Heget

During the Galactic Civil War, Heget, a Human male, was a member of the Imperial Army. Heget, a devoted follower of Emperor Palpatine's [New Order](/article/new_order-legends], attained the rank of major and took command of one of the Imperial Army's most distinguished special missions battalions. However, he grew weary of the constant backstabbing and political maneuvering that pervaded Imperial culture. After two opposing Moffs clashed trying to secure his loyalty, Heget requested a transfer to the Kathol sector, believing that an isolated backwater sector would free him from petty political squabbles. Danthe, a young officer under Heget's command, accompanied him to his new assignment.

Heget was now under the command of Kentor Sarne, an ambitious Moff who cultivated a personality clique amongst the personnel under his command and rewarded loyalty to himself over loyalty to the Empire. Following the Battle of Endor in 4 ABY, which resulted in the death of Emperor Palpatine, Sarne declared himself a warlord and withdrew the Kathol sector from the Empire. Heget, who had risen to the rank of colonel, refused to play by Sarne's rules, which led to his assignment to command Imperial Depot 4290-1 on the backwater planet Shintel in 6 ABY. For two years, he trained the personnel under his command, whipping them into prime fighting condition. The soldiers became specialized in wilderness survival, special recon, and AT-ST combat operations. Under Heget's command, the base personnel developed into a tight-knit community.

In 8 ABY, Sarne was ousted from his capital on Kal'Shebbol by New Republic forces. Retreating with his fleet, Sarne began stopping at his supply depots throughout the sector. Arriving at Shintel, Sarne uploaded the depot's arsenal supplies and transferred to the fleet those personnel at the base who were loyal to him. Conversely, he rotated those personnel from his fleet who were not loyal to him personally to the depot. Sarne also ordered his forces to destroy the hyperdrive on any hyperspace-capable vessel stationed at the base, as well as the courier droids. He then placed ion mines in orbit around the planet. To Sarne's mind, the personnel on Shintel were traitors and deserved their fate. However, he did not want to risk unrest in his ranks by openly killing the base personnel, and he understood that he might need the depot during his eventual campaign to retake the sector. To that end, Sarne left Heget with orders to hold the depot and construct a landing field suitable for Skipray Blastboats.

Heget interpreted Sarne's actions as a betrayal, and the arrival of new personnel at the base created divisions within the ranks. Two factions emerged among the personnel. Heget and his supporters advocated disregarding Sarne's directives, viewing them as a misuse of resources, and instead focusing on reestablishing communication with Imperial command authority. Major Danthe, the outpost's second-in-command, led a group that believed Sarne would return and that his extreme measures were intended to safeguard the base. A week after Sarne's visit, the New Republic CR90 corvette FarStar arrived at Shintel in pursuit of the Moff. Seeing a chance for rescue, Heget invited the New Republic ship to land on the planet. The FarStar cleared a path through the ion mines and landed at the depot. Heget greeted the command crew awkwardly alongside Danthe, and then invited them to the officer's barracks, where he offered the FarStar's commander, Captain Kaiya Adrimetrum, a deal. He would supply the New Republic with information regarding Sarne's possible destinations. In return, the FarStar would transport him and an aide to the Tanquilla Beach shadowport so that he could contact Imperial authorities and inform them of the situation on Shintel. He also offered to resupply the FarStar with provisions from the base's stores. Although wary of Heget, Adrimetrum agreed to the deal.

As the FarStar prepared to depart Shintel, Adrimetrum was approached by Lieutenant Palme, an officer on the base and secretly a deep-cover spy for Sarne. He claimed that Heget was going to betray Adrimetrum, and offered to provide her with a datacard containing a copy of Sarne's navigational charts for the sector. At the same time, four agents under his command infiltrated the FarStar and attempted to steal a hyperdrive motivator from one of the corvette's T-65 X-wing starfighters. Palme's plan was twofold; the datacard, while seemingly genuine, contained programming that would activate a booby-trap hardwired into the FarStar. Before its service to the New Republic, the FarStar had been part of Sarne's forces, and the Moff had installed failsafe programming in the ship in case of emergency situations. The attempted theft of the hyperdrive motivator was never meant to succeed, as Palme wanted to cast doubt on Heget in an attempt to stop him from leaving Shintel.

Adrimetrum uploaded the information from the datacard into the FarStar's computers, but the attempted sabotage by Sarne's men did not change her decision regarding the Colonel. Heget departed Shintel aboard the FarStar as planned, but, as the corvette engaged its hyperdrive, the booby-trap activated, causing a massive explosion that destroyed the hyperdrive engines. As the corvette recovered from the sabotage, the Steel Fist, a YT-1300 light freighter belonging to the bounty hunter group Qulok's Fist, decanted from hyperspace and attacked the FarStar. The booby-trap activated aboard the FarStar was but one stage of Sarne's plans to harass the New Republic corvette; Sarne had contracted Qulok's Fist to follow the FarStar and attack them in the Shintel system once disabled. The New Republic vessel rallied from the initial surprise and repulsed the attack. Heget was not pleased with the turn of the events and was indignant if anyone attempted to cast suspicion on him for the sabotage. The FarStar's Wookiee mechanic, Lofryyhn, jury-rigged the FarStar's engines with parts cannibalized from the corvette's starfighter complement, allowing them to reach Tanquilla Beach for repairs.

By 8 ABY, Heget, though middle-aged, maintained exceptional physical condition. While his face displayed lines and his eyes reflected weariness, his mental acuity remained sharp and vigilant. A steadfast proponent of Palpatine's New Order, he grew disillusioned with the constant political maneuvering and attempted to remove himself from the games of ambitious Moffs. Heget had no use for politics, a distaste that effectively stalled his career in the Kathol sector when he refused to pander to Moff Sarne's personality cult. Sarne's reaction—to post a decorated veteran officer to a remote supply post—showed just how much the Moff prized loyalty over ability. An honorable man, Heget was loyal to his troops and inspired the personnel under his command to return his loyalty. Despite his allegiance to the Empire, Heget had no problem working with New Republic personnel to achieve his goal of contacting Imperial authorities to inform them of the plight in which Sarne had left the personnel stationed on Shintel.

A military man, Heget was trained to use a blaster, with a specialty in heavy blaster pistols. He was also trained to use blaster artillery and vehicle-mounted weapons, and he was skilled in unarmed and melee combat. Heget was able to pilot ground and hover vehicles, and he was skilled in walker operations, with a specialization in piloting AT-STs. An able commander and combat trainer, Heget was knowledgeable about enforcing Imperial law. Heget was trained to repair blasters, and he had survival and first-aid training. He carried a blaster pistol and a comlink.

Heget's initial appearance was in Shintel Downtime, the fourth RPG adventure within The DarkStryder Campaign, published by West End Games in 1995. Later, in 2008, he received an entry in The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia.

In Shintel Downtime, players can choose to reject Heget's offer and leave him on Shintel, either by their own decision or by trusting Lieutenant Palme's claims of Heget's potential betrayal. Given that the adventure proceeds on the assumption that players assist Heget while also exploiting Palme's datacard, this article assumes that the FarStar opted to aid Heget but dismissed Palme's accusations of deceit. If Heget is aboard the FarStar during the battle with the Steel Fist, the gamemaster can have Heget summon the base's remaining TIE fighters to aid in combat if the FarStar struggles against its opponents. Should Heget learn of Palme's attempts to undermine his agreement with the New Republic crew, he will incarcerate Palme in the brig for his actions.