Selto Durka

Captain Selto Durka
Durka is a rather unforgiving man.
First appearance	(1.8 "PK Tech Girl") (flashback); (1.15 "Durka Returns")
Last appearance	(2.20 "Liars, Guns and Money - With Friends Like These")
Details
Species	Sebacean
Affiliation	Peacekeepers
Age	Deceased
Vehicle of Choice	Command Carrier Zelbinion
Weapon of Choice	Whatever hurts the most
Portrayed by	David Wheeler

"You have studied my techniques, Officer Sun. You know very well how good I am at getting results."

-Captain Selto Durka comments on his reputation

Bio

Backstory

Captain of the lost Command Carrier, the Zelbinion, Durka was believed to have died over a hundred cycles ago. Viewed by Peacekeepers as one of their greatest leaders, the truth was far darker. In truth, Durka was a hateful, conniving, violent coward, whose malicious cruelty was well above standards, even for a Peacekeeper. Rygel, while imprisoned on the Zelbinion, learned first hand exactly how cruel Durka could be, and suffered unknown cycles of constant torture under Durka's watchful eye.

Several cycles after Rygel was transferred, the Zelbinion was lost. The Zelbinion was attacked by the Nebari, severely crippling the ship and killing most of the crew. Durka, in an attempt to escape, killed a junior officer, and dressed the said officer in his uniform, in hopes the Nebari would believe he had committed suicide, covering his escape. The ruse was all for naught as the Nebari captured him in the end and subjected him to 100 cycles of Mental Cleansing.

Durka Returns

Durka, post-cleansing

After a Nebari ship collides with Moya during an unplanned Starburst, the crew of the Nebari vessel come aboard to seek refuge. The Nebari official Salis brings his two prisoners aboard: a Nebari rebel captive, Chiana, and a passive, Mentally Cleansed Sebacean, Durka. Rygel, horrified to see his former torturer alive and well, vows to murder him.

Building a make-shift bomb, Rygel makes a botched assassination attempt and instead "knocks" him out of the Mind Cleansing. According to John "... Cleansing doesn't get the tough stains out."

Durka, now returned to his old self, determined to regain his former glory attempts to overtake Moya. He is ultimately thwarted, thanks, in part, to Chiana, who pretends to be on his side and lures him into a trap. In the end John sends Durka afloat in space on the now-derelict Nebari ship.

Durka, after Rygel gets through with him.

Durka the Pirate

A cycle later, while trying to enlist the help of the Zenetan Pirates who control the Flax, Rygel discovers Durka to be the new leader of the Pirates. Durka, scarred from their last encounter makes an attempt on Rygel's life, but Rygel, prepared for such eventuallities, strikes back and kills Durka. For the next several days, Rygel carried Durka's decapitated head on a staff, a testimony to his final victory over the man who robbed him of so many cycles.

Quotes

• "Hello, Rygel. Welcome home."
• "I am very disappointed in you. Somehow I expected the Dominar of Hyneria to be more... dominating."
• "I achieved nothing as a Peacekeeper."
• "No, these are meaningless, brute-force solutions. The Nebari showed me a better way."
• "Hello, Rygel. You undid the Nebari mental cleansing. Isn't that the most superb irony?"
• "While I was... cleansed, I genuinely felt ashamed of who I was, and what I'd done. But do you know, thinking about it now, I have no idea why?"
• "Kcrackic no longer commands here. Nor is he, in fact, alive."
• (Durka's last words): "When I am finished with you, Dominar, Death himself will pray for you!"

(About Durka's head): Rorf: Who's that?

Rygel: He's an old enemy. I LIKE that he doesn't TALK BACK.

(About Durka's head again):

Rygel: Start acting like professionals. THAT'S what we do to people who DON'T.

Appearances

• (1.08 "PK Tech Girl") (flashback)
• (1.15 "Durka Returns")
• (2.20 "Liars, Guns and Money - With Friends Like These")
• (2.21 "Liars, Guns and Money - Plan B") (severed head only)