| abstract | - Kolot Terik Rosion (39 BBY) is a senior ranking High Admiral of the Imperial Navy. Having earned a great deal of prestige and admiration over the course of a career spanning almost 40 years in service to the Empire, he is held in high regard by politicians and common soldiers alike. Rosion is a veteran of the Clones Wars, and a highly decorated officer possessing a keen intellect and sharp wit that have seen him rise to the height of influence within the Imperial hierarchy, subordinate only to High Admiral Pallaeon and Grand Admiral Thrawn himself. He is highly regarded as one of the best tacticians in the Imperial Navy and has been consistently admired for his loyalty to the philosophy of the Imperial creed, and his tenacity in its defense. Rosion is a firm believer in the righteousness of the Imperial cause as a bulwark of galactic stability and order, and his view that the New Republic an illegal entity established in defiance of the Empire as the legitimate galactic government. Already a well known figure within the Imperial Military establishment by the time of the Battle of Endor, Rosion has dedicated himself to ensuring that the Empire retain its military prowess through a series of innovative reforms which have carried their weight many times over in numerous conflicts and campaigns involving enemies from the New Republic to the Xen'Chi. For most of his career Rosion has managed to keep a clear distance away from the onslaught of political infighting and court intrigue that plagued the Empire in the aftermath of Emperor Palpatine's death, advocating that military leaders should devote themselves to the Empire's defense instead of carving out fiefdoms as warlords. It is a factor which when combined with his competence, devotion, and political objectivity that has been consistently recognized by several Imperial leaders who have risen to power at the Imperial government beginning with James Ardin and on through the reign of Emperor Damascus. Throughout those periods Rosion was given lucrative appointments one of the earliest heads of the ISS during the Ardin era, as well as the combatant commander for the Imperial 6th Expeditionary Fleet. Acting decisively in both roles, he quickly molded the ISS into a widely feared Counter-Intelligence organ of Imperial state security with a feared reputation for ruthless efficiency. While the 6th Expeditionary Fleet was often found fighting on the frontlines of the Galactic Civil War's most bloody naval engagements.
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