Galen Vance

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This article is about the **original bounty hunter**. You may be looking for the imposter.

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> "You haven't changed, Hal. Not since Bilzen. Only thing that's different now is, well, you don't know if pulling the trigger's enough to kill me."
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> ― Galen Vance taunting Halliot Sern during their encounter on Phaegon III, 11 BBY

**Galen Vance,** later known by the operating name **Diranan**, was a Human rebel officer, bounty hunter, and Imperial agent during the time of the Galactic Civil War. Born on Alderaan, he joined the Royal Alderaanian Civil Fleet at the onset of the Clone Wars, serving in a defensive posture on ground-based installations. After the war's conclusion, Galen became involved in Bail Organa's early rebellion. He was stationed as security chief on the CR90 corvette *Avishan Wind*, a mobile support ship for anti-Imperial operatives. Galen became a trusted friend of the ship's captain, the Bothan Harir Hee'faeva. When Halliot Sern was assigned as the ship's first officer, both Galen and Harir grew suspicious of the man. During their tense service together, Galen uncovered Sern's past as a Separatist, and reported such to the captain. During a routine stop over Bilzen, Captain Hee'faeva brought both Vance and Sern with him on a voyage to the planet's expansive cave network, under the pretext of meeting with an agent. In reality, he and Galen intended to confront Sern and abandon the former Separatist on the world. When Harir revealed his intentions, Sern drew his snubble pistol on the two, killing the Bothan captain and wounding Galen. The security chief pleaded for his life, but Halliot pushed him into a ravine.

Striking a rocky cliff only a two dozen meters down, Galen survived the fall but was left immobilized. He laid immobilized for three days, surviving off of the emergency rations in his satchel. A group of cavers eventually heard his pleas for help, and he was rescued and brought back to their ship to recuperate. Galen was with the group for several weeks, and his recovery was marked with a sudden violent attitude. The crew took note of this, and after Galen lashed out at one of the members, they locked him in an airlock until they could drop him off at an Imperial station. Despite this, Vance broke into a maintenance panel and hotwired the blast door, allowing himself into the ship's main compartment. He proceeded to forcibly takeover the cockpit, strangling the pilot to death before venting the rest of the ship's atmosphere. Free to roam the galaxy again, Galen Vance set out to hunt down Halliot Sern.

By 11 BBY, Galen had set aside his real name, and instead began calling himself Diranan. His search for Sern had been unsuccessful, though he was tapped into Imperial communications networks and was up-to-date on the ISB's search for Hal. When the now-Commander Sern's DP20 frigate *Recovery* was reported by the Empire over Darkknell, Diranan moved quickly to stalk the ship, and found it orbiting the icy world of Syned. He proceeded to move planetside, observing Sern's salvaging party on the surface. Noting the presence of a Jedi, he continued to watch as the rebels accidentally activated a contingent of battle droids within the ruined ship. Diranan used a sniper rifle to shoot any droids that came close to harming either Sern or the Jedi, and attached a tracking beacon to the rebels' shuttle shortly before their departure.