Ranulph Darkhitch

, was a mercenary during the Clone Wars. He was captured and forced into Antimatter Squadron, a covert Republic squadron. After a mission went bad on Felucia he was captured by Arek Saris and later rescued by Ganner Slarwalker and fellow squadmate, Hans Novastar. Afterwards, Antimatter Squadron worked with Ganner to hunt Saris down.

Antimatter Squadron
Ranulph was captured by the Republic after he hacked into a military database on Coruscant and discovered secret plans for superweapons. He, along with Siri Tokolighter, Hans Novastar, Cade Slarwalker (under the alias of Arron Radion) and Blaze Terrant, was placed into Antimatter Squadron. He became the unofficial leader of the group, which answered to Admiral Taran Ragnan. Eventually, the group took on a mission to Felucia to kill the general located in a Separatist base. However, Arek Saris had taken control of operations there, and easily captured all of the group but Hans. Ranulph was kept in captivity until Hans returned with Ganner Slarwalker and rescued him. He agreed to work with Ganner to hunt Saris down.

Hunt for Saris
The group followed Saris, who was captured by an experimental Republic interdictor cruiser known as the Reverence. While Saris escaped, Ranulph met Dylan Antiunknown, who told him Saris (now dubbed Darth Maricus) was headed to Mandalore. They pursued him, and the group split up upon arrival. Ranulph provided overwatch for Ganner during the operation, and later saved him after he was betrayed by Siri, who revealed herself to be aligned with Maricus.

They struck a deal with Dylan Antiunknown, who agreed to help Ganner recover and assist the team with their assault on Umbara in exchange for all the lightsabers of the fallen Sith to sell on the black market. During the Eclipse of Umbara, Ranulph was on the ground along with Hans, but survived the firing of the Brotherhood HQ's laser. After the battle, he and Hans met up with Ganner again and returned to Coruscant to find information on Darth Massikus.

Dark Matter
On Coruscant, Hans and Ranulph hid in an empty apartment to monitor Ganner as he looked for information. During the investigation, Order 66 was given and the 501st Legion descended upon the Jedi Temple. The team's communications with Ganner were cut off, but they were able to find him again when he faked his death with Cade. Thinking he had actually been killed, Hans and Ranulph swore revenge.

Ranulph observed Han as followed Cade and monitored Cade's activities for the rest of the night. While Cade was passed out, Hans abducted him and brought him back to Ranulph. The next day, Cade woke and Hans began to interrogate him. However, before Cade could explain the situation, Praxon, a mercenary sent by Dylan, attacked the group and escaped with Cade.

The duo managed to track Cade down to the location of the now hidden Brotherhood HQ, and waited for him to leave with Dylan for Hoth. The group arrived just too late to run into Dylan, and saw as DX-245 was taken over by Asura Tyuki, saving Cade from the droid's attack. Hans considered executing Cade, but was convinced by Ranulph to spare him for the time being to get information. Cade told Hans that Ganner had faked his death and he had been working to take the Brotherhood down from inside, and Hans reluctantly decided to work with him.

Ranulph again provied overwatch when Hans and Cade set out to prevent Operation Supernova, a mission which ultimately failed but led to the revelation of Han's true identity as Hans Cerrano.

Aboard the Fortune Destroyer, Hans explained his past to Cade and Ranulph, then contacted Asura and planned an assault on the Exarch, where Ragnan was located, along with Antimatter Squadron.

Following Ranulph's plan, Hans and Cade made their way through the ship, eliminating clone troopers, as Ragnan put a counter-plan into action. Hans met up with Asura and, with technology Ranulph had made, disabled her nerve implants, and prepared to make his escape. Asura, however, wanted to save the rest of Antimatter Squadron, and succeeded but took a blaster shot that sent her into a coma. Hans decided to take care of her and offer her as well as Praxon and DX-245 a job with Cade, Ranulph, and himself, forming a final Antimatter Squadron.

Ranulph would later reunite with Ganner on Dantooine, where he was given a holorecording with a message for him to be used in a time of need.

Personality and traits
Though immature at times, Ranulph often served as the conscience of Antimatter Squadron in contrast to the more aggressive and brash nature of Hans.

Ranulph was a very skilled hacker and engineer, designing a system in Ganner's mask to track him and trace Darth Maricus' activities around Mandalore, and coming up with a way to disable the Brotherhood nerve controls. Like Hans, Ranulph was a skilled combatant, though he preferred not to fight.

Behind the scenes
Ranulph was based on a player character of the same name who existed in Clone Wars Adventures.