Joph Seastriker Joph Seastriker was a male pilot from Gatalenta who served the New Republic as a lieutenant twenty four years after the Battle of Endor . He frequently worked with Leia Organa , Greer Sonnel , and Ransolm Casterfo in the dangerous mission of bringing down a major paramilitary group known as the Amaxine warriors and the cartel of the crime lord Rinnrivin Di . Joph later joined the Resistance as an X - wing pilot , along with Temmin Wexley , Greer Sonnel and others . Biography . Childhood . Joph Seastriker was born and raised on the planet of Gatalenta during the era of the New Republic . Gatalenta was a warm , tranquil world that was famed for its tea , meditative retreats and erudite poet ry . Despite his peaceful upbringing , Joph longed for excitement and adventure . As a child , Joph was known to be a restless and impatient child who longed to join the New Republic military so that he could fly the best starfighter s and travel around the galaxy . Twenty years after the Battle of Endor , Joph with the approval of his two mothers left Gatalenta and enrolled in the academy . Following graduation , Joph became an X - wing starfighter pilot and was assigned to the precision air team . He held the rank of lieutenant and was stationed at the New Republic senatorial complex on Hosnian Prime . Mission to Bastatha . In 28 ABY , Joph was given his first assignment which was to serve as a military escort to senator s Leia Organa and Ransolm Casterfo , who had embarked on a senatorial mission to the planet Bastatha as part of an investigation into the Nikto crime lord Rinnrivin Di ' s cartel . Prior to the mission , Joph met Leia ' s assistant and pilot Greer Sonnel and took a quick liking to the young woman . Joph was surprised to learn that Greer was both a pilot and political staffer who had won the Junior Sabers competition a few years ago . Joph then introduced himself to senator Organa , her protocol droid C - 3PO , her junior staffer Korr Sella , and senator Casterfo himself ; whom Joph found to be unusually well - dressed . For the mission , Joph flew his X - wing while Leia and her team traveled in her personal starship " Mirrorbright " . Upon landing on Bastatha , Joph accompanied Leia and her team to a dinner function at a local casino hosted by the Nikto magistrate s Xun and Tosta . During the function , Joph joined Leia in playing card games with the other guests . He and Korr later witnessed an argument between Leia and Casterfo about the Rebellion . Leia and Casterfo came from two rival political factions , the Populists and the Centrists , who disagreed on the level of government intervention in the New Republic . Joph later related the incident to his friend Greer and mentioned that Leia had called Casterfo a spoiled brat . Leia then informed Joph and Greer about a briefing to discuss an upcoming private conference with several Bastathan business leaders . However , this business delegation turned out to be a group of gangsters sent by Rinnrivin to kidnap Leia . Rinnrivin tried to bribe Leia into easing restrictions on illegal spice . Casterfo managed to rescue Leia and the two escaped Rinnrivin ' s headquarters . Against New Republic military protocol , Joph flew his X - wing into an underground cave rn and encountered the two senators , who had commandeered a hoversled . While grateful to Joph , Leia reprimanded the young lieutenant for breaking standard safety protocols by not summoning help and flying his X - wing into tight spaces . She are assured him that he was not on report but warned him to follow the regulations . While unrepentant , Seastriker promised to comply with senator Organa ' s orders in the future . Joph ' s actions won him the admiration of his fellow pilot Greer . After examining the data in Rinnrivin ' s raided headquarters , Leia and Casterfo realized that Rinnrivin was siphoning most of the profits from Bastatha ' s casinos into shadow corporations in the Outer Rim Territories . Mission to Pamarthe . After returning to Hosnian Prime , Joph and his fellow pilots including Temmin Wexley watched the second stage of the Five Sabers , a prestigious starship competition that was taking place on Theron . The Five Sabers was being managed by Han Solo , the husband of senator Organa and a veteran of the Rebellion . Before the game could commence , Joph and his fellow pilots were visited by Greer and senator Organa . Senator Organa had a special assignment for Joph and Greer as part of her investigation into Rinnrivin ' s cartel . Since Greer was a