Shi Jihark

Tell the other Fleet Commanders to prepare for a massive parade on Aeron tomorrow and Fleet Commander, tell them that they are receiving ordersand do not have a choice on the subject. - Admiral Shi Jarkin ordering a parade of the 12th Republic Defence wing after the victorious Battle of Aeron.

Shi Jarkin was born in 20 BBY to a freighter-pilot and a senator on Coruscant. As a child she admired her father's ship and other ships and aspired to be a pilot. During the Jedi Purge, Clone Commander Thi helped her out of the burning Jedi Temple. This was how she acquired her affinity to the Empire. Although it did not bother her father whether the Empire became a Republic again her mother supported the Empire and urged her daughter to join the Empire. At the age of 16 she entered the Imperial academy and graduated two years later on her 18th birthday. She was offered the position of Fleet Commander on one of the Imperial expeditionary wing's. She was posted to the 13th Expeditionary wing and served under Admiral Thi (the clone commander who had saved her during the purge). After his death she was promoted to Admiral of the wing and became on of the most decorated officers in Imperial service. The flagships placed under her command originally were The Tyrannical Fear and the Wraith. During her service in the New Republic fleet she received the Death. She was promoted to Grand Admiral after her bravery in the Battle of Eurox-Aray Prime.