Vaclen Tor

"This is my crew. They are loyal to the throne—and me. They will not take orders from renegades."

- Vaclen Tor

Vaclen Tor was a  naval officer who served  during the, and later became an admiral in Darth Hargrev's Sith Empire after 138 ABY.

Second Imperial Civil War
"We swore oaths of duty to the throne and that throne is on Coruscant. We pledged our lives and our honor to this duty!"

- Vaclen Tor

In 137 ABY, the Human male captain was in command of the Steadfast. Assigned to the, Steadfast was tasked with protecting the planet , when the and the  launched a surprise attack on the planet, intending to seize as many Imperial ships as possible.

When fleet's commander Admiral realized that his forces were overwhelmed, he agreed to the ultimatum of Admiral  and ordered the fleet to surrender. However, Vaclen Tor refused to do so, reminding him of his duty and saying their fleet should self-destruct. Admiral Fenel retaliated by ordering Tor's crew to rise up in mutiny against him. The captain counteracted by reiterating that his crew were loyal to him and the Imperial throne, adding that they would not obey orders from renegades.

Furious at this act of defiance, Fenel ordered all his ships including Kelsan's vessels to fire on the Steadfast, but Tor made a clever move and managed to position one of Ralltiir's moons between his ship and Fenel's fleet. After that Peto Kelsan ordered his men to set their ships for self-destruct and then leave them in the escape pods. Kelsan himself choose to stay on the flagship Avenger and perished along with his fleet. However, Steadfast took some damage and its lifepods were offline, as was the self-destruct mechanism. Admiral of the Galactic Alliance Remnant decided to deposit both Vaclen Tor and his crew to the surface of Ralltiir and then send the ship to Emperor  as a gift. This effectively denied Fenel custody of Tor and his crew while affirming that the Alliance were allies but not Fel's vassals.

By 138 ABY, Captain Tor remained within the Sith Empire's Navy. He was present during the Sith Imperial assault against the of the New Jedi Order on, in command of the Intruder. During the space battle against the combined forces of the Galactic Alliance fleet and Fel loyalist vessels, the Intruder sustained severe damage and was destroyed. Tor himself survived by evacuating with his crew.

Becoming an admiral
After the war ended, Tor refused to join the Galactic Federation Triumvirate, the new government formed by the victors. He and his crew eventually reached, from where they received a message by Darth Hargrev for all loyalists to gather. Tor did so, and his vessel became part of the fleet of Darth Hargrev's Sith Empire. Hargrev declared himself the and promised revenge against the Jedi and the Triumvirate. They would take centuries to rebuild their forces and attack the Triumvirate, but the Sith and their followers, including Tor, were prepared to do so nonetheless. Tor oversaw the construction of a new Imperial fleet and became the first admiral of the new Navy.

He died at some point later on, never living to see the full construction of his Navy completed.

Legacy
Although he died many years prior to 500 ABY, the Empire's soldiers still looked to him as an example of a true patriot and ideal soldier. Statues of Tor were present in (the rebuilt capital of the new Sith Empire), and several monuments were made for him. Tor was used in Imperial propaganda throughout the New Great Galactic War, which began in 567 ABY.

Personality and traits
As a competent military officer, Captain Vaclen Tor remained true to the codes of honor and duty even in the face of great adversity. Despite great odds and the prevailing unpopularity of Darth Krayt's Galactic Empire, Tor remained loyal to his masters. Thus, he also rejected any moves towards compromising or submitting to his government's foes—the Bastion resistance and the Galactic Alliance Remnant.

When his superior officer Admiral Peto Kelsan ordered his fleet to surrender following a coordinated Alliance-Fel Empire attack, Tor maintained his allegiance to the throne by disregarding the former's orders. Realizing that the Alliance and Fel's Empire intended to seize the vessels of the Coruscant Third Fleet intact, he ordered his crew to activate self-destruct devices and to bail out over Ralltiir. This brave tactic won the respect of both Kelsan as well as his Alliance adversaries Admiral Stazi and Captain Bey who proceeded to support him when Fenel ordered the destruction of all life-pods from the Coruscant Third Fleet.