Voort saBinring

Voort "Piggy" saBinring
Biographical information
Homeworld	Gamorr/Saffalore
Descriptive information
Species	Gamorrean
Gender	Male
Height	1.9 meters
Mass	Under 150 kilograms (13 ABY)
Hair color	None
Eye color	Green
Chronological and political information
Affiliation(s)	Alliance to Restore the Republic New Republic Wraith Squadron Twin Suns Squadron

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"My name is Voort saBinring. You can call me Piggy."

―Voort saBinring

Voort saBinring, or "Piggy", was a Gamorrean male and member of Wraith Squadron from its inception in 7 ABY through the Yuuzhan Vong War.

Biography

New Republic

"I think he told me about you when I was very young. One of those 'you can be whatever you want when you grow up' stories. 'The Gamorrean Who Became a Fighter Pilot.' I thought he'd made it up"

―Jaina Solo

Prior to joining the New Republic Navy, saBinring was biogenetically altered by Binring Biomedical Product, given a genius mathematical acumen and the ability to speak Basic via throat-mounted translator. His prowess with mathematics was so great that during his first days as a Wraith, he demonstrated an ability as a sort of tactical computer, his mathematical abilities and pattern recognition allowing him to guide other pilots to heighten their efficiency, even as he flew well himself.

Voort saBinring with the Wraith Squadron.

Eventually escaping the facility with help from his creator, Tuzin Gast, saBinring made his way to Obroa-skai and joined the Rebellion. His creator later committed suicide. However, his starfighter career was abruptly cut short by a xenophobic superior officer, who framed him for assault and insubordination. The officer punched at him, Piggy blocked, and the officer reported that saBinring attacked him. Undeterred, saBinring applied for transfer to Wraith Squadron and immediately impressed squadron leaders Wedge Antilles and Wes Janson with his genius for astronavigation and intelligence analysis. He also had a simple explanation for why he could not have attacked the officer: If Piggy had punched him, the officer would not have been able to speak coherently at the time he reported the "assault".

The evacuation of Folor base following the attack by Admiral Apwar Trigit and the Implacable saw Wraith Squadron fall foul of Zsinj's latest toy, the Empion mine. While the squadron drifted helplessly in space, Piggy suffered the indignity of having his vocal implant disabled and he was only able to communicate through a series of grunts. Fortunately Grinder was able to effect repairs and Piggy volunteered for a crazy scheme to turn the tables on their ambushers.

Voort "Piggy" saBinring in Wraith Squadron flight suit.

By jury-rigging a vehicle made of X-wing and parts of the Narra called the Lunatic, Piggy was able to maneuver into the hold of the Night Caller and use his blaster cannon to kill Captain Zurel Darillian and capture the ship. Following the debriefing, he jokingly asked whether he could keep the Night Caller. Wedge explained that although that question would have been treated as a joke by any other military force, it was perfectly legitimate in the New Republic owing to the naval traditions of the Rebel Alliance. Piggy could have submitted a request to transfer which Wedge would have approved. He would then receive an immediate promotion to Lieutenant and a temporary promotion to Brevet Captain. After 6 months to a year of cargo missions, he'd receive proper missions for the New Republic. Ultimately Piggy declined to take Wedge up on the offer.

When Warlord Zsinj brainwashed certain members of nonhumanoid species to wreak havoc in the New Republic and assassinate important leaders, Piggy single handedly saved Admiral Ackbar's life. Lieutenant Jart Eyan, a Twi'lek was brainwashed, and when receiving a code phrase trigger, walked into Admiral Ackbar's office, where Piggy was at the time commenting on Wraith Squadron's most recent significant encounter with Warlord Zsinj, and shot Piggy in the stomach. Piggy, although near death, was overcome with base Gamorrean instincts, and rose to fight Eyan. He broke the blaster with a vibroblade and smashed the Twi'lek into the wall, smashed his head flat and left a big dent in the wall with a desk, shortly before passing out. Piggy had to be submerged in bacta for an extended period of time, but fully recovered and eventually returned back into the Wraith's service.

As a Wraith, saBinring participated in the fight with freelance Imperial Admiral Apwar Trigit and was a valued analyst on Han Solo's anti-Zsinj task force. He continued service with the squadron when it was transferred to New Republic Intelligence (NRI).

