Dak Benkins

"My name is Corporal Benkins, we are all that is left"

- Dak Benkins to Revan on the Endar Spire

During the Jedi Civil War, Dak Benkins was a crew member Corporal of the Hammerhead-class cruiser Endar Spire. When the ship was attacked and boarded by the Sith over the planet Taris, he along with Captain Hugo Gurragann and Private J'aahn Lancoln managed to survive longer until Revan managed to help them and bring them safely to where Carth Onasi was at the escape pods. Benkins also went in the same escape pod as Revan, Onasi, and Lancoln, and they crashed on the planet's Upper City. Following the crash, both Revan and Lancoln were knocked unconscious, and only Onasi and Benkins were fine. They managed to bring their unconscious companions to a nearby apartment. They searched for Bastila Shan and also Benkins managed to survive Taris by escaping in the Ebon Hawk. Later, he would partake in the mission to find the Star Forge and the Star Maps, although Gurragann was really working with the Sith and costs the lives of so many of the Endar Spire crew. On the Star Forge, Benkins managed to kill Gurragann for betraying the Republic. Benkins survived the Star Forge and later became one of the heroes.

Early Life
Dak Benkins lived on his homeworld of Corellia, a planet in the Corellian system, with his mother, Alis, and his father, Tad. He later served in the Republic Army, where he befriended Aidus Denlin who was Corellian just like him. He and Denlin both got together and became friends in the Republic. They trained on Corellia, serving under the command of Lieutenant Hugo Gurragann, who was their officer in charge of the unit. Gurragann liked Benkins, as he was one of the best soldiers of the Republic, and he agreed to have Benkins and Denlin, both his experienced Marksman, promoted to Corporals in the Republic Army. Before Benkins left Corellia to start his new career in the Republic, he said goodbye to his mother and father.

Jedi Civil War
As marksmen, Benkins and Denlin found themselves aboard the Endar Spire, a ship carrying Bastlia Shan, a Jedi whose abilities were vital to the success of the war effort. However, the ship was attacked and boarded by Sith forces over the Outer Rim world of Taris. A boarding party led by Darth Bandon, Darth Malak's apprentice, attacked the Endar Spire in an attempt to capture Shan alive so that Malak could turn her to the dark side of The Force. Were Shan to turn to the dark side, she would willingly use her talent at Jedi battle meditation for the benefit of the Sith Empire to help coordinate Sith ships against those of the Republic in combat. However, as the ship came under attack by boarding parties, most of the Republic soldiers were killed. Though both Benkins and Denlin led squads of their own to try to eliminate the boarding parties and drive them back, the plan was unsuccessful, and while trying to do so, Denlin was killed in the attack along with all but one of his men of his squad. After the death of Denlin, Benkins felt very sad, but he had to move on under orders of their now promoted Captain Gurragann. Few soldiers survived the aftermath, but Benkins and the three soldiers that were left managed to make it to Gurragann and also link up with Revan, a former Sith Lord who Benkins and the others didn't know. Upon making it to the escape pods where Carth Onasi was, he, Revan, Carth, and Private J'aahn Lancoln retreated to the last pod. They fled to the planets surface. With Shan having escaped the ship, the Sith fleet destroyed the Endar Spire. Benkins felt very saddened by what happened, as the pod crashed on the planet below.

Taris
However, after the crash, both Revan and Lancoln were both injured. Onasi and Benkins, were not badly wounded and pulled Revan and Lancoln from the pod before a Sith inspection team came to retrieve it. While fleeing, Onasi and Benkins stumbled upon an abandoned apartment and secured it for safe refuge.

While both Revan and Lancoln remained unconscious, Onasi and Benkins began to inspect the surroundings and gather some information. He learned that most of the pods had crashed into the Undercity and speculated that since they had survived, a Jedi such as Bastila Shan could have survived as well. Onasi then surmised that it was imperative that they find her in order to continue helping the Republic war effort. Concurrently, Revan&mdash;who was unknowing of his true past identity of Sith Lord&mdash;experienced visions through the Force about the attack, led by Shan, aboard Revan's former flagship. Onasi and Benkins remarked that Revan had been thrashing about as he slept for a couple of days.

Agreeing that the situation&mdash;being separated from Bastila Shan and marooned on Taris&mdash;demanded immediate action, Revan, Onasi, Benkins, and Lancoln set forth from their apartment, dressed as civilians to prevent being identified as Republic soldiers, to search for her. Immediately upon exiting their apartment into the main concourse of the complex, the pair encountered a Sith inspection team who where in an argument with Ixgil and another Duros who co—owned the property. However, Revan, Onasi, Benkins, and Lancoln's presence, coupled with Ixgil's remarks, caused a scuffle to ensue. During the fight, Ixgil was killed by blaster fire. Revan, Onasi, Benkins, and Lancoln then proceeded to defend the other Duros landlord, killing the inspection team. The leaser was grateful and said that he would hide the bodies before other Sith teams arrived. After the encounter with the Sith patrol, Onasi remarked that it would be the best to remain discreet and not draw any unnecessary attention to their presence since they were Republic personnel.

Continuing their search for more information, Benkins, Revan, Onasi, and Lancoln checked the local cantina and other locations in the Upper City. Eventually, the group found an elevator to the Lower City that was guarded. The elevator guard informed them that only Sith were allowed to use the elevator and access the lower levels. Realizing the need for a disguise, Revan, Onasi, Benkins, and Lancoln continued their search through the Upper City.

In the North Apartments of the Upper City, the four stumbled upon a Sith interrogation of an Aqualish Black Market dealer. A Sith Guard tried to usher Revan, Onasi, Benkins and Lancoln along, but the group stopped and tried to defend the unarmed dealer. The other Sith interrogators were none too pleased by this development, and another fight ensued. After Benkins, Revan, Onasi, and Lancoln defended the Aqualish by defeating the Sith investigators, it came to light that the dealer had been in the process of acquiring Sith armor on behalf of the Hidden Beks, a Lower City swoop gang, so that the Beks could move between levels about without being stopped. The Aqualish was unable to provide Revan with armor, but encouraged him to steal from the bodies of the deceased inspectors. As the dealer fled the scene to go incognito, the group took the armor off four of the bodies. With Sith armor as a disguise, Benkins, Revan, Onasi, and Lancoln were granted access to the Lower City via the guarded elevator.

As Benkins and the others disguises worked, the elevator guard was convinced that Revan and the rest were Sith soldiers sent to patrol the Lower City. After taking the elevator down to the Lower City, the four were ambushed by members of the Black Vulkar gang. After they dispensed the attackers, Benkins and the rest made their way to Javyar's Cantina, a haven for a variety of individuals, including bounty hunters, pazaak players, gang members, entertainers, and other citizens. However, among the regular patrons that Benkins, Revan, Onasi, and Lancoln encountered was Mission Vao, a Rutian Twi'lek and native of Taris, and her partner, the Wookiee Zaalbar. The bubbly Twi'lek viewed herself as Benkins's, Revan's, Onasi's, and Lancoln's "welcome party" to Taris, and proceeded to answer all of their questions. As the conversation wound to a close, Vao decided it was time to leave. As Zaalbar had not finished eating, Vao suggested they see what food they could at the Hidden Bek Base and departed. The team later followed suit and headed over to the base as well.

Inside the Hidden Bek Base, Benkins and the small group approached Gadon Thek, the swoop gang leader. After being abruptly introduced to the jumpy Twi'lek Zaerdra, Thek's bodyguard, Thek was willing to strike a deal to help the team in their pursuit of Bastila Shan. Thek revealed that she had been captured by Black Vulkars and had ben placed as the prize in the annual season-opening swoop race by their leader, Brejik. In an order to rescue Shan, Thek surmised Revan would have to win the swoop race and claim his prize. Thek offered Revan the chance to run in the race on behalf of, and sponsored by, the Hidden Beks, if he could retrieve a prototype accelerator that had been stolen by Vulkar gang members. Access to the Black Vulkar Base was restricted and the only way in was through the Undercity sewers. Thek also suggested that Mission Vao lead Revan and the team into the sewers, stating that she knew every inch of them better than anyone else. Vao and Zaalbar, however, had just recently left to do more exploring in the Undercity. Thek suggested that Revan, Benkins and the team catch up with them there. Access to the Undercity was restricted to all individuals unless they had the proper security papers. Unlike the guard in the Upper City, a simple disguise was not sufficient to gain them access. In an exchange, Thek gave Revan the proper security papers that had been swiped from a Sith patrol in exchange for the Sith armor that he used initially. With the proper security papers in hand, the team would proceed to the elevator that led to the Undercity.

Upon exiting the elevator to the Undercity, now with security papers, Benkins, Revan, Onasi, and Lancoln were approached by two men who demanded that they pay a five-credit toll for using the elevator. An Outcast woman named Shaleena, however, came rushing to the elevator to scatter the panhandlers. Shaleena informed the exploring pair of Gendar, the Outcasts' leader and suggested speaking with him. The Outcasts, according to Gendar, were the descendants of those who were exiled from the Upper City for crimes against the people. They were plagued by the rakghouls and other marauders such as swoop gang members from the Lower City who came through to scavenge remains. They were kept safe from the rakghouls by a large gate on the northeast side of their village. Revan asked Gendar if he knew of Mission Vao. He replied affirmatively but only that she usually went into the sewers to explore. He then pointed the pair into the direction of the sewer entrances.

Upon leaving the Outcast village through the main gate, they managed to save a man Outcast Villager by the name of Hendar. Benkins, Revan, Onasi, and Lancoln were immediately attacked by rakghouls. They had to fend off numerous attacks as they approached the sewers. While working their way through the rakghoul-laden region, Mission Vao appeared, running toward the pair and pleading for help. Zaalbar had been captured by Gamorrean slavers, but Vao had escaped. Revan and the young Twi'lek came to an agreement that Vao would help the group get into the Black Vulkar base if Revan would help rescue Zaalbar. With his agreement, the team entered into the Lower City sewers.

Immediately upon entering into the sewers, the team encountered a few Gamorrean raiders. The Gamorreans had patrols and warriors stationed throughout the sewers and as the team searched for Zaalbar, Onasi had ordered Benkins and Lancoln to go take out and kill the remaining Gamorrean raiders. Benkins and Lancoln proceeded in taking out all of the patrols killing them. However, he called Onasi as he found some evidence: one of the dead Outcasts with a journal. They soon proceeded to rescue Zaalbar after killing the slavers guarding the area where Zaalbar was found. In the fight, Benkins managed to kill the Gamorrean chieftain instantly by shooting him in the nose, making him like minced pork. As they managed to free Zaalbar, the Wookiee pledged a life debt to Revan, one of the highest honors in the Wookiee culture. They also found Captain Gurragann among the captured. With Zaalbar promising to be at Revan's side, his Twi'lek companion also pledged her support to Revan, as well as agreeing to uphold her promise to help them get the team into the Black Vulkar Base. In order to lead them there, however, Vao had to open a force field that was blocking passage into the depths of the sewers.

As Revan's party was led by Mission Vao into the depths of the sewers, the team continuously encountered more rakghouls and Gamorrean slavers. Gurragann gave Benkins and Lancoln the order to clear remaining rakghouls and Gamorrean slavers, and they did get towards some more evidence and found another journal of some sort. The team managed to get back to the surface because it might have had importance.

Back at the surface, they found the dead body of Malya who was Rukil's last apprentice. Benkins looked at the body and realized she couldn't have been so lucky. Afterwards, they also met a Sith Patrol and managed to save them, though not for their sakes but because they needed help. They found the remains of a Sith Trooper with rakghoul serum vital to an Upper City doctor, Zelka Forn. On the way, they found a crashed escape pod and a Republic Solider named Private Figrin Kalisch, who was the only survivor from the crash, as all of the soldiers with him died or were eaten by rakghouls. Revan managed to save Kalisch, and he was thankful. They asked where Bastila's escape pod went, but Kalisch sadi it was further away to the West. There was another rakghoul that attacked them, but Benkins saved Kalisch's life. They managed to try clearing the area from rakghoul's, but they encountered Canderous Ordo again while he was investigating the Undercity with four inexperienced men to salvage anything from Republic escape pods that had landed. Benkins and the team ran to them but while they were there they were attacked. Two mercenaries died in the attack, but Ordo and the other mercenary survived and was perhaps thankful, although he had to return to his boss. Benkins completed their goal and brought the three journals to the Outcast Villager elderly man named Rukil, who knew about them. After reading them and treating the infected Outcast Villagers, Rukil and the rest of the outcast villagers began to start a new life to find the location of the Promised Land. However, Shaleena joined the team to assist them. The village was left abandoned, and they went back into the sewers where they came from.

