Thannik Thannik was a male Human bounty hunter active during the Galactic Civil War . In the course of his career , he associated with smugglers , other bounty hunters , known Rebels , and other figures on the fringe of galactic society . A skilled and aggressive fighter , Thannik engaged the forces of the Galactic Empire in combat on several occasions . His protocol droid GT - 9R and a pilot named Rhen frequently accompanied him on his adventures , including a visit to the Dancing Dewback cantina and a scheme to deliver blasters to the Rebel Alliance . Biography . Thannik , a male Human , worked as a bounty hunter during the Galactic Civil War . Unlike many bounty hunters of the period , he was on friendly terms with the sort of people most hunters considered targets , including several smugglers and known Rebels . His adventuring companions included his protocol droid GT - 9R and a pilot named Rhen . Accompanied by GT - 9R , Rhen , the outlaw Dirk Harkness , and a child named Cev Rees , Thannik once visited the Dancing Dewback cantina to meet with a Devaronian contact . Thannik , though he appreciated the ambiance of the establishment , hung back with his droid to assess the situation , keeping an eye out for heavily armed patrons and a path for a quick exit . The rest of his companions , meanwhile , headed directly for the bar . Thannik accompanied the same group , minus Harkness , during an attempt to smuggle several crates of blasters to the Rebel Alliance . In the course of this enterprise , they were followed by a group who claimed Thannik and his associates owed them money . These pursuers caught up with Thannik and his companions in an open - air market on a world with a bright blue sun . Three of them , led by a tall , cloaked Human , pulled their blasters on the group and demanded their money . Thannik opened fire , wounding the leader , and avoided the return fire . In the meantime , his companions fled to a nearby cantina , where they found themselves surrounded by more armed individuals . Thannik was also associated with a pirate named Drebble , who once tried to hurriedly fix a power coupling on Thannik ' s ship in order to make a quick liftoff . Another known associate was a Rodian bounty hunter named Reeveid , who Thannik once met with in a cantina . While Thannik ' s battle experiences sometimes involved vehicular combat , such as attacking his foes with the laser cannon on a speeder bike or firing on a snowspeeder flying overhead , most of these experiences involved close , personal combat . He fought other bounty hunters on at least one occasion , switching from longer - range blaster fire to close combat with a vibro - ax in the course of the fight . Similarly , during a fight with a stormtrooper , Thannik began by using a vibroblade , but later switched to an unarmed attack — namely punching the stormtrooper right in the helmet . Thannik fought against stormtroopers on several different occasions , once stealing and wearing a suit of stormtrooper armor . Thannik was stunned or wounded in battle several times . He was once nearly killed in battle and required four days ' treatment in a bacta tank to recover from his wounds . Personality and traits . In combat , Thannik was aggressive , and not afraid to get into close contact with the enemy . He was comfortable in potentially dangerous places like the Dancing Dewback , where he looked forward to the possibility of a brawl breaking out . This contrasted with several of his companions , such as Rhen and GT - 9R , who preferred to stay out of personal combat . On the other hand , he showed caution when entering dangerous situations , in contrast to someone like Cev Rees or Dirk Harkness who would walk right into cantinas without checking for danger first . Skills and abilities . Like most bounty hunters , Thannik was skilled at searching for hidden objects and individuals . In personal combat , Thannik was a crack shot with a blaster , especially with blaster pistols , and at avoiding blaster bolts and other weapons fire . He was a skilled light freighter pilot as well , especially when at the controls of Ghtroc Industries models . Thannik also displayed some general expertise on Wookiee - related subjects . Throughout his career , Thannik worked to sharpen his combat and his non - combat skills . As he gained experience , he became a fairly shrewd bargainer and more generally knowledgeable than he was as a rookie . He once upgraded his blaster skills by training with a marksman named Hist for a week . By the end of the week , Thannik had matched his teacher in skill . Equipment . Thannik , like many bounty hunters , had an extensive arsenal . He carried several blasters , including a heavy blaster pistol , a hold - out blaster , and a regular blaster pistol . He also used grenades , including thermal detonators , and melee weapons such as vibroblades , vibro - axes , and a pair of combat knives . Thannik protected himself in combat by wearing a protective vest , and carried two medpacs in case of emergency . A jetpack and about a thousand credits in cash completed Thannik ' s personal equipment . Thannik owned an old Ghtroc Class 720 freighter , which he acquired second - hand . Though it was in rough shape when he bought it , some of his smuggler friends upgraded it for him . Acquiring this vessel put Thannik at least 5000 credits in debt to a loan shark on Celanon . Behind the scenes . Thannik is a sample player character appearing in several game play examples in Bill Smith ' s 1996 roleplaying game book " " , published by West End Games . These include examples of group play , skill use , and character creation . Thannik ' s player " Greg " shares a name with WEG designers Greg Farshtey , Greg Costikyan , or Greg Gorden , while the gamemaster " Bill " shares his name with WEG writers Bill Smith and Bill Slavicsek . Thannik ' s game statistics are based on the rulebook ' s player character template for a Human bounty hunter . For the most part , the rulebook examples featuring Thannik are rewritten versions of examples previously included in Smith ' s 1992 game book " " . In these reused examples , Thannik replaces Tirog , another bounty hunter character played by Greg . As a result , Thannik ' s biography closely parallels Tirog ' s . Two of Thannik ' s associates , GT - 9R and Drebble , are companions of Tirog ' s in the previous rulebook . In game play examples related to space combat , Thannik ' s associate Rhen flies a Class 720 freighter named " Thannik ' s Thunder " . In these examples , Rhen flies " Thannik ' s Thunder " in combat against pirates flying Z - 95 Headhunters and against Imperial TIE fighters . In another game play example , " Thannik ' s Thunder " is captured by the tractor beams of an " Imperial I " - class Star Destroyer .