Rifa Sabol

Rifa Sabol was a human female serving as an Imperial officer during and after the.

Biography
Rifa was born on the city-planet in the year 19 BBY. Many of Rifa's relatives, including her father, were members of the Republic. When she reached a proper age, Rifa followed in their footsteps and became a herself, serving the Republic army throughout the. She stayed in the fleet after the formation of the.

Despite the Empire's prejudice against women, Rifa slowly managed to climb the Imperial ranks, becoming a competent tactician by the. After the Empire's fragmentation, she became one of numerous s. Ten years later, she became one of several major warlords who provided military support for the, a cult of force-wielders. Sabol was the only female Imperial officer of prominence in the faction, as well as the supplier of the majority of the cult's initial military forces. After the organization was taken over by the Jaden Korr, she was given the title of General in the Dark Order of Korr.

Holding by far the largest fleet among her nominal equals, eclipsed only by the Order's Warlords, it seemed that Rifa was due to seize power from Jaden in an impending coup, once the initial wave of enthusiasm for Jaden subsided and the political temperature became more calculating of material advantages rather than Jaden's feats of force mastery. However, that day never arrived. When Jaden began his war against the in the year 14 ABY, Rifa organized her own fleet, preparing for an assault on the. Sabol's campaign there eventually proved to be her undoing.

For the past three years, Sabol had been nursing a grudge against Derin Nimdok, an Imperial Remnant warlord who had seized the Minos Cluster from her grasp, claiming the sector for himself. While Jaden occupied himself with his campaign at the, General Sabol believed that with a much larger Imperial faction backing her, she would be able to recapture the Minos Cluster and crush the rival warlord's fleet.

Rifa's campaign in the Minos Cluster was an initial success. Her forces were superior in numbers to Nimdok's and the warlord's fleet was soon forced to fall back, suffering several defeats and quickly losing direct control over most of the sector's planets. Confident that victory was assured, Sabol clamored for a higher rank, which alienated her peers somewhat. Meanwhile, Nimdok, seeing that his forces were outmatched in any direct engagements with Rifa's forces, pulled most of his ships back, allowing Sabol to spread her forces throughout the sector. He then directed a series of hit-and-fade strikes against Sabol's fleet, weakening the Dark Order's presence without giving them an opportunity to meet his fleet in any major engagements.

Hoping to keep the sector's civilian population in line, Sabol had her troops conduct mass arrests for any possible spies, as well as simply for intimidation purposes. This quickly backfired, triggering riots throughout major cities and worlds. Due to Nimdok's superior knowledge of the sector, he was able to keep his fleet from being directly attacked. To help keep her strategic position in the area, Sabol diverted two more s to the area, taking them from the fleet of fellow General Morgan Soth. Soth was outraged by her use of his resources, but she was not dissuaded from taking command of his vessels until he threatened to attack her fleet.

In the year 15 ABY, Nimdok launched a counter-offensive, destroying most of Sabol's fleet and forcing her remaining ships out of the Minos Cluster, leaving millions of Imperial troops stranded on planets throughout the area. Admiral Nimdok regained control of the Minos Cluster shortly thereafter. Meanwhile, Sabol returned to the Order's headquarters in disgrace. She again attempted to take command of Soth's forces, hoping to organize another task force to return o the Minos Cluster with. Soth refused to let her take his ships in what he called a "foolish grudge battle", and an argument soon began.

Jaden Korr attempted to mediate the dispute, but was unable to either of them. Soth demanded that the Rifa be punished for wasting military resources. When the two came close to blows, Jaden used the force to crush Sabol's neck, declaring that arrogance of the magnitude displayed by the General had no place in his order.

Personality and traits
Rifa was an able military tactician, but as demonstrated in the Minos Cluster Campaign, was vulnerable to traits of pettiness, pride, and arrogance.