They fought their way to the entrance of the Black Vulkar base, which was blocked by a rancor that had taken lair in the sewers. Vao remarked that she had been able to sneak by it before using stealth techniques. However, in the process, the rancor saw them and began to attack. Benkins managed to aim at the rancor's eye and killed it. Then, they opened the entrance to the swoop gang's base. Inside the immediate entrance area were two Nikto guards whom Revan and Benkins defeated before entering the base.

Inside the Black Vulkar base, Benkins, Revan, and the party began to scope the location of the prototype accelerator. They managed to kill all the guards in the base. They freed a slave named Ada who promised to help them and a Twi'lek Vulkar who said that he did not like the new direction Brejik was taking the gang. They spiked into the computers, eliminating turrets around the base as well as battle patrol droids, and other gang members in any rooms with terminals. After taking out all of the Vulkar gangs, they searched for the prototype accelerator.

Later in the garage they went to, they attacked and destroyed the remaining Nikto guardsand Vulkar guards. They found the prototype accelerator which was heavily guarded by Vulkar enforcer Kandon Ark and three of his bodyguards. Ark initially taunted Benkins, Revan, Vao, Carth, Shaleena, Gurrgann, Lancoln, Kalisch, Zaalbar, and Ada, urging them to kill Gadon Thek and join the Black Vulkars. As further incentive to scheme against Thek, Ark promised that Revan could compete in the Season Opener and be awarded 500 credits. Revan refused and a skirmish ensued; Revan and his party eventually defeated Ark and his bodyguards, taking the prototype accelerator upon leaving. With the engine in hand, they returned to the Hidden Bek Base and returned the loot to Thek.

After returning to the Hidden Bek Base, they gave Thek the prototype accelerator. Thek sponsored Revan in the race, and told him the engine was only a prototype and not entirely stable. On the one hand, if the engine malfunctioned, the swoop would explode and kill the racer. On the other hand, the engine promised to increase the speed of the vessel during the race. With Revan as a participant, the gang leader decided to protect his regular races from possible injury and have Revan race with the prototype in his swoop bike. Benkins didn't go to the race because he returned to the South Apartment, but Revan won the swoop race and killed Brejik, saving Bastila as well.

Back at the apartment, now joined by Bastila Shan, and now with a team of 11 of them, the team needed a viable plan for escaping Taris. Having only agreed to keep searching, the party left the apartment to look for a way off the planet. Upon leaving the apartment, Benkins and the team was approached by a Twi'lek messenger sent by Mandalorian Mercenary Canderous Ordo. Ordo requested that Revan meet him in Javyar's Cantina, for he had an offer that Revan "couldn't refuse". Benkins and the team traveled to the Lower City Cantina and met with the mercenary. Impressed with Revan's victory in the Season Opener and the ensuing skirmish, the Mandalorian thought the soldier was a perfect fit for his own goal of fleeing Taris. Ordo said that he could provide a ship to leave the planet if Revan could provide the blockade codes from the Sith Military Base. Due to the blockade of Taris, any vessel without the proper clearance codes would not be allowed to leave the Tarisian system. According to the mercenary, once the codes were brought to him, Revan and his team would be able to use the flagship of crime lord Davik Kang, the Ebon Hawk, as a means of escaping the planet. Further explaining the plans, Ordo mentioned that the Sith Base had a special security system that would require an astromech droid to unlock and open. The Mandalorian told Revan to speak to Janice Nall, a Twi'lek droid builder in the Upper City, and to say that Canderous Ordo had sent him. By mentioning Ordo's name, the mercenary assumed that Revan would be able to easily acquire the pre-ordered droid from Nall. This droid had originally been ordered by Kang and was available for pickup. Seeing no other alternative, Revan agreed to the scheme and departed the cantina.

Benkins and Revan went to Janice Nall's droid shop and spoke to her about the astromech droid Ordo mentioned. Telling Nall that Ordo sent him, she agreed to sell the droid to him for 2000 credits. Revan purchased T3-M4 from Nall and proceeded to the military base.

T3-M4, the newly purchased astromech droid, used his skills against security systems and opened the main door to the military base. Revan told Shaleena and Ada to get supplies as part of the plan, while Benkins, Revan, Shan, Gurragann, Onasi, Vao, Zaalbar, T3-M4, Lancoln, and Kalisch infiltrated the Military Base. Revan and his team proceeded down the elevator to the main reception area. There, they were abruptly challenged by the receptionist at the front desk. She did not want to fight Revan and agreed to not hit the security alarm if she could freely escape. Revan permitted her request and continued deeper into the base. Throughout the base, Sentry Droids prowled the corridors and Sith soldiers filled the rooms. Benkins and Gurragan together went to infiltrate and take out the Sith soldiers and security while Lancoln and Kalisch took out the cameras. In one of the scuffles, Revan acquired a Sith ID passcard. A challenging obstacle, however, was stationed in the elevator entranceway: a security droid with a formidable shield. This droid had been recently repaired and was working at full capacity. Earlier that day, the transformer in the elevator was fixed by a technician, causing the glitches within the droid's shield to be eliminated. Nevertheless, Benkins, Revan, and his companions neutralized the repaired shield and destroyed the droid.

After defeating the droid, Revan used the passcard found in one of the rooms to open the elevator shaft. Stepping out of the elevator, the team stumbled upon the room of the Tarisian Sith Governor. The meditating governor was interrupted by Revan's entrance, but he was further shocked to find that Revan was Force-sensitive. Thinking this would be his chance to earn his lightsaber from his superiors, the dark side adept attacked Revan. Throughout the brawl, the governor used the dark side of the Force to gain an edge over the intruder. Benkins tried to shoot him down but was unable, due to the governor's armor plating. He was Force-thrown to the air with Lancoln and Kalisch. They hit a wall, knocking them unconscious. Revan overcame his combatant, however. Having defeated the governor, Benkins, Lancoln, and Kalisch recovered, and Revan grabbed the launch codes from within the governor's quarters and fled the base.

Benkins, Revan, and his team fled the Sith base and traveled to Javyar's Cantina to meet up with Canderous Ordo, per the prearranged plan. Even before their arrival, word had already reached Ordo that the Sith base had been broken into and raided. Knowing this, he chided Revan upon his arrival, saying that he knew the codes were in Revan's possession. Ordo proposed that he bring Benkins, Revan, and his remaining companions to the estate of the Exchange crime lord Davik Kang as a potential recruit. He also reasoned that Kang would have Revan and the team stay on the estate grounds while background checks were conducted. During this period of waiting, Ordo suggested to Revan and the team that they would advance toward the Ebon Hawk and flee the planet. Bastila Shan was none-too-thrilled with the plan, for she did not trust Ordo. Acknowledging this, the mercenary responded that he did not like the idea of teaming with them either. Benkins told her that there was no other choice, as the Sith would capture them soon enough. Agreeing that no other alternative seemed viable, the uneasy alliance left the cantina and proceeded to Kang's estate.

Inside Kang's estate, Davik Kang and bounty hunter Calo Nord met Ordo, Benkins, Revan, and the team. At first, Kang and Nord were surprised that Ordo had someone with him. Ordo suggested that Revan would be worthy recruit for the Exchange due to his exploits thus far: most notably, winning the Tarisian Season Opener. At Ordo's recommendation, Kang agreed to look into the prospect of bringing Revan into the fold of the Exchange. The crimelord then took Benkins, Revan, and his companions on a tour of the estate, showing them most prominently the Ebon Hawk and what Kang referred to as its impregnable security systems. Lastly, they arrived upon a room that was set aside to be Revan's quarters while Kang performed background checks. Kang's instructions to Revan, Benkins, and the party was not to venture beyond the guest area or disturb the other guests. If he or his companions did, the guards would attack and attempt to subdue them. The slave quarters, however, were available if Revan sought food or other amenities.

Once Kang departed, Canderous Ordo stated that Benkins and the team should begin looking for a way to disable the Ebon Hawk's security system and capture the ship. Advancing deep into the estate, they came upon guards and security droids who were stationed throughout the estate. Gurragann suggested taking out them stealthy would not alert the guards, so Lancoln with Kalisch went through the vents and from the rear of the computer room threw an electronic grenade and killed the guards and droids. As Benkins and Gurragann took out more guards at the base, they disabled and killed both at the door, and Benkins strangled one to death. As the team went to down the hallway and proceeded to eliminate all guards around the base, Revan, however, still needed the launch codes to the Ebon Hawk. As the team proceeded and regrouped, they ran into a harmless mercenary, (the same man from the Undercity with Ordo) named Gez Ejai who didn't want to attack them. Revan, Ordo, and the rest met up, and Ordo understood that Ejai was the same mercenary he went with in the Undercity and he could help. Ejai agreed to help the team and joined the party. Later, in one of the rooms, two K-X12 probe droids tortured an imprisoned man. Benkins and the team destroyed the droids and freed the man, named Hudrow, who had been Davik Kang's pilot for the Ebon Hawk. As gratitude for saving him, Hudrow provided Revan with the launch codes for the ship, and Hudrow decided to help the team escape.

With the launch codes in his datapad, Benkins, Revan, and the team&mdash;except for Ada and Shaleena who where scrambling for food still&mdash;managed to proceed to the hanger. At that moment, explosions were heard and the estate began to crumble. The Sith fleet had begun the process of bombarding the planet from orbit. While in the hanger, Kang and Nord spotted the pair trying to flee. In the ensuing shootout, Revan killed Kang. As Nord stated he would blow everyone to bits, part of the hanger collapsed onto him. Believing that both men had been defeated, they started boarding and loading supplies. Ada and Shaleena returned, having picked up a young female child named Marla. While making a run to the ship, Benkins managed to help the child into the Ebon Hawk, and everybody including Benkins and Revan's companions boarded the Ebon Hawk and took off. While the bombardment continued, they fled the planet surface with 17 total companions aboard the Ebon Hawk and escaped the destruction of Taris.

Attack on the Ebon Hawk
After gathering all of Revan's companions aboard the Ebon Hawk, Carth Onasi and Hudrow piloted the ship off the planet and up out of its Gravity Well in spit of the sheets of destructive energy raining down upon the surface as the bombardment continued. Once above Taris, however, the fleeing vessel soon encountered elements of the Sith fleet. Even though a half-squadron of Sith fighters attacked the Hawk, it continued to flee the battle, as Onasi, Hudrow, and Shan picked up enemy fighters. Onasi ordered both Benkins and Revan to go man up the ship's dorsal-mounted Laser cannon turret, giving Onasi and Hudrow a window in which to make the jump to hyperspace. The Ebon Hawk and its crew, at Shan's urging, then fled to the Jedi Enclave on the grassy world of Dantooine. After their escape to hyperspace and in the attack, Benkins took a hit to the arm. It left a small direct burn, but he was bandaged and recovered. Aboard the vessel, he taunted and helped Shaleena from her sadness. She believe the Outcasts were dead, but Benkins assured her they were well alive underground. He also helped the young girl named Marla who was feeling saddened; she had lost her mother and father, as they where killed in the destruction of Taris. He helped her and looked after her very well. Benkins argued that she would be safe now; they would head to Dantooine, a temporarily safe place from the Sith.

Dantooine
Upon arriving on Dantooine, Shan asked the others to remain aboard the Hawk while she left to speak with the Jedi Council. When she returned, she conveyed the Council's request for a private audience, and Revan followed her to the Jedi Enclave.

The next day, Onasi informed Benkins, Gurragann, and Revan that an anxious Shan had already left for the Council chambers, and she wanted Revan to come as well. Gurragann gave orders to Benkins to help collect supplies, guns, and ammunition clips they needed, including food and parts for the repairing the damage to the ship. He got both the soldiers, Lancoln and Kalisch, on their duties, including collecting a supply of parts for T3-M4 and a new Utility Droid for the ship. Benkins and Gurragann went to help collect food for the ship and medical supplies. Benkins and Gurragann stepped into Crattis Yurkals general store owned by a Czerka Corporation and ordered some clothing, medical supplies, weapons of interest, and grenades. Lancoln and Kalisch were doing their job at Karal Kaars shop. They bought spare parts from the Aratch Droids Inc, a new R-8009 utility droid named R9-009, and an IT-series utility droid known as IT-43 who made friends with T3-M4 and became very helpful to him. They also bought a GE-3-series protocol droid, C9-E9, mainly for translation of languages. When their jobs were completed, they also had the day off and went to a cantina to drink.

