Terrinald Screed

***“Ask the dead if honor served them.  Silence is your answer.”***

## Pre-Campaign History

**Early Years**

Screed first entered military service during the final years of the Galactic Republic, studying at both the Prefsbelt IV Fleet Camp and the Caridan Military Academy before finally joining the Republic Judiciary Forces. It did not take long for his first notable accomplishments, having lead a Republic Fleet that defeated a pirate fleet besieging the  world of Niele, losing his left eye during the fighting which left him with his distinctive cybernetic replacement.

Convinced the the ability for pirate factions to cause such harm to Republic member worlds was evidence of the rot that had taken root within it, Screed came under the influence of then Senator Palpatine of Naboo. This relationship began to shape more and more of his political thinking through the following years, leading him to criticize both the Jedi and Judicial Forces as being inadequate to meet the growing danger of the Seperatist movement.

**(22-19 BBY) The Clone Wars**

A vocal proponent for the Military Creation Act, Screed quickly became an active participant in the Clone Wars, taking command of a task force during the conflict. Operating alongside fellow Captain Jan Dodonna, Screed helped lead a campaign against the Separatists within the Core Worlds. While ultimately successful in defeating his enemy, Screed once again suffered injuries during the campaign which forced him to undergo cybernetic reconstruction. For his efforts, Screed was given the rank of vice admiral and command of the Coruscant Home Fleet by Supreme Chancellor Palpatine.

**(19 BBY - 6 ABY) The Imperial Era**

With the birth of the Galactic Empire at the end of the Clone Wars, Screed became one of the first officers to be appointed to the highest ranks of the Imperial Navy. His first assignments were focused around subjugating former Seperatist holdings, particularly those that had aligned with various pirate organizations. In this Screed proved to be quite effective in combating and subverting pirate groups, earning himself the reputation of a hero in the Core Worlds.

Still, such glory was not enough for the ambitious admiral. His time combating various pirate operations had shown him how lucrative their ventures could be as well as the corruption that existed across the Outer Rim. Seeing the opportunity for what it was, Screed began to use his forces to gain control over various valuable economic enterprises in remote areas of the Outer Rim. Time and time again, however, such efforts met with disaster thanks to the efforts of the growing Rebellion or due to overreach on his part.

Such debacles caused Screed to lose favor in the eyes of the Emperor, Screed’s position of rank and privilege faltering while many of his longtime peers continued to rise. While his talent in defeating pirate groups was useful to the Imperial Security Bureau in combating the early Rebellion, its growing power and organization quickly became a threat that was far too large to adequately contain.

While not party to the disastrous Battle of Yavin that saw the destruction of the first Death Star, Screed did participate in the Battle of Endor four years later. While the death of the Emperor was indeed a shock, Screed was quick to begin to think of what came next.

**(6-12 ABY) The Imperial Remnant Forms**

With the fracturing of the Empire, Commodore Screed was one of several high-ranking officers who gathered significant portions of the Imperial military under his command as part of what became known as the Imperial Remnant States. While his greed-driven misadventures were known only to the highest levels of the Imperial Hierarchy, most average Imperial citizens still saw Screed as being a famous war hero. This granted him a degree of legitimacy that forced Grand Admiral Sloane to offer him a seat at the table, though Screed’s personal ambitions led him to desire more.

**(13 ABY) The Corellian Deception**

Chafing under the authority of Grand Admiral Rae Sloane, Screed saw an opportunity as the IRS as the New Republic had their focus taken up by the geological disaster taking place on Scipio. With the New Republic Core Fleet called to help in the evacuation effort, Screed gathered forces to launch an attack on the Corellian System, it’s vulnerable shipyard facilities.

The attack was a resounding success. Not only did Screed manage to steal numerous drydocked warships and deal heavy damage to the Corellian Engineering Corporation’s shipyards but also managed to destroy Garm Bel Iblis’ flagship, *Peregrine*, and presumably kill the Rebellion hero.

