Urias Xhaxin Urias Xhaxin was a male Human privateer and pirate working for the Alliance to Restore the Republic during the Galactic Civil War . He primarily operated in the Mid Rim , including the Ado sector . His success as a privateer gained him placement on the Empire ' s Most Wanted list and a posted bounty of 250 , 000 credits . Xhaxin was one of the first to encounter the Yuuzhan Vong in battle and survive . Biography . Xhaxin ' s background was largely unknown to the Alliance , though Alliance Intelligence marked the man as a " penitent obsessive , " unable to forgive himself for past indiscretions . At some point , his left hand was replaced with a cybernetic prosthesis that concealed a hidden heavy blaster . Sometime before the Battle of Endor , he acquired his ship , the modified Nebulon - B escort frigate " Free Lance " , from a Hutt arms dealer . The core members of his often - rotating crew were First Mate Khwir , Quartermaster Cotetchtle , Engineer Rabby Mortunk , Pilot / Astrogator Kandar , Gunnery Sergeant Mirip Pag , and Surgeon Anet Karl . During his privateer activities for the Alliance , Xhaxin acquired thousands of tons of Imperial cargo and several combat starships for the Alliance , and earned from them no less than three letters of marque and reprisal . During his third letter of marque , his Alliance observer was Special Agent Hast . At some point during his career , a holojournalist came to report on Xhaxin ' s activities . According to the pirate captain , the actual work of a privateer disappointed her and she instead constructed a romantic fantasy to peddle . Xhaxin dismissed the holodrama the holojournalist eventually had made about him as " purest fiction . " After the Battle of Endor , the New Republic no longer condoned Xhaxin ' s privateering , but turned a blind eye to his piracy as they continued to battle the various heirs of the Empire . Even following the Pellaeon – Gavrisom Treaty , Xhaxin continued to raid the Empire , concentrating his efforts on unreconstructed Imperials attempting to relocate to Imperial Space . However , six years after the treaty had been signed , those pickings had become slim . In 25 ABY , Xhaxin concocted a scheme he hoped would provide enough money for himself and his crew to retire . He allowed a few Imperial ships to go free as they were traveling together , then set up a service that claimed to organize convoys through deep space to the Imperial Remnant . Unreconstructed Imperials eager to journey to Bastion paid well to be allowed to join , but Xhaxin intended to raid the entire convoy at once just before it departed for Imperial Space . Instead of a monetary coup , what awaited the pirate captain was a Yuuzhan Vong warship . The " Free Lance " was nearly destroyed in the opening moments of the encounter ; rather than lose his crew , Xhaxin made a blind hyperspace jump , followed by a second blind jump that wrecked the hyperdrive motivators and compounded the structural damage . The " Free Lance " eventually ended up in a system that was used as a navigational point between Bastion and the Corporate Sector , where it was discovered by Rogue Squadron . Xhaxin surrendered to New Republic Admiral Traest Kre ' fey , who promptly had the old pirate escorted to guest quarters and began to debrief him for intelligence on the Yuuzhan Vong . Personality and traits . Xhaxin kept his hair and beard neatly trimmed , and only wore white , black , or gray clothing . Some of his affectations included a corusca gem and mithra cloak broach that included an integrated comlink , and a gray bantha - hide glove worn over his left hand prosthesis that earned him the nickname " Grayclaw . " . Classified as a penitent obsessive by the Alliance , Xhaxin ' s obsessiveness manifested in his precision , control , and effectiveness as a privateer . While his strikes pushed his ship and crew to optimum performance , he nonetheless kept a reasonable margin of error , and he used straightforward tactics to capture his prey . He ran a tight ship , and followed a strict code of conduct summed up in his " Dozen Rules . " He was devoted to his crew and was willing to take extreme risks such as a blind hyperspace jump in order to secure a chance for their survival against impossible odds . Xhaxin was a cunning pirate , able to enact a long - term scheme that centered around creating the false impression a convoy would be safe from his depredations , then setting up a convoy service where unreconstructed Imperials would unwittingly pay for the privilege to be his prey . He was a capable tactician , able to recognize when he was outclassed and successfully judge what actions were necessary in order to survive .