Mikka Reekeene

"But we do need fresh blood, Tiree. We're barely sixty souls abord this ship, carrying out missions across the Empire."

- Lens Reekeene to Tay Vanis, with Mikka Reekeene listening.

Mikka Reekeene was a male Human engineer, mechanic and outlaw, as well as the husband to mercenary leader Lens Reekeene.

Mikka Reekeene had been arrested by the Galactic Empire. In jail, he met and married Lens. Mikka was released and, as soon as he had a chance, worked hard to release Lens. Along with his wife, Mikka Reekeene then joined the Alliance to Restore the Republic and became Lens's second-in-command in Reekeene's Roughnecks, a guerrilla organization disturbing Imperial activities in the Fakir sector. With Lens having became General Reekeene and the maximum leader of the Rougnecks, Mikka had the chance to work as an engineer in the Roughneck mobile headquarters, the starship Home, customizing it.

Biography
Mikka Reekeene worked as an engineer for Sartran Corporation until 14 BBY. At that point, the governing Galactic Empire took the company apart, saying that it was involved in some activities constitutive of treason. Reekeene was arrested and sent to jail. There, he met Lens, a former mercenary leader who had worked in a garrison for Sartran until the Empire arrested her under false charges. Reekeene and Lens married in prison.

Mikka Reekeene was eventually released due to a mistake made by the prison management. Once free, Mikka spent time getting money through any available means to set his wife at large. He achieved this goal in 11 BBY. Once she had escaped, she discovered that most of her previous men had died in jail. Eager to get revenge, Lens joined the Alliance to Restore the Republic, wanting to create a military force that could fight the Imperials. With less political ideas, Mikka Reekeene also joined the Alliance so that he could protect his wife.

Soon, Lens became a high-ranking officer of the Alliance, and she kept her husband by her side as her advisor. At some point, the Reekeenes were contacted by Santhou Lazith'chika, a mysterious alien who managed to gain their confidence. Lazith'chika became Mikka's main adviser, and Lens' second main adviser. The Reekeenes and Lazith'chika then founded the Reekeene's Roughnecks, a guerrilla organization that harassed Imperial forces in the Fakir sector. They intended to attract Imperial attention, diverting their resources from the Alliance main fleet.

The Reekeenes and Lazith'chika were the highest-ranking members of the Roughnecks, briefing the members of any sub-team and answering 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 the co-leader of the Roughnecks, Mikka used his empathy and caution as a counterpoint to his wife's aggressiveness. As the chief engineer of the Roughnecks, Mikka modified the mobile headquarters, the water hauler Home, adding a secret cargo hold in the starboard port. Mikka and Lens were the only two people who knew which was the course of the Home at any point. Although most members of the Roughnecks wore a colored armpatch identifying their squad, the Reekeenes wore white patches because they were the commanding officers.

Around 0 ABY, a silent Mikka Reekeene joined his wife, Lazith'chika and Rebel Lieutenant Am Serro onboard Home to hear the report of special operative Tay "Tiree" Vanis' twentieth operation. Vanis had failed to recruit some new agents and had also reached the mission limit before mandatory retirement. Nevertheless, Lens Reekeene assigned him to a new job. Neither Mikka nor the other officers objected to this.

Personality and traits
Mikka Reekeene was an engineer and mechanic, specialized in the maintenance of space transports, repulsor drives and starfighters, with some skill to pilot transports. He commonly dressed in overalls and carried tools and switches which he sometimes forgot wherever he went. He harbored the wish of developing a hyperspace alternator sequencing module better than any other. One of the few Humans able to really pronounce the Shyriwook language, Mikka was also prone to speak in a strong, hardly understandable accent particularly in moments of stress.

Mikka was married to Lens Reekeene and performed several tasks only because of her, such as joining the Rebel Alliance. Lens, commonly seen as cold and detached, was warmer with her husband.

As of 0 ABY, Mikka Reekeene was sixty years old and overweight, but was in considerably good shape. He also sported a full beard at this point.

Behind the scenes
Mikka 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, along with another Campaign, in Classic Campaigns. Mikka was first graphically depicted in the webcomic Rookies: Rendezvous (2006) by Pablo Hidalgo. Mikka's hair color has never been specified, but Hidalgo's monochrome depiction rules out black.

Appearances

 * Rookies: Rendezvous