Tendra Derris

Tendra Derris was a Human pilot and sniper of the Alliance to Restore the Republic.

Early life
Tendra was born on Tatooine to a couple that were barely out of their teens. They worked as moisture farmers until Tendra's father was conscripted into the, became an and was transferred to. Unable to run the moisture farm on her own, nor able to afford farm hands, Tendra's mother was forced to sell the farm and become a smuggler. During one mission in, the two ferried two Rebel Alliance members to. Tendra, having grown to hate the Empire for robbing her of her father, asked to join them. Although hesitant to allow a 16 year old to join, they eventually conceded.

Rebellion
Tendra's first mission was to take Rebel engineer Kam Zanabi in order to find protocol droids for use in diplomatic situations. Kam supplied his own ship, a dubbed the Nighthawk. While retrieving the droids, Tendra and Kam became friends, as Kam had very good technical skills, while Tendra had excellent piloting skills. After they found a group of droids, they returned to Dantooine, where they were congratulated on their success. During her time on Dantooine, Tendra began honing her blaster skills, and soon became an excellent marksman. She also became friends with Chessa Oto, a young woman with similar skills. Two years later, Tendra Kam and Chessa were sent to, and were stationed in an abandoned oil refinery from the. Following the Imperials discovery of a listening post on the planet, the rebels at the oil refinery were sent to reinforce the listening post soldiers. However, the large number of Imperials forced the rebels into retreat. Tendra, Kam, Chessa and three others managed to survive the trek back to the oil refinery, but found themselves surrounded by Imperials. While Kam attempted to contact the Nighthawk, Tendra, Chessa, Kolm Nnaut, Segano Melan and Adrath Gaar attempted to fend of the waves of Imperial stormtroopers. However, Kolm and Adrath became incapacitated, and Chessa abandoned her post to aid Kolm, leaving only Segano and Tendra left to hold off the Imperials. When the Nighthawk finally arrived, Segano sacrificed himself in order to buy the others time to escape. Chessa and the other survivors were awarded for their actions.