Billal Batross

Billal Batross was a male Human scoundrel who operated during the early years of the Galactic Civil War. He was raised on the Trader's Luck, a decommissioned troop ship owned by Garris Shrike, and was one of the many orphans whom Shrike used in confidence tricks and thefts. In 1 BBY, Batross used his position inside the Aleena crime lord Sollima's gambling network to steal money from his accounts. Sollima's accounting droid discovered this, and Batross covered his tracks by secretly selling the droid to representatives of the Galactic Empire, who planned to use the information inside the droid's data core to gain control over Sollima's casino world, the Hollow Moon. However, Batross still owed the crime lord a debt, so in order to repay his dues, Batross agreed to recover Sollima's droid. Batross's old friend, Han Solo, joined Batross on the mission, as Solo also owed Sollima money he could not return.

Together, Solo and Batross infiltrated the Imperial garrison on Moog Mot VI and retrieved the droid, but in order to keep his thefts from the crime lord secret, Batross destroyed the droid with a blaster shot. Shortly afterward, both were captured by Imperial forces and were informed that if they double-crossed Sollima, Captain Taavin would release them. Having no other choice but to agree, the accomplices returned the remains of the droid to the crime lord. Since Sollima needed the droid back intact, the Aleena ordered his bodyguards to shoot the scoundrels, but Batross managed to detonate a bomb hidden inside the droid's head. In the ensuing chaos, Solo used the security key provided by Taavin to override the Hollow Moon's defense system, allowing the Imperial Fleet safe passage in. Together, Batross and Solo left the Hollow Moon on Solo's personal ship, the Millennium Falcon. After their successful escape, Batross believed that he would become the third member of the team formed by Solo and his Wookiee companion, Chewbacca. Solo, however, was tired of Batross getting him into trouble, and left him on Arbra, the planet of Hoojibs.

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