Ilwizzt

"Down on the floor! Don't breathe! Evacuate&mdash;crawling!"

- Major Brco

The Ilwizzt were a sentient species with mahogany skin and a prominent trunk. This trunk flared and vibrated when they spoke. Brco was an Ilwizzt who attained the rank of Major in the G'rho Defense Force. He was in charge in 1 BBY when a Ssi-ruu strike-force invaded the Wild Space planet. Despite ordering the world's Conjo fighters to attack, Brco and virtually all the other colonists were captured by the Ssi-ruu.

Biology and appearance
The Ilwizzt were a sentient species with mahogany skin. Their most prominent facial feature was a trunk, which had two nostrils at its end which flared when Ilwizzt spoke with emotion. The trunk was flexible, moving when Ilwizzt spoke, often thrusting towards the partner in the conversation. The Ilwizzt were able to speak Galactic Basic Standard through his trunk, but did so with a buzzing accent.

History
Ilwizzt were present in the galaxy in the final years of the Galactic Empire. The Ilwizzt Brco lived on the planet G'rho, a barren and sparsely settled Chandrilan colony located in Wild Space. Although considered stodgy by some of the locals, Brco attained the rank of Major in the G'rho Defense Force. The Defense Force was located near Boku Settlement, the sole residential center on the planet, and from there Brco coordinated the G'rho militia which consisted of one system patrol vessel and three squadrons of atmospheric Conjo fighters.

Brco was in command when Boku Settlement was raided by the Ssi-ruuvi Imperium in 1 BBY. The Ssi-ruuvi Imperium was composed of the reptilian Ssi-ruu and was located within a globular star-cluster withim Wild Space. After a failed attempt at communication with the invaders, Brco ordered his Conjo fighters to attack; however, this force was insufficient to stop the Ssi-ruu forces. They attacked the Ilwizzt's office with a gas grenades to knock out its inhabitants. Brco barely had time to order an evacuation of his office before the gas took effect. Despite the Ilwizzt's efforts, the Ssi-ruu conquered G'rho. Notwithstanding a brief resistance of a few dozen colonists, virtually all of the planet's colonists were eliminated by the Ssi-ruu and enteched&mdash;a process in which a sentient's life energy was absorbed into battery coils. The raid was later reported in Imperial HoloVision, but attributed to the Rebel Alliance.

Behind the scenes
The Ilwizzt were mentioned in The Truce at Bakura Sourcebook, a West End Games sourcebook published in 1996. They were created by Kathy Tyers, who also wrote the novel The Truce at Bakura for which the sourcebook was written to complement.