Vel Terno was a male Colonel in the Galactic Empire's navy, and served as the fighter wing commander for the SilverWing and GoldWing TIE Series starfighter squadrons at the time of 0 ABY. He demanded perfection from his pilots, always drilling them, and maintained a patrol around the Imperial Bavos-I military space platform Station 2LC/Blue, located near the planet Rhinnal in the Darpa sector. Because of his leadership, any starship that approached the space station was met with capable starfighters. Terno was an ace starfighter pilot, and had 15 combat kills. Terno wore a flight suit and used a blaster.