When Revan was made a Jedi, to Benkins' surprise he forgot to be jealous, but accepted it. Revan told Benkins and the soldiers that they would resume work while Revan was helping the citizens on Dantooine, including an angry settler whose daughter was killed by Mandalorians, and farmer named Gar and his wife Rilka. Revan fought the Mandalorians, found for a crystal cave, aided a woman named Elise Montagne who begged Revan to bring her droid companion C8-42-GE3 back, and also helped a Twi'lek Jedi named Bolook during a investigation into the death of Dantooine colonist Calder Nettic. He found a young Cathar Jedi named Juhani and told her that the council would forgive her in the end. Revan later told Benkins the whole story while doing exploring. He and Gurragann went together to talk. He took him to a Rodian merchant named Adum Larp who was very friendly and did sell his wares to Benkins. He purchased some of them for their travels. Gurragann and Benkins talked to each other while on Dantooine, and they went exploring.

When on their travels, they saw a beautiful view that they thought was excellent over a hill. Gurragann told Benkins that when his time came he would die and asked Benkins to take his place someday. Benkins agreed, but he wanted to stay a NCO since he never really wanted to become Commanding Officer. Gurragann understood him. On the way back to the Jedi Enclave, they came under attack by kath hounds. Benkins and Gurragann successfully killed them all as a Jedi Knight came to their aid to help them. He told them that it wasn't safe as such Kath Hounds would be in this area in large numbers. The two agreed and followed the Jedi Knight.

Back at the Enclave, Revan called for their assistance to help with the finding of a Sandral Family member Shen Matale, who went missing. Benkins, Gurragann, Lancoln, and Kalisch headed to the Sandral Estate to help Revan, Shan, Ordo, Zaalbar and Mission rescue Shen. They arrived at the Matale Estate, where Ahlan Matale told them where to find Shen Matale. However, they found the body of Casus Sandral on the eastern side of the Matale estate's grounds. He had been killed by kath hounds while investigating the nearby ruins.

After Revan delivered Casus's datapad to the Sandral Estate, he was let in by the Sandrals' droid and informed Casus's father, Nurik Sandral, of his son's death. However, Nurik Sandral refused to reconsider the feud even in light of his revelation, leading his daughter Rahasia to speak with Revan and inform him that her father was holding Shen Matale in their estate. Handing Revan a spare key to the side door, she begged Revan to free Shen as she had fallen in love with the youth. Benkins, to his surprise, understood this and promised to help her boyfriend. Benkins, Revan, Shan, and the other companions used the key to access the building's side door and fought through the family's security droids to locate Shen. He refused to leave without Rahasia, so Revan convinced the girl to meet them outside of the estate.

However, when Benkins and his companions brought Shen to Rahasia, the group was confronted by both Nurik Sandral and Ahlan Matale, who demanded that their children come back with their parents. Fortunately for the children, Revan, Shen, and Rahasia convinced Nurik and Ahlan to abandon their feud in light of their children's love for one another, and the two men agreed to purchase a house for their children to live together.

Benkins and the team were ordered back to the Hawk because they wouldn't be allowed to follow Revan into the ruins, which may have been frightening or not safe to enter. While in there, Revan found the remains of Jedi Nemo and defeated the building's tests. He found a Star Map that was incomplete, including Manaan, Korriban, Kashyyyk, and Tatooine, leading Revan to believe that there were similar maps on those other worlds. Benkins, at the Enclave with Gurragann, asked what they found. They told him that it mentioned a Star Map, which was unknown to Benkins and Gurragann, so they thought it was a joke.

At the cantina, he met a man named Samnt who asked him what Rebublic Soldiers were doing on Dantooine. He said that it was mostly because they were with the Ebon Hawk crew. To his surprise, Montagne was dating Samnt. Benkins said to them that they would take good care of them, and he went to see Shen and Rahasia, who told them to stay safe and always stay together. Revan, Shan, and his companions, including Juhani, would be joining them on the mission. They located Lur Arka's daughter Sasha on board, and they managed to bring the girl back to him. Before they went aboard the Ebon Hawk, Revan told to Benkins, Gurragann, and the rest of his companions they would be going on a mission for the Star Forge.

Benkins asked Revan what the Star Forge was, but he told him it was a secret. He got to know Juhani, and he told the young girl who survived Taris's Destruction, Marla, she would be ok if she wanted revenge for her homeworld. Benkins relaxed as they set off for their first destination,.

Tatooine
As such, Benkins relaxed through the whole journey and he talked to Shaleena as well about how she could handle herself with a blaster, however Shaleena did kind of agree more and also thought how can she do it of course, since she never shot with a blaster before it would be her first time she will do it, also Marla was given a blaster by Gurragann but however Benkins taunted him and told a child shouldn't be using a blaster, this however caused an argument, but Revan told Benkins that however if the kid wants to use a blaster then she shall, Benkins apologized to Gurragann for being a fool but however secretly didn't take it back, only to fool him to accept it, Gurragann did however like Benkins and admired him and his skills, however he didn't like how he was talked to by him because well (as always Benkins is right no child should have a blaster which is dangerous to society since back on Corellia where he was first born on, he was told by his father Tad that it isn't ok to use a blaster when you are a child and could hurt someone, that is why he was taught these things to keep safety on blasters at all times like he did for Marla's blaster to stop from hurting anyone), Benkins however did get along with the droid R9-009 who befriended him, R9's likeness to Benkins meant that he was kinder and responsible, secretly R9 disliked Gurragann and because he thought he was weirder then ever, Benkins which understood R9 had a point,

As they started to approach Tatooine, and heading to city of Anchorhead, they passed the deserts dunes and Benkins spoke with Zaalbar and Mission about if she had a brother, she told Benkins that because she had a brother named Griff, Benkins however was surprised about her brother and he wished he could meet him too, as the Ebon Hawk arrived in Anchorhead, both Revan's companions went for a wonder around the city, Benkins with Lancoln together went for a wander as well down the city, unknown to them that also an Aqualish merchant mistakenly transferred Crate 42-B7 a shipment of Gizka to Revan and the Ebon Hawk and its crew at Docking Bay 32,

While walking through the city, a Twi'lek woman named Malare informed Shan that her mother Helena Shan was ill and attempting to locate Bastila, together he and Lancoln went to Anchorhead's Hunting Lodge, their however he and Lancoln encountered a woman named Sharina Fizark who struck a conversation with Benkins and he proceeded in buying a desert hulak wraid plate from her. Fizark explained that her husband had been killed recently, and that his last hunt had resulted in the wraid plate—but she lacked a hunter's license and therefore could not sell the plate. Benkins obliged Fizark, buying the plate from her, and he later sold the plate himself,

Later on he and the companions encountered Helena Shan, Bastila's mother, however though Bastila soon got into an argument about their relationship, though the Jedi was dismayed to learn that her father had died while searching for jrayt dragon pearls in the Eastern Dune Sea. Doubting that her mother was truly ill, Benkins understood and he did speak with her what krayt dragon was about, she told him about them much to his belief,

Entering Yuka Laka's shop, Revan learned that the Lthorian salesman was offering a HK-47, also Benkins and Gurragann looked around at droids, however Laka was unaware of most of the droid's functions, and the droid itself was rather uncooperative. Upon learning that it could speak the Sand People's language, Revan purchased the droid for 4,000 credits, but also T3-M4 began flirting with another droid who was very friendly, but Benkins explained to Laka if T3-M77 was on special offer, so however he did say it was distend for a Republic buyer, and Benkins told that he, Gurragann, Lancoln, and Kalisch where Republic, and Laka offered him to bring T3-M77 with them, so Gurragann brought T3-M77 with them as a second utility droid, and Benkins said "Thank You." kindly to Laka since he never did tell him that T3-M77 was for a republic buyer, and to that he was thankful now with more credits, now with two more droids, HK-47, and T3-M77 she got along with T3-M4 during their travels, The trio were stopped however by a Jawa while heading to the city gates. named Iziz who begged Revan to free his clan from the Sand People, and Revan agreed to aid the diminutive Jawa, also Iziz agreed to help them, also Revan showed his hunting license to the gate guard Billan who allowed Revan and his companions to leave the city and head out to the Dune Sea.

Not far out of Anchorhead, Benkins, Revan, Ordo, and HK-47 met a woman named Marlena Venn, who informed the group that she had set up a trap for her husband in the desert before she returned to the city, Further out, they came across the wraid hunter Tanis Venn who was unable to move, as he was surrounded by his four hunting droids, which had been sabotaged by Marlena who had grown disgusted with her husband's womanizing ways. Revan choose to repair Venn's K-X12 probe droids, which would explode if Venn moved, which they saved the man, on the way to a downed sandcrawler, with the group awaiting for the sandcrawler, it exploded, Benkins and the company managed to help recuse a mining team who was suddenly attacked by several successive waves, Benkins and the group managed to destroy lots of waves of Tusken Raiders, after destroying the sand people, a woman named Bria Hudson who was the (Captain of the Lady Luck), and also a first mate named Slugg, and the other two miners that survived the encounter, Hudson promised the team that another sandcrawler was on the way to get them to the next destination,

Later in the desert, Benkins and the remaining group where aboard the sandcrawler, and on their way to the next vantage point of The Dune Sea, later the remaining group dressed as Tusken Raiders in disguise to make it to the camp, they managed to get to the Sand People enclave without being attacked, as they got in the Sand People guard noticed them and almost prepared to attack before Revan ordered HK-47 to communicate with him, Through HK-47, Revan explained that he came in peace, and the confused Sand Person too the trio to his Chieftain. Revan however asked the Chieftain if they could come to a peaceful solution about the recent attacked on the miners, and the Chieftain begrudgingly informed Revan that he needed a show of good faith. He planned to move his tribe farther away from Anchorhead, but he needed to build up the tribe's stores of water, and so he asked Revan to bring him a pair of Moisture vaporators in exchange for the reduction in attacks.

Revan, Vao, and HK-47 were then escorted out of the enclave, and the trio returned to Anchorhead and purchased two vaporators from Greeta Holda at the Czerka office at the cost of 400 credits. later returning to the enclave, they handed the vaporators to the surprised chieftain, who had not expected them to return. Despite his surprise, the chieftain agreed to honor his bargain abou the attacks, giving Revan both his personal gaderfii weapon as a sign of his favor and a map to the Star Map in the cave of a krayt dragon in the Eastern Dune Sea. The chieftain also permitted Revan to take both Iziz's kinsmen and Griff, and speaking with the Jawas, Revan informed them that they were free to go. Benkins, Vao, Revan, and his HK-47 also encountered Griff, and Mission was dismayed to learn that Griff had in fact been the one to leave her behind on Taris, not Lena. She was further disgusted when her brother tried to persuade her for credits, and though Revan gave him a few, she stormed away in disgust. Before fleeing back to Anchorhead, Griff asked Revan to come see him at the Czerka office if he wanted to discuss another job.

Departing the enclave, Benkins, and his companions headed toward the Eastern Dune Sea, and when they approached the krayt dragon's cave, the trio encountered Komad Fortuna and witnessed another hunter be eaten by the enormous krayt dragon within the cave, Speaking with the Twi'lek hunter asked Revan to help him use mines and a heard of banthas—the food source of krayt dragons—to slay the great beast. Warning the Jedi that a tribe of Sand People in the area would likely attack if Revan approached their herd of banthas that was grazing nearby, Fortuna watched as Benkins, Revan and his companions lured the banthas toward the cave mouth, and the trio rushed back toward Fortuna and his speeder when the krayt dragon emerged. The enormous creature was killed by the mines that Fortuna had placed and the hunter insisted that Revan take the krayt dragon pearl as a spoil.

