Tarika Kenau

Tarika Kenau commands the Imperial Army’s 2nd Containment Battalion at Korriban Garrison. Her responsibilities include controlled movement, external security, emergency lockdowns, and evacuation coordination across assigned Army sectors.

She remains in command under corrective scrutiny following Ash Corridor. The review tests her decisions alongside failures involving communications, authorization, casualty response, and evidence custody. Its outcome remains unresolved.

• One-Line Summary: An Imperial battalion commander facing unresolved operational accountability and a changed family history.

• Full Name: Tarika Kenau

• Known As: Tarika; “Timing Major,” an informal sobriquet of uncertain origin and meaning

• Species / Model / Type: Human

• Gender / Pronouns: Female; she/her

• Born / Activated: 3653 BBY

• Place of Origin: Sobrik, Balmorra

• Current Residence / Base: Army field quarters, Korriban Garrison

• Occupation / Primary Activity: Major; 2nd Containment Battalion commander

• Primary Affiliation / Community: Sith Empire, Imperial Army

• Current Status: Alive; retained in command under review

• Archive Status: Active

Appearance & Presentation

Colonel Veyra Dren retained Tarika after Ash Corridor with formal corrective measures, closer observation, tighter delegation controls, and continuing reevaluation. Veyra’s own judgment—including her decisions about retained officers—is also subject to scrutiny.

The review follows an earlier failure. In 3622 BBY, Captain Maxir Korden exceeded his engagement authority under an inadequately bounded contingency order, contributing to preventable casualties. Tarika received corrective action for weaknesses in delegation. Those findings remain relevant without settling responsibility for the later Ash Corridor operation.

The continuing investigation must distinguish available options during the emergency from what can be reconstructed afterward. Tarika’s retained appointment does not establish exoneration, and evidence of individual failures does not establish one person’s responsibility for the entire disaster.

Common Locations

• Battalion command facilities — Routine orders, readiness, and operational coordination.

• Army checkpoints and transit corridors — Movement control, inspections, and security incidents.

• Logistics and transfer compounds — Transport, guarded custody, and supply movements.

• Evacuation coordination areas — Encounters with medical personnel and transport crews.

• Army-controlled external approaches and containment sectors — Security work adjoining separately controlled territory.

• Authorized review facilities — Records examination and evidence transfer connected to her duties.

Reputation & Information Visibility

Origins & Upbringing

Tarika and her twin, Sara Kenau, were born in Sobrik to Lena and Varek Kenau. Their parents worked in occupation-era industrial logistics; their employer, motives, and freedom of choice remain uncertain.

Balmorra’s manufacturing importance made it a target of Imperial conquest. Occupation and resistance shaped the environment in which the twins grew up.

Their younger sister disappeared following a childcare-facility fire in 3651 BBY. The family believed her dead. In 3642 BBY, the remaining household departed with an Imperial evacuation after Republic-supported forces liberated Sobrik. They resettled in Imperial territory at an unidentified location.

Identity, Culture & Communication

Tarika retains her Balmorran identity while serving the Empire. She speaks fluent Basic and limited Huttese, favoring precise professional language.

Formative History

Tarika enlisted alongside Sara at seventeen with parental authorization. Security assignments led through corporal and sergeant responsibilities to commissioned command. Her later officer experience expanded from platoon to company and battalion responsibility.

Timeline Highlights

• Sith Empire — Tarika’s political allegiance.

• Imperial Military — Her profession and institutional chain of command.

• 2nd Containment Battalion — Her assigned formation of approximately 1,100 personnel.

• Taris recovery and security detachment — An earlier assignment.

Professional & Institutional Context

Tarika serves within conventional Army command under Sith political rule. Her appointment establishes responsibilities within assigned sectors; it does not grant unrestricted control of the Academy, Sith ritual activity, intelligence holdings, or independent clinical decisions.

Tarika’s strengths include movement control, evacuation planning, command documentation, and operational reconstruction. Officer development covered law, logistics, casualty administration, staff coordination, and delegation.

She can overcentralize decisions. Her corrective approach uses verification deadlines, escalation thresholds, countersignatures, and explicit delegation limits.

Equipment & Resources

Issued equipment includes a blaster pistol, datapad, encrypted communicator, and duraplast armor. Battalion personnel and vehicles are institutional resources.

Tarika must demonstrate that her battalion can remain effective under corrective restrictions. Assessing Maxir’s continued command also requires confronting the delegation failures for which she was held accountable.

The investigation depends partly on evidence beyond her control. Gavin Rin supplies independent medical findings; Sara’s reconstruction and PX-21’s authentication work can challenge Army accounts. Their contributions inform accountability without independently deciding Tarika’s command disposition.

Personality & Personal Life

• Conflicting Instructions — A liaison brings orders that conflict with an existing movement restriction.

• Evacuation Window — A medic or transport crew needs a route opened before all reports can be reconciled.

• Contested Evidence — A witness, technician, or records custodian contributes material that challenges an operational account.

• Delegation Test — A subordinate requests a decision at the boundary of an existing authorization.

• Routine Inspection — A delivery, checkpoint discrepancy, or maintenance problem brings another character into contact with battalion command.

Player & RP Information

• Ash Corridor — The continuing accountability story behind Tarika’s command review. The Ash Corridor Incident Site preserves the physical setting relevant to reconstructing routes, communications, and casualty movement.

• Earlier Escalation Inquiry — The 3622 BBY findings remain a precedent for delegation safeguards, without determining the later investigation’s outcome.

• Korriban Command Review — Tarika’s retention forms part of the wider examination of Veyra’s formation.

• Sophie’s Identity Confirmation — Restricted evidence reunited the family’s understanding of Sophie Kenau with the surviving woman known as Sophie Ordo.

• Grey Ledger — Wider comparisons among contradictory records may affect the review. The name describes an investigative pattern, not an organization or a complete archive held by Tarika.

• Meridian Recovery — Separately held recovery evidence may permit relevant comparisons through authorized sharing. Tarika has no established command role in those operations.