Dllr Nep

Dllr Nep was a Sullustan X-wing pilot that served under Wedge Antilles as part of Rogue Squadron following the Battle of Endor.

Joining Rogue Squadron
A Sullustan male native of Sullust during the early years of the Galactic Civil War, Dllr Nep was fascinated by different cultures and species. After the Alliance to Restore the Republic's victory over the Galactic Empire at the Battle of Endor in 3 ABY, Nep took little convincing to join others of his species in leaving their homeworld and joining the Rebellion. Nep quickly took to life in the fledgling New Republic and was one of several pilots who volunteered to join Rogue Squadron, an elite X-wing squadron under the command of Commander Wedge Antilles, to fill vacancies in its roster following Endor.

Nep was one of those selected to join the squadron and was soon picked for what was anticipated to be an easy first mission with the Rogues, escorting a food convoy from Cilpar to Mrlsst. However, upon arriving at Cilpar, the Rogues were unable to find the convoy or to meet up with their contact. Setting up a makeshift base west of the capital city of Kiidan, the half strength Rogues soon found themselves in combat against a squadron of Imperial TIE fighters. Though Rogues Squadron successfully defeated the Imperials, Rogue Squadron pilot Wes Janson was forced to eject from his X-wing after it was struck by enemy fire. Antilles sent Tycho Celchu to locate the downed pilot, while he led the three remaining Rogues&mdash;Nep, Derek Klivian and Plourr Ilo&mdash;back to their temporary base.

Later that evening, the Rogues were confronted by members of the local resistance movement led by Elscol Loro. The resistance fighters, who were in opposition to both the Empire and the Alliance, took the captives to the nearby town of Tamarack, which had been devastated by the forces of Imperial Moff Boren Tascl. While there, Nep warned the others that he heard the approach of Imperial All Terrain Scout Transports and the Rogues were forced to flee with the resistance fighters to an old temple near the town. Still surrounded by Imperials, Antilles had Klivian and Ilo fire on a pile of rubbish outside the temple, igniting the decomposition gases and eliminating the closest walker. With the diversion allowing the Rebels to escape the temple and take cover in the forest, Antilles instructed Nep to contact their astromech droids and instruct them to bring the squadron's X-wings to their location. Jumping into the starfighters, Antilles and Ilo took to the air and were able to drive away the Imperials, while Antilles ordered Nep to lead the natives back to their vehicles and fall back to Rogue Squadron's base.

Nep later joined the others on a trip to a supply depot in another of the forest's hidden temples, but the group once more came under attack from Imperial fighters and were forced to retreat to the Rogue base. Upon hearing that Princess Leia Organa was on the planet and had been captured, Antilles decided to strike at the Imperials, sending Loro's forces to attempt a rescue of Organa, while he led the Rogues in providing air support. The Rogues were engaged by Imperial fighters but were able to fight their way through and attack the Imperial base, weakening its defenses and allowing Loro's team to move in. The attack was a success, with the capture of Moff Tascl and the rescue of the captive woman, who was not Organa but the Rogues' contact, the Alliance Intelligence Winter. With the Imperials defeated, Nep and the other the Rogues were able to resume their mission, linking up with the convoy and proceeding to Mrlsst, joined by Loro, who Antilles invited to join the squadron.

Mission to Mrlsst
When the convoy arrived at Mrlsst, the Rogues once again found themselves under attack from Imperial forces led by an Interdictor Star Destroyer. While Nep joined the other Rogues in engaging the Imperial fighters, Antilles and Loro drove off the Star Destroyer with a proton torpedo strike, allowing the convoy to proceed safely to the planet. After landing at Mrlsst Spaceport, the Rogues ran into Antilles's old friend, Mirax Terrik, who accompanied them to The Soundmound, a local music venue where they watched a holographic concert by the band Ghost Jedi.