After Fortuna departed, Revan and his compatriots headed deep into the cave where Revan had seen the Star Map in his vision. As the Padawan approached the ancient device, it activated. Benkins, Revan and his friends recorded the map's contents on a datapad and emerged from the cave, only then to find Calo Nord and a number of thugs waiting for them. Nord who had survived Taris's destruction, had been hired by Darth Malak to hunt down Benkins, Revan, Shan, and their allies, and Benkins and the others were forced to battle the bounty hunter and his mercenaries until Nord and the thugs were all dead. before they returned however they acquired Shan's father's holocron from one of the bodies in the cave, and would soon be on their way back to Anchorhead.

They managed to return to Anchorhead Cantina and spoke with Helena. With some convincing from Revan, Bastila reconciled with her mother learning that Helena's disapproval of her husband's treasure hunting was had been out of a desire to protect her daughter, and Bastila gave both the holocron and 500 credits to her mother so that she could get treatment for her illness, Benkins, Revan and his companions met with Griff who asked the Jedi to help him acquire tach glands from the planet Kashyyyk so that he could recreate Tarisian ale and then sell the drink for huge profits. on the way back to the Hawk they where joined by Sharina Fizark who agreed to travel with them, Benkins agreed and gave her the plate back to her and which she volunteered to help, and they soon set off for Kashyyyk their next stop,

Yavin Station
During their travels, Benkins and the team visited Yavin Station an abandoned Republic station in the orbit of the gas giant Yavin Prime, as the coordinates of the station were in the Ebon Hawks navicomputer. Benkins, and the team met Suvam Tan, the Rodian merchant and inventor who lived on the station, and during one of his visits, Revan convinced a group of Trandoshan mercenaries who where threatening Tan to leave. On his next visit, Benkins, and his friends were forced to fight the Trandoshans to save Tan, defeating the mercenaries and rescuing the Rodian inventor.

Kashyyyk
As the group arrived at Kashyyyk, homeworld of the Wookiees Just as before, Shan and Revan received a vision of the Star Map deep on the forest floor. however as Benkins went to Zaalbar, he was not happy, and Revan came to him telling Benkins what was Zaalbar's problems, telling the truth it was mainly to do with Wookiee society and one that saw him labeled as a madclaw. and also his brother Chuundar had been making deals with Czerka's slavers and helping them acquire a foothold on Kashyyyk, Zaalbar once attacked Chuundar in a fierce rage and even unsheathed his claws,

As they soon exited the Hawk, Benkins and the trio met with a Ithorian Janos Wertka, Czerka's administrator of the planet the company called "Edean", and Revan however payed the docking fee. Benkins and the team encountered Komad Fortuna near the landing pad, as the hunter had come to test himself against the creatures of Kashyyyk. Heading further along the wooden bridges that were strung high in the wroshyr trees, Revan passed Eli Gand's kiosk and spoke with the merchant, learning that Gand was holding a man named Matton Dasol as an indentured servant so that he could pay off his debt. Gand claimed that Dasol's crew had left him on Kashyyyk after failing to pay his debt, leaving behind Dasol to deal with Gand. Heading further along the walkways, Revan and his companions defeated several kinrath spiders when the insectoids attacked, and Zaalbar was briefly overcome by the sights and sounds of his homeworld.

They soon came across a Czerka patrol led by Captain Dehno standing over a dead Wookiee, and Zaalbar became enraged when they learned that Dehno had killed the Wookiee when it had refused to follow orders. However, before violence broke out, Revan convinced Dehno to back down and request a transfer to another posting.

Fighting through more kinrath and several winged creatures named mykals, Benkins and his friends were stopped from heading down a side path by a Wookie warrior. The guard was outraged at Zaalbar's presence and refused to allow them access to the Shadowlands, the forest floor, without permission from the chieftain Chuundar. Despite Zaalbar's apprehension, the trio made their way towards his home village of Rwookrrorro, though they encountered a trio of Dark Jedi and defeated their attackers. Approaching the gates of the village, the team was stopped by Wookiee guards who were also disgusted with the presence of a madclaw, and the guards took the group to see Chuundar. The Wookiee chieftain decided to take his brother hostage in order to force Revan's cooperation: he wanted the Jedi and his companions to eliminate a madclaw who was interfering with Czerka's operations in the Shadowlands. Without another option, Revan had to agree to Chuundar's demands, and he left the chieftain's hall to explore Rwookrrorro. While in the village, Benkins met a nice Wookiee named, Woorwill, who told Revan about a missing Wookiee named Rorworr.

Departing the village, Benkins and his companions headed to the elevator to the Shadowlands, through they witnessed the Wookiee Chorrawl and several others fighting kinrath on the walkway. Chorrawl refused to speak with the Jedi even after they helped defeat the kinrath, and Revan, Benkins and the team continued on their way to the elevator, where the Wookiee, Gorwooken operated the basket to take the trio down to the forest floor,

On the forest floor, Mission mentioned why Zaalbar never talked about Kashyyyk much to Revan's words, Benkins listened to the story, fighting through several of the native katarn lizards in the Shadowlands, Benkins got important news to Revan and told them to his surprise that they was an older Jedi fighting off a quartet of katam. The Jedi, a man who was named Jolee Bindo, told Revan to follow him to his camp nearby when the Padawan started to question him. At Bindo's hut, Benkins and the team came their and the elder Jedi questioned Revan about the Shadowlands, though Bindo's answers were cryptic: he called the madclaw "crazed with grief", and Bindo told Revan that there were "walls" in the way that would prevent Revan from finding the Star Map.

However, Bindo offered a solution: if Revan ensured that the Czerka poachers nearby left the Shadowlands, he would join their group and remove the "walls" in their path. Exploring the area, Benkins came across the damaged droid D-A02 whose records showed it was from Matton Dasol's crew—and that Dasol's crew had been murdered by Eli Gand. Benkins also managed to find the body of a Wookiee whose datapad identified him as Rorworr—and the bowcaster bolt in Rorworr's body signified that he had been killed by a fellow Wookiee. Before doing so, Revan had to return to the landing pad and spoke to Matton Dasol, revealing the truth about his crew's fates by giving him D-A02's head: exposed, Eli Gand fled into the Shadowlands, and Dasol decided to take over Gand's business in order to gain enough credits for transportation off-planet.

Back in the Shadowlands, Heading north, Benkins encountered the Czerka poachers and their leader Commander Dern, from whom he learned that they were using sonic emitters to hold off the native wildlife. When he was unable to convince the commander to leave, Revan spoke with the other Czerka personnel around the caomp and convinced them to give him their passcodes so that he could shut off the emitters. Having succeeded doing so. Benkins and his companions withdrew as a terentake stormed through the now-unprotected camp and sent the Czerka employees running. as they got back with Czerka supplies to Bindo, and soon Bindo joined up with Revan and the team,

Bindo then led the others back through the Czerka camp and further into the Shadowlands where they came upom a shimmering repulsor field—one of the barriers that he had spoken of. Bindo was able to shut off the field temporarily, allowing the group to head even deeper into the Shadowlands. before they left, Revan ordered Carth to take Benkins and the others back to the surface for now since it wasn't a very good idea to stay together and that they should keep an eye out on Zaalbar, while Revan, Shan, Bindo, and Juhani went into the shadowlands and would find the real Wookiee chieftain Freyyr, and a Wookiee named Grrrwahrr, as well, and successfully did Revan manage to find the second Star Map in the end.

But however they where caught by Chorrawl, which they where on their way back to the village, when they saw Freyyr, which led them back route directly to the chieftain's hall where Chuundar and Freyyr were in a stand off.

As Benkins arrived, Chuundar refused to back down despite his father's possession of Bacca's blade, claiming that his position and his ownership of the blade's hilt meant that he was still chieftain. As the two began to argue, Zaalbar brought the conversation to a halt with a roar and begged his family to stop fighting, but to his dismay only Freyyr agreed and Chuundar ordered his Czerka allies to attack. In the battle that followed, Chuundar, his Wookiee guards, and the Czerka guards present in the room were killed by Freyyr, Zaalbar, Chorrawl, Jaarak, Woorwill, Benkins, Revan, and the Jedi companions. In the silence that followed, a saddened Freyyr thanked Revan, Benkins and his companions for his actions, and asked Zaalbar if he wished to stay on Kashyyyk. However, Zaalbar stated that he intended to follow his life-debt, and when his father asked what boon he could grant in reward, Zaalbar requested Bacca's Sword. Surprised, Freyyr was swayed by Zaalbar's promise to return with the blade when the time was right and he ordered the sword repaired.

Before departing the village with Zaalbar, Revan spoke with Woorwill and asked him if he recognized the bowcaster bolt casing that he had found on Rorworr's body. However, the elder Wookiee Jaarak interrupted Revan and begged him to speak only to him as Woorwill recognized the casing as Jaarak's. When Revan questioned whether or not he had killed Rorworr, Jaarak refused to speak further and told Revan to talk to Worrroznor, the Holder of the Laws. Worroznor summoned both Woorwill and Jaarak when Revan presented the evidence to the Holder of the Laws, and Revan chose to reveal that Rorworr was a slaver, thereby sparing Jaarak punishment.

In the battle that followed, Benkins fought alongside the young Wookiee, Woorwill, together they managed to help together kill the remaining Czerka guards, and Czerka was needed to be driven out. All over the entire planet, wherever Czerka was, Wookiees rebelled against the slavers. as Benkins, Woorwill, Gurragann, Lancoln, and Kalisch fought together with the Wookiees to drive the Czerka out, Czerka had no choice in the end but to pull out of Kashyyyk.

As all was back to normal they celebrated and Freyyr thanked the team for everything returning the village back to normal, they was a celebration party going on with Freyyr now back as Wookiee Chieftain, and Czerka now gone, all over Rwookrrorro, they cheered for Benkins, Revan and the remaining members of the team, also he got a chance to speak to Woorwill and he also gave him 100 credits as an award since he was a kind fellow he decided to however agree on being a friend to Benkins, and Woorwill promised to tell Freyyr if they will ever aid Revan and the team if they find what they are looking for which was the Star Forge, to that Freyyr would but not at the moment which they was still time, it was soon time for Benkins, Revan and his crew to head to Dantooine for a meeting,

Return to Dantooine
Back at the Jedi enclave on Dantooine, Benkins and the team where bringing more food supplies to the Hawk, Benkins however went and saw what both Samnt, and Montagne, at the cantina, and also he took a visit to Shen Matale and Rahasia Sandral and they where both pleased to see Benkins and his friend Lancoln, together they spoke for sometime and also told to take very good care for themselves,

While on Dantooine, Benkins managed to complete his tasks of delivering food supplies to the ship and new medical equipment to the Hawk and new parts as well acquired, now in a big force of up to 26 companions a huge total, Benkins managed to talk to the young mercenary Ejai, however Ejai was still wondering if he would still be able to survive the mission alive and if he would make it through alive, Benkins assured Ejai that he would because he was young and brave he would, Ejai also said about why Malak did murder to billions of people on Taris's destruction, but that however Benkins didn't know but to say that he confirmed Darth Malak was a murder and should be put in prison for crimes of murdering incident, Ejai liked how Benkins went through with words about Malak being wanted for the deaths of millions and a bounty should be placed on his head, so he asked Revan to tell the Jedi Council that Malak for killing incidents and have his head on the council, however it was agreed and the speech was called out all around the galaxy to warn people of Darth Malak's murder if he attacked a planet then people should flee to their ships alive make a run for it, the message got through, but if it was a Sith world then they wouldn't like that either,

But why Benkins was determined to pay the Sith out was for his friend Denlin a friend who had previously been killed on the Endar Spire and he wanted revenge for his friend and all those Sith that killed everybody aboard the Endar Spire in the first place, Benkins was still angry about Denlin's death but still needing answers, Bastila told him to let it all go from his mind, so he wouldn't have to think on murdering someone, although to blame for this would have to be Darth Bandon's who led the boarding parties in the first place,

While enjoying the relaxing scenery, T3-M4 and his girlfriend T3-M77 went for a beautiful scenery well that would be their date, Benkins advised T3-M77 to be carful and to take good care with T3-M4, and also later on Benkins and his friend Lancoln spoke together, Lancoln told him something about his past, listening to that Benkins understood the young boy's life where he came from, also he could understand Lancoln and his life on his homeworld and that he lived in the city of Ta'a Chume'Dan, with that, Benkins understood how Lancoln's mother and father where killed when he was young, Benkins also told that Lancoln was a greater friend than he had ever did have, soon however it was time for the rest of the team to move out, including T3-M4 and T3-M77 back from their date and also for Benkins and Lancoln as well, they where off to the next destination Manaan,

Manaan
Departing Dantooine, Benkins and his crew then flew the Ebon Hawk to the water world of Manaan, where they landed at on the floating metropolis of. Departing the Hawk with Revan, and the rest of the companions, Benkins, and Revan encountered a Sith soldier arguing with a Republic soldier, though their conversation ended when the Sith remined the Republic soldier that the Selkaths'l laws prevented any violence between the two governments on Manaan. Benkins surprised of this, he and Revan went to speak with the Republic soldier after the Sith soldier departed, Benkins learned of the tense political balance on Manaan. The Empire and the Republic were both forced to coexist peacefully on Manaan in order to maintain good relations with the native Selkath and thus continue to receive shipments of the healing kolto. Afterwards, the soldier gave Benkins directions to the.

