Pollum Morano
Morano is an existing character from Legends.[1] In ReExpanded, he has been given the first name Pollum.[2]
Biography
Battle of Charros
During the Yuuzhan Vong War, Morano had been serving as the captain of Intrepid for ten years. His former commanding officer Etahn A'baht sometimes sent him communiqués about the New Republic's strategy in the war. Two years into the war, in 27 ABY, Morano was sent to defend Charros as part of the Fifth Fleet's Task Force Cloverleaf. When the attack on Charros turned out to have been a diversion for a Yuuzhan Vong invasion of Rathalay, Commodore Syub Snunb ordered Task Force Cloverleaf to assist in the evacuation of Rathalay.[2]
Battle of Rathalay
Trapped in a Yuuzhan Vong interdiction field above Rathalay, Morano had Intrepid take on refugees from the planet's surface while the task force was besieged by the Yuuzhan Vong fleet. When the situation became hopeless, Morano called Etahn A'baht for help. Before the Dornean could arrive, however, Intrepid was breached by grutchins and only saved because Morano ordered the affected sections opened to vacuum. Approximately twenty crew died in the process, including the Chief Kilama, the commander of the engine section. Soon afterwards, the bridge of Commodore Snunb's flagship Resolve was destroyed, so command of the task force fell to Morano. However, when Intrepid's last engine went offline, Morano personally went to help repair it, having known the ship longer than anyone else aboard; he passed command of the task force to Captain Vatrim aboard Sunbeam and command of Intrepid to Lieutenant Floran Welby. Morano was successful in repairing Intrepid's starboard engine, but on his way back to the bridge he was attacked by a grutchin, which he killed using a grenade at the cost of his own life.[2]