Banner Ton was the prototypical Imperial officer as desired by Emperor Palaptine. He was intelligent, immensely skilled, selfish, arrogant and ridiculously ambitious. Despite serving under James Ardin for a time he never really obtained any of those qualities. As the defacto head of the Imperial Navy, Ton still commanded the Cleansing, and led the flagship and its fleet against the initial incursion of the Xen'Chi. Despite destroying two thrall fleets he was ambushed by a large Xen'Chi force and both him, and the ship, were assumed lost in the battle.