While in the spaceport, Benkins and Revan spoke with Selkath Nubassa who was a collector of exotic creatures, Despite Nubassa's reluctance, Revan convinced him to take the gizka on the Hawk, thereby removing the creatures from his starship.

Departing the spaceport, and after Revan paid the docking fee of 100 credits and began exploring the city, There, Benkins and the team where stopped by a frantic woman named Elora, who recognized Bindo and begged him to help her husband Sunry. An old friend of Bindo's, Sunry however was under arrest and was accused of murdering a woman named Elassa Huros Revan agreed to help Elora and proceed to the Ahot High Court nearby, where he witnessed a court trail about a fight between Sith and Republic soldiers.

Speaking to Judge Shelkar, Revan was permitted to become the {{sw}Arbiter}} of Sunry's trial. Speaking with Sunry in the Ahto jail, Benkins, and Revan learned that the elderly man had been arrested after Huros was murdered in the Ahto City visitor's hotel, and Sunry told Revan that the police had found his in Huros's room in the. Benkins and the others returned to Elora, who tearfully admitted to her belief that Sunry had been having an affair after Revan and Bindo pressed her.

In the Ahto City cantina, Benkins and Canderous and Ejai also encountered his former comrade Ergeron. where they talked about their old days,

But later the Selkath Shaelas stopped Revan in the cantina and told them about the recent string of disappearances among the Selkath youth of Ahto City, and Benkins volunteered to help with Revan search for the missing youth members, From an mercenary, Revan learned that the Selkath youth, including Shaelas's daughter Shasa, that the Sith were responsible and they had been lured to the Sith Embassy. Reporting the news to Shaelas, Benkins and the team agreed to help retrieve Shasa from the embassy of he could.

Benkins was approached by a Twi'lek named Senni Vek, who handed him a datapad and claimed that Revan dropped it. The datapad contained a cryptic message asking Revan to meet Hulas on Manaan. When Revan complied, he learned that the Hulas was a member of the shadowy  assassin guild, and turned down Hulas's offer of employment.

Entering the Ahto East Central district, Benkins witnessed a group of Republic and Sith soldiers arguing about the war and the destruction of Taris, though the Selkath laws of neutrality prevented any violence. At the Visitor's Hotel, Revan spoke with Ignus the owner, who told the him that Sunry had left after the shot had been fired and that he had been running remarkably fast for a cripple. Further questioning of Ignus led the hotel owner to reveal that Elassa had been renting a room every week for meetings with Sunry, and Ignus believed that the two had been having an affair. The pazaak player Firith Me was one of the hotel's residents, and Revan asked him to reveal that he had seen a lightsaber on Elassa's belt —she had been a Sith. Questioning the Rodian Gluupor, Benkins did learn that Gluupor had been hired by a Sith to plant Sunry's Hero Cross in Elassa's room shortly after her murder. When Benkins was leaving the hotel, a mysterious man halted him and told the Jedi that Sunry and Elassa had been "proxies" for their governments: he urged Revan to search for respective embassies to discover the truth.

Meeting up with Onasi and Shan, Revan made his way to the Republic Embassy and spoke with the Republic official Roland Wann. Wann hinted that he knew something about the Star Map, but before he would talk, he needed Revan to do something for him. The Sith had captured a damaged Republic submersible droid twelve hours earlier, and the information in the droids memory core was too valuable to allow the Sith to decrypt the core. When Revan had to agree, Wann offered three ways of gaining access to the : interrogating a prisoner, reprogramming an access card, or retrieving one from Sith personnel at the docking bay.

While at the embassy, Benkins and Revan, convertly accessed the embassy's systems and recovered a recording of Sunry killing Elassa Huros. With this new evidence, Revan returned to Sunry and showed him the recording on his datapad. Sunry admitted to be working with and claimed to have killed Huros, but Revan was unsure of Sunry's reasons for doing so. The first witness in the trial was Ignus, who testified that Sunry had left the hotel after the shot. Next up was Firith Me, and Revan had to object to the Sith prosecutor's attempts to slander Me's reputation as a witness because he was a pazaak player. During his questioning of Me, Revan revealed that Me had seen Sunry leave but that he had not actually seen the murder, and Me also admitted that he knew Huros was a Dark Jedi.

The next witness was Gluupor, who Revan convinced to testify about planting the medal despite the prosecutor's attempts to intimidate the Rodian, When Elora came to the stand, Sunry's wife admitted that he was having an affair, but her husband had been about to end it when Huros was killed. Revan's closing arguments saw the Jedi remind the judges that no one had actually witnessed the murder of Huros, and he posited that the Sith had killed Huros when Sunry had ended the affair. With the evidence presented to them, the judges found Sunry innocent, and they also ordered that the Sith Empore would have to pay for a portion of the Republic's kolto exports for a year.

After all that, Benkins and his companions then used their card to access the embassy, but the receptionist recognized that the access card was out of date and called in a Sith officer and other guards. Then the trio were forced to fight the embassy's personnel, and they encountered and manage to defeat several Dark Jedi while exploring the complex.

While in the building, Benkins fought his way through with Onasi, Gurragann, Lancoln, and Kalisch,  on their way to take out the computers where T3-M77 managed to deactivate the force fields, IT-43 went to disable the Sith droids, with Ordo, Ejai, Zaalbar, Mission, as well, while Revan, Shan, T3-M4 HK-47 went to take the codes, in the midst of the attack however IT-43 suffered a direct hit but he managed to survive the blast only to sustain a small minor damage to some of the body, and Ejai was hit to the arm, Ordo managed to help the young mercenary and placed a bandage to his wounded left arm, Benkins also helped him out and saved the young mercenary's life, Ejai was saved from a plasma burn in his arm hit from a blast, however in the attack a Dark Jedi swung it's lightsaber and only scared Benkins near towards the eye and knocked him unconscious, he didn't loose his eye, it just had a two scars away from his eye, after suffering that he recovered, however as Benkins and his comrades encountered yet more Sith troops, droids and Dark Jedi. Using the skills of his companions as well as his own and drawing upon as needed, the party overcame a number of obstacles. These included a malfunctioning series of flow control rooms and a corridor that was filled with blistering-hot steam that led to a computer access terminal. Using this terminal allowed the team to thin the odds even more in their favor by triggering the overloading of barracks electrical conduits and bypassing locked shield walls,

The trio eventually made their way to the training quarters, where Revan found Galas, a young Selkath, dying after being by the Sith and clutching a small pin. Desperate, the mortally-wounded being thrust the token upon the Jedi, beseeching him to inform Shasa who, along with a number of other Force-sensitive Selkath, was residing in a nearby dormitory. Led by Shasa, the Selkath at first wanted to alert their masters to the presence of intruders. However, Shasa declared that they could not always run to their masters for aid and another apprentice supposed that this must be a test of their abilities. Benkins saw that Revan showed Shasa the blood-smeared pin as he attempted to convince her and her friends that the Sith were evil and wished to conquer Manaan for its kolto. With the truth at last revealed to them, the youths left the Embassy, eager to report what was going on to the Ahto City authorities.

Benkins and his companions went on and they confronted the Dark Jedi who had been appointed the head of all Sith activity on Manaan. However, he was forced to slay two more Selkath apprentices, as well as the Master, in order to finish the mission and secure the needed data about the Sith Empire's plans to corrupt Manaan's youth by drawing them into the. After the brief melee that followed, Revan broke into the Master's inner sanctum cleared out the mines that had been plaved there, and acquired the data. Their work finished, the trio of infiltrators then made their way back to the Embassy entrance, encountering and killing Grann, the commander of the Embassy base, along with the guard manning the security checkpoint and a quartet of as they attempted to escape.

However unfortunate it was not the end of their troubles, and they where caught by a member of the Selkath official and several security droids. The Selkath proceeded to arrest Benkins and Revan and the rest of the companions, However thought all was not the end, Revan explained to his appointed Arbiter Bwa'lass was inexperienced, and he presented the Sith Master's datapad to the court as proof that the Sith were attempting to conquer Manaan. In gratitude, the court released Benkins, Revan and their companions, and instituted heavy sanctions against the Sith Empire.

After the trial and Benkins release, Benkins and his companions headed to the cantina, where they informed Shaelas of what happened to Shasa, and Revan did refused Shaelas's reward of 100 credits,

However thought before they would meet up with Wann, Benkins, was on his own and he was going to the cantina, but he bumped into a young Female Junior Sith Officer named Ellabelle Blenlin who actually admired the Republic Soldier and thought he was handsome, Blenlin was nice because she didn't seem that very dangerous, she liked Benkins and he and her decided to go talk in the cantina, while they went to the cantina, they did encounter some drunken Sith Officers, including Duan and Viglo who however Blenlin told to ignore them since they where stupid as silly for being heavy drinkers, but to that, Benkins and Blenlin talked about their lives how Benkins entered the army and was taught by his friend Denlin, and also Blenlin talked how she ended up in the Sith, it was said that her father brought her to it by accident, later on however in Benkins's communicator he was called to join Revan, and Gurragann, to help search in the secret Republic Station named deep in the oceans, located at a place called the. Before Benkins left to rejoin them he said goodbye to his friend Blenlin and promised they will meet again someday if they have the chance,

However returning to the Republic Embassy, Benkins was late on arriving and Gurragann asked why, thought he was in the cantina asking a lady and talking about their lives, after Revan delivered the data to Roland Wann, and Republic Captain Seth Draze who fulfilled his promise and revealed the existence of a secret Republic research station named the Hrakert Station deep in the oceans, located at the place called the Hrakert Rift. The facility was in violation of the neutrality treaty on Manaan, but construction of the facility had come to a halt when the workers came across an artifact of ancient species, and communications from the station had since ceased. Draze advised to stay safe and alive, The Republic had been hiring a number of mercenaries in order to send them down and investigate, but none of them had returned, and Wann had prepared a submarine for Benkins, and Revan and their companions to take to the station. Descending to the facility, Revan had docked the submersible in the damaged hanger bay. but he and his companions were confronted by a terrified Twi'lek mercenary who begged them to help him escape.

The mercenary explained that the Selkath workers at the station had gone insane, attacking everyone and going rabid. When Revan refused to be dissuaded from his mission, the mercenary staunchly refused to help them any more and decided to stay in the hanger as Revan and his friends entered the Hrakert Station. Fighting through the damaged security droids and the insane Selkath within the damaged hallways of the station, Benkins fought his way through, Revan acquired both an environmental suit and several that the now-dead scientists had developed to counter the  that inhabited the waters outside the station, Benkins didn't go on the mission he did secretly return to the mercenary and explained that he will help him escape, he got both Ordo and Ejai to take the terrified mercenary to the surface, Benkins remained behind,

Later after Revan returned alone and did find a Star Map in the end, Ordo and Ejai did return back safely, and the team was able to head back to the surface, but before they could do so while heading back to the submersible, Benkins and his friends encountered two Dark Jedi and Darth Bandon, Malak's Sith apprentice and the same Sith who had killed Trask Ulgo on the Endar Spire. Bandon and his allies proceeded to attack Revan, Benkins and his companions, but in the process Revan cut off Bandon's head, and also managed to defeat the Sith Lords allies. after all that, Benkins and his companions managed to return back to the Republic Embassy via the submersible,

Returning to the Republic Embassy via the submersible, Benkins and his companions were met by Roland Wann, who was eager to learn of what happened at Hrakert Station. Wann was dismayed to learn that the harvester was destroyed, but he was relieved to know that the kolto had not been damaged and he let the trio leave without further questioning. an excited Draze was pleased with the trio for their actions, so with Benkins he was, However when Benkins and the others left the embassy, they were confronted by several Selkath who ordered them to come in for questioning: the explosions in the Rift had not gone unnoticed. When questioned by the High Court, Revan did explain the story about the Hrakert Station, the esistence of which some judges were aware of, the the way that the giant firaxan shark had driven everyone insane. The Selkath were astonished to learn of the shark —what they called the —and were relieved to find out that Revan had chosen to destroy the harvester rather than kill the shark. Thanking the Jedi, the High Court allowed Revan and his companions to depart in peace.

