Sailor ' s Union The Sailor ' s Union was a syndicate of fishermen in the planet Lamaredd . Founded c . 517 BBY , it helped the original settlers to improve their slave - like conditions ; in further years , the community was free and the Union helped them improve their conditions — however , there were some accusations of corruption and harassment against the Union . From a headquarters in the city of Farsands in Little Mon Cal , although with seats in most of the cities of the planet , the Union thrived for at least five centuries . History . Entrepreneur Hugo Bartyn created the city of Bartyn ' s Landing in Lamaredd c . 529 BBY . He populated it with amphibious aliens who worked for him as indentured servants , both in a seafood processing plant and in trawlers for Bartyn Gourmet Delicacies . A speciesist , Bartyn kept his employees in harsh living conditions , with scarce food and little living space in the area known as The Ring . However , he promoted his best sailors to captains of their own trawlers . As Lamaredd was remote , the Galactic Republic held little power there . C . 517 BBY , seventeen trawlers were under alien captains . One of these , the Chagrian Sirrik Olyeg , organized the others — and several Humans too — to rebel against Bartyn . The trawlers suddenly disappeared in the open sea , in a work stoppage . When the workers of the plant discovered it , they joined the strike , not yielding even when Bartyn resorted to violence . Knowing that Bartyn could not maintain the situation for longer , Sirrik Olyeg gave her movement a name , the Sailor ' s Union , and she became the " first chair " of it . Once this had been done , Olyeg asked Bartyn for a meeting to negotiate his concessions . Bartyn agreed to open unused areas of the Ring to be used as living space . He also accepted to lease acres of terrain around Bartyn ' s Landing to be used as farms , as long as the leaser be also responsible of cleaning the area of natural dangers and predators — a movement that reduced Bartyn ' s expenses in security . Bartyn was forced to cede the second largest continent of the planet to be used as alien homeland , later known as Little Mon Cal , and he thought to himself that , after all , he wanted to create a second seaport . Bartyn had Olyeg killed , but he admitted that , thanks to Union , he obtained more money than before . After this meeting , the Sailor ' s Union demonstrated its power , which would only grow in power and influence during the following years . The Union organized its main headquarters , the Landing union chapter , in the capital city of Little Mon Cal , Farsands . Bartyn ' s daughter and successor , Tria Bartyn , prompted the Union to expand and create a hall in every city and town of the planet , which in time were dozens . She also emancipated the indentured servants . During the five centuries after Bartyn , the Union became a powerful entity , and a real pain for BGD . C . 29 BBY , the Landing union chapter was ran by Kurline , a well - liked , crafty Quarren shipping manager who was known to fight for the rights of the Union , to find time to listen any member and to interview potential new members sometimes — although he also accepted bribes . Around that time , due to the sudden loss of power of the Bartyn family , the town council of Bartyn ' s Landing seized Bartyn Gourmet Delicacies . In that political moment , the Sailor ' s Union hoped to take control of BGD in little time . Policies . Once the Union stabilized , it became an open organization to anyone of any organic species that had a job in the seas of Lamaredd . Almost every sailor in the planet was a member of the Union . The Union fought for the sailors , improving their conditions . Thanks to their negotiations , every sailor received a share for his or her catch , and later a percentage of the incomes BGD earned by selling this . The power in the Union was not achieved through either ellections or appointments . Members of the Union could not work for the Outer Rim Oreworks in any capacity . There was some corruption in the Union . C . 29 BBY , waiters in Farsands complained about threats made on them by Union members . Behind the scenes . The Sailor ' s Union was created by writer Cory J . Herndon and featured in the article " Bartyn ' s Landing " and in the role - playing adventure " Reckonings " , both of them published in the magazine " Star Wars Gamer " # 7 ( 2001 ) . Alternate ending . The article assumes that the player characters of " Reckonings " achieve the best possible ending but , should they fail , the adventure offers an alternative path that takes place during an open war between the Menahuun and the citizens of Bartyn ' s Landing . In that case , the Sailor ' s Union becomes a syndicate of organized crime and Administrator Guther Bartyn hires the player characters to infiltrate in the Union and " neutralize " it .