Randall Ridenour

Randall Ridenour was a noncommissioned officer of the  and the Galactic Empire Special Operations Command, serving as a special warfare operator of Army Special Activities Battle Expeditionary Regiment, and attached to the elite Joint Special Operations Task Force 452.

Born on, after completion of his intermediate education, he pursued several temporary positions as a research associate on the planet, concentrating in the study of toxicology, which was prominent on to understand its labyrinthine biosystem. His knowledge of naturally-occurring chemical weapons of mass destruction made him lucrative to the elite "Saber Force", which was interested in obtaining operators that could combat chemical and biological weapons of mass destruction, as reports suggested that the relative ease of constructing such weapons of mass destruction would make them likely weapons employed by terrorists.

After training in the 1st Special Forces School on and undergoing counter-proliferation indoctrination on, he would become attached to  Joint Special Operations Task Force 452, serving in a Saber Force detachment led by Major Cassandra Dice and Sergeant Major Aiden Page.

Behind the Scenes
The character of Randall Ridenour has an extensive history with writer RelentlessRecusant — one of the writer's favorite characters, Ridenour was employed extensively in Halo: Galactic Era, the current major collaboration between writers Actene and RelentlessRecusant. However, Ridenour's character was heavily redesigned and given a more minor role in RelentlessRecusant's newer fiction, Star Wars: Supermassive Black Hole.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Supermassive Black Hole