As the Selkath claimed to be concerned friend of the Republic, Revan informed Nilko of the need to protect the Hrakert Rift facility, and a relieved Nilko promised to try and cover for the Republic if the issue came to light. before they left they were joined by Ergeron who decided to follow them and become a twenty-seventh member of the group wanting to fight like a soldier once more,

Capture and survival
Their mission on Manaan concluded, Benkins and his companions returned to the Ebon Hawk and departed Manaan. However, as they set off for Korriban, the site of the fifth and final Star Map, the Ebon Hawk was pulled from hyperspace by a Sith Interdictor cruiser—a cruiser that Onasi recognized as the Leviathan, an old friend and mentor that turned on Carth many years ago, Admiral Saul Karath, caught by the Leviathan's. the crew had to gather in the main cabin and Ejai thought it was the end of him, Benkins also feeling frightened as well with Lancoln and Kalisch thought it was very frightening, but Revan and Onasi urged not to do anything that would endanger the others, At Shan's suggestion, one of the crew members other than herself, Onasi and Revan was tasked with freeing the crew once they got aboard the enemy vessel. which they chose Mission since she was the best to hack and spike systems,

After selecting Mission to fulfill her role, the rest of the crew braced for imminent boarding offering no resistance to overwhelming numbers of Sith troopers.

Benkins however was captured on the Leviathan and the Hawk was quickly boarded and the crew captured, Benkins, Revan, Onasi, Shan, Gurragann, Lancoln, and Kalisch, were stripped of their equipment and placed in force cages. Admiral Karath soon arrived to oversee their torture, and he began by taunting Onasi, when the Republci officer became furious at Karath's presence. Turning to Shan and Revan, Benkins, Gurragann, Lancoln, and Kalisch, Karath began to question them, but his comments about Revan's loyalty were only met with confusion by the amnesiac Jedi, who refused to talk even when Karath began torturing Shan. Despite the pain he felt at Shan's torture. Revan refused to give up the location of the Jedi Enclave to claim it was on Alderaan, Benkins and the Jedi were dismayed to learn that the Dantooine Enclave had been destroyed by Malak only a few days earlier. Karath activated all seven force cages and sent his captives collapsing onto unconsciousness before he departed to prepare for Darth Malak's arrival, as the Sith was in another sector.

When Benkins finally regained consciousness, Revan, Onasi, Shan, Gurragann, Lancoln, and Kalisch were already awoke about discussing how they needed to escape. Shan thanked Revan for remaining strong, though she admitted to her friend that part of her had wanted him to give in just so that the pain would stop. Shan then informed the other six that she could sense Darth Malak's approaching presence, and the seven waited anxiously for their companion to rescue them. While Mission reached the brig and freed the entire crew, Onasi informed the group where to find their gear and where the tractor beam controls on the bridge would be. after placing their equipment on, Gurragann and Benkins ordered Kalisch to return to Ordo to help secure the Hawk in the hanger.

After being freed from the detention level of the Interdictor cruiser, Benkins, Shan, Onasi, Revan, Gurragann, and Lancoln, fought their way through the command deck toward the bridge, facing large numbers of Sith troops and Dark Jedi along the way. They eventually made it to the bridge access corridor. inly to find it sealed due to the intruder alert that had triggered by their escape. Forced to seek other means to entre the bridge, the trio found space suits and accessed an airlock that led to an alternate route via the ship's exterior. Once back inside, they renewed their assault.

The bridge itself, however, was far from empty. A phalanx of Sith troops and Dark Jedi stood guard alongside Admiral Karath, who offered the Jedi and Carth one last chance to surrender. When they refused, the Admiral ordered his guards to dispose of them: in the intense firefight that followed, Lancoln was wounded after being shot in the leg by a Sith soldier, and Benkins had to rescue Lancoln, and in the fighting, the Sith retinue was killed, and Karath lay dying of wounds suffered during the melee combat, Coughing and spluttering as he lay on the deck. he called Carth over to him and before dying, revealed that the one he traveled with was in fact the former who had initiated the war against the Republic. with Revan, Enraged, Onasi accused Bastila of knowing of this all along: despite his anger, the Jedi was able to convince him to wait until their successful escape before revealing the details—to both of them. Making haste, they quickly opened the hanger bay doors and left to meet up with the others at the Hawk.

As Benkins and the rest even with a wounded Lancoln, managed to fight their way through the more Sith troopers and Dark Jedi on their way to the hanger, as Benkins, Bastila, Onasi, Revan, Gurragann, and Lancoln attempted to make good their escape, they were contacted once again by Ordo via  and informed that the Hawk which had been placed under heavy guard, had been secured and was ready to go. The party continued to rave through the hanger deck, encountering yet more Sith forces augmented by Dark Jedi. However, just as it seemed as though they had a clear run to their vessel and freedom, Benkins and the others were confronted by Malak himself in the Leviathan's access passageways, and Onasi's attempts to shoot the Sith Lord only saw the officer go flying backward. however as Malak was amused to finally have a "reunion" in such an unexpected fashion, and he revealed the truth of Logan Starr's identity to his former master. and with that learning the truth, Benkins, Gurragann, Onasi, and Lancoln where shocked, and at last revealed the truth, In the conversation that followed, Bastila confirmed what the Dark Lord was saying: both attempted to explain to Revan, with each adding their own point of view, what had happened during the trap that had been laid for the two Sith Lords by the Jedi and Republic, and the choice that the Jedi Council had made regarding him in the aftermath of Malak's betrayal. Believing that she was acting out of a selfless desire to bring him to redemption for his past crimes. Revan forgave Bastila, and a furious Malak faced his former Master in lightsaber combat.

The battle that followed was vicious, with both combatants drawing heavily upon the Force, as they fought among the blast tunnels, Benkins and Lancoln went together to reach the Hanger Bay by themselves as Gurragann told them to do so, Benkins carried a wounded Lancoln to the Hawk right through the passageways, but they came across the Junior Sith Officer Ellabelle Blenlin, who unfortunately didn't fire and recognized Dak who she met on Manaan, she promised to help them escape to the Ebon Hawk, and she helped with Benkins bring the wounded Lancoln to the Hawk too safely, however Ordo didn't look surprised to see the young female officer board the Hawk but Benkins told that she was helpful and also he met her on Manaan and was the same girl who liked him, Ordo and the other companions agreed, Benkins hurried back to help Revan,

With Malak close to killing Revan, immobilizing him with the same technique he used on them. With an exclamation, Benkins arrived in time to see Bastila fighting Malak in a duel, giving both Benkins, Onasi, Revan, and Gurragann time to make the final dash to the Ebon Hawk. as they made their way to the hanger bay, they successfully manage to board the Hawk and escape the Leviathan alive,

Flight of the Hawk
With the rest of the Sith forces aboard the flagship either dead or otherwise occupied, the crew of the Ebon Hawk was able to escape from the hanger bay itself despite a heavy fusillade of fire from the Leviathan's main batteries. Before they could emerge from the mass shadow projected by the warship's interdiction field and make them jump to hyperspace, a half-squadron of Sith fighters bore down on them. however also the hyperdrive was down and Revan ordered T3-M4, and T3-M77 and IT-43 to go fix the hyperdrive, Revan ordered Benkins to head to the turrets along with Canderous, while T3-M4 and IT-43 would go on top of the roof, and T3-M77 was helping fix the inside on the hyperdrive,

In the attack that followed, Ordo gave orders to Benkins to fire upon the Sith Fighters, while doing so, Canderous shot lots, Benkins also shot about six fighters in the process, after defeating all the Sith Fighter squadron, T3-M4 and IT-43 began to board back inside before the ship made the jump to hyperspace, they managed to retreat,

Revan's true identity
While they were safely on their way, Revan and Onasi met with the rest of the crew in the main cabin and explained what had happened to Shan—though Onasi demanded that Revan tell the others the truth. Vao was astonished to learn of Revan's true identity but didn't care, as she trusted the friend she had made, and Zaalbar agreed with his Twi'lek friend. Bindo admitted to being already aware of the truth, and Ordo swore that he would follow Revan—the greatest warrior of his age—to the end, Benkins admitted that he will follow him wherever he goes to the very end, while HK-47 announced that his homing systems had activated upon being returned to his original master: Revan, Convinced by the others, Onasi came to realize that he could not hate Revan for what he had done as a Sith Lord, and he agreed to continue on their mission with the others. Benkins had to understand this and he did, now with only 27 now, with both Logan Starr A.K.A Revan, Carth Onasi, Dak Benkins, Hugo Gurragann, J'aahn Lancoln, Figrin Kalisch, Zaalbar, Mission Vao, Shaleena, Ada, Canderous Ordo, T3-M4, Gez Ejai, Hudrow, Marla, R9-009, IT-43, C9-E9, Juhani, HK-47, T3-M77, Sharina Fizark, Jolee Bindo, Ergeron, and the now joined Ellabelle Blenlin in their team, they would now have to trust Revan, Gurragann was unhappy that Blenlin was with them since she was Sith, and Republic were Sith, Gurragann thought he was a traitor and loved the Sith more then the Republic, but Lancoln and Kalisch at his side took it on Gurragann and he backed away from this,

Return to the Yavin Station
As they where on the way again, they went to Yavin Station to warn the Republic about Sith raiding and even get the message for Seth Draze now on and Logan began to contact him, and that he couldn't stay for much longer but he loved the republic and would die for it, and about the tragedy on Dantooine was sad,

Benkins did understand what war was like, why the ways of Sith could always be wrong, but what cost was like, he did however feel sad as why they attacked Dantooine next,

Dantooine Enclave Ruins
They went back to Dantooine to look what was left of the ruins, together, Benkins, Revan, T3-M4, and T3-M77 began to inspect what was left of it, they witnessed of what was left of its destruction, and how many dead bodies they where of hundreds of Jedi Masters and Padawans, Benkins was very sad, as well as Revan, and T3-M4 and T3-M77 was as well, Benkins went over to the remains to the temple to inspect what was left of it, among the dead he found Zhar Lestin, and Dorak, among the dead as well as Karal Kaar, Sol'aa, Jon, Rickard Lusoff, and hundreds of dead people their, on the trail they searched and looked at the Sandral and Matale family's, both Nurik Sandral and Ahlan Matale where killed and murdered by Sith, and well they did go to Khoonda afterwards to check on the survivors,

What they did find out of the survivors where Vrook Lamar, Vandar Tokare, Dillan, Adum Larp, Lur Arka Sulas, Sasha, Crattis Yurkal, Belaya, Lena, Gar, Rilka, Verdo, Elise Montagne, C8-42-GE3, Bolook, Handon Guld, and his wife, Shen Matale, and Rahasia Sandral, Samnt, Deesra Luur Jada, Kaydon Sentry, Bobec Jade and Cara where the possible only survivors, from the fall of the enclave,

After the losses of Revan's master Lestin, Benkins with his girlfriend Ellabelle Blenlin together went to the cantina and talked about how which the losses of the Jedi Enclave came to be, although she stated she was truly sorry about the loss of it but how she was a former Junior Officer, Benkins understood and accepted her apologies because she was never harmful and also she couldn't hurt a Jedi, Benkins did understand her feelings that she was shy and young and hated Sith, also because that Malak did murder on Taris, and Dantooine at the enclave, Benkins took her advise and also she and him got along since they decided to be good friends together,

But however when it came to nighttime and on their last night, Benkins and Blenlin together went to the statue in Khoonda and their she and him together talked, but however Benkins understood her childhood and everything, but Benkins asked if she was sent out to kill the group, she told him she wasn't going to because she cared about the Republic and that they could save the galaxy. later on they left Dantooine the next day and set off maybe to look around the galaxy for Bastlia Shan,

Searching for Bastila
As they tried to search for Bastila Shan, they tried on a planet at a Sith Base prison but however they was no luck and no Jedi prisoners, as Revan killed everyone in the Sith Prison he ended up killing all of them,

Without learning that Shan was still on the Star Forge, Logan Starr once Revan had to try find the last Star Map then he could soon learn the truth where she is at and defeat Malak for good,

After they left the planet, Benkins began to understand from Revan's heart and he asked him how he once was in his past, thought he was a Sith to that Benkins couldn't believe that he was now a Jedi and is different now and then but Benkins had to respect Revan because if he can to the end then he would be able to survive if he follows him to the very end.

