Essambi Vivec

"*Essambi Vivec, rebel fighter for the Freedom of Mon Cala and the galaxy as a whole.*"
—Essambi Vivec introducing himself to Colt Bolton
**Essambi Vivec** is a Mon Calamari male engineer working as a mercenary and a soldier within an anti-Imperial rebel cell. He works alongside the Melbu terrorist Jillae Amm and Kubindi foreman Yaza ezz Tudalu. He is skilled and gifted in various forms of technology, such as explosives and some rudimentary cybernetics.

He assisted the false Jedi Jillae Amm during his mission on Utapau. Vivec supplied the explosive gear used by the Melbu in his attempt to assassinate the fallen Jedi turned Inquisitor named Serth Cel. He also took part in the mission to Makeb, where he, alongside Jillae and the smugglers Colt Bolton and Ja'hari, attacked an Imperial-aligned slave camp that was under the watch of the Imperial officer Wulf von Blitzer.

## Biography

### Early life

#### Childhood

Vivec was born on a Mon Cala cruiser and grew up there for the first few years of his life. His father and mother were both engineers on the same ship, and it was this heritage that influenced his later career choices. Eventually, his parents returned to Mon Cala, where Essambi lived a happy life, despite the growing Separatist movement and encroaching Clone Wars.

#### Clone Wars

In 20 BBY, the Clone Wars had reached Mon Cala and, thanks to his family's accumulated wealth, Essambi was sent away with his mother and younger siblings to a safe, Republic world while his father stayed behind to fight off the Confederacy of Independent Systems and their invading droid army. Essambi was saddened that he was unable to fight alongside his father, but respected his wishes.

Upon Vivec's return, his father would regale his family with tales of the Jedi present at the Battle of Mon Cala, their swords of plasma cutting through metal like fish through water and how the then Prince Lee-Char and Gial Ackbar's tactics defeated the Separatists. This led to Vivec idolizing the Jedi, and would pave the way for his alliance with Jillae Amm.

### Age of the Empire

#### Imperial occupation

The transformation of the Republic and destruction of the Jedi was not met well by the people of Mon Cala, and Essambi was no exception. Mon Cala was invaded and occupied by the Empire in 18 BBY, with its valiant King, Lee-Char, being imprisoned on Strokill Prime for harboring a fugitive Jedi.

This caused Essambi and his family to leave, like many other Mon Calamari did. The trip was costly, and Imperial propaganda made it hard for his family to find jobs. The Mon Calamari found himself having to work as a mercenary to make ends meet for, not just himself, but his entire family. He fell in with a rebel cell that included Jillae Amm and Yazz ezz Tudalu. This group would be where Vivec got most of his jobs from.

#### Jillae's explosive escapade

Essambi had been called to Utapau by his ally, Jillae Amm. He had requested unique explosives strong enough to cave in a large cavern, and Vivec had provided. Upon arriving, the Melbu rebel guided the Mon Calamari to an apartment in the previously described cavern. Upon arriving, the terrorist would kill the man inside with a lightsaber. Vivec, shocked to see a Jedi weapon in person, believed Jillae when he told him that the man he killed was an Imperial spy. The two carried on, and planted the bombs throughout the cave system.

After gawking at the fact he had met a real life Jedi, Essambi left. The bombs he designed and created would later be used against Serth Cel during the Inquisitor and Jillae's battle on Utapau.

#### Tigon mining colony raid

Jillae Amm had survived his near-death experience on Utapau, but lost his feet in the fight with the Inquisitor. As an apology for his seemingly inadequate services, Vivec provided the supposed Jedi with two new cybernetic feet, though it wasn't his specialty. Not too long after, the two of them were chosen to take part in an attack on an Imperial-aligned slave camp by the Chagrian female by the name of Ja'hari.

Just before being briefed on the mission, Essambi and Jillae were introduced to the smuggler Colt Bolton. From there, after understanding their goals, the group travelled to the slave camp by hover transport. Upon reaching their destination, the squad snuck through the gardens of the outer area, reprogramming one of the slavers' two war droids, blowing their cover and beginning the actual assault on the camp.

The group fought through the gardens and into the main building, from which they travelled underground. Ja'hari sent Essambi to free some of the caged-in slaves, while she and Bolton pursued Wulf von Blitzer, the officer overseeing the camp. Blitzer escaped, leaving the group to fend off the encroaching Imperial forces, in which they were successful. While it is not clear exactly how, the slaves were stripped of their shock collars and given passage off world.

## Personality and traits

Essambi is an everyday, average Mon Calamari, having orange skin and eyes with yellow sclera. He stands at 1.5m tall and weighs 70kg.

While he is experienced in practical skills such as technology and some cybernetics, he may take certain sayings and phrases a bit too literally. He is far too trusting for his own good, making him very easy to manipulate and lie to. He is, despite his family's situation, quite a happy guy, making the most of any situation; always looking on the Light Side.

He is loyal to those who have proven themselves to be righteous, people like Jedi who defended his home from the Separatists, or the people in the rebel cell. If he were to meet a Jedi, like Jillae, he would follow their orders to the letter, so long as they weren't undeniable, absolutely, clearly evil.

## Skills and abilities

Having been born on and and grown up around Mon Calamari cruisers and other starcraft, Essambi, unsurprisingly, became very interested in how they functioned. Luckily for him, he was born into a family of engineers who were more than happy to further his interest, with sometimes not a day going by where he didn't learn something new about ships and, no matter how minute or small the detail was, Vivec remembered them all.

This interest in the technology and mechanics of large and small ships led to a general understanding of most physical technology as well as some surface level understanding of software, especially that which relates to the operation of large cruisers like that of the famous MC-series star cruisers of Mon Calamari Shipyards' design.

Vivec showed a surface-level skill in cybernetics when he provided replacements for the feet Jillae Amm lost during his battle on Utapau.