native of Pamarthe , senator Organa assigned Greer and Joph to investigate whether Rinnrivin was hiring pilots from that planet . Together , Joph and Greer traveled to Pamarthe , which was an ocean planet where most of the population lived on islands that were linked by many old bridges of wood , stone , and rope . Joph found crossing a rope bridge a daunting experience . For their mission , Joph had to pretend to be a native Pamarthen . While crossing the bridge , Joph exchanged conversation with Greer and admitted his fear of heights . When Greer pointed out that he wanted excitement , Joph responded that his idea of excitement did not involve throwing up . After an arduous walk , the two reached a cantina that was frequent by pilots and spacers . To prove that he was a " real " Pamarthen , Joph drank a local beverage called Port in a Storm . Joph managed to finish the drink to the cheers of the other patrons . After chatting about the Five Sabers , Greer asked a local pilot for information about work in the space around Pamarthe . The pilot informed them that there was a lot of traffic around the nearby planet Daxam IV , which was dominated by a paramilitary group called the Amaxine warriors . The pilot also informed them that the Amaxines jealously controlled the shipping around that world . Following their visit to the cantina , Joph insisted that he could have finished the entire drink . Greer then suggested that he try to finish an entire bottle of Port in a Storm . As they were walking back to their ship through the rope bridge , Joph asked Greer why senator Organa had talked about the mission in the hangar instead of the senatorial office . Greer explained that the senatorial oath prevented senators from using the Senate offices for the purposes of espionage . At that point , Joph realized that Leia had dispatched them on a secret spying mission that had not been authorized by the Galactic Senate . Enter the Amaxines . Upon returning to Hosnian Prime , Joph and Greer rendezvoused with senator Organa aboard the " Mirrorbright " and discussed their findings on the Amaxine warriors . Greer reported that the Amaxines were overseeing shipping in and out of Daxam IV and suggested that they were linked to Rinnrivin ' s cartel . From Leia , Joph and Greer learned that the Amaxines had been the name of a warrior people that had departed the galaxy at the dawn of the Old Republic . Joph remarked that the Amaxines must have spent an eternity wandering around in the void . While no records of the Amaxines existed , Greer used a computer projector to identify incidences of Amaxine activities across the galaxy . Based on the information , the three deduced that the Amaxine warriors were operating in Centrist - aligned worlds . They also agreed to organize a visit to Daxam IV as part of the next stage of their investigation into Rinnrivin ' s cartel , which had grown to include the Amaxines as well . Since Daxam IV was a Centrist world , Leia felt that it was better for her Centrist friend Casterfo to investigate the Amaxine presence there . Later , the Senatorial conference building was damaged during a bomb attack known as the Napkin Bombing . Leia managed to evacuate the Senate , saving many lives . The Napkin Bombing was the first security incident since the end of the Galactic Civil War . Leia and her companions including Joph came to believed that the bombing was linked to their investigation into Rinnrivin . After footage of an alleged Twi ' lek bomber emerged , Leia made arrangements to travel to the planet Ryloth with Joph and several other staffers including C - 3PO and Korr Sella . Meanwhile , Greer traveled with Casterfo to Daxam IV to investigate the Amaxines . Mission to Ryloth . On Ryloth , Joph and his team were hosted by Emissary Yendor , the planet ' s ambassador who had first brought Rinnrivin ' s cartel to the Galactic Senate ' s attention . He and his team visited the Ryloth archives where they found that all of the material was written on paper , tanned hides , wooden tablets and rolls . When Joph moaned about the lack of hologram s and computers , Leia explained that Ryloth had little resources due to the depredations of the Niktos and Hutt s and that the native Twi ' leks had to use anything available to preserve their history . After Korr uncovered information about the recent origins of Rinnrivin ' s cartel , Joph speculated that Rinnrivin had risen to power due to the collapse of another cartel . Due to the lack of material , the trip to Ryloth proved inconclusive . Later , Leia attended a private dinner with Yendor and left Joph and the others to mind the " Mirrorbright " . That evening , they were contacted by Casterfo who shared information that Greer had obtained about the Amaxines . Casterfo also theorized that Rinnrivin was using Ryloth as a relay station and asked Joph and his companions to investigate whether the crime lord was operating spy satellite s above the planet . Despite Leia ' s absence , Joph agreed to help Casterfo and managed to convince a reluctant C - 3PO to slice into the satellites above Ryloth . After some effort , C - 3PO managed to tap into Rinnrivin ' s spy satellites and discovered that the crime lord was hiding on the water y Expansion Region world of Sibensko . While Leia was annoyed that Joph and the other crew had acted without consulting her , she was mollified to learn that they had tracked down the Nikto crime lord ' s location . After leaving Ryloth , Joph prepared to set a course for Hosnian Prime . However , Leia delayed her return in order to find Rinnrivin . After Joph ran a scan on the spy satellites and discovered that Rinnrivin was visiting Harloff Minor , an upmarket planet near the former galactic capital of Coruscant . Under Leia ' s orders , Joph set a course for Harloff Minor where she arranged a secret meeting with Rinnrivin . During the meeting , Leia learned that Rinnrivin was not behind the Napkin Bombing . She also managed to plant a tracking device on a holocube which she returned to Rinnrivin . While approaching Hosnian Prime , Joph and Korr listened to news reports of the Centrists and Populists blaming each other for the Napkin Bombing . He was also present when Ransolm sent a brief transmission informing that their investigation had taken a " dramatic leap forward . " Joph and Korr also admitted they were despondent about the recent news reports . When Korr asked Leia whether the New Republic could collapse , Leia commented that a schism was possible if the two factions continued fighting . However , she hoped that things would work themselves out . Preparing for another mission . After returning to Hosnian Prime , Senator Organa sent Joph and Korr on another undercover mission to Chrome Citadel , a seedy space station that was known as a criminal hub . There , they saw relics of the Old Empire , the Rebel Alliance and the New Republic on sale . The two eventually approached a cantina that was known to advertise illegal work . There , the two accepted a job to transport material from Daxam IV to Sibensko . Later , Joph met with Leia , Casterfo , and Greer to plan their secret mission to Sibensko . During the meeting , the four drank and toasted Port in a Storm to senator Leia . Leia also made arrangements to obtain an Ubese bounty hunter ' s mask for Joph , false IDs , hair tint , and smuggler ' s clothing . Joph expressed skepticism at Casterfo ' s theory that Rinnrivin and Arliz Hadrassian were being aided by a source in the Senate . However , Leia backed up Casterfo ' s theory ; which was later proven to be right . Lady Carise Sindian , a prominent Centrist senator , was actually an undercover agent of the First Order , a remnant of the Old Empire , that was using Rinnrivin ' s cartel and the Amaxines to procure funds for its rearmament program . When night fell , Joph excused himself to watch the firework s display on Equinox Day , a local holiday . The following day , Joph went to service his X - wing starfighter at the Senate hangar bay . While repairing his X - wing , Seastrike chatted with another pilot named Ledaney , who was also repairing his X - wing , about Port in the Storm . Another pilot named Zari Bangel entered the conversation and chatted with Joph about his recent work with Leia ' s senatorial staff . Ledaney and Bangel expressed some light - hearted envy at Joph ' s work as a military escort for Senator Organa , which allowed to travel across the galaxy . Ledaney and Bangel regarded Joph ' s present duties as superior to flying in air show s . Keeping his missions a secret , Joph remarked that he liked performing in airshows . While conversing with the pilots , he made a list of personnel who would be sympathetic to Leia . Joph expressed some measure of shock following the public disclosure of Leia ' s true parentage as the daughter of Darth Vader . While he was wary of Leia , his friend Greer defended the embattled senator . After reflecting on Leia ' s parentage and her marriage to Han Solo , he decided to remain loyal to Leia . When Leia arrived , he and Greer confirmed