Tarika Kenau

Immediate Identity

Core identifiers and role definition

• Name: Tarika Kenau

• Aliases / Callsigns: "Timing Major"

• One-Line Summary: Imperial Army major preserving procedural legitimacy while commanding Korriban containment operations under escalating institutional scrutiny.

• Species: Human

• Age: 32

Timeline Placement

Chronological position within SWTOR continuity

• Era Placement: 3621 BBY

• Continuity Anchor: Commands Korriban containment operations under continuous audit oversight following the Unauthorized Escalation Incident, the Ash Corridor failure, and the expansion of Grey Ledger investigations.

Affiliation & Alignment

Political classification and institutional context

• Allegiance Classification: Sith Empire

• Primary Institutional Affiliation: Sith Empire — Imperial Army

• Affiliation Visibility Status: Public

Operational Snapshot

At-a-glance present-state reference (non-narrative)

• Status Designation: Active

• Primary Function: Oversees battalion-level containment operations, checkpoint authority, corridor regulation, and escalation enforcement on Korriban.

• Operational Scale Category: Institutional

• Primary Base of Operations: Korriban

• Current Residence: Imperial Army field quarters, Korriban garrison

• Operational Range: Planetary

Background Snapshot

Origin and current identity baseline

• Background Summary: Born in occupied Sobrik, Balmorra, Tarika grew up amid military occupation, resistance warfare, shortages, and institutional collapse. When Republic and Balmorran forces liberated the planet, she was evacuated with her Imperial-aligned family into Sith territory. She enlisted alongside her twin sister Sara at seventeen, rose from private through corporal and sergeant, and received a battlefield commission to ensign after restoring evacuation operations during combat collapse. A later unauthorized escalation resulting in preventable casualties permanently reshaped her command philosophy around procedural legitimacy, mandate verification, and institutional accountability.

Personal Identity

Biographical and cultural context

• Gender / Pronouns: Female (she/her)

• Homeworld: Balmorra

• Cultural Origin: Occupied Balmorran industrial-administrative culture emphasizing procedural survival, discipline, and adaptation under external authority.

• Relationship to Origin Culture: Aligned

• Languages: Galactic Basic (fluent; administrative register); Huttese (limited)

Interpersonal Presence

How the character is perceived in direct interaction

• Baseline Presence: Quiet, controlled stillness with minimal unnecessary movement.

• Social Demeanor: Procedural, deliberate, and measured.

• Notable Mannerisms: Extended pauses before speaking; reduced movement under stress; precise phrasing; repeated confirmation of authority and jurisdiction before commitment.

Physical Presentation

Observable appearance and outward presentation

• Height: 5 ft 4 in (163 cm)

• Build & Bearing: Slim build; restrained posture; deliberate movement.

• Eye Color: Muted olive green

• Hair: Very dark brown; typically worn in a low bun

• Skin Tone: Light-medium with warm undertones

• Distinguishing Features: No notable scars, augmentations, or distinguishing marks.

• Typical Attire: Imperial officer uniform with crimson piping; duraplast armor during operations.

• Alternate Presentation: Minimal civilian clothing without insignia or ornamentation.

Identity Throughline

Core continuity linking origin to current trajectory

• Identity Throughline: Verifies authority, jurisdiction, evidence, and consequences before acting to preserve institutional legitimacy and prevent avoidable failure.

Current Status

Present position within the SWTOR timeline

• Current Situation: Commands the 2nd Containment Battalion on Korriban while operating under disciplinary restrictions and continuous audit oversight. Growing exposure to Grey Ledger investigations increasingly challenges her confidence in institutional legitimacy.

External Conditions

Immediate external conditions affecting activity

• Active Pressures: Audit oversight; Sith escalation demands; supervision by Colonel Veyra Dren; conflict with Captain Maxir Korden; comparison to Sara Kenau; Ash Corridor investigations; casualty disputes; Grey Ledger inquiries; procurement irregularities; personnel discrepancies; Sophie Kenau's return.

• Operational Stability: Compromised

• Primary Vulnerability: Delayed escalation under uncertain authority.

Trajectory

Likely direction based on current conditions

• Short-Term Direction: Preserve containment integrity while responding to expanding Grey Ledger investigations.

• Long-Term Trajectory: Preserve institutional legitimacy while determining whether emerging historical evidence can be reconciled with the institutions she depends upon.

• Open Threads: Unauthorized escalation review; Ash Corridor investigation; Grey Ledger inquiries; Meridian Recovery Program anomalies; procurement discrepancies; historical personnel irregularities; Maxir Korden conflict; Gavin Rin disputes; Nova's disappearance; Sophie's reintegration; potential reassignment.

• Change Pressure: Catastrophic containment failure or unauthorized escalation.

Timeline Highlights

Major turning points affecting role, status, or trajectory

• 3653 BBY (Age 0) — Birth

Impact: Raised within occupied Balmorran industrial culture emphasizing procedural survival.

