- "Dear Citizen pilot, It is a dark time for those who cleave to the pillar principles of the Empire. Without heroic intervention by citizen pilots such as you, this horrid 'rebellion' could prove to be the final undoing of our civilization, our liberty... our very lives."
- ―Admiral Cilas Veckon
Cilas Veckon was an officer of the Imperial Navy during the Galactic Civil War.
Biography
- "Hired killers have taken aim against the selfless agents of our government, and have threatened to plunge us head-long into anarchy. Moreover, sensing their despicable opportunities in this 'rebellion,' vast armies of corrupt criminal pirates, smugglers, and assassins have banded together to further tear the fabric of Imperial decency. Your Emperor needs you."
- ―Admiral Cilas Veckon
Early in the Galactic Civil War, Admiral Cilas Veckon acted as Chief of the Recruitment office of the Imperial Navy. As the war with the Rebel Alliance intensified after the Battle of Yavin, Admiral Veckon initiated a large recruitment program of pilots for the Imperial Starfighter Corps. His office identified skilled spacers throughout the galaxy and sent strongly worded recruitment messages to potential recruits. Furthermore, Veckon placed Commanders Gunham, Zhanks and Landau on Tatooine, Corellia and Naboo, respectively, to oversee major pushes in recruitment.[1] The recruitment program culminated[2] in 1 ABY,[3] resulting in a new batch of pilots joining Black Epsilon, Storm Squadron and the Imperial Inquisition's squadron.[2]
Behind the scenes
Cilas Veckon was mentioned in the 2003 video game Star Wars Galaxies, a massively multiplayer online roleplaying game developed by Sony Online Entertainment and published by LucasArts,[1] prior to its closure on December 15, 2011.[4] Admiral Cilas Veckon appeared in in-game email sent to players to introduce the release of the expansion pack Jump to Lightspeed on October 27, 2004.[1]
Appearances
- Star Wars Galaxies: Jump to Lightspeed (First mentioned)
Sources
Jump to Lightspeed: Getting Started as an Imperial Pilot on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (original site is defunct)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7
Star Wars Galaxies: Jump to Lightspeed — The message JOIN THE IMPERIAL NAVY from The Office of the Imperial Navy
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Star Wars Galaxies: Jump to Lightspeed
- ↑ The opening crawl of Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided dates the game to after the events of Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, and additionally, Serji-X Arrogantus, who died in Star Wars (1977) 10—the events of which The New Essential Chronology dates to 0 ABY—appears in the game. Therefore, at least a portion of Star Wars Galaxies must be set in that year. Furthermore, in the game Ruwan Tokai references the destruction of the Death Star as having occurred one year earlier, and Strongholds of Resistance also places the events of Galaxies' Chapter 9: "The Fury of Exar Kun" in 1 ABY. Lastly, while Chapter 11: "The Battle of Echo Base" features the Battle of Hoth—dated to 3 ABY by The New Essential Chronology—the developers have stated that the portrayal of that battle in the game is intentionally anachronistic. Therefore, the events of Star Wars Galaxies must span from 0 ABY to around 1 ABY.
- ↑
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT STAR WARS GALAXIES™ on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (original site is defunct)