Siene Symm

Siene Symm was a Sullustan male convict swindler and, later, co-pilot of the yatch Long Shot for Reekeene's Roughnecks, a military unit of the Alliance to Restore the Republic.

Biography
A professional cheat, sly deceiver and qualified counterfeiter, Siene Symm began his career as a criminal. He was eventually caught and sent to an Imperial warcraft, to perform unfree labour. During this time, he brushed up his skills to use and repair starship technology, and he also developed firm anti-Imperial ideas. He would not be free for several years.

Wanting to do his part defeating the Empire, Symm then became a member of the Alliance to Restore the Republic. Around 0 BBY, he was destined to space transport Long Shot, under captain Ixsthmus. They were the only organic crew of the ship, although two droids, R2-V0 and 4-1B had been assigned to the ship and they would commonly ferry Rebel squads to planets to perform a variety of missions. The Long Shot had been assigned to Reekeene's Roughnecks, an irregular partisan group of the Alliance under the command of General Lens Reekeene.

In 0 ABY, the Long Shot was assigned to take the newbie Green squad of Roughnecks to the planet Abonshee to open diplomatic relations with the native population. While Ixsthmus reported the situation, Symm took the controls and piloted the ship.

En route, they were intercepted by the pirate ship Martinette, commandeered by a Captain Jayhawk. Once they dealt with these self-proclaimed privateers, Symm took the ship to Abonshee. Both Symm and Ixsthmus remained on board during the negotations, which would be performed by the Green squad.

This allowed Symm to identify an approaching Imperial ship, the shuttle Resurgence. The Empire did not know that the Long Shot was a Rebel ship, but they could discover that should they find the ship there. Ixsthmus ordered Symm to leave even before Green squad could board again. Symm warned the Green squad of the situation through a communicator, promised them he would return with reinforcements, and asked them to lay low meanwhile.

The Long Shot rendezvoused with two Roughneck X-wings and returned to Abonshee, to rescue Green squad if needed. The situation ended with the Imperials defeated and Abonshee joining the Alliance.

Symm served the Roughnecks in other missions, including the rescue of General Reekeene and an attack on Repair Station M13.

Personality and traits
Siene Symm was a hard-working co-pilot, professional and competent. He developed several skills related to space transport, including piloting them, repairing them and using their weapons and communications. Symm also retained talents from his less-than-legal days, such as his forgery abilities. An officer of the Rebel Alliance, Symm commonly carried a blaster pistol.

As a person, Symm was a happy worker, enjoying travelling, piloting and being with other people. Friendly, although still a con sentient, he developed a false persona of naïveté to hide his own skills.

Symm was also a bon vivant, using pretentious clothes and tasting exotic food and Drilbian wine. His cabin on board the Long Shot was more opulent than the captain's &mdash; although the captain was quite frugal in his tastes. Symm used red lights and heavy atmosphere in his place to replicate the conditions of Sullust, something that was disliked by non-Sullustans visitors.

As of 1 ABY, Symm had served under Ixsthmus for one year, and both of them had became good friends, even if they had very different backgrounds.

Behind the scenes
Symm was mentioned in "The Long Shot Campaign", first published in Star Wars Campaign Pack and then re-plubished along with other material in Classic Campaigns.