• 3642 BBY (Age 11) — Evacuation from Balmorra

Impact: Evacuated with her Imperial-aligned family into Sith territory as Republic and Balmorran forces liberated the planet.

• 3636 BBY (Age 17) — Enlistment and Basic Training

Impact: Entered Imperial military service as a private alongside Sara and completed accelerated basic training on Dromund Kaas.

• 3636 BBY (Age 17) — Kaas City Bombing Injury

Impact: Joined a trainee sapper detail under garrison ordnance supervision and was injured by a concealed secondary charge during device-clearance operations.

• 3635 BBY (Age 18) — Follow-On Deployment to Taris

Impact: Returned to duty after recovery and joined a post-conquest Imperial security detachment protecting salvage convoys, containing rakghoul threats, and evacuating isolated Imperial positions.

• 3630 BBY (Age 23) — Battlefield Commission to Ensign

Impact: Restored corridor control and evacuation flow during the same combat collapse, earning a separate battlefield commission alongside Sara.

• 3628 BBY (Age 25) — Promotion to Lieutenant

Impact: Assumed platoon-level containment authority and formalized her mandate-verification procedures.

• 3626 BBY (Age 27) — Promotion to Captain; Company Command

Impact: Established her mandate-driven containment doctrine through company-level operations.

• 3623 BBY (Age 30) — Promotion to Major; Assignment to Korriban

Impact: Took command of the 2nd Containment Battalion under a paired-command doctrine evaluation on Korriban.

• 3622 BBY (Age 31) — Unauthorized Escalation Incident

Impact: Maxir Korden initiated a premature escalation before Tarika confirmed authority, causing preventable casualties and resulting in audit restrictions and long-term procedural caution.

• 3621 BBY (Age 32) — Ash Corridor Incident

Impact: Delayed authorization contributed to operational failure, reinforcing uncertainty regarding legitimate escalation thresholds.

• 3621 BBY (Age 32) — Discovery of Sophie Kenau

Impact: Demonstrated that both institutional records and family assumptions could be incorrect.

• 3621 BBY (Age 32) — Grey Ledger Exposure

Impact: Revealed widespread institutional irregularities and historical contradictions.

Common Locations

Recurring locations beyond primary base of operations

• Common Locations: Sith Academy access corridors; containment checkpoints; shuttle transfer corridors; staging areas; garrison administration offices; audit chambers; personnel archives; logistics sectors.

Key Relationships

Individuals or groups with direct influence on the character

• Allies & Contacts: Colonel Veyra Dren (sector commander; accountability investigator); Major Sara Kenau (twin sister; perimeter battalion commander); Lieutenant Gavin Rin (casualty investigator; procedural critic); PX-21 (verification droid; archival analyst); Sophie Kenau (younger sister); Rax Modun (civilian contact); Chief Clerk Meren Sol (administrative support); Battalion personnel

• Rivals & Adversaries: Captain Maxir Korden (subordinate; institutional rival); Sith authorities exercising override authority; mandate violators; institutional actors prioritizing authority over legitimacy

• Personal Connections: Sara Kenau (twin sister); Sophie Kenau (younger sister); Lena Kenau (mother); Varek Kenau (father); Nova (female tooka companion)

• Affiliated Groups: Imperial Army personnel networks; military accountability investigators; informal family investigative networks

Relational Dynamics

Obligations and tensions arising from relationships

• Relational Obligations: Coordinate with Sara Kenau; incorporate Gavin Rin's casualty analyses; maintain family cohesion; evaluate Grey Ledger evidence.

• Relational Tensions: Sith escalation doctrine; conflict with Maxir Korden; comparison to Sara; audit scrutiny; institutional uncertainty.

Reputation

How the character is perceived externally

• Professional Reputation: Disciplined, containment-focused, procedurally reliable, and increasingly associated with military accountability investigations.

• Public / External Perception: Strict but fair to subordinates; rigid to peers; effective but obstructive to Sith observers.

• Notoriety Level: Known

• Reputation Stability: Stable

Engagement Hooks

Entry points for roleplay engagement

• Engagement Hooks: Grey Ledger investigations; Ash Corridor reviews; procurement discrepancies; personnel irregularities; historical reconciliation; containment failures; Sith escalation demands; Maxir Korden disputes; Gavin Rin casualty reviews; Nova investigation.

• Engagement Style: Establishes authority, jurisdiction, and mandate before acting.

Institutional Role

Formal role and standing within an organization

• Functional Role: Commands containment operations, checkpoint authority, corridor regulation, and escalation control within Korriban military sectors.

• Rank / Title: Major, Imperial Army

• Authority Level: Command-Level

• Jurisdiction: Internal containment sectors, checkpoints, secured corridors, transfers, and escalation responses after confirmed breaches; perimeter incidents remain under Major Sara Kenau unless Colonel Veyra Dren or an assigned Sith military authority directs otherwise.