The following day, Nep joined and the other Rogues were given a tour of the Mrlsst Academy by Koyi Komad, a student who they had befriended the previous night, while Antilles went about the other purpose of his trip &mdash;negotiating for the Phantom Project, a cloaking device which had been developed at the Academy. While on their tour, the group saw Rorax Falken, a professor at the Academy who composed the music performed by Ghost Jedi. Nep had enjoyed the band's performance and attempted to introduce himself to the composer, but Falken was not receptive, knocking the Sullustan down with his repulsor chair.

Nep later went with the others to visit Janson, who had been injured during the fight against the Star Destroyer and was recovering at the Central Academic Hospital. While there, Komad arrived to warn them that Antilles had just been arrested for allegedly stealing the datacards containing the Phantom Project plans and Imperial stormtroopers were on the way to take the other Rogues into custody. Fighting their way out of the hospital, the Rogues took shelter in the upper levels of the nearby greenstalk forests, among the fringe communities that existed there. Komad led them to the slicer Nasta, who was able to retrieve the surveillance footage implicating the Rogues and learn that it had been doctored by an Imperial group called the Ante-Endor Association, who were the true thieves. He also discovered that the Imperials had in turn lost the datacards, stolen by battle droids from Ghost Jedi. Terrik knew the location of Falken's asteroid laboratory, where the band transmitted from, and suggested the datacards may be there. Celchu agreed and instructed Nep to accompany Terrik in retrieving the plans while the others attempted to rescue Antilles.

After arriving at the laboratory, Nep was confronted by three of Falken's students, armed with blasters, but was able to disarm his assailants. Under questioning from Nep and Terrik, Falken and the students admitted that the Phantom Project was just a hoax, designed to elicit funding from the Empire. In an effort to hide the deception, Falken faked the destruction of the asteroid, but the Imperials discovered that the laboratory had survived among the debris and soon arrived in force to retrieve the plans. While the stormtroopers fought a holographic ghost Jedi controlled by Falken, Nep, Terrik and the students retreated to the hangar and boarded Terrik's Pulsar Skate. Nep attempted to evade the pursuing TIE fighters but the Pulsar Skate was largely defenseless until the arrival of Rogue Squadron. As the Imperial Star Destroyer closed on the Pulsar Skate, Nep and Terrik activated the gravitic polarization beam installed in the laboratory, destroying both the lab the Interdictor Star Destroyer.

He would accompany the Rogues on another two missions until his sacrifice on Malrev IV.



When the Rogues were dispatched to search for the Starfaring near Malrev IV, Dllr began hearing the most beautiful music coming from the planet. He thought the music was a product of the planet, and could even see the music in front of him. However, the music was actually the power of Sith magic being channeled by the mad Devaronian, Cartariun. Cartariun used the dark side to lure Dllr to his temple, where Cartariun began channeling more energy with Dllr's belief in the music.

Dllr was mentally linked to Herian I'ngre by this music, which both had heard. However, Herian recognized the dark side before she could be overtaken. She willed Dllr to resist, which he was able to for a short time. However, in the end, Dllr gave himself as the ultimate sacrifice. He absorbed the Sith energy wielded by Cartariun and tried to turn it against the Devaronian, but was shot in the back by Girov Dza'tey. Later, having survived the blast, Dllr helped Herian to safety. However, both sacrificed themselves in eliminating Cartariun, flying Herian's X-wing into his temple and destroying it.

Personality and traits
Nep was particularly interested in the various musical styles of the galaxy, although his taste in music often got on his fellow Rogues' nerves.

Behind the scenes
The Star Wars Encyclopedia erroneously identifies the character as "Nep Dllr".

Appearances

 * X-wing: Rogue Leader 3
 * X-wing Rogue Squadron: The Rebel Opposition
 * X-wing Rogue Squadron: The Phantom Affair
 * X-wing Rogue Squadron: Battleground: Tatooine
 * X-wing Rogue Squadron: The Warrior Princess
 * X-wing Rogue Squadron: Requiem for a Rogue
 * X-wing Rogue Squadron 23: In the Empire's Service, Part 3
 * X-wing Rogue Squadron 29: Masquerade, Part 2