Lens Reekeene

"Very well. I authorize you to activate these agents and bring them here for training. And Tiree, knowing that this would be your 21st mission and therefore mark the limit before mandatory retirement of an Intel field agent, we'll keep this one off the books. No need for that extra dot just yet."

- General Lens Reekeene

Lens Reekeene was a Human female born in 54 BBY. Reekeene was a mercenary commander working for corporate interests and, later, a prisoner of the Galactic Empire from 14 BBY. While in prison, she married a fellow convict, engineer Mikka Reekeene. He was released and, later, he helped her get free, succeeding in 3 ABY. The Reekeenes became members of the Rebel Alliance, with Lens rising to the military rank of general. She also became the founder and leader of the Reekeene's Roughnecks, a group of Rebel soldiers operating in the Fakir sector. The Roughnecks were a part of The Irregulars, a series of similar small military units in the Alliance. General Reekeene was advised by both her husband and a friend of the family, Santhou Lazith'chika.

Under General Reekeene, the Roughnecks performed guerrilla raids against the Empire, while doing their best to attract new members to the Alliance. Circa 0 ABY, Reekeene also led the Roughnecks in "Operation Retribution," which simultaneously damaged assets of the Empire, while the Alliance suffered the minimum damage. After this event, she was captured and taken to an Imperial prison on the planet Flankers. The Roughnecks then went to rescue her.

Origins
Len, a Human, was born in 54 BBY. In 14 BBY, by then an adult woman, Lens commanded a mercenary company performing garrison duties for the Sartran Corporation, a private company. Sartran was disbanded by the Galactic Empire for treasonous activities, and the mercenaries employed by the company, including Lens, were imprisoned under false charges of conspiracy. While in prison, Lens met engineer Mikka Reekeene, also a former employee of Sartran jailed on false charges. Lens and Mikka Reekeene got married in the prison.

A management mistake performed by the prison staff caused Mikka Reekeene to be released. He then earned credits to buy Lens's freedom, something he achieved in 3 BBY. Once free, Lens discovered that most of her mercenaries had died in prison. Wanting to seek revenge on the Empire, Lens soon joined the Rebel Alliance. Her husband, being less interested in politics, also joined the Alliance to be with Lens.

Soon, Lens became a high-ranking officer of the Alliance, eventually earning the military rank of general, and she kept her husband by her side as her advisor. At some point, the Reekeenes were contacted by Santhou Lazith'chika, a secretive alien who managed to gain their confidence. Lazith'chika became Mikka's main advisor, while Lens's second advisor.

Reekeene's Roughnecks
"Greetings, Green squad. [sic] Congratulations on completing your training. As you know, the Rebellion is facing critical supply shortages. Therefore, Rebel High Command has instructed us to direct our efforts towards finding new sources of food and material. Your first mission is to contact the leader of the planet Masterhome, and open negotiations to provide supplies for the Rebellion."

- Lens Reekeene briefs the Green Squad.

The Reekeenes and Lazith'chika then founded the Reekeene's Roughnecks, a guerrilla organization that harassed Imperial forces in the Fakir sector. As a part of The Irregulars of the Alliance, the soldiers in the Roughnecks intended to attract Imperial attention, diverting Imperial resources from finding the Alliance main fleet. Lens Reekeene's constant attacks to governmental offices overwhelmed the local Moff, who asked the Empire to send a fleet as reinforcement.

The Reekeenes and Lazith'chika were the highest-ranking members of the Roughnecks, briefing the members of any sub-team and answering to questions. Once briefed for a mission, a member of the Roughnecks could not speak with anyone except the Reekeenes or Lazith'chika, as a security measure.

As such, in 0 ABY, Lens Reekeene and Lazith'chika briefed the Green Squad of the Roughnecks for a diplomatic mission on Abonshee, a planet also known as Masterhome. Reekeene and Lazith'chika used holograms to confer with the Green Squad. Reekeene informed the Green Squad of their goals and motivation: Following the orders of the Alliance High Command to obtain new sources of food, they were to negotiate with the Godking, leader of the native Anointed People in the name of the Alliance. The squad was ferried there onboard the Long Shot, a transport that had been previously assigned to the Roughnecks; Reekeene commonly used the Long Shot for this kind of duty. The Green Squad succeeded in their mission.

