An Imperial commando engineer served within a commando team of the Sith Empire during the Galactic War, specifically on Hoth. This engineer, along with his team, was assigned the operation of capturing and freezing the Barsen'thor in carbonite. The Imperial forces executed an ambush against the Jedi and his companions at the Tromper Crags Geothermal Plant, situated in the Highmount Ridge area; however, they suffered defeat, leaving only the engineer alive. The Jedi proceeded to interrogate the surviving engineer, who then revealed to the Barsen'thor that the pirate captain, Valon, whom the Jedi sought to defeat, possessed a vulnerability. The engineer's survival was attributed to a unique set of regenerative armor, capable of reviving its wearer from the brink of death. The engineer disclosed that the Empire had recovered this armor from the debris of a starships that had crashed on Hoth, only for Valon to subsequently steal it from them. The Empire's current objective was to apprehend Valon and recover the armor. Having learned of the Barsen'thor's presence on Hoth and his interference with Valon's schemes, the Empire dispatched the commando team with the objective of capturing the Jedi and baiting the pirate into revealing his location. The Jedi Master then healed the injured engineer and allowed him to depart.