Tirog Tirog was a male Human bounty hunter active during the Galactic Civil War . A skilled marksman , pilot , and hunter , he frequently found himself in the midst of combat and conflict during his eventful career . Tirog was notable for his wide range of acquaintances , associates , and contacts , who included the same sort of smugglers and Rebels other bounty hunters considered to be targets . At times , he was accompanied by one or more companions , most frequently his protocol droid , GT - 9R , or " Niner . " Other frequent associates included the pirate Drebble and a child who called himself " Ace . " In other recorded incidents , Tirog appeared to have been working alone . He also had many enemies , ranging from criminals to local government figures . Though he considered himself neutral during the war , Tirog found himself battling the forces of the Galactic Empire on numerous occasions . Biography . The biography of Tirog , a male Human , consisted primarily of incomplete , disconnected anecdotes about his career as a bounty hunter , the sequence of which was not always clear . Most of these anecdotes involved brushes with danger , such as operating an AT - AT walker while avoiding fire from a speeder , commanding a platoon - sized group of forty soldiers , getting involved in a landspeeder chase that ended in a collision , firing his light freighter ' s weapons at a speeder , or attacking a snowspeeder flying overhead . It appeared he came out on top most of the time , and managed achievements that could be described as heroic . He did not always meet with unqualified success , however . He was once forced to flee from a mob of angry Wookiees , and when lost in the Yar ' En region of Goroth Prime without supplies , suffered from debilitating cramps and nausea from eating the native mosses . Tirog versus the Empire . While traveling together , Tirog and GT - 9R found themselves in the office of Imperial Governor Dermeg of the planet Ansillivog . While in Dermeg ' s office , the governor accused Tirog of working for known criminals , consorting with Rebels , and committing crimes against the Empire for pay . During this interview , the governor threatened to have Tirog summarily executed . Whatever the details of these alleged crimes or the truth of Dermeg ' s allegations , Tirog was involved in at least two recorded firefights against Imperial stormtroopers and Imperial Army personnel . He also tangled with the forces of the Imperial Navy , once trying to escape three TIE fighters while at the controls of a YT - 1300 light freighter . His ship was also captured by the tractor beams of an " Imperial I " - class Star Destroyer at one point , though this may have been during the same incident . Tirog versus local authorities . Tirog also frequently found himself at odds with local authorities . While on a mission to the planet Besero on behalf of the Tagge Mining Corporation , Tirog was treated as a nuisance by the local bureaucracy — not due to his own actions , but because Tagge had caused them so many problems in the past . Tirog himself came into conflict with the authorities on Tatooine on several occasions , making it difficult to get their cooperation when he revisited the desert world . Neither of these conflicts seem to have been as serious as his problems with the Gettiarn Space Station administration , however . While visiting that station with GT - 9R , three armed guards leveled their blaster rifles at the hunter and his droid , demanding their surrender . Though GT - 9R suggested negotiation , Tirog pulled out his own blaster rifle instead and returned fire . Tirog versus the underworld . Tirog also made enemies in the galactic underworld . For example , Tirog and GT - 9R once ran afoul of the loan shark and crimelord Ploovo Two - For - One . Ploovo tried to set up an ambush for the hunter and his droid , but the element of surprise was lost when Tirog and Niner captured two of Ploovo ' s agents and learned about his plans . Another confrontation with the underworld occurred when Tirog , Ace , Drebble , and GT - 9R visited an open - air marketplace on a world with a bright blue sun . During this visit , they were accosted by a gambler accompanied by two armed thugs , who had been pursuing the group for some time . When the gambler and his cronies prepared to fire on the foursome , Tirog fired back . His counterattack immediately killed one of the gambler ' s thugs and stunned the other . Tirog ' s companions were not so effective in the skirmish , with GT - 9R and Ace taking refuge in a nearby cantina and Drebble hesitating too much to take any action . Tirog ' s associates . Tirog claimed to have dealt with people ranging from a Human Jedi to a Wookiee smuggler in the course of his career . Not all of them became Tirog ' s enemy , of course . He frequently met with friendly contacts , such as the Rodian bounty hunter Reeveid , in cantinas . He was on good enough terms with smugglers such as Platt Okeefe and the Rebel pilot Evinn Dastt to ask them for favors . When an unidentified individual paid Tirog to act as a " guide to the galaxy " for one or more novices , Okeefe and Dastt helped him give lessons . GT - 9R , Ace , and Drebble — his most common traveling companions — helped him out on several occasions . For example , Drebble once tried to repair a power coupling on Tirog ' s ship at double speed in order to hurry them off - world , while Ace once rushed to Tirog ' s aid when the hunter was knocked unconscious by a stun bolt from a stormtrooper ' s blaster . GT - 9R may have been his closest associate , or at least his most frequent companion , despite their clashing personalities . While Tirog was a rough - and - tumble sort eager to fight in a crisis , GT - 9R was a somewhat snobbish droid whose programming led him to avoid combat , sometimes attempting negotations in the middle of a firefight . Personality and traits . Tirog was a man of action , used to a violent and adventurous lifestyle . He was comfortable in disreputable cantinas like the Dancing Dewback , which he called " a good bar fight waiting to happen . " His first instinct when confronted was to try and fight his way out . This was in direct contrast to many of his acquaintances . Some , like Ace and GT - 9R , were non - combatants who usually tried to get out of the way when blasters started firing . Others , such as his smuggler acquaintances Platt Okeefe and Blaine Hansom , would try to talk their way out of trouble : a practice Tirog called