Taran Allantis

"Three TIE fighters? You expect me to worry about three measly TIE fighters?!"

- Taran Allantis

Taran Allantis was a hot-headed hotshot pilot from the galactic boondocks. Born in Mos Eisley on the desert world of Tatooine, Taran got an early start in piloting racing swoops and airspeeders across the wide-open Tatooinian plains. Unlike many Rebel pilots, his experience in flying starfighters came not under the tutelage of the Imperial Naval Academy, but rather working for the infamous criminal, Jabba the Hutt. His training flying the Hutt's relatively outdated fighters, including Z-95 Headhunters and R-41 Starchasers, made him a natural to take control of a Koensayr Y-wing assault fighter once he joined the Rebellion. He spent a short time with the Tierfion Yellow Aces before being reassigned to covertly assist in privateer operations led by the Corellian Jacen Wayland. While working as a privateer, Taran was given an old N-1 starfighter to use. After extensive modifications and updates, the young pilot was able to demonstrate a natural gift for tactical planning. He later returned to official duty for the Rebel Alliance and the New Republic that followed, flying B-wings with Blue Squadron during the Battle of Endor and eventually transferring to the 24th Bombardment Squadron, becoming one of the first pilots to fly the BTL-S8 K-wing assault starfighter. Wherever he went, he could be identified by the DL-18 "Mos Eisley blaster" he'd carried since his youth on Tatooine.