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Roat, Antar

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pronouced "Ro-At", this was Wedge Antilles' alias when the Rogue Squadron pilots infiltrated Coruscant. Roat was an Imperial Colonel who was shot down over Vladet, in the Rachuk System. Roat's face was severely injured, and was temporarily covered with a metallic cover. This served Wedge fine, since it covered up most of his face. Roat was scheduled to have reconstructive surgery at the Rohair Biochemical Clinic, which explained his presense on the planet. Wedge thought the Roat alias had been abandoned, but was asked to take it up again when Ysanne Isard - having escaped from the Battle of Thyferra - recruited Rogue Squadron to hunt down Prince-Admiral Krennel and the clone of Isard herself. Using her contacts within both the Empire and the New Republic, Isard had Roat's files updated to indicate he was in command of Requiem Squadron, an experimental squadron of TIE Defenders. Her plan was to have Roat and his squadron of TIE Defenders defect to Ciutric to offer their services to Krennel, whose forces had suffered huge losses in the struggle to capture the Rogues over Distna. Krennel accepted their offer, which allowed Wedge and the Rogues to infiltrate Krennel's forces and bring about their destruction. Once they had gained Krennel's confidence, the Rogues could then take out much of Ciutric's orbital defenses while a ground assault team, led by Major Telik, would eliminate any surface defenses.