Tk-216

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"I'm a soldier right? I should be able to handle this. I just want to go home to Gala."
―Tk-216, to a spacer[1]

Tk-216 was a Human male stormtrooper for the Galactic Empire during the Galactic Civil War.

Biography

"The...things. The virus changed everyone when it was released. All my friends...they change. They chased me."
―Tk-216, to a spacer[1]

Tk-216 was a stormtrooper of the Galactic Empire from the planet Gala. After the Battle of Yavin, he was stationed near an Imperial Research and Prison Facility on the remote planet Dathomir. There, the Empire was conducting secret and dangerous scientific research, intending to engineer the dreadful Blackwing virus in order to create super soldiers.[1] In 1 ABY,[2] an accident happened at the Imperial Research Facility and resulted in the virus outbreak. Most of the Imperial staff was killed and became flesh-craving undead creatures. Luckily, Tk-216 survived the attack of the creatures and finally managed to escape the area, avoiding containment into the promptly-established Quarantine Zone. Tk-216 and other people, such as Illrian Nhagy and Tyla Gallamby, were still present near the Quarantine Zone, awaiting evaluation out of the planet, when independent spacers started to arrive on Dathomir to investigate the outbreak.[1]

Behind the scenes

Tk-216 appeared as a non-player character (NPC) 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.[3] Tk-216 was added to the game with the "Game Update 13," released on September 30, 2009.[4] This NPC was part of the questline "Something is Obviously Wrong,"[1] an introduction to the "Death Troopers" update.[5]

Unlike most other stormtroopers in the game, Tk-216 is identified with a lower case "k." It is not clear if this was deliberate, or an error on the part of the developers.[1]

Appearances

Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 SWG logo sm Star Wars Galaxies (post-NGE) — Quest: "Investigate Dathomir" on Lok
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Gal-icon IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT STAR WARS GALAXIES™ on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (original site is defunct)
  4. ↑ Gal-icon Star Wars Galaxies: Game Update 13 -- Chronicle Master System on the official Star Wars Galaxies forums (original site is defunct)
  5. ↑ Gal-icon Game Update 14: Death Troopers on the official Star Wars Galaxies forums (original site is defunct)

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