- "If you sacrifice for nothing…you are nothing. Whether you live or die…the only thing that matters is victory."
- ―Cordo
Cordo was a human who served as a sergeant in the Imperial Military.
Biography
Military service
Cordo fought in the campaign on Mimban during 10 BBY. In 3 ABY, Cordo was in command of a squad of death troopers, assigned to stop the Rebel Alliance from using a cannon they had constructed with experimental technology. Cordo did not like the death troopers, having presumably seen many during their career and saw them die much quicker than their reputation suggested.[2]
During the mission, Cordo dropped the squad off with a TIE/rp Reaper attack lander and observed the death troopers engage the rebels. The death troopers took moderate casualties, and by the time they reached the cannon, only three of the original seven had made it through. As they approached it, the cannon began to attack them, and Cordo, realizing that they were too close to it, decided to sacrifice themselves by ramming their craft into the cannon. However, they were shot down, though they barely survived the crash. When the death troopers arrived, Cordo initially believed they were going to save them, but the death troopers opened fire on the craft's engines. Cordo stated and realized that they had been heeding their advice just as the craft exploded, killing them.[2]
Legacy
The three death troopers were severely injured and brought to a medical bay for repair work and attention. A lieutenant observed the mission report and decided to have the troopers killed as traitors for killing Cordo, but Lord Vader arrived and force choked the lieutenant to death. Vader stated that the Empire needed victors, not traitors, and ordered the medical droid to continue working on them. They would later serve as Darth Vader's guard.[2]
Appearances
- "In Service to the Empire" — Empire Ascendant 1 (First appearance)