CENTURY BAT CREW
TRIPP TELLURETH
Tripp was born 25 years before the Battle of Yavin, about two months later than
Jakkar, on Alderaan. he came from a prominent family. his father was a supporter of
Senator Palpatine, and when Tripp was 20, he entered the Imperial Naval Academy at
Caridia. He graduated a year before the Battle of Yavin. He was a bright young officer,
and moved up quickly thru the ranks. within a few years, he might have been a captain.
but when the Empire destroyed his beloved homeworld, he left his old life behind.
shortly after the Death Star was destroyed, Tripp joined the Rebellion. He made an
exceptional pilot, strategist, and spy.
six years later, Tripp met Avon Jakkar, a smuggler who had joined Talon Karrde's
organization a year before. Tripp and Avon instantly liked each other, and before he
knew it, Tripp had decided to stay and work on the Century Bat. He maintaied close
ties with friends in the New Republic, much to the chagrin of Karrde. Tripp respected
Karrde, but thought of himself as working with Avon, rather than working for Karrde.
He was very pleased when, 3 years later, Karrde formed a Smugglers' Alliance and
decided to help the New Republic...
BECCA FONTA
Becca was born 12 years before the Battle of Yavin, on Ryloth. she was just beginning
to consider what she might do with her life, when at age 15, she was kidnapped by
slavers. she had never expected that; unlike other clan leaders, hers had always refused
to sell his people to anyone. but the slavers attacked Becca's small city, killing most of
those who opposed them, taking the rest to sell to the highest bidder. most of them
went to various Hutts, but Becca was bought by a corrupt official on Nar Shaddaa,
where she remained for nearly 3 years.
Shortly after Tripp became Jakkar's copilot on the Century Bat, Jakkar took him to
meet some old friends of his on the smugglers' moon. Jakkar's friends weren't there
when they arrived, so they let themselves in and waited.
when they showed up, they had with them a lovely young Twi'lek woman they'd just
rescued. the evening was spent telling Jakkar and Tripp the story of the rescue, which
is too complicated to go into here. But they asked Jakkar to take the girl home.
On the trip to Ryloth, Becca got to know Jakkar and Tripp, and asked if she could
stay with them. they introduced her to Karrde, and he agreed. since then, she has
studied to become a medic, a profession which comes in handy in her friends'
business...
PLEEP
Brik Kkak was born nine years before the Battle of Yavin, on Tatooine. by age 10, he
was one of the best mechanics in his clan, but he longed for something more. an older
trader in his clan told him stories of a very few other Jawas in history who had aspired
to something more for themselves than other Jawas ever experience. what he didn't say
was whether any of them had succeeded; Brik suspected they had not.
but when he was 16, he stowed away on a smuggler's ship. he remained hidden for the
whole trip, and when the ship landed and no one was looking, he got off. he found he
was near a large forest. he thought he might explore it, but when he heard fearsome
growls from just beyond the cleared area, he decided against it. he wandered around
the base, at first keeping out of sight, until he could figure out what to do next.
before he made any decisions, he was discovered by a human, who brought him to the
base's leader, Talon Karrde. Karrde talked to Brik for awhile, and Brik asked for a
job. Karrde agreed to try him out as a mechanic. he showed promise, and began
training with the more experienced mechanics at the base.
before long the others in the organization started calling him Pleep, a nickname which
Brik rather liked. he got to know all the ships and people at the base fairly well, but his
favorite was the Century Bat, which he often flew on, as well as fixing...
KRIKA
Krika was born eight years before the Battle of Yavin, on Mon Calamari. ever since
she was young, she had an extreme affinity for computers. in her early teens, she began
slicing, and hoped to get a job with the newly formed New Republic. but it seemed that
whenever they thought they needed a good slicer, they hired established professionals,
usually ones who worked with smugglers.
so Krika started looking for a smuggling operation to join. she was having trouble
deciding which she liked best, and it didn't help that none of them were interested in
her. she decided she'd have to spend several years building a reputation for herself
among the slicer community. maybe then one of them would recommend her to their
employers.
she started out at age 14 by transferring funds from the Empire to an account in her
name, with which she bought herself a ship, and she left Mon Calamari. she went to
various worlds, learning whatever she could, improving her skills, and pulling as many
dangerous jobs as she could. finally, a few months after Karrde formed the Smugglers'
Alliance, Krika
got noticed by another young slicer named Ghent.
and soon thereafter, Krika had a regular job with the best smuggling organization in the
galaxy. she decided she would stay with them at least a few years before offering her
services full time to the New Republic...
E-3PO
E-3PO was constructed one year before the Battle of Yavin, and was bought fresh
from the showroom by Avon Jakkar. Jakkar was looking for a permanent assistant on
his Century Bat. in the two years he'd owned the ship, Jakkar had had a number of
copilots, none of whom had lasted long. Finally, he decided to try his luck with a droid.
he could use an interpreter, anyway.
Threepio worked out fairly well, and the two had many adventures in the years that
followed.
Jakkar was amused when he began hearing of another 3PO unit of a slightly different
style that became inmeshed with the new heroes of the Rebellion. of course, that one
was far older than his own droid, over 110 years older.
Jakkar had perhaps heard stories of this droid before, now and again, in connection
with other assorted fringe characters. but he hadn't been at all interested until the major
Rebellion victories, beginning with the Battle of Yavin.
Jakkar and E-3PO have even met C-3PO once or twice, since the forming of the
Smugglers' Alliance, but never got to know him really well. Jakkar much prefers his
own Threepio, anyway...
Not more than a few months after Krika joined the crew, the century Bat stumbled through an temporally unstable wormhole from their time in their galaxy to 2376 in our galaxy, where they've made new friends and new enemies...
Avon Jakkar
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