- "Listen, scab, I’m not going to let you cost me my piece work for the night."
- ―Unidentified mechanic to Kell Tainer
This individual was a male mechanic on the planet Storinal during the New Republic's campaign against Warlord Zsinj.
Biography
- "No. I’m just going to scrub your work as not up to spec...and report it that way. Right now."
- ―Unidentified mechanic to Kell Tainer
Kell Tainer, who fought with the mechanic
In 7 ABY, the mechanic and his partner went to Bunker Twenty-two Aleph on Revos Spaceport to service the shuttles. To their surprise, a second maintenance team—actually members of the New Republic commando unit Wraith Squadron—was already inside and had completed the job. The Wraith's mission was to infect the shuttles with Bunkurd Sewer Disorder.[1]
Kell Tainer, posing as the fake maintenance team's lead mechanic, attempted to diffuse the situation when the mechanic became aggressive over the potential loss of pay. Tainer suggested that the mechanic’s team could redo any portions they deemed inadequate without filing a formal complaint, allowing both teams to log hours.[1]
The mechanic considered the offer but ultimately chose to perform the maintenance again and still submit an immediate complaint. A call like that would likely alert the spaceport operators to the unauthorized maintenance job Tainer’s team had just performed, so Tainer provoked the mechanic into a fight and quickly beat him into unconsciousness. He then urged the bunker's guard, who witnessed the altercation, to call it in so that Tainer could accuse the mechanic of assault with intent to kill.[1]
The mechanic’s partner intervened and asked Tainer not to report the incident. He offered to service the shuttles and refrain from filing a complaint regarding Tainer’s team’s work, arguing that doing so would spare everyone from additional paperwork. The guard agreed, allowing Tainer’s team to leave the bunker safely with their cover identities intact.[1]
Personality and traits
- "He's a good man. Just tense. Let him sleep this off, I’ll redo the servicing on the shuttles, nobody will report anything, you keep your job, he keeps his job—what do you say?"
- ―Unidentified mechanic partner to Kell Tainer
The mechanic was an abrasive individual who displayed no interest in cooperation. He displayed a petty and self-serving streak, refusing a mutually beneficial arrangement proposed by Tainer in favor of reporting the work as substandard. He was uncompromising in his decision, even when it threatened another worker’s livelihood. His partner, however, vouched for his good character and attributed his actions to just being tense.[1]
He was physically imposing with a muscular build layered with fat.[1]
Equipment
The mechanic had a belt hydrospanner, which was not the typical small, around-the-house tool, but a heavy metal implement two-thirds the length of a man’s arm.[1]
Behind the scenes
This mechanic was a character created by author Aaron Allston for his novel X-Wing: Wraith Squadron, the fifth volume in the Star Wars: X-Wing published in 1998.[1]
Appearances
- X-Wing: Wraith Squadron (and unabridged audiobook) (First mentioned, in book)