Dursate Barreboh

Dursate Barreboh was a male Athan officer of the Golden Empire's Royal Intelligence branch. He served as commanding officer of the secretive Second Chance unit.

Biography
Born on Bolera in 110 ABY, Dursate was six years old when his uncle volunteered to serve as bait for the Red Eclipse slavers, allowing himself to be captured and taken into slavery. After Sayl Leikvold and her fleet were slaughtered at the Ambush at Bolera, Karlan Barreboh was rescued, and he often told his nephew tales of the Intelligence operatives who had arranged for his capture and then rescued him. By the time he finished school, Dursate had no dream apart from joining Intelligence himself.

He became an Intelligence operative in 130 ABY, serving as a collection agent in the field. He received commendations for his work on in the wake of the Conquest of the Chiss Ascendancy, and in tracking threats during the Vagaari War. He served alongside Aria Nikina on one of her many liberation missions in territory, adding valuable wartime experience to his resume. He was one of a small handful of operatives to operate behind enemy lines during the Nightmare War, by then an officer commanding other Intelligence agents.

In 153 ABY, Dursate was given command of Second Chance. He personally recruited some of its members, including the Force-sensitive burglar Ahza Ruvik.

Skills and abilities
After a career in Intelligence, Dursate developed the ability to read many other sentients by their expressions and tones of voice. Many beings remarked that he was highly disciplined himself, and he demonstrated resistance to the hypnotic nature of Jubill speech by pure force of will. As a result of—and to prepare for—his many field missions, he learned several styles of unarmed combat, and could use his gauntlet-like clawed hands to devastating effect on the flesh and bones of others.

Appearance and personality
Dursate had the gaunt, skeletal build common to Athans, with slate gray skin, dull brown eyes, and black hair. He was 1.75 meters tall, and usually dressed in nondescript clothing to make himself as easy to overlook as possible.

Dursate knew that many aliens found the appearance of Athans frightening, and consciously perfected his ability to intimidate others with a look. His sharp, rasping voice and his sunken eyes gave him a malevolent appearance to most s, and his gaze was described as "dead" and "chilling". Many beings felt he had no personality at all and found him impossible to read; even the Centurion Coval Delzashe had difficulty getting any impression of Dursate's thoughts. However, those very few close to Dursate knew him to be zealously dedicated to both his work and the protection of innocent people.