers, and he would be transferred to the *Absolution*. Hux would also get a new personal guard, allowing Cardinal to focus on the expanding stormtrooper training program.[1]

These changes to Cardinal's duties upset him. He was suspicious of Phasma, who never removed her helmet, and was jealous of her name and close relationship to Hux. Cardinal had considered Hux to be like a father, and considered it a great honor to be his personal guard. Cardinal's jealously increased a year later, as Phasma also received her own personalized chrome armor. Soon after, Hux died of a mysterious illness, and his son, Armitage, took his place as head of the First Order infantry. He took the Resistance spy Vi Moradi aboard the *Resurgent*-Class Battlecruiser *Absolution* for information about the past of his rival and learned she killed Brendol Hux.