Sunnar Jan - lo Sunnar Jan - lo was a native of Agamar and a member of the Agamar Resistance who joined the Alliance to Restore the Republic after attending a recruitment speech by the Rebel Chief of State Mon Mothma . Solidly built , decisive , and energetic , Jan - lo had been a leader on her homeworld prior to joining the Alliance . Although she wanted to pursue a career in intelligence , she initially served as a starfighter pilot , seeing action fighting against forces of the Galactic Empire during and after the Imperial offensive Operation Strike Fear . Jan - lo flew as pilot Keyan Farlander ' s wingmate in an attack on the " Imperial " - class Star Destroyer " Intrepid " after it became stranded and defenseless in the Circarpous system . Her X - wing fighter was hit by a missile during the mission , and , although she managed to eject , she suffered burns and cuts over her face , arms , and legs . She spent the following days in a bacta tank and was grounded afterward . Being unable to fly gave her the opportunity to enter intelligence training . She eventually transferred to Alliance Intelligence shortly before the Battle of Yavin . Biography . Joining the Alliance . A native of the Outer Rim world of Agamar during the Imperial era , the female Sunnar Jan - lo joined the local anti - Imperial resistance movement at some point prior to 0 BBY and quickly became a natural leader within the organization . After the Galactic Empire destroyed the Agamarian town of Tondatha , Rebel Alliance Chief of State Mon Mothma visited Agamar to negotiate bringing the resistance into the wider Rebellion . Mothma gave a speech to members of the resistance at a rally in the Agamarian capital of Calna Muun prior to negotiations with the resistance leaders , but Jan - lo took little convincing and was one of four Agamarians who decided to enlist immediately with the Alliance . Following the rally , Jan - lo boarded a shuttle along with the other new recruits — Keyan Farlander , Breth Gart , and ' Ndranth Poussan — and traveled to the waiting Mon Calamari Star Cruiser " Independence " . The shuttle landed in a hangar toward the rear of the Mon Calamari vessel , and the recruits were taken to a waiting room , before being shown to their quarters and assigned liaison officers for the duration of their training . Though Jan - lo wanted to work in Alliance Intelligence , senior Alliance personnel felt that there was a greater need for starfighter pilots at that time , and she was assigned to the Alliance Starfighter Corps along with the other new recruits . Her basic training began with flight maneuvers in the pilot proving grounds , before she moved on to simulated combat scenarios under Commander Wex " TIE - Die " Dafid . First mission . Jan - lo proved to be a competent pilot , performing better than Poussan in training . Before long , Farlander was selected for active duty and was soon followed by Poussan , who was selected for the evacuation of the Rebel base on Brigia , despite his lack of experience , due to a shortage of available pilots . Jan - lo herself went on to active duty shortly after the evacuation and was assigned to Red Squadron aboard the " Independence " . She was reunited with Farlander , also a member of Red Squadron , during her first mission briefing and delivered the news that Poussan had been killed at Briggia and that Gart had washed out of training with disorientation syndrome . The Alliance had learned that the " Imperial " - class Star Destroyer " Invincible " , the command vessel of the Imperial offensive known as Operation Strike Fear , was low on supplies following the attack on Briggia and was looking to resupply before a planned attack on Rudrig . Jan - lo ' s first mission , in which she flew alongside Farlander and two pilots from Blue Squadron , was to ambush a supply convoy heading for the " Invincible " , setting back the Imperial campaign by several weeks . Upon exiting hyperspace near the " Invincible " , Farlander sent Jan - lo to intercept the convoy ' s TIE fighter and TIE interceptor escorts in her X - wing , joining her after firing his full proton torpedo load at the escorting CR90 corvette " Ranger " . The two continued to dogfight the Imperial fighters while Blue Squadron ' s Y - wings engaged the BFF - 1 bulk freighter s of Juno group . When the fighters were destroyed , the X - wing pilots helped to finish off the freighters before the Rebel forces returned to the " Independence " . Operation Strike Fear . Around this time , Ordnance and Supply Command alerted all Alliance forces that their supplies of astromech droids — which provided pilot support and computer functions in starfighters — were running low . When the Alliance learned of a shipment of Imperial R2 - series astromech droid s aboard the freighter " Ars Opus " , forces from the " Independence " were dispatched to capture the droids . The new droids were quickly put to use in a three - ship X - wing patrol . Though Jan - lo was not assigned to the patrol , she was working in the ship ' s Operations Section when they received a message indicating that the X - wings were out of control . Knowing that Farlander ' s friend , Captain Hamo Blastwell , was one of the pilots involved , Jan - lo contacted her fellow Agamarian to warn him . It soon emerged that the droids had been sabotaged with hidden programming that would cause them to take over the X - wings they were put in and deliver them to the Empire , but the Rebels were able to safely retrieve the ships before they could fall into Imperial hands . The Rebels later conducted a series of operations to bring the Sullustans into the Alliance . For his part in these missions , Farlander was promoted to captain and Jan - lo helped organize a party to celebrate her friend ' s promotion . The Sullustans worked with General Crix Madine of Alliance Special Forces to devise a plan to end Operation Strike Fear by destroying the " Invincible " . The first part of the plan called for the capture of members of the Cygnus Spaceworks design staff to make special modifications to one of their " Lambda " - class shuttles . Jan - lo was assigned as Farlander ' s wingmate in a two - ship A - wing group charged with escorting the " Delta " - class transport " Lightning " as it captured the Cygnus staff while they conducted starfighter performance trials . The two Rebel pilots emerged from hyperspace to find several inactive TIE Series fighters in the area , along with one heavily shielded fighter of an unfamiliar