Varin Luthais

Varin Luthais was an officer who served as the chief of the  department around the time of the. Despite being in charge of rooting out treason and corruption within the, Luthais himself was plotting a coup against , becoming disillusioned with his rule. The colonel assembled a group of like-minded individuals that intended to assassinate the Emperor and replace him with an imposter to take control of the Empire, however their plan fell apart when Captain Salzor Reven began to discover the conspiracy. One of the members panicked, and as part of an attempt to 'defect' back to the loyalists, killed Luthais.

Biography
Little was known of Luthais's background other than that he had started out in and had spent many years in the service. He had a distinguished record and served with loyalty since the. In the two decades following the founding of the, Luthais was responsible for overseeing many assassinations of political dissidents, rooting out potential coup attempts, and detaining corrupt officials. He made many enemies along the way but also gained valuable experience that he would be mindful later on. By the beginning of the, Luthais had risen to the rank of colonel had been placed in charge of the department of the.

By 3 ABY, however, Luthais became disillusioned with the despite the years of serving him and purging his enemies from the ranks. The colonel believed that the sovereign was becoming too corrupt himself and was ignoring some of the ideals of the New Order. Because of that, he secretly formed a clique within the ISB that also included some of his associates who were like-minded on politics, including s Thoran Ardoff, Johannis Kasar, and Eben Galach, the former also being a member of Internal Affairs while the latter two were from the department. The three intended to kill the Emperor, eventually deciding to plant a bomb aboard and replace him with an imposter that would allow them to control the Empire from behind the scenes.

However, another ISB officer, Colonel Leynar Orlean of the department, was in the group's way. Around 4 ABY, a veteran officer,  Salzor Reven, was transferred to the ISB by an old rival of Luthais, who was now in old age and retired but suspected that something was going on. Thus the colonel decided to get rid of Orlean by putting the new transfer on his case, telling Captain Reven that Orlean was suspected of involvement in various crimes on the side. With Reven investigating the man who was proving to be a nuisance, Luthais assumed that they would be able to get rid of them both by having Reven find evidence of Orlean's corruption, but tragically being killed by the corrupt officer's thugs shortly afterward.

As part of the scheme, Luthais hired a former intelligence contact of his named Babran, now actively involved in the i underworld, to bait Orlean to get involved with a criminal operation. That he did successfully, as the man was indeed greedy and power-hungry, agreeing to provide protection for Babran's prostitution and drug trafficking ring. Reven discovered Orlean's involvement, but being a former Storm Commando he was able to easily dispatch the hired toughs, along with Babran—but not before getting out of him more information, that the incident with Colonel Orlean was a distraction for something much bigger. Luthais was concerned about his contact's death, or more specifically, about how much he had told Reven before he died. The young captain made no signs of being suspicious, but Luthais and Major Ardoff—Reven's direct superior at Internal Affairs—became nervous.

With the potential of having been discovered, Luthais decided to have Reven killed in an "accident." However, before he could do so, Major Ardoff grew so nervous of being caught that he decided to drop from the conspiracy. To cover up his involvement, Ardoff decided to murder Luthais and the others. He successfully confronted the colonel and shot him. After the death of Luthais, Major Eben Galach attempted to go to Reven and told him the truth shortly before being killed by Ardoff, who himself was killed not long afterward by Johannis Kasar. The latter ended up getting shot by Captain Reven, ending the conspiracy without the rest of the ISB ever finding out.