Facing reprisal from both the New Republic and the Imperial Remnant States, Screed took advantage of the chaos caused by the Scipio disaster to disappear into the Outer Rim. A career of fighting pirate factions left him an expert on how to best avoid large navies while also providing him with no shortage of contacts within the galactic underworld.  With a substantial fleet under his command, he began to recruit various raiders and pirates to his command along with his personnel troops, using them to crew the vessels stolen from Corellia and create a formidable armada.

For the next several years Screed would continue to expand his power base, using agents and proxies to strike at locations too small to gain the notice of the new Republic or Imperial Remnant States. Even so, his erstwhile allies began to grow impatient from the constant waiting and running, hungering for greater prizes. In the end he settled on killing two birds with one stone.

### Campaign History

**(20.2 ABY) The Battle of Botajef**

Screed’s first target was the world of Botajef, an unaligned work that was seeking New Republic membership, to plunder its dockyards just as he had done at Corellia. Commanding from his flagship, the *Gladiator-class* Star Destroyer *Deliverance*, Screed led his motley collection of former Imperial and private vessels against the sparsely defended world, seeing it as a target ripe for the taking. Immediately engaging the outnumbered defenders, the battle should’ve been a quick win were it not for the sudden appearance of the Jedi led by none other than their Grandmaster, Luke Skywalker.

Focused on the battle at hand, Screed’s forces destroyed the defending flagship and dispatched a boarding party to steal the Assault Frigate currently waiting within Botajef’s backyards. While certain the odds were in his favor, the tables began to turn as the Jedi dove into the conflict, leading to the destruction of his fleet’s prized *Ton-Falk*-class Escort Carrier. Meanwhile a second group of Jedi boarded the docks, intercepting and eliminating the boarding party before they could succeed in stealing the Assault Frigate.

With his prize stolen from him and a key part of his fleet destroyed, Screed’s attack on Botajef seemed to be a major setback but then began to devolve into a disaster with the arrival of reinforcements from the New Republic, the infamous Rogue Squadron. Rather than calling a retreat, however, Screed was determined to make his enemies pay and commanded that his forces rengage and wipe the remaining defenders, the Jedi, and the Rogues out. While still holding the numerical advantage, Screed’s vessels quickly proved no match for the skill of their opponents.

The final nail in the coffin then came with the arrival of the New Republic Fifth Fleet under the command of Admiral Traest Kre’fey. With several of his ships having been destroyed or surrendered, Screed was finally forced to admit defeat. With nothing to show for his efforts, Screed retreated into hyperspace with the remainder of his fleet with the New Republic and Imperial Remnant once again hot on his heels.

**(20.4 ABY) Death of the Pirate Lord**

The attack on Botajef was a disaster for Screed on multiple levels. Not only had it resulted in the loss of some of his most loyal Imperial troops and created discontent and distrust within his pirate allies but it had also thrust him once more into the consciousness of both the New Republic and the Imperial Remnant. With the walls closing in around him, Screed knew he could not simply escape into the shadows once again. He needed to make a move that would shore up support once again.

The opportunity presented itself in the form of an advanced warship that was ripe for the taking which would prove a match for anything the New Republic or IRS could throw at him. What he didn’t know was that the whole scenario was a trap created by his mortal enemies with the help of the Jedi. Ignorant of the danger, Screed gathered his forces to steal the advanced warship.

While the capture of the ship went off without a hitch, it was not long before the trap was sprung. New Republic forces descended upon what was left of Screed’s fleet while he himself was trapped upon what turned out to be a quite inoperational vessel. Aware of the reports of the Jedi Strike Team cutting its way through his forces, Screed waited upon the deck of ‘his’ new ship to face the Jedi personally.

In the end Screed and his magnaguard bodyguards proved no match for the Jedi. Rather than surrender, however, Screed resisted before finally being stricken down by a lightsaber. With their commander dead and the decoy warship coming apart, what was left of Screed’s forces either scattered or surrendered, removing one of the principal warlords of the post-Endor Era