Marshal Wilkes Butler was a marshal of the Terran Confederacy who lead the Red Mesa County Municipal Enforcement Department and reported to the sector's magistrate. He is an average sized-man and was in his early forties during the year 2494. He spoke with a cultured voice. His signature facial feature was a luxurious mustache. As a marshal, he was careful, methodical, and usually very successful. However, he met his match in the intelligent but risk-taking pair of Tychus Findlay and Jim Raynor, both of whom frequently robbed trains on his home planet of New Sydney and occasionally humiliated him. He swore to track them down. They gained the loyalties of the locals, making this a difficult task.