Raif Slaxton

{{Historic|Taldryan]]

Raif Slaxton
Biographical Information
Homeworld:	Coruscant
Date of Birth:	33 BBY
Physical Description
Species:	Human
Gender:	Male
Height:	6'2"
Hair:	Black
Eyes:	Blue
Personal Information
Chronology & Political Information
Profession:	Naval Officer (Admiral)
Position:	Commander of Taldryan's Battle Group II
Era(s):	Brotherhood, New Jedi Order, New Republic
Affiliation:	Taldryan
Personal Ship:	BSD Relentless
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Admiral Raif Slaxton is a Human male and Commanding Officer of Taldryan's Battle Group II. An experienced and reserved individual, Admiral Slaxton is the captain of the BSD Relentless, and the second ranking officer in Taldryan's Navy.

Biography

Early Life and Career

Raif Slaxton was born to an aristocratic family from Dubrillion. His father was a Senator in the Old Republic and became an adamant supporter of Chancellor Palpatine as he rose to prominence. During the reign of the Emperor, the family gained naturalization on the glittering world of the Imperial Center. Here, Slaxton was given every opportunity to attend high class schools and centers of education and Human High culture.

Though pampered by his loving mother and raised sternly yet lovingly by his father, the young slaxton sought more from the Galaxy, and applied to join the Imperial Academy at the age of seventeen, only three years after the demise of the Republic. With the endorsement of his father, the young man set a course that would affect the rest of his life.

Imperial Career

Slaxton's First Command

Raif graduated two years later from the Imperial Academy on Raithal, a prestigious Naval Education Center, with honors and a Lieutenant's Commission. Specializing in Fleet Operations, the young officer was on a fast track to success. Assigned as the Executive Officer of a Gunship, his first experience in combat became his first in command of a ship. During a routine patrol of an Outer-Rim system, a pirate force attacked the lone ship, and in a freak accident, the Captain was killed. This left the nearly 20 year old man in charge of a vessel. After defeating the pirates using a nimble defense balanced with a healthy offense his actions were recognized, and he was promoted soon after to Commander, and given command of his very own Lancer Frigate.

For the next few years, Raif would use his talents to win engagement after engagement, and promotion after promotion. By the time of the Battle of Yavin, Slaxton was a Commandant, and at the helm of a Victory I Star Destroyer. The defeat of the Empire struck him like a dagger, and emboldened the Man to fight the rebellion with his entire being.

Fall of the Empire

Raif Slaxton spent the next few years hunting down and eradicating Rebellion forces and outposts, but was dismayed nonetheless by the increasingly frequent reports of defeat at the hands of Alliance fleet units and ground forces. By the time of the Battle of Endor, the Commandant now commanded a small task force of several Victory II Star Destroyers, and an Imperial Escort Carrier. This force was supposed to have been present at the defeat of the Rebellion, but was held up in escorting a supply convoy to its destination, and missed the destruction of the Death Star instead.

Slaxton's Victory Fleet

Seeing no future in the Empire without the Emperor, Slaxton gave his forces to a Rogue Grand Admiral named Ronin, the head of the Emperor's Hammer Fleet.

Emperor's Hammer

The former Commandant, now Fleet Commander of the Emperor's Hammer Fleet, served for several years as a prominent leader and capable commander. He was assigned to the fleet that served as the Dark Brotherhood's base of operations and only tactical force. In his time serving with the Brotherhood, he came to understand the power wielded by the Dark Jedi, and became good friends with then Consul of Clan Taldryan, Kir Katarn. This friendship capitulated when the Brotherhood of Dark Jedi fled imperial space, seeking refuge from the oppressive hand of Grand Admiral Ronin and his ineffectual command structure.

Slaxton, seeing an opportunity to strike back at the forces that had always held the Empire back, as he saw it, and possibly see the destruction of the emerging New Republic as well, Slaxton followed Clan Taldryan to their new home in the Kr'Tal system, and began to help then High Admiral Venix Soyak establish a capable and stable naval command structure for the newly independent clan.

Admiral In the Service of Taldryan

The BSD Relentless

Because of his immense experience, and tremendous record victory in battle, the former Imperial officer was elevated to the rank of Admiral, and effectively the Second-in-Command of all naval assets within the Taldryan Navy. His work helped bring the house's assets together in a manner that would secure their place at the top of the Brotherhood's rankings. Having survived various Great Jedi Wars, Vendettas, Rites of Supremacy, and feuds of varying sizes, Slaxton's experience has helped bring the fleet out on top nearly every time. It is said of the Officer that in his time as a naval officer, he has only gained a total of three losses in battle.

It was this record that landed the Admiral the command of Taldryan's Battle Group II, and command of the Bakura-Class Star Destroyer Relentless.

Physical Description

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Personality and traits

Raif Slaxton was an adamant supporter of the New Order in the time of the Empire. Having been raised by an Imperial Senator in an affluent family, he was afforded every amenity and opportunity wealth and privilege could gain him.

In a recent dossier on Slaxton compiled by the Intelligence Service, Raif was described as a man driven by a sense of honor, loyalty, and duty. A man of the old Imperial Command apparatus, Slaxton commands respect from his subordinates but does so in contrast to many of his contemporaries from the Galactic Empire through a professional attitude, stoic presence, and attending demeanor. Believing it was the cruelty and machine-like quality of the Imperial Navy that led to its ultimate defeat at the hands of poorly equipped and funded rebel fighters. In his free time Slaxton can regularly be expected to be reviewing fleet documents, transfer requests, commendation recommendations, strategic briefings, Logistical concerns and the occasional light novel. Raif has to date taken four junior officers as his Aide-de-Camp and has successfully seen them mentored into valuable officers in their own right.

Slaxton has seen combat in various sectors, environments, and situations over the course of 40 or more years. His extensive knowledge and intuitive sense of space and direction seem to allow the man a precognitive ability to evaluate his enemy's movements and strategies with seemingly little input. His experience is highly valued by the Taldryan Military Institute and on his occasional mandatory shore leave can often be found giving guest lectures and seminars there.

In his private life Slaxton is happily married with three sons, two of which serve as officers of the Starfighter Corps while his youngest currently attends classes at the Taldryan Military Institute for his Degree of Military Science with a focus in Applied Combined Armaments Strategy.

Behind the Scenes

• The Character Raif Slaxton is the creation of Vodo Biask Taldrya