Name: Dr. Gorst
Type: ISB Interrogator
Species: Human
Homeworld: —
Gender: Male
Born: —
Died: 3 BBY (997 GC)
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Brown
Height: —
Weight: —
Skin: Light
DEXTERITY 3D+2
Blaster: 5D+1
Brawling Parry: 6D
Dodge: 6D
Interrogation Devices: 6D+1
Melee Combat: 6D
Melee Parry: 6D
KNOWLEDGE 2D
Alien Species: 5D
Bureaucracy: 4D+1
Intimidation: Interrogation 6D
Law Enforcement: 5D
Scholar: 4D+1
Streetwise: 4D
Willpower: 6D
MECHANICAL 3D
Machinery Operation: 4D
PERCEPTION 3D+2
Bargain: 6D
Con: 6D+2
Forgery: 4D
Investigation: 5D
Persuasion: 6D+2
Search: 5D+2
STRENGTH 3D+2
Brawling: 5D+2
Stamina: 6D
TECHNICAL 3D
Droid Programming / Repair: 4D
(A) Equipment Engineering: 5D
Equipment Repair: 5D
First Aid: 4D
Special Abilities:
None
Force Sensitive: N
Force Points: 1
Dark Side Points: 3
Character Points: 12
Move: 10
Equipment: Blaster Pistol (4D), Knife (Str+2), Torture Kit (Adds +2D to Interrogation Devices checks), Comlink, Datapad
Background: Gorst was a human male doctor that served as an interrogator for the Galactic Empire’s Imperial Security Bureau (ISB) in its Interrogation branch.
During the time of the Galactic Empire, Doctor Gorst served as an interrogator in the Interrogation branch of the Empire’s Imperial Security Bureau (ISB), tasked with torturing prisoners of the Empire for information. In his mission to more efficiently get information from his subjects, he began looking into a the dying screams of the Dizonites, a sentient species which had been massacred by the Empire after resisting their presence on their homeworld, the moon of Dizon Fray. The choral, agonized, pleading screams of the dying Dizonites had put three Imperial communications officers into emotional distress when they monitored footage of the massacre. As a result, Gorst began trying to develop the screams into a torture method, modifying audio of what he believed was primarily dying Dizonite younglings. Early trials of the torture saw some chaotic results from subjects, leading to the requirement for restraints. It was also found that repeat listenings caused more damage.
On the planet Ferrix, the proprietor Salman Paak was tracked to a fractal radio unit being used to make a transmission offworld. After being captured and taken to Hotel Rix, which had become the Imperial headquarters on Ferrix, Paak was resistant to questioning, which led to suspicions that there was more to be learned, and thus ISB Supervisor Dedra Meero brought Gorst to the matter. The interrogator used his new method with the screams on Paak, which led to the prisoner giving a testimony about how the radio unit was used by the mechanic Bix Caleen to keep contact with a buyer of stolen Imperial equipment—in reality was the rebel network coordinator Luthen Rael—and connect them with the thief Cassian Andor.
Caleen was apprehended the day after Paak’s capture and taken to Paak’s interrogation room, where Meero attempted to provide a less torturous interview, referencing Gorst, who was stood behind the supervisor, as a consequence of the mechanic resisting. With Meero’s questioning bringing little answers, the supervisor allowed Gorst to take over. Two Imperial guards restrained Caleen, leading her to begin to panic. Gorst assured her that the restrains made it much safer for her during the session, chuckling as he recounted the early trials. Bringing his console over, he told his subject about the Dizonites and the significance of their screams, removing his labcoat in doing so.
As Caleen got more nervous, Gorst got a headset out and informed his subject to give the word when she was willing to cooperate or move her head side to side if she had trouble speaking. Meero warned the prisoner about the repeat listenings, and interrogator put the headset on her while she attempted to shake her head in resistance. Listening to the dying Dizonites, Caleen screamed in agony, eventually giving in and choosing to cooperate. When Gorst removed the headset, Meero told him not to put it away. Caleen resultantly gave a detailed account of her involvement with mysterious buyer and Andor.
Not long after, a rebel pilot was apprehended by the Empire while on his way to the trading outpost Ring of Kafrene. One of Meero’s attendants, Heert, sent Gorst to a destroyer near Steergard where the pilot had been subsequently detained. There, he got the prisoner talking almost immediately, Meero interviewing the pilot by video. It was discovered that the pilot operated with a rebel group led by the former Separatist Anto Kreegyr and that the group was planning an attack on the Imperial power station at Spellhaus.
In her cell on Ferrix, Caleen remained traumatized, with Gorst’s voice resounding in her head at one point. Meero’s other attendant, Corv, interviewed the prisoner again, trying to confirm whether Kreegyr was the mysterious buyer. He threatened to bring in Gorst if he believed the Caleen was not telling the truth. Even as a year passed and the galaxy entered 4 BBY, Caleen experienced nightmares that involved Gorst, including one that had her being stalked by Gorst. These nightmares continued into 3 BBY. During that year, Caleen got out of bed in a safehouse to see Gorst torturing an Imperial soldier before Andor wakes her up. Despite it not being the first time and Andor’s offer to talk about it with Caleen, she avoided the subject. All the while, Gorst continued his work for the Empire and forgot about Caleen despite the trauma he had left her with.
In 3 BBY, the ISB’s cousin network, Military Intelligence, successfully pushed for Gorst’s methods to be expanded into a full-scale program, convincing the Emperor that he was too valuable to be left as a one-man, ISB-only asset. With Gorst himself on Coruscant for the work, the Imperial Navy donated a facility on Coruscant to the ISB for the training, and Major Lio Partagaz assigned the work on the program to ISB Supervisors Heert and Lonni Jung, who was, unknown to all, an undercover agent for the Axis network. The network subsequently dispatched Caleen and Andor—who were living undercover on Coruscant—to take out Gorst.
On his way back to his office after getting himself a cupcake, Gorst entered the interrogation room and was surprised by Bix, who strapped him to the same torture device she was strapped on two years prior. After Bix set up the device and left, Gorst began to scream and was killed when Cassian destroyed the building he was in.
Appearances: Andor