Korriban
While arriving on Korriban, Benkins and Gurragann managed to disguise themselves as well as Lancoln and Kalisch to be civilians, as Revan got off in Korriban, in the city of, in Dreshdae because Benkins could not unfortunately Benkins was tasked to help bring supplies to the Ebon Hawk with Lancoln as well, after Revan went to seek out the Sith Master Yuthura Ban, and as a double agent hired by the Sith he would follow the training and teachings, Benkins however didn't go their because he and Lancoln didn't decide on doing so,

One night at the both he and Lancoln and Kalisch, where both tasked by Gurragann to sneak into the Academy and plant a trap so then Revan would escape alive, however Lancoln and Kalisch together made their plans as they where on the roof planting a detonator to explode if the Sith Guards stared coming and going, Benkins and the team completed their mission,

later at the Dreshdae cantina both Benkins and his friend Ellabelle together went to the cantina, along with Carth Onasi, Zaalbar and Mission, both in disguise so they wouldn't be found out in Republic uniform, Revan came to tell both he and Ellabelle to wait for their next role if the Sith find out about who Revan's true identity is, Benkins and Ellabelle together that night outside, Ellabelle told how much she cared about Benkins, but however Ellabelle told Benkins how much she cared about him and how she felt for him, however Benkins returned her feelings and her love for him that she loved him so much and cared about him, they shared a tender moment and kissed for the first time that night,

Even as so the next day as Revan was coming close towards the Star Map, however soon after Revan completed his search for the Star Map, Benkins was given the task with Lancoln to blow up the academy's roof when the fight would soon begin, with the death of both Master Uthar Wynn and Yuthura Ban too, the attack on the academy began, Gurragann however gave the orders, Lancoln began to shoot and take out the guard at the entrance, and while the battle began, Benkins activated the detonator and exploded the roof, everyone in the academy was killed except for Revan, Bobec, Jolee, HK-47, Dustil Onasi (son of Carth), Galon Lor, and Mekel, where killed, they who sided with Revan went out of the academy and survived the attack, however Bobec was to join in with the Republic, and Dustil met Carth, his father and decided to join the team in order to survive, Galon decided to help them as well as Mekel as well decided to help, so both Galon and Mekel became Jedi and joined the Hawk's crew, and also so did Dustil,

Fortunately for Benkins and the crew, Dreshdae had not learned of the events in the Academy, and they were able to get back to the Ebon Hawk without any problems.

Crash on Lehon
At the Hawk, and after their coordinates for a new system was given to Onasi and Hudrow, and jumped into hyperspace now with 30 companions of the team now a big 30, as Benkins called it they set off to hyperspace, Benkins however was sleeping in his bed with Ellabelle and together they where kissing and making love, however secretly Gurragann was spying on them, however as they where alone and being quiet, Ellabelle told Benkins they're was a traitor in their midst among the Republic and could be either Gurragann, Lancoln, or Kalisch, Benkins understood this with Ellabelle and after telling the truth and who was feeding information about the resent attack above Taris that killed Trask Ulgo, Aidus Denlin, and a Jedi that accompanied Bastila, Kelia Brankobac and many others aboard the Endar Spire that got killed, to that Benkins now understood a traitor was feeding information about the destruction of Taris which was ordered by a double agent working with the Sith and that killed billions on Taris with only just the exception of 17 whom that escaped Taris alive, Malak's murder on Taris and also how Calo Nord and Darth Bandon to try capture Bastila and also kill Benkins was understood, the destruction on Dantooine Enclave might have also been responsible for the deaths of hundreds of Jedi including Zhar Lestin, and Dorak, and responsible for getting the Hawk and its crew captured as a big setup to be possibly killed by Malak or sold as slaves or POWs aboard the Leviathan so then maybe Bastila would turn to the dark side with her battle meditation that could cause Republic costs to loosing ships in battle, and the Sith could win the war, Benkins replied that he intended to tell Revan this,

However as they arrived in the Lehon system, the first thing to their eyes they saw was the Star Forge, an immense space station that hovered above the system's star. The Star Forge was drawing power from the sun and was surrounded by Sith fleet, and Revan and Onasi sent the coordinates of the Star Forge to Admiral Forn Dodonna of the Republic Navy. However the Ebon Hawk was detected by and Benkins however took the guns with Revan as Sith fighters pursued the freighter—but despite Benkins and Revan's expert shooting, the Hawk became caught in the disruptor field, forcing Onasi to land the Hawk on the surface of the planet—which unbeknownst to the group was actually Lehon. Meeting with the others in the cabin, Benkins soon learnt from Revan that the stabilizers where fried, and Juhani and Ordo suggested scavenging the parts from the nearby wrecked ships. Benkins, Lancoln and Kalisch thought it was the best solution to their answer and Kalisch saw a Republic ship not far from where they landed, Benkins before they left to scavenge parts told Revan, and Onasi that they was a traitor in their midst and could be one of the Republic soldiers acting a double agent according to Ellabelle, as Revan and Onasi began to understand from Ellabelle, they began to know why who might be responsible for the outcomes of all this, like the Endar Spire, Destruction on Taris, Duel with Calo Nord on Tatooine, or on Manaan, Duel with Darth Bandon, or captured on the Leviathan, and Revan maybe right with Benkins and Ellabelle, since one of the men maybe a double agent sending information to kill them all, however Revan would intend to find this out sooner enough,

The group also determined that the source of the disruptor field was a large temple to the east, and Benkins set out from the Hawk with several companions in order to gather the parts and disable the disruptor field. Making their way up to the beach, Benkins, Revan and the others were set upon by a group of black-robed Rakata, and after defeating the savage natives Benkins was greeted by two Duros. The two explained that they had crashed several weeks earlier, but their companions had been killed by Rakata and Mandalorians—a group of Mandalorians were using stealth technology to attack survivors near the temple. Though Revan did offer to let the Duros stay aboard the Hawk, the two instead chose to flee to one of the nearby islands and left after thanking Revan once more.

Heading southeast, Benkins and his group fought through more Rakata as they approached the Temple of the Ancients, and the group were also forced to fight several wild rancors that were in the area. They were soon set upon a group of Mandalorians who deactivated their stealth units, though Benkins, Revan and his allies overcame their attackers and defeated them. When they made their way to the south beach, However they made their way to the south beach, the group witnessed a Rakata running through the starship wreckage, but the Rakata was killed by a land mine, alerting the trio to the fact the area was unsafe. Bypassing the mines, Benkins and his companions recovered the parts they needed from the wreckage, and they continued towards the beach and approached a building nearby that was surrounded by a crackling defense field.

Benkins, and Revan where greeted by a hologram of a Rakata, and after identifying himself, he was asked to come inside the settlement. The soldier, Revan and his companions were greeted by the Elder Council, who expressed their belief that Revan betrayed them three years earlier when he had not destroyed the Star Forge as promised. Explaining about his memory, Revan however did make a deal to succeed this time, and also Revan asked how he could earn the Elder's trust once again, The Elders told Revan about how one of their scouts had been captured by the Black Rakata, and asked Benkins, Revan, and several of his companions to rescue the scout,

While in the Elder settlement, Revan spoke with Ll'awa, who asked Revan and Benkins and the small team to retrieve any information he could find on the Rakata's genetic code while in the Temple.

Heading back out to the beach, Benkins, Revan and his companions made their way to the north beach where the Black Rakata had made their settlement. However, a number of Black Rakata and their pet rancors attacked Benkins and Revan on sight, as they had seen the group leaving the Elder settlement. Benkins and the others proceeded to fight their way through the Black Rakata settlement, cutting down the hostile natives as they headed deeper into the complex, and when they came across the One, the Black Rakata leader unleashed several rancors and attacked the invaders with a host of Rakata warriors. Despite the enemy's superior numbers, Benkins, and his allies emerged victorious, and Benkins, freed the Elder scout from his imprisonment,

Benkins, Revan and his companions returned to the Elder settlement, where the Elders thanked him for his actions and retired to deliberate their course of actions in privacy, When they returned, the Elders agreed to help them, but informed Revan that they would conduct the ritual that would lower the Temple's defenses—Revan and the Rakata needed each other's help. However they informed Revan that he would have to enter alone, as he had broken their laws by entering with Malak the last time, and the Elders warned the Jedi that Dark Jedi now inhabited the Temple. this also means Benkins couldn't go in,

While most of the companions returned to the Ebon Hawk, but both Benkins, Bindo, Juhani, and Zaalbar, secretly went together, however they were interrupted by the arrival of them, who had experienced a premonition that Revan needed their help in the Temple and had come to his aid. however Revan told he and Zaalbar had to stand guard outside, while Bindo and Juhani would follow them into the temple, and Revan convinced the Rakatan guide to permit them to enter, and later Revan, Bindo and Juhani entered the temple, except for Zaalbar and Benkins to make shore no one like Sith in their could escape,

However even with Revan who found Shan now Darth Malak's new Sith apprentice, and Benkins and Zaalbar heard the socking news about her on the dark path, as Revan, Bindo, and Juhani had said to them,

Returning to the Elder settlement, Revan spoke to the Elders of his intention to board the Star Forge and defeat Malak, and he also delivered the research data to Ll'awa,

Returning to the Ebon Hawk, Benkins, Zaalbar, Juhani, Bindo, and Revan were greeted by the rest of their companions on the beach, and the others were dismayed to hear of Shan's corruption, However, Bindo urged Revan to remember their bond. because despite the way that the dark side on Lehon had corrupted Shan, the two were still linked by the Force and their feelings for one another. The rest of the crew where more then ready to follow Revan to the Star Forge, and the Ebon Hawk lifted off from Lehon and headed towards the station.

On the way they came into the battlefield and their however they managed to pass right through the space battle, which Sith Fighters flew past them, and also led by Captain Seth Draze, flew past the Ebon Hawk and Onasi contacted Admiral Dodonna and communicated to her that Shan was directing the Sith fleet with her battle meditation, urging the admiral to destroy the Star Forge at all costs. Dodonna and Master Tokare dispatched a team of Jedi Knights to board the Star Forge and a squadron of Republic Starfighter's to escort the Hawk to the Star Forge,

As the Ebon Hawk got close towards the Star Forge, everybody including Revan, Carth, Gurragann, Lancoln, Kalisch, Zaalbar, Mission, Shaleena, Ada, T3-M4, Canderous, Ejai, Hudrow, Marla, R9-009, IT-43, C9-E9, Juhani, T3-M77, Fizark, Jolee, Ergeron, Blenlin, Dustil, Galon, and Mekel, where both scared to fight on the Star Forge, Benkins was too, but his girlfriend Blenlin began to hold his hand to make shore everything would be ok for them,

Star Forge and Survival
As the Hawk docked into one of its hangars, and Aboard the Star Forge, Benkins, Revan where met by a number of Jedi Knights led by Master Verdo, Kaydon Sentry, as well, the team proceeded to the Jedi Knights, and Wookiees form Kashyyyk led by Freyyr, as Revan spoke with Sentry that several other Jedi went onto the otherside, they where also where reunited by Bria Hudson, Bobec, and many other Jedi's too that Tokare had sent to help them locate Shan.

