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Jova Haqzey is a dedicated supporter of the Empire. A veteran of the Clone Wars, he lost faith in the Republic when Jedi monks were given higher command priority than actual naval commanders. To say that he felt angry was an understatement, the man was enraged - some hokey religious priest with a funky sword-thing and magic powers was given the right to countermand actual soldiers! Dedicated lifetime soldiers, strategists, and officers died because some force-empowered bastard decided that the rules of war didn't apply to them. Civilians in a warzone aren't listened to, they are protected and set to the side. They don't belong in the conflict. The Jedi didn't belong in the war - and it cost Jova his crewmates on the Resolute during the battle of Sullust.

Order and stability, coupled with the intelligent application of power, are how Jova got things done. He was promoted on track during the Clone Wars, and didn't expect more. When his best female friend was promoted to Lieutenant Commander ahead of schedule, there was some friction from his bruised ego. But they made it right before she was transferred, or so he thought.

A year later Jova was promoted to Lieutenant Commander, but was still behind his crush Kirana who had recently been promoted to Commander for gallantry in the field. When the Jedi turned on the Emperor, Jova believed it. He figured it was blown out of proportions, embellished as all political actions are. But he believed that the Jedi endangered the Emperor and the Empire. When the war came to an end with the deaths of the Separatist leadership, Jova rejoiced at the idea that he could now do what he always wanted - hunt pirates and criminals in the Outer Rim - and not wage a seemingly endless war. Maybe he could use his own influence to get closer to Kirana.

A year after that and everything upends again. While at a retrain-refit post on Taris, Lt. Commander Jova got called to the Commandant's office and saw two of his friends there, Kirana and Axelmos. When they went inside, the Commandant praised Jova's test scores and physical results, citing that he was the sort the Empire needed. Then the Commandant promoted him an unheard of two steps to Captain and gave him command of a Venator Class Star Destroyer.

There was a breath of silence.

And then both Kirana and Axelmos began protesting. The Commandant and Jova were silent. While the protests seemed to fall on deaf ears of the Commandant, Jova heard every word, and listened to the insulting comments from Axelmos and the venom from Kirana. He suddenly saw through their friendship. He was smart, but never wanted, and always a little desperate for approval. He was the guy who thought he was their friend, but never one of the group. He felt wounded, they were his friends, but he was never their friend. He thought he had proved himself during the Wars, but they attacked every aspect of him - his adherence to the rules, his love of order and hierarchy - everything. Jova felt his heart harden. Any love he had for those two was vaporised that day. Everything they said was committed to memory. Every hateful thing. Then Jova stood, walked forward and thanked the Commandant for the amazing opportunity he had presented. Then Jova turned to leave, stating that he must see to his new ship.

When next he heard of Kirana and Axelmos, he was back in the Commandant's office the next morning. Apparently the two had joined up with three criminals and stolen a Ghtroc-720 Light Freighter. Jova immediately volunteered to bring the five of them in for trial. As aghast as he was at what they had done, he was equally shocked at the Commandant's next statement. Jova was to use this as an opportunity to do a shake-down cruise on a new Star Destroyer. He was being given command of an Imperial-I Star Destroyer! As a brand new ship-of-the-line, it hadn't been named. The freshly minted Captain Haqzey named the vessel The Vanquisher, naming it after his own hopes for the machine.

Since that fateful day, he has been analyzing clues and hunting his former associates. He found Axelmos on Chandrilla and followed him to the rest of them at Anaxes, where they had salvaged and taken command an Imperial Dreadnought. They escaped him there, but he soon found them again.

On Corulag, he made an error in his calculated plan. He relied on one of the Emperor's Inquisitorius agents. He had trapped Kirana, Axelmos, and two others he once associated with, in the Academy Cafeteria and dispensed a knock-out gas. But someone had switched the holodroid's dummy detonator with an active thermal detonator and nearly killed them all. The four escaped with the help of other traitorous allies.

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Captain's Cabin of The Vanquisher