Jonathan Rakes

Jonathan Rakes was an Imperial Admiral that served in the Imperial First Fleet. Although fairly young for an aadmiral, being only thirty two when he was promoted from captain, he was devoted to the Empire. Born on Anaxsi, he joined the Empire in 6 ADK, and served aboard the Infernus, an Imperial III Star Destroyer. After six years of service, and shortly after supreme commander Volanus Xavier siezed power. The emperor promoted Rakes to admiral and placed him in charge of the first fleet, allowing him to keep the Infernus as his flagship. Rakes also had a brother, Andre Rakes, who became an Imperial agent.

Biography
Born in 20 BDK, and raised on the urbanized planet of Anaxsi, shortly before and during Darth Krayts' reign of terror, and the Sith-Imperial war. Although Anaxsi was technically under the control of the Galactic Alliance, many of the planets inhabitants were Imperial war veterans, who admired and revered the old Empire, before the Sith had come into the picture. Both Jonathan and Andre Rakes joined the local resistance movement when the Sith invaded, blowing up enemy depots, and ambushing their supply lines.

Although Jonathan admitted to enjoying fighting in space more than on the ground, his brother became an excellent sniper, and sabateur. Once Krayt was killed in the fighting on Coruscant, Jonathan and his brother left Galactic Alliance space, beleiving that the alliance could no longer properly protect its' citizens. Jonathan attended the Imperial  flight academy on Bastion, becoming a junior officer on the Star Destroyer ''Infernus. ''He served on the ship for six years, until the battle of Ossus, where the Sith hold outs managed deal significant damage to the destroyer, killing the ships captain, and very nearly killing Rakes as well.

The destroyer was towed back to  the shipyards at Borosk, and Jonathan Rakes spent nearly a week in a bacta tank, recovering from his injuries. When he awoke, he was amazed and overjoyed to see his brother, who'd arrived days earlier, and was waiting for him. The two hadn't seen each other for nearly three years, and Andre revealed that he had become an Imperial agent, and simply hadn't had the time to track down the Infernus. Shortly afterwards, the two went their seperate ways, and shortly after, Jonathan was made captain of the star destroyer, but regretted that his brother hadn't been their to see the ceremony.

For three years, captain Rakes patrolled the corridor of space between the Imperial Remnant and the Galactic Interplanetary Alliance. After Volanus Xavier took over, both Rakes brothers headed to Bastion, eager to pledge their allegiance to the new Emperor. However, some fleet officers, and military leaders, most lead by disgruntled Moffs, opposed Volanus' rise to emperor, and a massive space and ground battle broke out on and

Bastion.After the battle, it was clear that the imperials favouring Volanus were the victors, with both Andre and Jonathan Rakes pledging allegiance.

A year later, during the war with the GIA, Volanus personally promoted captain Rakes to Admiral Rakes, and placed him in command of the first fleet. He led several devastating attacks against the Alliance, ending with the Battle of Coruscant, in which his flagship destroyed the last Alliance heavy cruiser. After the battle, Admiral Rakes was placed in charge of hunting down elements of the alliance fleet that escaped the battle. His brother Andre, sucesfully eliminated several high ranking Alliance military officials.

Personality
"We're loyal to the emperor and the Empire, not you" Jonathan Rakes to lord Inden Sartoris.

Admiral Jonathan Rakes was extremely loyal to the Empire, ready to do anything to protect the worlds that were under Imperial control. Although loyal, he also had a strong moral sense, and was ready to look deeper into issues that most admirals would simply dismiss, or ignore altogether. He was a stern but fair officer, awarding initiative among his crew, and not hesitating to reprimand those that were out of line. He was very close with both his brother, and his fellow crewmen.