Fen Koza

**Fen Koza** was a Duros male serving the Alliance to Restore the Republic as an Ace Gunner. Dreaming of a life of adventure and excitement like many of his species, Fen joined the Rebel Alliance after unintentionally revealing his strength in the Force while employed as a quad laser gun operator aboard a civilian heavy Corellian freighter. Although the boy is untrained and unaware of the legacy of individuals such as he, he nevertheless uses his "lucky predictions" to great effect as a Gunner for the Rebel fleet.

## **Biography**

### **First Foray into the Stars**

Growing up on the satellite cities orbiting Duro, Fen Koza wasn't unlike many members of his species. His eyes always on the stars, the young man constantly dreamed of adventure and excitement. He very much went against his parent's wishes for he and his grub siblings to take ownership of their family's repair shop on his home of Jivv Space City. Instead, at the age of nineteen and completing his primary education, he was rejected rather bluntly by the Bureau of Ships and Services after applying for a job posting for an apprentice navigator for a medicinal spice freighter. Fen then took a job as a turret gunner aboard a heavy Corellian freighter. Together with the help of his other ship gunners, Fen quickly excelled in warding off pirate snubfighters and destroying rogue asteroids under only a year, eventually becoming so naturally skilled that he signed onto a job aboard a Duros/Corellian freighter convoy travelling up and down the Corellian Trade Spine. Witnessing Imperial cruisers bully ships such as his for some time just for the enjoyment of it, Fen quickly became disillusioned with the Empire; especially after his first and only captain up to that point was arrested for "hauling treasonous goods".

### **Rebel Destiny**

Fen's induction into the Rebel Alliance came soon after. While making his unknowingly final run towards Terminus with the rest of his crew, Fen was able to perceive and destroy a cloaked prototype Imperial TIE before the rest of the convoy could identify it on their scanners-and without the use of his targeting computer. Recognizing the boy's rare abilities with the mystical energy field known as the Force, a rebel spy aboard the freighter, and previously employed by Fen's old ship captain, convinced him to jump ship and join the Rebel Alliance. After spending weeks tracking down clues and dead drops left for rebel recruits, Fen then shortly served as an experienced quad laser gunner for Alliance cruisers, but his eyes are always on the next thrilling adventure ahead, and he volunteered for an extremely classified mission to Onderon as soon as he heard word.

### First missions

Shortly after arriving on Onderon with his new companions Chel the Hutt and Domino, Fen was assigned his first mission. Enamored with the starfighters and defenses dotting Delta Base, the young Duros wandered the landing pad, remarking about the X-wings, B-wings, and U-wings spread across the facilty. Wrangled up by Domino, Fen and Chel met with the clone veteran inside the command center. Colonel Raith Gensly quickly briefed them on their mission: perform close reconnaissance of an Imperial convoy making its way through the small town Kast and steal some supplies badly needed for the base. Private Koza agreed with his companions on the importance, venturing to the repair pool with his two new allies to find a speeder they could use. Unfortunately, after translating for Chel to the Sullustan mechanic, they had no speeder available, and gathered the necessary supplies from the armory to make their journey on foot.

Arriving at the outskirts of Kast many hours later, Fen scouted out the Imperial defenses from atop a cliff, relaying what he saw to Domino and Chel. Only a few squads of Imperial Army troopers patrolled the settlement. The three climbed down from the cliff and cautiously ventured inside the town, noting it was fairly deserted and full of unsavory denizens. While Chel investigated the disturbing cantina he was told about from a Dowutin street tough, Fen waited outside to watch for the convoy, believing it would stop to refuel or whatnot. He couldn't have been any more incorrect.

As he and Domino waited outside, Chel had thrown the cantina's patrons into a fury. Believing the large slug's words that the Empire would desecrate their almighty monument to their deity, members of the Cult of Gormamadu rapidly left the building to attack the Empire's troopers. During the skirmish Fen sensed an uneasy feeling through the Force, shooting a scout trooper he had spotted before out of a tower with his DL-44. While Domino prepared his jury-rigged thermal detonator to explode with a touch of his comlink, turning it into an improvised explosive device, Fen failed to hide among the town's entrance. The hastily-prepared ambush amounted to failure, however. While Chel spurned on the cultists into getting mowed down by Imperial blaster fire, the convoy blazed through the town's main street, bypassing any stop they could make. The worried Duros strived to run after the convoy, jumping onto a slow speeder cycle that Domino had procured. The convoy escaped the rebel team's "ambush", and Fen became more worried about what Colonel Gensly would say instead of any reprisal the Empire attempted, which they did not. Their only concern were the cultists of Gormamadu, who were quickly dealt with. Fen and his companions then decided what they should do after failing their very first mission.

## **Personality and Traits**

Always ready for an adventure, Fen is quick to action and brash in his decisions. Following suit with similar traits of his species, his love for travel and excitement to experience the galaxy drives him forward. For the young rebel idealist, however, the thrill of taking on the Empire's vast military forces is what drives him during a fight. With his background as a civilian turret gunner, the young Duros understands the importance of neutralizing vehicular threats before they develop entirely, dedicating himself to Ground Superiority as his Duty while serving with his comrades at Onderon. Although he doesn't fully understand his latent abilities and strength in the Force, as he has only been made aware of through secondhand knowledge from other rebels, Fen is ready to use his gift to aid his allies however he can, proving himself as a Force Sensitive Emergent.

## **Skills and Abilities**

A capable pilot, Fen Koza can easily prove himself in his new career as an Ace. A previous job among the stars helped him understand astronomy and stellar rotations, and the boy's skills in space encounters are equal to that of most rebel fleet personnel. Even at his young age and relative lack of experience, Fen's skills with a hand blaster are steadily growing, but his real strength with weapons are large-scale weapons platforms. Having been trained briefly when arriving at the Alliance Fleet in turbolaser operations and ion cannon targeting solutions, Fen is capable with most starship and vehicle weapons systems, in particular the AG-2G quad laser cannon. Practically able to shoot a mynock off the dark side of a moving comet with the devastating anti-starfighter mount, Fen is more than ready for a fight while strapped into the turret's seat, the sweet chiming sound of the targeting computer bouncing off the computerized walls a form of relaxation for him. Slowly beginning to understand his natural strength in the Force, it made sense that the young rebel awakened to his abilities while operating the quad laser cannon, as it has practically become a form of meditation.

## **Equipment**

Learning from a couple of years as a civilian freighter crewman, Fen is a minimalist. Not wanting to bog himself down with extra weight, even in the anti-grav mode of a starship, the rebel recruit carries little more than a couple of anti-armor grenades on his utility belt, a blaster pistol slung low on his hip like he was taught, and a pilot's armored clothing jumpsuit. His most prized asset of all, though, is a pair of Fabritech AG/L Mk. III targeting goggles, the best form of targeting goggles in the galaxy. Combining his skill with Gunnery weapons, his untrained abilities with the Force, and his set of eyewear, there's nothing the boy can't hit.