An Imperial transmission concerning the Empire's Shield Gate above Scarif and mentioning Gorin was intercepted by the Alliance to Restore the Republic and included in the collection of documents known as The Rebel Files. Gorin acted as Orbital Command while General Sotorus Ramda was Surface Command, controlling the Imperial Army's Scarif Deployment at the Citadel Tower on the planet below. From aboard the Imperial I-class Star Destroyer Intimidator, he served as commander of the space above the planet Scarif in the Scarif system. Gorin was a human male admiral in the officer corps of the Galactic Empire's Imperial Navy during the Galactic Civil War. Gorin's forces protected the Shield Gate above Scarif.

' Get Admiral Gorin, immediately!' ―An Imperial officer and Lieutenant Casido witness the Alliance Fleet's arrival - Listen ( file info) Gorin later ceded control of his forces to Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin when the latter arrived on the scene aboard the Death Star battle station. Although Gorin ordered his Star Destroyer to evade the Persecutor, the two ships collided, and the Intimidator was sheared in two. In the ensuing battle, the Star Destroyer Persecutor was disabled by rebel ion charges and then rammed toward the Intimidator by the Alliance Sphyrna-class Hammerhead corvette Lightmaker. In 0 BBY, the Alliance Fleet attacked Gorin's forces in order to aid rebel forces that had already infiltrated the surface of Scarif. He commanded the Imperial I-class Star Destroyer Intimidator and served as Orbital Command for the Imperial forces stationed above the planet Scarif, including the Shield Gate that allowed access to the world.

Gorin was a human male who served as an admiral in the naval forces of the Galactic Empire during the Galactic Civil War against the Alliance to Restore the Republic.

Full power!' ―Admiral Gorin orders his crew to try and avoid the oncoming Star Destroyer collision - Listen ( file info)

Battle of scarif space