Sirrik Olyeg Sirrik Olyeg was a Chagrian female fisherperson , captain of a trawler for Bartyn Gourmet Delicacies in Lamaredd and later , when working conditions became unbearable , the first syndical leader in the planet , founder of the Sailor ' s Union . Biography . Sirrik Olyeg was a Chagrian woman . She was one of the First - Wavers , the original settlers lured with false words to Bartyn ' s Landing , a new coastal town in Lamaredd , c . 529 BBY . Once there , the Chagrian , Iskalonian , Gungan , Mon Calamari and Quarren settlers became indentured servants , or slaves , to the mayor , Hugo Bartyn , and forced to work either in the food processing plant or in trawlers . Olyeg had a family . All of them except for her died in a random attack performed by a swoop gang made of Quarrens . She then turned to work and excelled in fishing . Although Bartyn was a speciesist , he had to admit that his fishermen were providing him with a good profit through his company of seafood Bartyn Gourmet Delicacies . As such , Bartyn allowed the sailors much more freedom and commodities than to the plant workers , who commonly died of accidents or of inter - species violence . C . 517 BBY , seventeen of the trawlers were under alien captains — albeit only unofficially . Olyeg , by then an elderly person , was one of these captains . These alien captains created an informal boat - to - boat communication network for security purposes . Understanding that the conditions in Bartyn ' s Landing were unacceptable , Olyeg was the first to use the network subversively , talking about a rebellion against Bartyn — an idea that was accepted by other aliens and even some Humans . Knowing that Bartyn would have people monitoring the conversations , Olyeg used metaphors about the oceans that tricked these people . She planned a sudden work stoppage at a certain date . When the date came , the boats disappeared in the open sea , giving no reason for it . Should a boat sink , then the technology would allow Bartyn to know . As the planet was mostly ocean , Bartyn could not assign his then - scarce resources to look for the missing trawlers , but neither could he afford to ignore the situation : He had pending orders from the Hutts . Rumors grew in Bartyn ' s Landing , until the truth was discovered . As soon as it was known , the workers in the plant joined the strike , not yielding to Bartyn ' s threats . Knowing that Bartyn was desperate , Olyeg gave her movement a name , the Sailor ' s Union and became officially the " first chair " of it . She then asked Bartyn for a face - to - face meeting to negotiate . Bartyn made several concessions to Olyeg , improving the life of the aliens in several ways : The overcrowded living area of The Ring was increased , aliens could settle in leased farms around the Landing , and Bartyn ceded the second biggest continent of the planet , Little Mon Cal , as an alien homeland . Bartyn also obtain a profit from this negotiation and his profits increased . The Sailor ' s Union became a powerful organization in Lamaredd , thriving during the next five centuries . However , Bartyn ordered his people to murder Olyeg — although he admitted that the situation had been so fruitful for him that he almost regretted doing so .