"That's the spirit. Volunteering - I like it. Breeds unity."
- Lieutenant Xorem to Meteor

Lieutenant

Lieutenant Miscellaneous Ranks

Xorem was a male who served the Galactic Republic in Republic Army

Republic Army Organization Galactic Republic (GGW, CW and GW)

during the Civil War

Mantellian Separatist Crisis Event Cold War (3653BBY - 3642BBY)

on the planet Ord Mantell

Ord Mantell Planet

.
Xorem was stationed within the Republic stronghold Fort Garnik. The Separatist movement

Mantellian Separatists Organization Planetary and Sector

attacked and captured

Takeover of Talloran village Event Cold War (3653BBY - 3642BBY)

the island of Mannett Point, located near the Fort, and while doing so destroyed the bridge connecting the island to the mainland. This trapped many citizens on the island, preventing them from escaping conflict. This angered Xorem, because he valued unity above all else and saw the destruction of the bridge as a separatist plot to divide the Republic. His soldiers on the battlefield needed medics, and one of the brilliant medics, Dr. Jaen Kett

Jaen Kett (Human) Character Minor Characters (TOR)

, was among those trapped on the island.
Xorem asked

Victims of War Event Cold War (3653BBY - 3642BBY)

a pair of Republic operatives

Republic Operatives Organization Temporary Unions

- Meteor

Meteor Character Major Characters

and Voidhound

Voidhound Character Major Characters

- to find Kett and safely return him to Fort Garnik. They located the doctor, who was hiding in the island's medical center, where he was caring for twenty children orphaned in the attack. He refused to leave the island without the children and told the pair that they must return to Xorem and request a number of boats and other supplies to safely evacuate the children and himself from the island. The operatives returned to Xorem and informed him of Kett's request, which he initially declared would be hard to fulfill but agreed to upon advice from the pair.