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|type=Galactic Empire
|image=[[File:Dainsom.jpg]]
|name=Dainsom
|homeworld=[[Algarian]]<ref name="CCG">{{CCG|set=Cloud City Limited|link=CloudCity-Dark/large/imperialtrooperguarddainsom.gif|cardname=Imperial Trooper Guard Dainsom}}</ref>
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|species=[[Human/Legends|Human]]<ref name="ESB">{{Film|V}}</ref>
|gender=[[Gender/Legends|Male]]<ref name="ESB" />
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|skin=Light<ref name="ESB" />
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|affiliation=*[[Galactic Empire/Legends|Galactic Empire]]<ref name="ESB" />
**[[Death Squadron/Legends|Death Squadron]]<ref name="ESB" />
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'''Dainsom''' was a [[Human/Legends|Human]] [[Gender/Legends|male]] native of the [[Planet/Legends|planet]] [[Algarian]] who served as an [[Imperial Navy trooper]] during the [[Galactic Civil War/Legends|Galactic Civil War]]. A [[Trooper/Legends|trooper]] guard who was assigned to guard sensitive areas of [[Star Destroyer/Legends|Star Destroyers]], he served on the [[Imperial I-class Star Destroyer/Legends|Imperial Star Destroyer]] ''[[Thunderflare]]'' before being stationed on the [[Dark Lord of the Sith/Legends|Dark Lord]] [[Anakin Skywalker/Legends|Darth Vader's]] [[Flagship/Legends|flagship]], the [[Executor-class Star Dreadnought/Legends|Super Star Destroyer]] [[Executor/Legends|''Executor'']]. In [[3 ABY/Legends|3 ABY]], Dainsom, an experienced trooper, was present on the ''Executor'' during the [[Galactic Empire/Legends|Imperial]] [[Occupation of Bespin|subjugation]] of [[Cloud City/Legends|Cloud City]] on the planet [[Bespin/Legends|Bespin]].

==Biography==
The [[Human/Legends|Human]] [[Gender/Legends|male]] Dainsom was a native of the [[Planet/Legends|planet]] [[Algarian]]. During the [[Galactic Civil War/Legends|Galactic Civil War]], a conflict between the [[Galactic Empire/Legends|Galactic Empire]] and the [[Alliance to Restore the Republic/Legends|Alliance to Restore the Republic]], he served the Empire as an [[Imperial Navy trooper]] and was stationed on the [[Imperial I-class Star Destroyer/Legends|Star Destroyer]] ''[[Thunderflare]]''.<ref name="CCG" /> By the [[Standard year/Legends|year]] [[3 ABY/Legends|3 ABY]],<ref name="NEC">''[[The New Essential Chronology]]'' dates the events of [[Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back|''Star Wars'': Episode V ''The Empire Strikes Back'']] to [[3 ABY/Legends|3 ABY]].</ref> Dainsom had been assigned to [[Dark Lord of the Sith/Legends|Dark Lord of the Sith]] [[Anakin Skywalker/Legends|Darth Vader's]] [[Flagship/Legends|flagship]], the [[Executor-class Star Dreadnought/Legends|Super Star Destroyer]] [[Executor/Legends|''Executor'']].<ref name="ESB" /> During his service on both [[Star Destroyer/Legends|Star Destroyers]], Dainsom was assigned to guard the [[Starship/Legends|ships']] sensitive areas.<ref name="CSWE">{{CSWECite|I|162|Dainsom, Imperial Trooper Guard}}</ref>

In 3 ABY,<ref name="NEC" /> Dainsom,<ref name="ESB" /> by then an experienced [[Trooper/Legends|trooper]] guard,<ref name="CCG" /> was present on the ''Executor'' during the [[Super Star Destroyer/Legends|Super Star Destroyer's]] pursuit of the [[YT-1300 light freighter/Legends|freighter]] [[Millennium Falcon/Legends|''Millennium Falcon'']]&mdash;carrying the Rebel fugitives [[Luke Skywalker/Legends|Luke Skywalker]], [[Prince/Legends|Princess]] [[Leia Organa Solo|Leia Organa]], and [[Lando Calrissian/Legends|Lando Calrissian]]&mdash;after the vessel escaped from [[Cloud City/Legends|Cloud City]] on the [[Occupation of Bespin|Imperial-occupied]] [[Planet/Legends|planet]] [[Bespin/Legends|Bespin]]. Dainsom was close to the [[Warship/Legends|warship's]] main [[Bridge (starship)/Legends|bridge]] when the ''Millennium Falcon'' fled into [[Hyperspace/Legends|hyperspace]].<ref name="ESB" />

==Personality and traits==
Dainsom had light skin.<ref name="ESB" />

==Equipment==
Trooper guard Dainsom wore the standard-issue [[Imperial Navy/Legends|Imperial Navy]] trooper's uniform during his service aboard the ''Executor''{{'s}} bridge<ref name="ESB" /> in 3 ABY.<ref name="NEC" />

==Behind the scenes==
Dainsom first appeared briefly toward the end of the [[1980]] film [[Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back|''Star Wars'': Episode V ''The Empire Strikes Back'']], in which he stands guard just beyond the ''Executor''{{'s}} main bridge as [[Darth/Legends|Darth]] Vader passes by following the ''Millennium Falcon''{{'s}} escape from the Super Star Destroyer at Bespin. He was portrayed by an uncredited extra.<ref name="ESB" /> In [[November]] [[1997]], Dainsom was given a name and a brief backstory on the [http://www.starwarsccg.org/cardlists/images/starwars/CloudCity-Dark/large/imperialtrooperguarddainsom.gif "Imperial Trooper Guard Dainsom" card] for the ''[[Cloud City Limited]]'' expansion set of [[Decipher, Inc.|Decipher's]] [[Star Wars Customizable Card Game|''Star Wars'' Customizable Card Game]].<ref name="CCG" /> According to a [http://www.reocities.com/CollegePark/plaza/9433/anagrams.html ''Star Wars'' CCG fan site], Dainsom was named as an [[Tuckerization|anagram]] of Decipher employees [[Bob Madison|Bob]] and [[Will Madison]].<ref name="Decipher">{{Cite_web|url=http://www.reocities.com/CollegePark/plaza/9433/anagrams.html|title=Anagramed Decipherians|date=2005-08-15|work=[http://www.reocities.com/CollegePark/plaza/9433/index.html Corellian Engineering Corporation]|publisher=ReoCities|archivedate=20160406045459}}</ref>

==Appearances==
*{{Film|V}} {{1st}}

==Sources==
*{{CCG|set=Cloud City Limited|link=CloudCity-Dark/large/imperialtrooperguarddainsom.gif|cardname=Imperial Trooper Guard Dainsom}} {{1stID}}
*''[[Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary]]'' {{Po}}
*''[[The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia]]''

==Notes and references==
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[[Category:Death Squadron personnel]]
[[Category:Humans]]
[[Category:Imperial Navy personnel of the Galactic Empire]]
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