Tamara Ryvora

Tamara Ryvora, nicknamed "Tam," and later designated DT-533, was a human female mechanic from Kuat who served as a member of Team Fireball on the Colossus, a refueling station in the Outer Rim Territories. She aspired to be a star racer and saw repairing the derelict starship Fireball as a second chance at her goal, after having lost her first ship. Ryvora found work and shelter with Jarek Yeager, a mechanic and veteran of the Galactic Civil War, who owned a garage on the Colossus. Yeager became a fatherly figure for the young Tam, who also befriended his fellow employees Neeku Vozo and "Bucket."

Prior to the Hosnian Cataclysm, Tam became acquainted with Kazuda Xiono, an undercover Resistance spy who posed as an apprentice mechanic and wannabe racer. While Tam was initially frustrated with Xiono's clumsiness and lack of mechanical savvy, she developed a better respect for Xiono as his mechanical skills improved. However, Ryvora's trust in Yeager and budding friendship with Xiono was tested by the secrecy of Xiono's double life as a spy. First Order Agent Tierny exploited this fact to drive a wedge between Tam, Yeager, and Xiono.

During the First Order's retreat from Castilon, Tam joined the First Order and became a TIE pilot cadet. Although Tam proved to be a skilled pilot, she gradually became disenchanted with the First Order's disregard for sentient life and ruthlessness, a fact highlighted by the Resistance pilot Venisa Doza. Following the Blockade of Dantooine, Tam was promoted to squadron leader. Following the suppression of the Aeos system, Ryvora realized the true nature of the First Order and defected with the help of her friends Xiono and Yeager, who never gave up on her. Working together with Team Colossus, they destroyed Tierny and Commander Pyre's Resurgent-class Star Destroyer Thunderer, ending the First Order's hunt for the Colossus.

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