Also around this time, Lens Reekeene joined her husband, Lazith'chika and Rebel Lieutenant Am Serro onboard their mobile headquarters, the starship Home, to hear the report of special operative Tay "Tiree" Vanis's twentieth operation in person. Vanis, an agent of Alliance Intelligence, had failed to recruit some new operatives and he had also reached the limit of missions before mandatory retirement, but Lens Reekeene nevertheless assigned him a new job, recruiting some new agents that Vanis himself vouched for.

Operation Retribution
"We're barely sixty souls aboard this ship, carrying out missions across the Empire."

- Lens Reekeene.

Reekeene then organized "Operation Retribution," a military action in which she would distribute the scarce resources of the Roughnecks to attack several Imperial targets at the same time in a strong guerrilla event that would cause, if correctly done, a great damage in little time with the less possible risk for her forces. Her intelligence told her that the Empire had just built a repair and refuelling outpost on planet Mycroft, Repair Station M13, with several TIE fighters protecting it. As a part of Retribution, she ordered some of the Roughnecks to attack a station in a nearby star system attracting the fighters, and another team, at the same time, would try to sabotage or damage M13.

Once Retribution was over, Reekeene sent a team to the planet Iyuta onboard the Long Shot. The Empire had a communication center there and Reekeene want a listening device on it. Reekeene had a contact on Iyuta, but the Empire had already found, eliminated and replaced this person, as a part of a plot to follow the Rebel agents to their headquarters. However, the Empire was outwitted.

Later activities
"Priority One Message: Lens Reekeene, leader of Reekeene's Roughnecks, has been captured. Captured vessel damaged; has landed at abandoned base on Flankers. Flankers' sun expected to go nova in 144 hours. Proceed to Flankers immediately and take her into custody. Determine whereabouts of Roughnecks base and identity of all traitors in sector. Good hunting. End Message."

- Intercepted message from Imperial probe droid

Soon after this event, Reekeene piloted an X-wing starfighter with her R2 unit to reach a meeting with the Alliance commanding officers of the Fakir sector. She was ambushed and attacked by an Imperial scout vessel who had found her by chance. The droid was destroyed during the fight and the X-Wing suffered damage; the Imperial captain waited for Reekeene's surrender. Unexpectedly, Reekeene shot at least three proton torpedoes at point-blank range, destroying the Imperial ship's fuel pod. The X-Wing was more damaged because of the explosion and Reekeene was captured.

The scout took Reekeene to the nearest Imperial base, a garrison on the planet Flankers. At that point, the scout was unaware of Flankers being abandoned because its star would go nova in a few days. Nevertheless, the Imperial asked for a rescue and remained there, waiting for the pick-up. Thanks to an intercepted message from an Imperial probe droid, the Long Shot discovered Reekeene's plight and hurried to rescue her. They were identified as Rebels and faced with Imperial resistance during their raid.

Personality and traits
"How clean were those six recruits you were bringing in? Could one have been a plant?"

- Lens Reekeene.

A woman with piercing eyes and imposing presence, General Reekeene was icy cold with most people, except with her husband Mikka. Lens Reekeene, always a mercenary, kept her aggressive and militaristic tendencies even after joining the Rebel Alliance. Her philosophy on warfare included providing only the needed information to her subordinates, always harass the enemy, and not keeping her assets for long in the same place. As a counterpoint, Mikka provided a more cautious and friendly face to the command of the Roughnecks.

Reekeene commonly wore a blaster in her left hip and a vibroblade in her right boot, and she was adept in the use of any of those. Although most members of the Roughnecks wore colored armpatchs identifying their squad, Lens, as a commanding officer, wore a white patch.

Behind the scenes
Lens Reekeene first appeared in "The Long Shot Campaign", a chapter of the role-playing book Star Wars Campaign Pack written by Paul Murphy and published by West End Games in 1988. "The Long Shot Campaign" was later re-published in 1994 in Classic Campaigns, along with "The Bissillirus Campaign". Lens was first graphically depicted in the webcomic Rookies: Rendezvous (2006) by Pablo Hidalgo, basing her aspect in a personal acquaintance whose identity has not been revealed.

Lens Reekeene's eyes were described as blue in "The Long Shot Campaign", but they appear to be darker in Rookies: Rendezvous.

Appearances

 * Rookies: Rendezvous
 * Rookies: Rendezvous
 * Rookies: Rendezvous