Viktor Piard was an officer in the Imperial Navy. Born into a prominent Coruscanti family, he was 13 at the time of the Declaration of a New Order, and later sent to enlist in the Anaxes Imperial Naval Academy around 19 years old. He served on the Star Destroyer Avenger for most of his naval career under Palpatine's Galactic Empire, until the Battle of Endor, when he was captured by the Rebel Alliance, he was later freed by Imperial forces during the Thrawn campaign and joined Thrawn's forces.