design , which Jan - lo dubbed a " Gunboat . " Jan - lo quickly targeted the TIEs before they could power up , while Farlander scanned the nearby transports to locate the design staff — the Gunboat retreated to hyperspace when confronted . By the time the " Lightning " entered the area and moved to board the designers ' transport , TIE fighters were beginning to scramble in response to the attack . However , Jan - lo and Farlander kept them from the " Lightning " until it completed its mission , and the Rebels jumped back into hyperspace , reporting the unusual sighting upon their return to the " Independence " . A new threat . The Rebels were ultimately successful in destroying the " Invincible " and putting an end to Operation Strike Fear , but news of a greater threat soon emerged . Following the rescue of a group of Rebel pilots from Stars ' End prison , the escapees brought news of a shipment of Wookiee slaves to an Imperial construction project . One of the escaped pilots , Captain Samuel Raider , outlined a plan to rescue the Wookiees during a briefing led by the " Independence " planning officer , Commander S ' man , and selected Jan - lo and Farlander to accompany him on the mission . However , when Raider ' s fellow escapee Toalagar asked to get straight back into active duty , Raider decided to take him instead of Jan - lo . Toalagar was killed during the mission . Jan - lo continued to serve with Red Squadron while the Rebels attempted to learn more about the Imperial construction project . After veteran pilot Captain Puck Naeco was transferred to the squadron , he started a series of practical jokes aimed at his wingmates . Knowing that Naeco was attracted to Jan - lo , the other pilots recruited her help in gaining their revenge . Jan - lo struck up a conversation with Naeco and told him to meet her privately in a storage shed in the Quarren section of the ship . When Naeco entered the dark room , Jan - lo called him over and told him to kiss her . Only when he did so did the hidden pilots turn the lights on to reveal that he was kissing a Quarren kitchen worker who was in on the joke . Battle in the Circarpous system . Following the capture of the plans to the Empire ' s new Death Star battlestation — the Imperial construction project of which the Alliance had previously learned — shortly before the Battle of Yavin , the Alliance learned that the Star Destroyer " Intrepid " had been damaged in a collision with a frigate and was awaiting repairs to its hyperdrive . The " Independence " launched a series of raids that prevented these repairs and left the " Intrepid " stranded in the Circarpous system . The Rebels soon launched a direct starfighter assault on the " Intrepid " . The battle plan combined X - wings from Red Squadron , Y - wings from Blue Squadron , and A - wings from Gold Squadron , with Jan - lo assigned to an X - wing as Farlander ' s wing . Upon entering the Circarpous system , Farlander instructed Jan - lo to target the TIE fighters launching from the " Intrepid " while the Y - wings began their run on the Star Destroyer . Once the first wave of TIE fighters was eliminated , Jan - lo and Farlander turned toward an oncoming wave of TIE bombers . Farlander ' s target survived his first pass , but Jan - lo was able to pick it off . However , another bomber was able to lock a concussion missile on her X - wing . Jan - lo managed to eject as the missile struck and destroyed her starfighter , but she was left with burns to her face and seared patches and deep gouges in her arms and legs . Despite their losses , the Rebels were successful in destroying the " Intrepid " . Following the battle , Jan - lo was picked up and taken back to the " Independence " , where she spent the next few days receiving medical treatment in one of the ship ' s bacta tanks . Her recovery went well , and she was soon looking forward to making her return to active duty . Farlander and Naeco were among the pilots who visited her during her convalescence . By the time Rebel leader Leia Organa was captured over Tatooine while delivering the Death Star plans to the Rebel base on Yavin 4 , Jan - lo had recovered from her injuries but was not cleared for active flight duty . Jan - lo ' s grounding allowed the pilot to pursue her intelligence training ; she was transferred to Alliance Intelligence and was sent on a classified assignment that would take her away from the " Independence " for some time . Personality and traits . Jan - lo was solidly built , decisive , and energetic . A committed member of the Agamar Resistance , she did not hesitate to join the Rebel Alliance following Mon Mothma ' s rally . Her determination was shown in the speed with which she recovered from the injuries sustained against the " Intrepid " and her desire to get back into a cockpit . She was calm and often quiet — even sitting in silence on her first trip to the " Independence " — typically keeping her comments short and to the point . While getting revenge on Naeco for his practical jokes , the atypically seductive tone in Jan - lo ' s voice took Keyan Farlander by surprise . Despite her quiet nature , Jan - lo was always a leader on her homeworld , and this trait continued after joining the Alliance . Upon first arriving aboard the " Independence " , Jan - lo helped to reassure ' Ndranth Poussan and Breth Gart when they were nervous , and the typically insular Gart confided in her about his desire to try again after failing his initial flight training . Jan - lo had a good relationship with her wingmates , particularly her fellow Agamarian Keyan Farlander and Naeco , who was noticeably attracted to her . She helped to organize a party to celebrate Farlander ' s promotion to captain and made sure to seek him out to let him know about her transfer to Alliance Intelligence . When she was recovering from her injuries , both Farlander and Naeco visited her . Though Jan - lo decided she wanted to work in intelligence soon after joining the Alliance , she undertook flight training to help fill a shortage of pilots and became a competent pilot in her own right . She particularly liked fighting against standard TIE fighters , as she found them to be easy targets . Behind the scenes . Sunnar Jan - lo was created by Rusel DeMaria for the 1993 book " " , which presented the story of Keyan Farlander , the player - character in the game " " . In the book , Jan - lo is established as one of the previously unidentified pilots aboard the " Independence " from the game .