As Verdo gave the speech to trust in the living force, Benkins began to listen to that, Benkins, and Lancoln however where excited to fight, and Benkins and Blenlin also promised to fight side by side with Benkins,

Numerous of groups slit, Kaydon with Revan to take Carth, Juhani and HK-47 as well, while Canderous, with Hudrow, Ergeron, Ejai, Bria, Dustil, IT-43, Shaleena, Ada, Marla, R9-009, Fizark, Galon, Mekel, Zaalbar, Jolee, and Mission where in the squad, Benkins, Gurragann, Lancoln and Kalisch would help the Republic Forces a squad consisting of Eureka Squad Zulu Squad and Beta Squad's as well to help plant bombs and kill remaining forces, but the first task was for Benkins was to bring both Gurragann, Lancoln and Kalisch, Blenlin, and T3-M77 together and take out the remaining Sith forces to allow the republic squads led by their Captain's to lead the attack in the commando forces, while that of T3-M4 and C9-E9 went with the Jedi group led by Verdo, and Bobec, which if they found either Bastila or Malak then capture Bastila, and also kill Malak if they have to quick, but it wouldn't really work since he was strong with the force, Benkins however knew that if he could find who was really the traitor he would intend to find the truth out,

However many of the Jedi Knights got killed in battle, even costing the life of Verdo, and also Jedi Knight, Firzo Blecric as well, and in the midst of the fighting, Benkins and the squad where ambushed, although the team survived, Benkins however could hardly believe their odds, even so he bumped Lancoln to the wall he asked if he was a traitor, and Lancoln told Benkins he never did work with the Sith neither did Kalisch, or T3-M77 either, because they where both in league with the Republic, however Benkins understanding Lancoln's heart would intend to find who it was, But couldn't say Revan or Carth was because they where both with them the whole time, neither was one of the members of the Ebon Hawk's group so he didn't actually realize the real man was Gurragann, which he could soon find out,

As the battle went on, Gurragann led the forces to aid the commando forces of both Eureka, Zulu and Beta, as well, however when they got overpowered by hundreds of more Sith, Benkins saw the forces where in trouble, Gurragann said to not do this but Benkins had no opportunity and decided to go help them, however he, Lancoln, Kalisch, T3-M77, and Blenlin managed to help, Gurragann unfortunately however managed to run to them and give them their aid, but however as Gurragann saw a fallen dead soldier and a turret down he got on it and began to shoot the forces, but however suddenly he started to fire at the first two Republic Soldiers, however due to Gurragann's incompetence and dislike to Benkins, Gurragann killed most of the Republic Commando team costing Beta force in the process, and most of Eureka as well, killing their team captains too, Benkins shouted to run away from Gurragann and retreat because they where being overrun by him, Benkins, Lancoln, Kalisch, T3-M77, and Blenlin, and the Republic soldier survivors retreated away as Gurragann tried to kill them all,

However their escape was successful, and however they met up with Revan and Kaydon as well, Benkins however with Lancoln where out of breath and the Republic soldiers where in shock, Benkins told the truth that it was Gurragann who was the Double Agent and Sith Spy, as Carth made contact to Dodonna and Tokare, they told them that Gurragann has betrayed the Republic and working with the Sith, telling what he was responsible for in the past and the advents on Taris and Dantooine, with that Dodonna was shocked that Gurragann learnt out their every move they made, so however Benkins told Lancoln and Kalisch that he will kill Gurragann himself,

but in jeopardy the battle cost the lives of Jolee Bindo, Freyyr, Zaalbar, Grrrwahrr, Worrorznor, Cara, Bobec, Ada, Ulia Kigu and Brandon Blackson and almost all the Jedi where killed, furious of this, Benkins was very red in the face after their deaths, Benkins decided to kill Gurragann for this and avenge their deaths,

Benkins however succeeded and confronted Gurragann, who was wanted to see him surrender, however Benkins asked why he did it, but however Gurragann told Benkins he did it for credits and money, but however he was paid to do it to try get Bastila captured, with that Benkins now knew all along why he was in it from the very beginning, however a gun battle emerged and however they decided to brawl fight themselves, Benkins and Gurragann brawled their way through the Star Forge,

Although Logan Starr once Revan, now brought Bastila back to the Light, and Revan and Malak soon started to duel in the Star Forge,

In the midst of the fighting, Benkins began to feel anger in his heads and began to brawl down Gurragann, by dueling him and towards the gangways, however in the midst of the fighting, Benkins all to valuably remembers the death of his friend Denlin, Benkins however got very angry and pounced Gurragann in the eye and knocked and wrestled him down to the ground, and their Benkins aimed his Heavy Repeating Rifle down at Gurragann, and begins to shoot his head brutally and shooting out his head and face out killing Gurragann instantly, Benkins with all his anger and adrenaline killed Gurragann, and for betraying the Republic, Gurragann died in disgrace, however Blenlin came to see Benkins and however she saw why he did that which he might had saved everyone's life on the Star Forge if not for Benkins then everyone would have died,

Together both Benkins and Blenlin together managed to regroup with Kaydon and the remaining Republic troops their in the control room, even after Seth Draze sacrificed himself for Arrow Squadron and blew up the reactor, and Malak had been killed by Revan, everyone had to retreat off the Star Forge, the remaining Jedi Knight survivors managed to get to their dropships,

When they arrived at the Ebon Hawk they soon where confronted by Dark Jedi's, but Bastila managed to kill the two with her lightsaber throw, but although they didn't have a minute to spare, Revan ordered Canderous to get everybody on the Hawk to survive, unfortunately Revan and Shan would sacrifice themselves for the rest to escape, Benkins however was sad that Revan and Shan had to defend themselves to save the Hawk's crew, Benkins witnessed them fighting off the Sith from the cockpit of the Hawk as he began to hold Blenlin's hand, as the Hawk managed to escape the Star Forge right before it exploded,

The survivors both, Benkins, Carth, Lancoln, Kalisch, Mission, Shaleena, T3-M4, Canderous, Ejai, Hudrow, Marla, R9-009, IT-43, C9-E9, Juhani, T3-M77, Fizerk, Ergeron, Blenlin, Dustil, Galon, Mekel, of the Ebon Hawk, along with Jedi, Bria Hudson, Kaydon, Jade, Bolook, Belaya, Jada, and some Jedi and the remaining Republic Soldiers that survived and escaped to the Hawk survived,

Hero of the Republic
All the Heroes where asked to meet with Admiral Dodonna ant Master Tokare at the Temple of the Ancients on Lehon,

All twenty-two of Benkins's companions, Kaydon and the Jedi where accompanied to the steps of the temple, where a crowd of Republic soldiers had gathered, and Admiral Dodonna recognized the group's accomplishments and service by granting all of them the Cross of Glory, the Republic's highest honor. however for the three members of the Hawk would be remembered, and Gurragann would although known to have betrayed them and died in disgrace, Benkins was thanked by Dodonna for his heroism but he did say to her he wished Denlin was here, Master Tokare himself to recognize Revan's sacrifice, granting him a republic hero, Benkins was also granted the savior of the Republic, as the Republic starfighters conducted victory runs over the temple, Benkins stood with his friends on the building's steps as the crowd cheered and Tokare reminded him that the galaxy would still need heroes,

The recovering Republic
Shortly after the Battle of Rakata Prime, Benkins however still fought in the Galactic Republic and still serving for many years as the new hero, however he still went on some missions with the Ebon Hawk's crew, and Benkins however later returned to Corellia and took to honor his friend Denlin,

After his honor to his fallen friend Denlin, However he fought in the battle of Telos IV at some point with Meetra Surik, and their he managed to survive the attack led by Darth Nihilus, Benkins's role in the battle was he took a squad to take out the reaming Sith troopers, he fought alongside the Telos Security Forces and even the Mandalorians, he led a squad to try and save the remaining surviving civilians which he did, his squad managed to save them, also his longtime friends Lancoln and Kalisch managed to survive the assault, Benkins however survived the battle of Telos IV and the battle was won,

After the battle of Telos IV, Benkins decided to marry Ellabelle Blenlin, and all of the Republic and the crew of the Ebon Hawk watched as Benkins married Ellabelle and together they would live together on Corellia in a nice place,

After Benkins retired from the army ten years later he lived together with his wife Ellabelle, and together they had their first child of the Benkins family, Finley Benkins, his son would which later become a Republic Soldier like he would later and meet a nice girl someday like Ellabelle, together he, Ellabelle, Finley and T3-M77 which lived on Corellia together for many years, but later in 3950 BBY on Fromund Kaas, T3-M4 was destroyed when Benkins heard the terrible news, this grievely upset T3-M77, his boyfriend droid whom she fell in love with back in the Jedi Civil War, after T3-M4's destruction, a memorial to remember the T3-M4 was held to honor his sacrifice to save Revan, T3-M77 took part to remember him,

Although it wasn't completely the end of the T3 unit that was destroyed, however they did manage to salvage the memory and it's data from T3-M4 and Benkins later managed to build the replica of T3-M4 back to it's normal self which pleased T3-M77 to see him back in action, although the original T3 was destroyed, Benkins only built the replica to help T3-M77 to not get upset,

For many years on Corellia, Benkins traveled the galaxy with his wife, his son, and T3-M77, and went often to see their old friends of the Ebon Hawk sometimes Benkins went for rides across the galaxy with them, like as such he would often travel to the Hapes system to the plant of Hapes to see his friend Lancoln and his wife, also he would often see Carth Onasi, Kalisch, HK-47, Juhani, Canderous, Bastila (who secretly survived with Revan), Mission, and all his friends off the Ebon Hawk,

Three centuries later, Benkins was featured in a of the Jedi Civil Wars that was created by the Kel Dor Jedi Master Gnost-Dural. however also a of Benkins was erected in the Leisure Garden section of the Axial Park in the Coronet City on Corellia, along with the statues of Revan, and his other companions in memory of their deeds, his son, Finley later joined the Republic and later met a nice girl,

Personality and traits
"I for one Lancoln understand your past, I can understand maybe a Republic Soldier isn't cracked out as it should be, but I for one understand your past on Hapes you where born to a warrior family,''" "''Yes Dak, I always wanted to meet a nice lovely girl who cares about me, but I must have been a warrior back on Hapes."

- Benkins and Lancoln

Benkins was the acknowledged squad-leader of the Republic, a position he attained due to his reliable nature. A solider who believed in doing his job by the book, Benkins was kind and preferred calling his friends last names or first sometimes, His kind personality possibly came to that of his parents to which Alis Benkins, and Tad Benkins once taught him to be, Benkins was usually sometimes scared and always sad whenever things went wrong like when he lost his friend Denlin aboard the Endar Spire, which really he never did know that they was a traitor in the Republic who was Captain Gurragann in their midst to try end them, and he was usually wanting to stay alive as he is told to be the longest surviving of the three Republic soldiers from the Endar Spire, of course Benkins wanted revenge when the Sith destroyed the Spire and wanted to kill Gurragann on the Star Forge to avenge for the death of Corporal Aidus Denlin and the others killed aboard, because of his anger issues and his adrenalin anger he brutally killed Hugo Gurragann as revenge for Denlin and the others that he took it upon, of course he always had a crush on the Junior Sith Officer, Ellabelle Blenlin, who as well always returned his feelings,

Benkins is known to be good friends with Denlin, Lancoln, Ellabelle, and everybody aboard the Ebon Hawk, since he was very friendly and always was an eager trooper, and when he was given orders he followed them directly and readily obeyed every command,

Abilities
Benkins was a young soldier and a brave one, able to efficiently and expertly handle a variety of weapons, but his Heavy Repeating Rifle was his main weapon and so was Blaster Pistols where his specialty, He was a quick draw and also skilled in dual weapon fighting.

However Hugo Gurragann described Benkins as "One of the Best soldiers" during his travels with Revan, Benkins proved his skills and techniques as he fought alongside Revan across the galaxy, However when he met Ellabelle Blenlin who liked him, Benkins couldn't overtake the hatred of Sith and liked the girl, only because she was nice and not all Sith soldiers where bad as Blenlin offered to help Benkins, Revan and the group to the Star Forge, Benkins also showed his revenge at Gurragann for the deaths of his friends on the Endar Spire including Denlin's as well, which made Benkins a true hero to the Republic,

Dak Benkin's blaster
Benkins carried a modified blaster pistol based on an Arkanian design, upgraded with more modern Republic technology. He also carried a second blaster pistol, like Carth Onasi was, Benkins did carry two modified Arkanian blaster pistols, and also a Heavy Repeating Rifle as well,

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Episode I: A Familiar Path
 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Episode II: Veil of the Dark Side
 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Episode III: The Circle of Fate