Ixsthmus Ixsthmus was a male Ithorian who served in the Alliance to Restore the Republic during the Galactic Civil War . Biography . Ixsthmus was a dedicated member of the Alliance to Restore the Republic . He was part of Reekeene ' s Roughnecks , an Irregular group of Rebel fighters operating in the Fakir sector based from the modified Tsukkian water freighter , " Home " . He was the designated pilot of Green squad and flew the space transport " Long Shot " in several missions for the Roughnecks . His crew consisted of his Sullustan first mate Siene Symm , R2 - V0 , Four - Onebee and a changing number of Rebel irregulars that were assigned to Green squad according to the mission at hand . He once flew a mission to the planet Masterhome , where Green squad had been tasked with opening diplomatic relations between the local Anointed People and the Rebel Alliance . After dealing with the pirate crew of the " Martinette " en route to Abonshee , Green squad made peaceful contact with the ruler of the planet , the Godking Trisstan . Ixsthmus remained with the ship for the most part of the negotiations , since his place was as a pilot , not as a would - be diplomat . After several covert and overt tests by the Godking , Green squad was well on its way to convincing the monarch and his people to join the Rebel Alliance . Unexpectedly , the Imperial " Curich " - class shuttle " Resurgence " appeared in the atmosphere , heading for the Godking ' s castle where the diplomatic talks were being held . Ixsthmus decided that he could not allow the Imperial ship to detect them , and if he and Symm were going to have a chance to slip away , they could not wait for the rest of Green squad which was still back at the Godking ' s castle . Siene Symm delivered the news to the rest of the squad , and the " Long Shot " took off into space , with the promise to come back with reinforcements , suggesting to the rest of the team to hide until they came back . As soon as the ship was clear of Masterhome ' s orbit and out of communications reach of the Imperial vessel , Ixthmus contacted " Home " and informed the Alliance of the situation . The Rebel base quickly scrambled a couple of X - wings from Red squad to rendezvous with him . The X - wings immediately returned to Masterhome to provide air support for Green squad in the fight against the Imperials . Ixsthmus served the Roughnecks in other missions , including shuttle service to the volcanic world Alabash and a long , boring watch of the communication center of Iyuta that also required dodging some custom officers . Also during this mission , Ixsthmus and the others in the " Long Shot " discovered that General Reekeene had been captured by Imperial forces and sent to the planet Flankers , whose sun would go nova in only hours . Ixsthmus captained the " Long Shot " during this time . Personality and traits . Ixsthmus was stern , intelligent , capable , extremely honest and had no sense of humor . He was however , considered to be quite good looking by his fellow Ithorians despite his serious demeanor . Ixsthmus tried to protect his starship the " Long Shot " as much as he could from unnecessary damage during battles , as he knew that for the Rebellion to succeed , it would need as much ships as it could get , and for the ship to be destroyed foolishly was not something he would allow . However , when the lives of fellow Alliance members were in jeopardy , he would then do anything in his power to safeguard their lives . A strong dislike for deceitfulness and underhandedness made Ixsthmus avoid any situation that had to do with lying and cheating , often relying on Siene Symm to handle this type of encounter . He was known to be very critical of mainstream Human culture , which he considered " Frivolous and decadent . " Powers and abilities . Ixsthmus proved time and again to be a good leader , when commanding space transport crews . He was also a good pilot , navigator and a decent shot with a blaster . Equipment . The starship under his command during the Galactic Civil War was the " Long Shot " , a modified Lantillian ShipWrights GX1 Short Hauler . He was given command of the ship after the Roughnecks stole it from an Imperial Admiral at Callonia ' s spaceport .