a " waste of effort . " While Tirog seemed to enjoy combat , he had seen too much to have any illusions about it , and believed that people without the courage or experience to handle themselves in a fight were better off staying clear . He gave novices two pieces of advice : first , " don ' t get shot , " and second , " always have a medpac or two … or three . " Tirog saw the galaxy as a whole as a dangerous place , where some familiarity with weapons and combat was necessary for survival . He also knew enough not to enter potentially dangerous situations unprepared . When entering the Dancing Dewback with GT - 9R to meet with a Devaronian contact , he made sure to check for potential entrances and exits and any heavily armed patrons before proceeding . During the Galactic Civil War , Tirog described himself as someone in the " middle , " affiliated with neither the Rebel Alliance nor the Galactic Empire . While he disliked the Empire , describing the Imperial Military as no better than armed thugs , he was pessimistic about the Alliance ' s chances in the war . Nevertheless , he did have at least four separate violent encounters with Imperial forces , and was a known associate of Rebels like Platt Okeefe and Evinn Dastt . Tirog had a completely shaved head , save for a long fringe of hair at the back reaching past his shoulders . This fringe was mostly white , with red coloring at the ends . He sported several tattoos : red markings on his right forearm and temple , and a purple design surrounding his right eye . Skills and abilities . Tirog was an expert with blasters , especially blaster pistols . He once sharpened his skills by training with a marksman named Hist . After a week ' s training , Tirog had equaled his teacher ' s skill . Tirog was also skilled in piloting repulsorlift vehicles and space transports , especially Ghtroc Industries light freighters . As an able bounty hunter , he was also proficient at searching for hidden objects and individuals , and at avoiding blaster bolts and other weapons fire . Though Tirog was not an expert sentientologist , he knew a good deal about Wookiees . In the course of his career , Tirog took care to improve his skills — and not just his combat skills . As time wore on , he learned to drive a hard bargain in the marketplace , and became more generally knowledgeable than he had been as a rookie . According to Tirog , his wide range of acquaintances , friendly and otherwise , meant he knew how different people would react to a given situation . Equipment . Tirog owned a battered Ghtroc Industries light freighter — possibly a Class 720 freighter . He had some smuggler " friends " customize his ship in return for letting them go free , reasoning that the bounty on their heads was worth less than the ship ' s modifications . Tirog ' s personal equipment included a comlink , a pair of macrobinoculars , a jetpack , and two medpacs . His arsenal included a heavy blaster pistol , a light repeating blaster , a blaster rifle , a holdout blaster , and a knife . He also used a vibro - ax at one point . Tirog typically wore light armor including a protective vest and leg armor . During his time with Ace , Niner , and Drebble , he carried about 800 credits in cash . Behind the scenes . " Star Wars : The Roleplaying Game , Second Edition " . Tirog ' s first appearance is as a sample character in " Tirog ' s Story , " a series of gameplay examples in Bill Smith ' s 1992 roleplaying game book , published by West End Games . " Tirog ' s Story " covers the creation of Tirog as a player character , the setup for a meeting with Reeveid , a confrontation in a marketplace , with Ace , Drebble , and GT - 9R appearing as other player characters , to provide a simple combat example , and an example of skill use — Tirog ' s failed attempt to fix a broken droid . Other short examples of combat and skill use throughout the rulebook refer to Tirog . Tirog ' s player in " Tirog ' s Story " is identified as " Greg , " while the gamemaster in " Tirog ' s Story " is named " Bill . " Appendix One of the rulebook , " Roleplaying Basics , " contains more roleplaying examples featuring Tirog . In these examples , Bill , Greg , and " Ted " ( GT - 9R ' s player ) play through Tirog and GT - 9R ' s meeting with a contact in the Dancing Dewback , their confrontation with Governor Dermeg , and an encounter with guards on Gettiarn Space Station . It also describes Bill ' s setup of a conflict between Tirog , GT - 9R , and Ploovo Two - for - One as an example of an ongoing villain who is unaware of the players ' plans . Tirog ' s second appearance , in Nigel D . Findley ' s sourcebook " " , is also an example of game mechanics — in this case , an illustration of the debilitating effects of eating Goroth Prime ' s native plant life when nothing more edible is available . Tirog ' s game statistics and equipment are based on the " Bounty Hunter " character template in the second edition rulebook . Though the template in that rulebook is for an Iotran character , Tirog is later depicted as a Human in Smith ' s 1996 game book , " " . " Star Wars : The Roleplaying Game , Second Edition , Revised and Expanded " . In the " Revised and Expanded " rulebook , Tirog appears along with Platt Okeefe , Airen Cracken , and various other characters in order to introduce the " Star Wars " universe and the rules of the game to players . Though Tirog and the other characters remain in character , they " " by addressing the readers directly and discussing the rules of the game . Tirog , for example , claims to have been paid to act as a " guide to the galaxy " for readers . Tirog appears in the introduction , chapter 3 ( " How to Gamemaster " ) , and chapter 5 ( " Combat and Injuries . " ) Tirog himself does not appear in the revised rulebook ' s gameplay examples . GT - 9R does appear , but as part of a different group of player characters . This group includes Thannik , another bounty hunter character played by Greg . This gameplay example is identical with the " Dancing Dewback " scene in the previous rulebook , but with Thannik replacing Tirog and several other player characters added . Thannik ' s creation as a player character in the revised rulebook is also nearly identical to the character creation sections of " Tirog ' s Story . " Several other examples of gameplay involving Thannik appear to be rewritten versions of the earlier rulebook ' s examples involving Tirog , including a passage where Tirog ' s associate Drebble fixes Thannik ' s ship .