Fulcrum (individual)

"...Fulcrum's intel is on a need-to-know basis."

- Hera Syndulla

"Fulcrum" was the name given to an informant who provided missions and intelligence to the rebels from Lothal to assist in their fight against the Galactic Empire. The intelligence provided to the rebels was generally correct, though often underestimated the strength of Imperial defenses. According to Hera Syndulla, the rebels' work with Fulcrum was part of something larger than just that group's fight against the Empire. On the fifteenth anniversary of the rise of the Empire, the rebels turned Tseebo, a Rodian from the Imperial Information Office who knew vital Imperial secrets, over to Fulcrum, who could learn more about the information.

Biography
"So what's the deal? Is Fulcrum just another smuggler like Vizago? Why all the secrecy?" "Oh. It's no secret we're fighting against the Empire. We need as many allies as we can get."

- Sabine Wren and Hera Syndulla

The individual known as Fulcrum worked with the rebellious crew of the Ghost in the years before the Battle of Yavin, with only Hera Syndulla, the ship's pilot, knowing the individual's true identity. Fulcrum provided the rebels with intelligence for missions in order to hit Imperial forces or interests, and those missions were part of a larger plan that the rebels were part of&mdash;one that, amongst the rebels, only Syndulla knew. Fulcrum's intelligence was generally accurate, but sometimes only partially so. One mission that Syndulla, along with Ezra Bridger and Sabine Wren, went on was an attack on an Imperial convoy. The intelligence that Fulcrum provided was correct about the route and timing of the convoy, but underestimated the Imperial defenses. As a result, the Phantom&mdash;the shuttle used by the rebels&mdash;sustained minor damage while outrunning a squadron of TIE fighters.

Shortly thereafter, Syndulla&mdash;along with Wren, who insisted on knowing more about Fulcrum and the missions the rebels were being sent on&mdash;travelled to Fort Anaxes, an asteroid base used by the Grand Army of the Republic during the Clone Wars, in order to pick up supplies from Fulcrum. Fulcrum contacted the Phantom while it was en route and informed Syndulla that the supplies were unloaded and ready for pickup. Wren, eager to know more about the individual giving them their intelligence, suggested that Fulcrum wait for them at the rendezvous, prompting Fulcrum to wonder if something was wrong. Syndulla assured Fulcrum, however, that Wren was just there to help with the mission. Nonetheless, Wren felt untrusted and wanted to know why the rebel missions were becoming so dangerous, but Syndulla assured her that the less she knew, the safer she would be if captured by the Empire. Once they arrived on Fort Anaxes, Fulcrum was already gone.

Sometime later, the rebels rescued a Tseebo, a Rodian in the Imperial Information Office whose AJ^6 cyborg construct headpiece contained vital Imperial information, from the Empire; the information included a five-year plan for the entire Outer Rim. After fleeing Lothal, the Ghost rendezvoused with Fulcrum's cruiser. Syndulla turned Tseebo over to Fulcrum, who would be able to analyze the information contained within Tseebo's headpiece.