Wruq Retk was a Yaka colonel in Galactic Alliance Security. He commanded a secret Galactic Alliance Security blockhouse on Coruscant, where psychotic Jedi Knights Valin Horn and Jysella Horn were frozen in carbonite. In 43.5 ABY, the Jedi Council acquired a document granting the Jedi access to the blockhouse to see the two Knights. A contingent of Jedi, accompanied by the Horns' mother, Mirax Terrik Horn, and several journalists, entered the facility, where they found the two carbonite-imprisoned Jedi on display above a large aquarium. Retk arrived shortly after and attempted to take control of the situation, but Terrik Horn, furious at him for mistreating her children, assaulted him and knocked the larger Yaka out with one blow.

Biography[]

Wruq Retk was a Yaka who served as a colonel in Galactic Alliance Security.^[1] In 43.5 ABY,^[2] he was the commander of^[1] Detention Center 81,^[3] a secret Galactic Alliance Security blockhouse on the galactic capital Coruscant. Jedi Knights Valin Horn and Jysella Horn, who had come down with an enigmatic madness, were captured by the Galactic Federation of Free Alliances, and, after being deemed too dangerous to be confined in a conventional prison, they were encased in carbonite and eventually placed in the blockhouse that Retk commanded. Retk decided to keep them on display over a large aquarium in the lobby outside the facility's executive offices. Shortly after the formation of the Court of Jedi Affairs by Galactic Alliance Chief of State Natasi Daala, the Court's head, Arabelle Lorteli, signed a document giving Jedi permission to enter Retk's blockhouse and see the captive Knights.^[1]

A group of Jedi, including Master Saba Sebatyne, Jedi Knight Jaina Solo, and the Horns' father, Corran Horn, were accompanied by the Horns' mother, Mirax Terrik Horn, and a large contingent of journalists, including Javis Tyrr. Galactic Alliance Security forces attempted to prevent the Jedi access to the blockhouse, but to no avail. Retk quickly arrived on the scene, however, insulting Sebatyne with the hopes of provoking the Jedi Master to attack him in front of the press. However, Retk was instantly confronted by Terrik Horn, who accused him of using her children as "decorations"—which he denied, claiming he only wished to keep them where he could personally oversee their maintenance—and abruptly hit him, knocking Retk unconscious in one blow. A Security captain, Xanda, began to call for the arrest of Terrik Horn for assaulting Retk, but Daala arrived and took control of the situation, declaring that Terrik Horn would not be punished.^[1]

In 44 ABY,^[4] Daala recalled the incident with the Jedi and Retk during a morning briefing surrounding the trial of Jedi Knight Tahiri Veila after Judge Lorteli was mentioned.^[5] Later that year,^[4] when members of the Solo family, alongside the Jedi Knight Zekk and his fiancée Taryn Zel, went on a mission to free Valin and Jesella Horn from the Galactic Alliance's captivity, Zel suspected that the organization had increased their security precautions after Jaina and the other Jedi had embarassed Retk. When they later discovered that the Alliance had been capturing many Jedi, Jaina suggested that it was possible Retk was kidnapping the Jedi, not Daala.^[3]

Personality and traits[]

Like most Yaka, Wruq Retk had large arms and a cybernetic brain implant that enhanced his intelligence. He was rude and abrasive toward the Jedi and intentionally attempted to provoke Jedi Master Saba Sebatyne into attacking him, an act that would have, under normal circumstances, resulted in his arm being severed by the Barabel Jedi Master and then used to beat him around the head. He was also callous toward the Horn family; he hung their two carbonite-imprisoned children on his wall as office decorations and was amused by Terrik Horn's distress. However, he underestimated the grief and anger of Mirax Terrik Horn, who punched him out cold.^[1]

Equipment[]

Retk wore a Galactic Alliance Security uniform that indicated he was a colonel.^[1]

Behind the scenes[]

Wruq Retk first appeared in Troy Denning's 2009 novel Fate of the Jedi: Abyss, the third installment in the Fate of the Jedi series.^[1]

Appearances[]

• Fate of the Jedi: Abyss (First appearance, simultaneous with audiobook)
• Fate of the Jedi: Abyss audiobook
• Fate of the Jedi: Allies (Mentioned only)
• Fate of the Jedi: Allies audiobook (Mentioned only)
• Fate of the Jedi: Vortex (Mentioned only)
• Fate of the Jedi: Vortex audiobook (Mentioned only)

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