Nirkk Tethet

Captain Nirkk Tethet was a male from  who served as a warship captain in the. After the Battleaxe was commissioned, Captain Tethet was appointed as the warship's first commanding officer, engaging in combat during both the  and. A veteran of the at, he remained loyal to the  due to the fact that his ship, heavily damaged during the  victory, was laid up in orbit over  undergoing repairs. Thus, he missed out on the and did not depart into the  with  and.

During the, Captain Tethet remained in command of Battleaxe, one of the few Interdictor-class vessels to remain in service with the Republic in the wake of the at. He and his ship were eventually reassigned to the Second Fleet under the overall command of Forn Dodonna, after having spent the first years of the war helping to defend the shipyards of the. As a part of the task force that would take on Darth Revan's fleet as the attempted to capture the, Tethet helped to protect Admiral Dodonna's flagship, Vibrosword. In addition, the three squadrons of s carried by Battleaxe were to escort the Jarhead-class assault lander that would ferry the boarding party onto the flagship.

On the way to the rendezvous point Coreward of, however, Tethet and Battleaxe were interdicted by the Sith Interdictor cruiser Wrangler. The latter vessel, having suffered heavy casualties and damage as a result of a general mutiny in the wake of a skirmish in the Upestis system, sought to surrender to the Republic. Tethet, sensing opportunity, accepted, and persuaded the defecting warship's ranking officers to accompany him further on, though he did not inform them of their ultimate destination or what their mission was. After having formed up with Admiral Dodonna's task force and reported the situation, Tethet helped to coordinate the fleet's efforts to bring Wrangler back up to combat readiness in preparation for the mission to take place the next day.

Appearances

 * The Last Full Measure