• Institutional Standing: Operationally reliable but under restriction and heightened scrutiny.

Command Structure

Reporting relationships and authority flow

• Reports To: Colonel Veyra Dren; indirectly General Tovin Rin and Sphere of Military Command structures.

• Direct Subordinates / Team: Battalion staff; company commanders; Captain Maxir Korden; checkpoint personnel; administrative staff.

• Operational Autonomy: Limited

• Expression of Authority: Procedural, mandate-driven, documentation-focused.

Resources & Access

Material, logistical, and structural support

• Available Resources: Battalion personnel; surveillance systems; checkpoint infrastructure; lockdown systems; communications networks; transportation assets; audit systems.

• Standard Loadout: Blaster pistol; command datapad; encrypted communicator; duraplast armor.

• Access Level: Standard

• Logistical Support: Consistent

• Resource Dependency: Authority structures; reporting systems; audit networks; logistics infrastructure; institutional legitimacy.

• Resource Constraints: Audit restrictions; Sith intervention; authorization limitations; political scrutiny.

Oversight & Control

Monitoring, restriction, and intervention mechanisms

• Oversight Level: High

• Oversight Triggers: Unauthorized escalation; delayed action; containment failure; casualty discrepancies; procedural violations.

Strategic Position

Value and risk within the organization

• Strategic Value: Maintains procedural legitimacy and structured containment within politically unstable Academy-adjacent environments.

• Institutional Risk: Operational paralysis under uncertain authority.

Information Visibility

Distribution of knowledge within institutional systems

• Public Record: Imperial Army major assigned to Korriban containment operations.

• Restricted Information: Audit findings; disciplinary reviews; Ash Corridor records; casualty disputes; Grey Ledger evidence.

• Classified / Hidden Information: Doubts regarding institutional legitimacy; family vulnerabilities; procurement discrepancies; historical personnel anomalies; concerns regarding institutional record integrity.

Motivation & Conflict

Core drivers and internal tension

• Core Motivation & Internal Conflict: Preserve institutional legitimacy and prevent avoidable failure while confronting evidence that institutional legitimacy itself may be unreliable.

• Dominant Conflict Type: Institutional

Decision Profile

How the character evaluates and commits to action

• Decision Style: Layered mandate verification and procedural consequence assessment.

• Risk Tolerance: Moderate

• Default Decision Bias: Delay escalation until authority and consequences can be justified.

Execution Pattern

How actions are carried out in practice

• Execution Style: Verify → Clarify → Authorize → Contain → Review

• Escalation Threshold: Confirmed threat with defensible authorization.

• Escalation Sequence: Observe → Verify → Confirm Authority → Commit → Contain → Document

• Operational Strengths: Procedural analysis; mandate interpretation; containment planning; operational discipline; documentation review; institutional memory.

• Non-Competencies: Improvisational command; political maneuvering; intuitive escalation; informal authority-building.

Constraints & Failure Conditions

Limits, blind spots, and risk triggers

• Cognitive Blind Spots: Excessive reliance on procedural verification despite evidence of institutional failure.

• Behavioral Constraints: Hesitation under ambiguous authority; procedural fixation; reduced confidence following previous failures.

• Authority / Ethical Limits: Refuses knowingly unauthorized escalation or deliberate institutional sabotage.

• Critical Failure Condition: Repeating either defining failure—premature escalation or delayed action—on a scale that destroys operational legitimacy.

• Behavioral Risk Indicators: Repeated authorization requests; extended review cycles; reduced delegation; escalation hesitation.

Stress Response

Behavior under pressure and recovery patterns

• Stress Response: Movement decreases; speech becomes compressed and formal; tolerance for ambiguity collapses.

• Conflict Posture: Defensive, procedural, and uncompromising.

• Recovery Pattern: Reviews events, reconstructs chronology, reinforces procedure, and withdraws socially.

Player Information

Basic contact and identification

• Player Name / Handle: Tarika Kenau (Empire); Tarika Kenauu (Republic)

• Preferred Contact Method: In-game messaging

Availability

General activity patterns

• Activity Level: Active

• Time Zone & Availability: Eastern Time (UTC-5); evenings and weekends

Roleplay Preferences

Style, tone, and engagement expectations

• Preferred RP Style: Immersion-first, multi-paragraph narrative roleplay

• Preferred Themes & Interests: Institutional pressure; accountability; command responsibility; legitimacy crises; operational failure; historical reconstruction; military interpersonal dynamics

• Engagement Preference: Collaborative planning for major consequences with flexible pacing

Boundaries

Content limits and communication expectations

• Content Boundaries: No explicit sexual content; non-gratuitous violence

• Consent & Communication: Prior discussion for major consequences; clear IC/OOC separation; fade-to-black default for sensitive content