Nrin Vakil

Initially, Nrin Vakil's Quarren heritage brought him into conflict with the Mon Calamari officer, Ibtisam in Rogue Squadron. However, he was quite aloof with all his squadmates, and he liked to complain. During a mission on Malrev IV, it appeared he had a panic attack during a ground battle with the native Irrukiine, but he was actually rushing back towards his X-wing to use it as an anti-personnel weapon. This caused Ibtisam to begin to re-evaluate her feelings towards Vakil.

During that particular mission, members of the squadron like Tycho Celchu and Ibtisam had strange dreams, influenced by the Devaronian dark side adept Cartariun. Ibtisam dreamed of Vakil addressing a crowd on Mon Calamari where he was blaming the Mon Calamari for the woes on the Legends/planet. Ibtisam dreamed that she could influence his mind and played a practical joke on him. When recounting the dream to the Bith squadron member, Herian I'ngre, she remarked that Vakil seemed so passionate and eloquent, which appeared to further pique her interest.

The campaign on Brentaal IV saw Ibitsam shot down, which forced Vakil to face up to his feelings for his comrade. Her return to the squadron after being rescued by Kapp Dendo saw the two take the first steps towards a relationship. However, their relationship was not to be, as during a mission to rescue Imperial Grand Vizier Sate Pestage, Ibtisam was shot down and killed in action. During the evacuation, Pestage was obliged to share a shuttle with Ibtisam's body but he refused. Vakilp overheard this and became incensed, attacking the former Imperial regent. He was pulled off by his fellow pilots and Pestage realized that he would not really have a place in the New Republic. He sought refuge with Admiral Delak Krennel in the Ciutric Hegemony, who strangled him to death.

Saddened by Ibtisam's death and wanting to think things over, Vakil requested a leave of absence, followed by a transfer from Rogue Squadron and spent time training new recruits. However, the threat posed by the Empire, newly reinvigorated under the leadership of Grand Admiral Thrawn, led the New Republic to shift its assets about and Vakil resumed flying combat missions. During this time, Nrin was promoted through the ranks, and was made a major by 9 ABY.

Once Thrawn was defeated, the New Republic decided to target the breakaway warlords as they did not have the protection of the central Empire, and it was predicted that they would fall in short order. During the campaign against Delak Krennel, it became apparent that something big was happening in the Ciutric Hegemony. Information about the Hegemony was somewhat lacking, so it was decided that Rogue Squadron would conduct a number of reconnaissance missions. Vakil returned to the squadron to pilot a T-65BR X-wing reconnaissance starfighter otherwise known as a "snoopscoot". He survived the trap at Corvis Minor and helped in the liberation of the prisoners from the Lusankya. Celchu recognized his commando abilities and sent him with Corran Horn and Ooryl Qrygg to free the prisoners from Ciutric IV.

He later married Koyi Komad, the Twi'lek chief mechanic for Rogue Squadron. In 43 ABY, he was part of a mission to save the Calrissian-Nunb Mines on Kessel from a series of destructive groundquakes.

Nrin was invented to place a Quarren into the series, after Isplourrdacartha Estillo (originally intended to be a Quarren) was made into a Human. The 2008 novel Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor mistakenly calls the character "Nin."

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