Garik a immédiatement froncé après sa première question. Est-ce qu'il a salué toutes les filles comme ça? Non, il ne l'a pas fait. Il n'accueillait généralement personne. À l'arrière de sa tête, il a déjà regretté sa décision de lui dire quoi que ce soit. Pour tout ce qu'il savait, l'un d'eux allait se faire descendre dans leur première bataille, faisant de toute la conversation une perte de temps. Il aurait dû garder la tête baissée et s'en aller. Mais il était trop tard maintenant, pensait-il, alors qu'elle étendait sa main. Lentement, il s'en est sorti et l'a malmené jusqu'à ce qu'elle l'arrête, voyant ses yeux tout le temps. Ce n'est qu'à la poignée de main qu'il a répondu à l'une de ses questions. "Oui.. tu es mon ailier. Et non. Tu es la première à qui j'ai parlé." 
En regardant autour de lui, Garik s'est rendu compte que les deux étaient les seuls qui restaient, et a commencé à partir aussi. Il s'arrêta brusquement dans la porte quand il eut un moment de clarté soudaine. L'entraînement était terminé. Contrairement à ses simulations, s'il était mort dans l'espace, il allait mourir pour de vrai. Pendant un bref moment, son sang-froid s'est brisé, et la peur s'est effondrée sur son visage. Dans son moment de faiblesse, il se tourna vers Cora. Doucement, il lui a dit. "Hé Lieutenant... quand on est dehors... juste... Je surveillerai tes arrières. Regarde le mien. Marché conclu?"

Cluster Tion, Territoires de la côte extérieure
Clariv, Secteur Caluula
Opération: Frayeur de grève (0 BBY)
2/205e Groupe des chasseurs impériaux
"C'est Aurek Leader! Six combattants rebelles viennent juste de... » Le capitaine Kael a crié avant que sa transmission ne soit coupée. Il avait divisé l'escadron en trois vols, les maintenant dispersés au fur et à mesure qu'ils scrutaient le chemin du Tyrant vers Clariv, foyer de la base rebelle. Loin de toute aide que le Star Destroyer pouvait envoyer, qui était mis en scène juste à l'extérieur du système, le capitaine et son vol avaient été pris totalement au dépourvu quand un groupe de T-65 X-Wings a sauté hors de l'hyperespace devant lui et attaqué. En bref, Kael a été vaporisé, et trois membres survivants de son vol ont été dispersés. Malheureusement, ils ont appelé à l'aide.
"Aurek Five, je suis en route." Garik grit les dents alors qu'il filait son chasseur TIE autour et courait vers le combat. Sur son champ d'application, il a vu Aurek Two and Three jouer à un jeu mortel de chat et de souris avec trois des combattants rebelles. Une seconde, c'était le chasseur, et l'autre, c'était la proie. Aurek Four, d'autre part, était suivi de près par un X-Wing encombré et avait déjà été frappé une fois.
"Désormais!" Garik a accidentellement soufflé au-delà des cinquième et sixième X-Wing, qui avait glissé loin de la bagarre de chiens. Il a survécu à leur tir laser quand ils sont passés, et lui et l'un des pilotes rebelles ont fait des virages difficiles pour obtenir une perle l'un sur l'autre. En fin de compte, Garik a pu surpasser le rebelle, et a commencé à le verrouiller avec son ordinateur de ciblage quand il a reçu un avertissement. Il avait oublié le second X-Wing, qui le suivait et le ferait bientôt verrouiller. La colère enflammée à l'intérieur de lui, Garik s'est forcé à rester sur la cible et a marqué son lien de communication, "Tarneia où es-tu?"
Name: Garik Antocha
Age: 27
Gender: Male


Garik is a very serious looking individual, rarely betraying any kind of emotion past anger. Physically he is a thin, slender young man who is pushing the maximum height authorized by the Imperial pilot corp. His most striking feature are his eyes, which have often been described as intense if not inquisitive. Finally, in keeping with military standards, he keeps his hair cut short and his face clean shaven.


Garik is a hard worker and an intellectual. It's what helped him become an above average starfighter pilot, because while he lacked a natural talent for flying, he made up for it by spending every waking moment training in the simulators or learning about his craft. But one thing he's always struggled in is combat outside a starfighter. He's never been able to perfect his marksmanship with a blaster or make any real gains when it comes to his physique. In addition, Garik has some deep rooted issues stemming from the sudden lose of his father, issues that will sometimes hamper his ability to think straight.


Garik lives by a sense code of honor instilled by his father at an early age, one that emphasises selfless service, personal courage and moral integrity. This will sometimes clash with Imperial doctrine, as he has a hard time placing the mission first and sacrificing his comrades, and is reluctant to follow through on orders he deems morally questionable. However, at the end of the day, Garik is a soldier, and will typically follow any order given to him.
The death of Garik's father also left a serious impact on him. In his mind, he needed to honor his memory by following in his footsteps, and became obsessed with making his dead father proud of him by tirelessly dedicating himself to the Imperial Navy. During this time, Garik also became increasingly more distant while he toiled over his studies. He shut his family and friends out. He gave up the pursuit of happiness, robbing him of a normal childhood. He bottled his emotions up and became distant, growing up to become an austere, introverted young man and leading him to lash out at others, sometimes unreasonably. It wasn't until recently, when Garik began to fly, that he found his escape.


Garik was a Generational. His father had died fighting Seperatists during the Clone Wars, his mother had been a nurse in the Republic Medical Corps, and his ancestors before him had a long and steeped history of serving in the Republic Navy. In addition, Garik was a native of the planet Anaxes. He had been raised on a world where the Empire was seen as peacekeepers and hailed as heroes by the people. Naturally this, combined with his ancestral history, inspired Garik to follow in his family's footsteps. His performance in the Imperial Sub-Adult Group and cadets reflected this desire, though it came at a cost. While other children lived a life of imaginary adventure outdoors, Garik spent much of his free time in deep study at home, and largely lived a solitary life, his only friends being the protocol droids his mother would use to tutor him.
While Garik ultimately aspired to be the captain of his own ship, because of his high marks in the Imperial Academy and the demand for high rate pilots in the face of a growing rebellion, he was enrolled against his wishes in the Tir flight school onboard the Star Destroyer Inflexible. Luckily, from the moment he first stepped into the cockpit of a real starfighter, he was hooked. No longer was his free time spent nose-deep in his academic studies, but instead in the training simulators of a TIE/IN starfighter. He thoroughly enjoyed the experience of being a starfighter pilot, so much so that when an opportunity to transfer out of flight school and into the command crew of a Star Destroyer finally presented itself to Garik, he denied the chance to continue his career in the Imperial pilot corp.