Lespin Duststrider

Lespin Duststrider
Biographical information
Homeworld	unknown
Date of birth	7:1:32 (~28 BBY)
Date of death	N/A
Family	Duststrider
Physical description
Species	Human
Gender	Male
Height	6'
Weight	200lb
Hair color	Brown
Eye color	Blue
Chronological and political information
Era(s)	Post Battle of Yavin, Pre Battle of Hoth
Affiliation	Rebellion
Associations	RSPA (Vanguard)
Ranks	2nd Lieutenant
Titles	XO of Vanguard's RzA Squadron

This Character is played by the User:Lespin

Current Information

Lespin is a Master Pilot and Commando in the RSPA, part of the Vanguard Fleet on the Starsider server.

History

Early Years

Born on [planet], on 7:1:32.

Before the Battle of Yavin

Lespin was a courier pilot who just flew around transporting people and light cargo from place to place in his Nova.

After the Battle of Yavin

After hearing the news of what happened near Yavin between the Imperials and the Rebellion from several sources, he became confused, because there where so many different versions of the same story. That, and the fact that the Senate was dissolved, made him wonder about the Empire, and where it was headed. He also did not believe the reports of the Alderaanians developing super-weapons, which caused its destruction. He had visited there previously, and had not seen or detected any ill will from the planets population at all.

A couple of days after the The Battle of Yavin, Lespin was contracted to transport some Alderaanians that said they where going to settle on a outer-rim world. One of their interim stops was on Tatooine, where they wanted to stay for a day or two while making sure they had all the supplies they needed. While there, a Imperial customs detail randomly chose Lespin's ship, Raptor, to do a thorough check of his ship. Lespin had not asked any questions about the contents of the Alderaanians cargo because of their situation and the amount of credits they paid without any haggling. The customs officers found some of the cargo that was questionable, and indicated that these Alderaanians where possibly going to join the Rebels. Since Lespin was transporting this contraband in his ship, the ship was impounded, and Lespin was arrested. The Alderaanians where not see again, but warrants where issued for their arrest anyways.

Arrest and Escape

After Lespin was arrested, he was transferred from a couple of detention centers around the galactic core. He eventually lost track of time, and where exactly he was. At one nondescript orbital low security detention center, he finally was able to see his way out. The patrols on this station where very lax, so he did not think he would have too much trouble making it to a hanger bay where he could "borrow" a starship. As luck would have it, a couple of days before he was planning for his big escape, he found a com-link hidden in a package from his sister, Becki. Attached to the com-link there where instructions to monitor a specific frequency. He immediately hid this com-link, and destroyed the instructions. He decided to lay low, and delay his escape to wait for the com-link to become active.

A couple of days later, he heard some static, followed by a unknown voice over the com-link. The voice told him to stand back from the door of the room. Nanoseconds later, the door exploded, and toppled on the floor. Luckily, Lespin was already far enough from the door. As the smoke cleared, he saw a couple of people, including 2 droids, and a huge wookie. The good thing was, none of them looked Imperial. The one human, told Lespin to follow them to his ship as he tossed a blaster pistol to Lespin. As they went down the hall to the hanger bay, there where a couple of stormtroopers that where easily disabled. After running past the couple of stormtrooper bodies, a astromech opened up the hanger door, and in the hanger was a ugly looking YT-1300. under the YT-1300, where 2 more troopers digging around inside some access panels. They were also killed fairly easily. The wookie checked the panels as the rest of the crew boarded the ramp. The wookie was quickly on the ramp behind everyone, and the ship lifted off as the ramp sealed itself, and the environmental systems kicked on. The protocol droid quickly briefed Lespin that his sister, Becki hired them to extract Lespin from this station, and they would be going to Tatooine. The human then screamed back, and said that TIE Fighters where following them, and he needed some time to get the hyperspace computer working right. Lespin decided to check to see if the turrets where working. They seemed to be OK, and he climbed in one, and shot down a couple of TIE fighters as the star turned into the starlines that preceded hyperspace. Lespin, now calm to be back on a apparently civilian ship away from Imperial hands, was happy to be headed away from the sterile world of the Empire.

Academy

Lespin then joined the Alliance wanting to learn how to dogfight in space, but they also gave him a rifle so he could help out on the ground when needed.

After going through the Pilot/Officer Academy, he was placed in the Crimson Phoenix squadron until he became a master pilot.

Current Information

Still a member of RzA, he has flown the majority of his missions in his T-65 X-Wing. With the help of his sister, and other shipwrights in the Vanguard Fleet, he has upgraded his standard T-65 far beyond what the Heroes of the Battle of Yavin used to destroy the Death Star. It has been scarred so much in battle that the ship was eventually painted all black to cover up the scorch marks. He had his sister Becki upgrade his Nova, named Raptor, to handle some combat as well, and it has been used in one major battle so far. The Raptor was built by the now defunct Gallofree Yards, Inc.