Eva Oolron

Eva Oolron was a female human who worked for Incom (later FreiTek) as an Industrial Engineer/Statistician. A Rebel sympathizer, she was one of several Incom employees who defected in 1 BBY, resulting in the delivery of the X-wing starfighter to Alliance forces. She is also known for being the mother of Arrow Squadron Commander Dak Oolron and the wife of Sturd Oolron.

Early life
Eva Burtran was born in Tasjon, Corulag in 47 BBY. She was known as an intelligent, though headstrong, child growing up and rose to the top of her class in school. Her main rival was Sturd Oolron, a brash jokester who she half hated, half admired, since his considerable achievements mirrored hers.

32 BBY was an important year in Eva’s young life. Mere months before the Invasion of Naboo, Eva’s great-grandfather Cornelius Howrii, a Jedi Master, became one with The Force. Before passing, Howrii gave his only notable possession to Eva: his two-phase lightsaber. Although none of his descendants had shown even a spark of Force sensitivity, Cornelius felt that Eva was the family’s best hope for future Jedi. Though the Jedi had not yet discovered the reemerging threat of the Sith, Howrii urged Eva to “keep [the lightsaber] safe, and only reveal it when the time is right… you will know when.” Cornelius used a Jedi mind trick on the rest of the family gathered around him so that Eva would be able to tuck the archaic weapon into her jacket without the others noticing. Eva was 15 years old when her great-grandfather peacefully passed on at the age of 111.

Later that year, Palpatine became Supreme Chancellor of the Republic. Though there was no logical explanation, Eva felt a connection between Palpatine’s rise to power and her great-grandfather’s death, though her parents waived it away as a silly notion. Like most citizens of Corulag, Eva’s parents were extremely loyal to the Republic, and by extension, Palpatine. Normal teenage rebelliousness also turned Eva against authority, and authority was personified by Palpatine in Eva’s mind.

University
After graduating from high school, Eva enrolled at the Corulag University of Economics, majoring in Industrial Engineering with a Statistics emphasis. During her junior year one of her friends decided to play matchmaker and introduced her to a guy from Dammon University: Sturd Oolron! Eva was upset at first, but after the friend pleaded with her, she decided to give him a chance: a single date.

During that date, she realized that Sturd had changed a lot from their high school years. College life had mellowed out Oolron and he had become a fun person to be around with, rather than the full-of-himself jerk she had known before. She also began to realize that he was pretty good looking… tall, dark, and handsome.

The two began dating steadily and got engaged at graduation. Though they had job offers that would've taken them to a variety of worlds, Eva and Sturd decided to accept their offers to work at the Incom Corporation. Packing their bags, they said goodbye to their families and took a transport to their new home of Fresia, with a stopover in Coruscant along the way.

Fresia
With a couple of years under their belts at Incom, Eva and Sturd decided to have children. Their first child, Dak, was born in 21 BBY, and a daughter followed two years after that. Fresia was a pretty decent place for kids to grow up as the planet was covered with interesting features like rocky islands and archipelagos and the education system was very good for children enrolled at the company-run school.

Things ran smoothly until Eva developed cancer at age 40. The doctors were able to eventually beat the cancer, but she lost a lot of weight. She actually considered it a blessing in a strange way as she'd always struggled with her weight before and the dropped weight from chemotherapy helped jump-start a new lifestyle of increased exercise. With her body weight lower it was now easier to go running and do some of the activities other people took for granted.

Defection
In 1 BBY, Incom was nationalized by the Galactic Empire, prompting much of its design and engineering staff to defect. Eva was among those leading the charge as she had always hated Palpatine's Empire and was glad to have a way to finally fight back. Small groups had rebelled against the Empire but had been consecutively extinguished over the previous decade or so; this looked to be the first group with the necessary leadership and coordination.

The Battle of Fresia successfully delivered the first four X-wing starfighters to the Alliance, but the Empire was not amused. The treasonous scientists and engineers, including Eva and Sturd, were abducted and transported to Kessel, where they were intended to serve a life sentance. Fortunately, a Rebel task force led by Captain Raymus Antilles disabled the transports and shuttles holding the prisoners and rescued them before Imperial reinforcements had a chance to arrive.

Sharing the Legacy
Eva continued to work for the Alliance throughout the war alongside her displaced Incom brethren. After the Battle of Endor, Eva finally felt she was able to tell Dak about his Jedi heritage since the threat of the Sith had been seemingly extinguished. After telling him about his great-great-grandfather, she presented him with the lightsaber she had been keeping safe ever since he died. Eva decided not to share this family history with her daughter as she had decided to be a loyal citizen of the Empire and had disowned her family.

FreiTek
In 4 ABY Eva and Sturd joined FreiTek Incorporated, a new company founded by ex-Incom engineers and staff. The Oolrons headed one of the design teams looking for a new fighter to replace the aging vehicles used by the fledgling New Republic. Inspired by their son's work in a Z-95 Headhunter testbed as a teenager, they decided to aim for a slightly smaller craft than the X-wing it would be replacing and design an upgraded Headhunter. A fusion between proven elements from the X-wing, a few upgraded systems from R&D, inexpensive legacy parts from the Z-95, and lighter weight from decreased size and improved materials, the FreiTek Z-35 Coromon turned out to be slightly less expensive to build than the X-wing but had better performance.

Despite its much greater production cost, the Alliance eventually decided to select the E-wing escort starfighter as the New Republic’s newest fighter. The Coromon was viewed as not a bold enough advance in capabilities and was seen as just a new version of the X-wing. Only a few prototypes of the Z-35 ended up being built; after the program came to an end one ended up in the hands of the Oolron's son, Dak, while the others went to to become testbeds for future FreiTek systems, just as their predecessor was. Although she was nearing retirement, Eva helped the XJ-series X-wing program get started and worked her last day at FreiTek on the day the first shipment was delivered to the New Jedi Order.

Personality and Traits
Eva Oolron was an outspoken and stubborn woman. She felt that it was best if everyone's thoughts were out in the open so things could be decided more efficiently. She didn't believe in acquaintances and only made friendships she knew she could keep closely. Eva didn't think that family should be given an unfair bias over others and felt that she treated everyone fairly. Even though she came off harshly at times she genuinely cared for those she loved. During her retirement she enjoyed riding and caring for her horses.