that they were prepared to continue their involvement in her investigation into Rinnrivin ' s criminal activities and the Amaxine warriors . The two then complied with Leia ' s orders to make the " Mirrorbright " ready for departure . After Leia obtained leave from the Senate , Joph joined Greer and Leia in discussing the details of their mission to Sibensko . When Leia insisted on bring C - 3PO , Joph disagreed and suggested that the droid looked " too nice for pilots as broke as they were supposed to be . " After Greer suggested that he could serve as Leia ' s " minder " , Joph agreed and suggested grubbing the protocol droid with dust and a few dings to conceal his identity . During the meeting , Joph informed Leia that he had obtained a new data packet from the Ryloth satellites which suggested that Rinnrivin was planning to visit Sibensko . They agreed that their mission ' s success was paramount on not being discovered by Rinnrivin . When Greer succumbed to a Bloodburn attack , Joph caught the pilot before she could fall to the ground . He then called for a medic despite Greer ' s objections . Doctor Harter Kalonia arrived to administer a shot of hadeira serum treatment . Due to the incident , Joph learned that Greer suffered from Bloodburn , a rare disease triggered by stress and space travel . The only way to minimize its effects was to exercise and avoid stress . Joph then expressed his love for Greer , which she reciprocated . Per Gatalenta culture , Joph began crying which was was regarded as proof of a caring heart . Mission to Sibensko . Joph and his companions traveled to Sibensko in a cheap junker they had purchased . Their destination was an underwater city that lay beneath the ocean . The undercover investigators landed their junker on a raised landing platform that was protected by a force field . Leia then informed Joph that she had placed a tracker on Rinnrivin during their last meeting . Upon disembarking , Joph and Greer were greeted by an Amaxine warrior named Padric , who asked them for their work codes . For the mission , Leia pretended to be an indentured servant while C - 3PO pretended to be her minder . After ascertaining Joph and Greer ' s credentials , Padric informed that that they would commence loading the shipment from Daxam IV onto their junker . He also instructed them to rendezvous with their contacts at the destination point and to help transfer the cargo to them . Joph and Greer quickly learned that their cargo was a shipment of thermal detonator s and that their destination was Hosnian Prime . While Joph and Greer supervised the loading , Leia and C - 3PO infiltrated the underwater city and managed to access banking records which proved that the Amaxines were funding Rinnrivin ' s cartel . They also discovered that the Amaxines operated a base on the planet . When Leia contacted Joph via comlink , Joph told her that Greer was finalizing the shipment . Leia told him about the information that she and C - 3PO had uncovered about the Amaxines and Rinnrivin ' s cartel . She also sent Threepio back to Joph and Greer with the data . Leia told them that she would remain behind in order to spy on the Amaxines . When Joph disagreed and suggested that he and Greer come along , Leia told him that she would be able to handle the work alone . Leia then reiterated her instructions to Joph to get C - 3PO and the data safely offworld to the Galactic Senate . Joph and C - 3PO reluctantly complied with Leia ' s orders . An hour later , Joph and Greer had finished loading their cargo and had managed to reunite with C - 3PO . While on board , the three debated the merits of leaving Leia behind . While Joph was unhappy about leaving Organa behind , Greer pointed out that the Senator was perfectly capable of looking after herself . C - 3PO added that they had received orders from Leia to leave . Despite his discomfort , he accepted Greer ' s view that they needed to get C - 3PO and the valuable data offworld . While departing the underwater city , C - 3PO analyzed the computers ' records of foot traffic in the underwater city and discovered that an entire Amaxine army was housed in the city . Meanwhile , Leia managed to escape the Amaxines by fleeing up a landing platform . There , she was picked up by Han Solo , who had arrived on a modified racer . Joph and his companions were also relieved at Han ' s arrival . Han and Leia managed to shoot down two Amaxine starfighters that had been sent after them . One of the fighters , a B - wing crashed into the underwater city ' s munition depot ; triggering an explosion that wiped out the city and the entire Amaxine army garrisoned there . This bombing neutralized both Rinnrivin ' s cartel and the Amaxine warriors as threats to the New Republic . However , Joph and his team failed to undercover the two organizations ' links to several Centrist senators including Lady Carise and the First Order . Joining the Resistance . Following the events on Sibensko , Joph and Greer rented a low - rent civilian hangar for their junker and the stolen detonators . While Joph had toyed with the idea of turning the detonators over to a commander or admiral in the New Republic Starfleet , he decided not to because their trip to Sibensko had not been a military mission but a senatorial one . After some discussions with Greer , the two decided that they could not let the detonators get into the hands of criminal elements . Instead , they decided to hide the detonators in a secure holding unit until they received new orders from Leia . Meanwhile , Leia addressed the Senate about her investigation into Rinnrivin ' s cartel and the Amaxines . Leia was supported by her former friend Casterfo , who shared her views about the threat posed by the Amaxines . Despite Leia ' s warnings , most of the Senate discounted the Amaxines as a fringe element and refused to believe that other threats to the Republic existed . Disillusioned with the Senate ' s complacency and indecisiveness , Leia resigned as Senator . She then convened a secret meeting in the Senate hangar bay that was attended by several Rebel Alliance veterans and New Republic personnel . Joph was invited to the meeting and also managed to recruit two fellow New Republic pilots Temmin Wexley and Zari Bangel . During the meeting , Leia established a new paramilitary outfit called the Resistance to protect the New Republic without being constricted by the Republic ' s regulations . Seastriker was later promoted to Commander by the time of the founding of the training unit J - Squadron . Personality and traits . Joph Seastriker was a human male with blonde hair and blue eyes . He exceed the minimum height requirements in the New Republic Defense Fleet by 1 and 1 / 2 millimeter s . As a child , Joph longed for excitement and adventure and chafed under the tranquility of his peaceful homeworld of Gatalenta . He was known to be a restless and impatient child who longed to join the New Republic military in order to fly the best starfighters . After enrolling in the Academy and joining the New Republic military , Joph looked back on his childhood on Gatalenta as living in a different timeline . He never regretted his decision to leave his homeworld , which he found too stifling and placid to his liking . Joph took an instant liking to the pilot Greer Sonnel and the two gradually developed a romantic relationship in the course of their work for senator Organa . On one occasion , Joph undertook a dangerous maneuver by flying his X - wing into a cavern to find Leia , who had been kidnapped by gangster s . While his actions breached New Republic safety protocols , he never regretted it . His maneuver also won him the admiration of Greer , who complimented his bravery . Despite his love for flying , Joph had a fear of heights since he had never experienced high altitudes outside of his X - wing starfighter . Joph also showed initiative when he helped Casterfo to hack into Rinnrivin ' s satellites , yielding information on the crime lord ' s movements . While Leia was annoyed that he had not consulted her , she was pleased with the information he had yielded . Joph and Greer were also experienced with undercover work which they carried out on at least three occasions . As a native of Gatalenta , Joph was taught that crying was a sign of a caring heart . He cried when he expressed his love for Greer , which she reciprocated . Joph eventually came to share Leia ' s views that the New Republic was incapable of protecting itself and was one of the founding members of the Resistance , a paramilitary outfit aimed at defending the Republic . Skills and abilities . As a member of the New Republic Starfleet , Joph was a skilled X - wing starfighter pilot . Besides being an elite pilot , he also knew how to repair and maintain his starship . Behind the scenes . Joph Seastriker first appeared in the 2016 novel " Bloodline " , written by Claudia Gray . He is one of the five main point - of - view characters in the novel . While writing the novel , Gray mentally pictured Seastriker as being portrayed by .