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Akoran Zicks was the second and final Commander-in-Chief of the Galactic Government.

Biography
Like many characters throughout the cosmos, Zicks is descended from Japanese humans, though no explanation for his unusual, non-Japanese name has been given. He has a round face, a short black mohawk, and a neatly-trimmed mustache and beard combo.

In the RPG
Attention Toa Yerta! We have reports that a people called the 'Great Beings' have summoned an army and are wanting to take over the multiverse some few thousand light years away. We'll send a trans-warp ship down to take you there and investigate. Don't worry Yerta, it's probably nonsense, but we need to make sure. Admiral Zicks out. Zicks held the position of Admiral in the Galactic Government for many years. He became the GG's consultant to several Toa Teams who lent their services to the government, the most notable of which was the Toa Yerta. When the Uterio War was brewing, Zicks notified the Yerta of reports that the Great Beings were preparing to launch an attack on the universe from the Great Beings' homeworld, Mordor, which was a few thousand lightyears away from the Yerta's position. Zicks ordered his aides to send a trans-warp ship to the Yerta so that they could use it to investigate these rumours themselves.

Chapter 12: Breakout
In 150,084 CMT, Zicks inherited the title of Commander-in-Chief of the Galactic Government when Kong was killed by Boltman. Zicks attended Kong's funeral and gave an emotional eulogy about his friend and former mentor. As he was leaving, Zicks was approached by Klak, who lectured him on the hardship of death and the strength one must have to fill the void left by it. Zicks thanked Klak for his kind words, but silently rejected his advice: he decided that he would not waste time trying to hold up the Galactic Government in the absence of Kong, especially when so much of it had already become ineffectual during Kong's old age. In addition to this, Zicks did not believe that he was worthy of continuing Kong's legacy. Zicks contacted GGNews, the Galactic Government's news network, and told them that the next senate meeting of the Galactic Government would be made publicly viewable via a synchronized livestream. Zicks announced that this meeting would take place on a certain date a few weeks after the funeral.

As promised, the meeting took place in the Galactic Government's senate chamber in orbit of the planet Mariejois. Zicks arrived to preside over the meeting, but his introductory speech was cut off by a temporary power failure caused by the appearance of a portal in the middle of the chamber. Captain Eurobeat emerged from this portal and introduced himself and his allies: Niflheim, Leviathan, and Strika, to the bewildered senators. Leviathan took the opportunity to warn the congregation about Mazkertis and his goals, and ask them for help in finding and defeating him, but Zicks was completely uninterested. Instead, he apologized to the senators, telling them that he summoned them not because of "Mazkertis", but because he wanted to formally announce the dissolution of the Galactic Government in a place that they were already gathered, so that they could immediately begin renegotiating planetary trade routes, alliances, and other affairs. Zicks attempted to justify his decision by telling of how the Uterio War crippled much of their forces and infrastructure, causing other intergalactic unions like The Cooperative to prop up to take their place. Zicks also mentioned how they now had to resort to contracting other entities, such as the Blackwatch Corporation, to administrate trade routes for them; in fact, Zicks thought that the Blackwatch did such a good job, he would transfer ownership of the Supermax prisons to them. Zicks's announcement prompted outrage in the chamber, but he stated that his decision was final and left to initiate the dissolution process before anyone could try to stop him.

Immediately after this historic conference, hundreds of news outlets attempted to pry into Zicks's personal life, wondering if he had some ulterior motive for collapsing the organization, but were unable to discover anything conclusive.

Trivia

 * Admiral Zicks was once an extremely minor character who only appeared in one RPG post on June 20, 2011. Kon decided to bring him back in Chapter 12 of The Mazkertis Paradox and give him an expanded role, almost five whole years after his only appearance. This is perhaps the finest example of the Ascended Extra trope present in BZPB.