Ralgha nar Hhallas
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Ralgha "Hobbes" nar Hhallas was the Kilrathi defector from Secret Missions 2: Crusade, though his first appearance was in Vengence of the Kilrathi. nar Hhallas was the commander of the cruiser Ras Nik'ra, whose doubts about the Kilrathi Empire's righteousness led to his defection (detailed in the novel Freedom Flight). Though initially distrusted, Hobbes eventually proved himself to his humans counterparts and became one of the Confederation's top pilots. His callsign is reportedly a homage to a feline character from an old Earth comic strip.
Unfortunately, Hobbes' human affiliations were nothing but a sham. During the events of Wing Commander III, it was revealed that he was a Kilrathi infiltration agent, with a "friendly" personality overlaid over his real one to further chances of reaching a position of tactical usefulness--for instance, assistant wing leader to Col. Christopher Blair, who was at the time flying in defense of the Confederation's brand new planet-killer gun, the TCS Behemoth. Special radio transmissions awakened nar Hhallas' latent Kilrathi personality, and he was instrumental in the destruction of the Behemoth. When he attempted to steal a top-secret F-103 Excalibur space superiority fighter, however, his cover identity was blown. He was eventually downed in honorable combat by Blair, ironically the one Terran who never lost faith in his friend's loyalty to Humanity.
nar Hhallas was played by John Schuck in Wing Commander III and appeared in the Freedom Flight and Heart of the Tiger novelizations.