In 13 ABY in a mission involving Imperial Admiral Kosh Teradoc, in a bar on the world of Ryvester Piggy acts as a dancer. After reciving the signal from Face, who is digused as a pirate, Captain Hachat, looking for a parter to retrive priceless work of art, Piggy shouts in Gamorrean that a raid is happening. This, coupled with audio recording of other shouts of a raid, causes the patrons in the bar to panic. A firer fight ensues. Piggy relays info of enemy positions from is throat implant to other Wraith members. When one of Teradoc body guards amid a blaster at the fleeing Face and Dr. Mulus Cheems, he jumps off the stage and tackles him, breaking the guards bones and knocking him unconscious. Piggy then makes his way out the door. When he made it outside, Runt plays a trick on him making him think that he was caught. He gets into a nearby airspeeder where he was expecting a change of clothes. But due to another one of Runts joke he was force to ride to the evact point practically naked. The Wraiths make it to the docks and boarded a luxurious yacht, belonging to Admiral Kosh Teradoc, where he finds a robe and begins to mix drinks. A short time later the fake statue Teradoc took back to his base explodes, destroying the secret bio-lab and presumably killing Teradoc.

Yuuzhan Vong War

Voort saBinring

During the Yuuzhan Vong invasion in 27 ABY, he participated in Wedge Antilles' efforts to repel the Vong from Borleias, as both a Wraith and a member of Twin Suns Squadron. Piggy would also help plan Luke Skywalker's mission to Coruscant to hunt down Lord Nyax. In 29 ABY, near the end of the Yuuzhan Vong War, he was part of the mission to the Vong contorled world of Chashima, acting as the sniper for Runt and Estoric Sandskimmer. Just as the latter two are getting away from a shaper damutek with a new secret weapon that the Vong had developed, they were attacked. In spite of Piggy's help, both Wraith members are killed. Piggy is forced to perform a mercy killing on is friend Runt by shooting him through the chin so he wouldn't have to suffer the effects of the amphistaff venom that poisoned him. This incident caused Piggy to resigns from the Wraith and renounces his nickname because of Runt's death and because the weapon that the Vong had developed at that point wouldn't be able to help them against the Galactic Federation of Free Alliances given that the GA has them on the ropes now, making Runt’s death pointless

Hunt for a Traitor

In 44 ABY on the world of Ayceezee, Voort is a mathematics professor. He soon runs into Face Loran, who is getting the band back together after Dallas purge, and wants him to join to prove that Galactic Alliance General Stavin Thaal was part of the Lecersen Conspiracy. Face’s arguments convince him to join. He travels with Face to Coruscant, were he joins Myri Antilles and Trey Courser during an Wraith Squadron mission-in-progress.The mission involves blacking out a spaceport and the hijacking of a GA military hauler. After knocking out several GA Troops and hijacking the hauler, they make their way to their "unsafe house". There Voort meets with the rest of Wraith Squadron, including Bhindi Drayson,Jesmin Tainer, Turman Durra, and Viull "Scut" Gorsat. During the mission at the warehouse, Scut is shot with a lethal bolt in the back. Voort is surprised when he gets back up and runs to the speeder. After making their escape Voort is surprised that Scut is actually a Yuuzhan Vong, part of the Extolled caste, who was captured by the New Republic after a battle that killed most of the Yuuzhan Vong and given to Mulus Cheems and his wife, whom raised him as their son. The neoglith masquers, a version of the ooglith masquer, Scut was wearing absorbing the blast. Because of his experiences during the Yuuzhan Vong War, Voort is instantly distrustful of Scut.

Appearances

Piggy.

• X-wing: Wraith Squadron (First appearance)
• X-wing: Iron Fist
• X-wing: Solo Command
• Enemy Lines I: Rebel Dream
• Enemy Lines II: Rebel Stand
• X-wing: Mercy Kill

Sources

• "Who's Who in Rogue Squadron" — Star Wars Insider 59
• "Wraith Squadron" — Star Wars Gamer 9
• The Official Star Wars Fact File 2 (GAM4, Gamorreans)
• The New Essential Guide to Alien Species
• Galaxy at War
• "Blaster" — Star Wars Insider 134
• The Essential Reader's Companion

Notes and references

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