Derek Klivian

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**Derek "Hobbie" Klivian** was a Human from the planet Ralltiir who served as a rebel Pilot within a Rebel Alliance Starfighter Corps during an Galactic Civil War against the ruling Galactic Empire. Klivian did attend the Empire's Skystrike Adademy at an planet Montross alongside fellow like minded pilot Cadets Wedge Antilles and Rake Gahree. He and Wedge defected to an rebellion movment after they did establish contact with an rebel cell Phoenix Squadron. After the battle at Yavin, Hobbie as invited to join an starfighter unit Rogue Squadron, an offer which Derek had accepted and served in the unit with a great distinction during such conflicts as an Battle of Hoth. Though while Klivian was serving as Skywalker's wingman during the defense of the Echo Base, Derek died in action during battle.

## Biography

### Early Life

**Derek Klivian** was born on a Core planet Ralltiir and grew up under the rule of an Galactic Empire. Early in life, he acquired an nickname 'Hobbie' and used it almost exclusively in place of his given name, Derek. An eager young man, Derek Klivian applied to and was accepted into the Empire naval Academy, seeking glamorous and exciting life as an starfighter Pilot. He wasn't a supporter or an opponent to the Galactic Empire; all that Derek Klivian wanted was a career as an starfighter Pilot.

### Imperial Academy

#### Defecting from the Empire

Klivian ("Hobbie") was sent to the Empire Skystrike Academy, an elite flight academy on the planet of Montross, training under Instructor Goran. There, he met and befriended fellow classmates Wedge Antilles and Rake Gahree. In time, their trio became discontent with the direction they felt the Empire was taking and made plans to defect to the rebellion. This information eventually made its way to one of the many Fulcrum agents, who passed the information to the rebellion cell Phoenix Squadron. The information also caught the attention of the Imperials Security Bureau, which dispatched Lothal Sector Governor Arihnda Pryce as well as an agent Kallus to investigate the claims. Hobbie, Antilles and Gahree argued that they knew about their planned defection. However, a fellow cadet Ria Talla, secretly undercover Rebel Sabine Wren, overheard and told Wedge that she would help them defect. Later, Derek and his friends found an opportunity to escape when Goran ordered Imperial cadets to take part in an mock combat exercise in space. Sabine Wren arranged for fellow rebels Ezra Bridger and Kanan Jarrus to rendezvous their CR90 Corvette near that planet. At Wren's signal, Hobbie and the others flew towards that Corvette. However, Pryce deactivated the TIEs solar collector panels, leaving them derelict.

Governor Pryce also ordered an captain Vult Skerris to shoot one of the TIE pods as a warning; claiming the life of Rake. Hobbie, Sabine and Wedge were soon arrested by the Empire's forces. Following their capture, Wedge and Klivian were thrown into the holding cell by Kallus. Inside the two debated the escape plans with Wedge suggesting they surprise the guards. A demoralized Klivian was dubious of their chances of success due to the lack of a escape plan. Fortunately for them, they were rescued by Wren, who had managed to knock out Governor Pryce. The defectors and Sabine then fled down a corridor only to run into a ISB Agent Kallus. However, this ISB Agent had an change of heart due to his previous encounter with Sabine's rebel cell and allowed them to escape. Heading to the Hangar 24, Derek and his friends fled on a TIE bomber. They managed to flee into the atmosphere but were pursued by captain Skerris. At an eleventh hour, they were rescued by Ezra's CR90 corvette and managed to flee aboard. Derek, Wedge, and their rescuers had traveled to a rebel base at Atollon. There, Wedge and Hobbie were greeted by Jun Sato who formally welcomed them into the rebels, and eventually, all of the individual rebellion cells did unite together to reorganize into a Alliance to Restore the Republic.

### Alliance Service

Just as Phoenix squadron had been preparing to make an attack on an Empire factory on Lothal, a Chiss Grand Admiral Thrawn managed to discover rebel Chopper Base location, and subsequently launched an all out attack in an attempt to finally thwart out the rebellions activities, which had become a legitimate threat to the Empire. During an ground assault, Hobbie, Wedge and two other rebel pilots launched their A-wing starfighters in order to counter the AT-AT walkers which were stationed at the world surface. With Wedge signalling Derek to follow him, the duo attempted to attack the Imperial walkers; however, Thrawn had taken note of the excursion, and dispatched TIE-fighters to repel them. The A-Wings and the TIE fighters consequently engaged in a dogfight. Towards the latter part of the battle, the two did manage to escape along with rebel remnants of Phoenix Squadron and General Jan Dodonna's Massassi Group to Yavin. Around this time, Klivian went undercover and attended an Prefsbelt Fleet Camp with one Biggs Darklighter. Together they were posted to the Imperial starship Rand Ecliptic, aboard which he had received the commission of first mate. In similar manner to the rebel Sabine Wren years before, Derek assisted Darklighter to mutiny and defect to the Alliance to Restore the Republic.

#### Stationed on Yavin and Hoth

By the time of the Battle of Yavin, Klivian was a member of Red Squadron, stationed at Base One on Yavin 4. During the mission to steal the technical readouts of the secret first Death Star battle station, he served as the standby for Red Six, although that position was ultimately filled by Jek Tono Porkins. After a Battle of Yavin, Luke Skywalker invited Klivian to join Rogue Squadron. Klivian accepted and came to be stationed at rebel Echo Base on the planet Hoth. After the rebel presence on that planet was discovered by Darth Vader's Death Squadron, Derek and other starfighter pilots attended a briefing by rebel Princess Leia Organa prior to the impending Battle on Hoth. Derek and Rogue Squadron would fly T-47 snowspeeders to delay the landing Imperials ground forces while the rest of the station evacuated. Once this task would be complete, the pilots would escort each individual transport away from that base, past the Empire blockade. Skeptical that two fighters would be able to fight their way past a Imperial Star Destroyer, Organa nevertheless did assure him that their base's V-150 ion cannon would provide enough cover for the escape. During the battle at Hoth, Hobbie had served as Luke Skywalker's wingman but was killed when his Snowspeeder did crash onto *Blizzard One* after it was shot down.