- "I'm a rebel, Keo. Always have been. Never fitted in at home, so I lit out and did my own thing. The Rebel Alliance let me take a swing at the biggest bullies in the galaxy—my way."
- ―Frisk, to Keo Venzee
Feresk Tssat, nicknamed "Frisk," was a Trandoshan male pilot who flew for the New Republic's Vanguard Squadron. Frisk predominantly flew a BTL Y-wing starfighter. The squadron served in the Bormea sector around 5 ABY, but soon traveled to the planet Troithe to assist General Hera Syndulla's Barma Battle Group against the Galactic Empire's 204th Imperial Fighter Wing. When the fighter wing launched a bulk freighter in an attempt to escape, Tssat, one of Syndulla's pilots, asked Wyl Lark where the squadron commander wanted Vanguard Squadron. The 204th ultimately escaped the battle despite the efforts of the New Republic's forces.
Biography[]
- "This is General Syndulla to all New Republic forces. Vanguard Squadron is here."
- ―Hera Syndulla
At some point during Feresk's life, he worked as a smuggler who acquired valuable objects for paying clients. When Feresk, by his own accounts, accidentally procured a counterfeit painting for an Imperial governor, who in turn showed it to Admiral Thrawn, a death mark was placed on Feresk's head, forcing him to find sanctuary with the Alliance to Restore the Republic.[1]
During the Galactic Civil War, Feresk Tssat[1] served as a pilot in the New Republic's Vanguard Squadron.[3] Around 5 ABY,[4] the squadron was on a special assignment in the Bormea sector to help improve the New Republic's starship supply. General Hera Syndulla brought some forces to assist Vanguard Squadron, but soon received news that her own battle group had been devastated by the Galactic Empire's 204th Imperial Fighter Wing during its campaign in the Cerberon system. Syndulla subsequently took Vanguard Squadron, Tssat included, and[3] the squadron's headquarters,[5] the MC75 Star Cruiser Temperance, to the Cerberon system, where some of her battle group's remaining forces were fighting the 204th at the planet Troithe.[3]
The squadron engaged the fighter wing, which soon launched a bulk freighter from the surface of Troithe in an attempt to escape. As one Vanguard pilot reported a 204th squadron seemingly docking into the freighter, Tssat asked Wyl Lark,a senior pilot from Syndulla's remaining forces, where the squadron commander wanted Vanguard Squadron. Lark attempted to make the fighter wing surrender, but chose to have the New Republic forces pursue the bulk freighter when the enemy did not comply. Ultimately, the 204th launched missiles to distract the New Republic, and the fighter wing escaped aboard the freighter while under pursuit from Vanguard pilots.[3]
Personality and traits[]
- "Keo, I ain't racing you. I learned my lesson the first twelve times."
- ―Frisk, to Keo Venzee
Feresk was a Transdoshan male with pale pink scales and orange eyes. The coloration of his pale pink scales were the result of his Albinism.[6] He wore a blue flight suit with a standard New Republic helmet. His helmet had blue trim and orange Alliance logos on the front half of each side. Feresk wasn't shy about his loyalties and desires to make credits, but in a dogfight he was always dedicated to his fellow squadron pilots.[1]
Behind the scenes[]
- "I like Trandoshans, probably from writing Qyzen Fess for SWTOR, so I wanted to have trandoshan scoundrel in Squadrons."
- ―Joanna Berry
Feresk Tssat was created for the video game Star Wars: Squadrons,[1] released on October 2, 2020.[8] Tssat was voiced by James Arnold Taylor.[1] The character was first pictured in the reveal trailer for Star Wars: Squadrons on June 15, 2020[9] and first appeared, albeit only through voice, in the novel Shadow Fall, written by Alexander Freed[3] and published on June 23, 2020.[10] While the novel only provided the name Tssat,[3] Star Wars: Squadrons identified his forename and nickname of "Frisk."[1]
Squadrons writer Joanna Berry, who was responsible for conceiving the concept and characters, wanted to have a Trandoshan scoundrel character in the game based on a fondness for the species that she attributed to having written the Trandoshan Qyzen Fess in the online role-playing game Star Wars: The Old Republic. Berry stated that the nature of Squadrons required the characters to be distinct while also maintaining a balance of character types within the squadron.[7]
Appearances[]
- Star Wars: Squadrons (First identified as Feresk and Frisk)
The Light You Bring on Electronic Arts' official website (article) (backup link)
- Shadow Fall (First appearance, simultaneous with audiobook) (Voice only)
- Shadow Fall audiobook (Voice only)
Sources[]
Star Wars: Squadrons – Official Reveal Trailer on the official Electronic Arts Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link) (Posted on StarWars.com) (First pictured)
Star Wars: Squadrons, a New Space Combat Game, Coming October 2 on StarWars.com (backup link) (Picture only)
Buckle Up and Join Star Wars: Squadrons in the StarWars.com Databank - Updated on StarWars.com (backup link)
Star Wars: Squadrons Screenshots on StarWars.com (backup link) (Picture only)
"The Squadrons Scribe" — Star Wars Insider 206
"After Endor" — Star Wars Insider 222
Frisk in the Databank (backup link)
Vanguard Squadron in the Databank (backup link) (Picture only)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 Star Wars: Squadrons
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2
The Light You Bring on Electronic Arts' official website (article) (backup link)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 Shadow Fall
- ↑
In Shadow Fall, the Dark Secrets of Alphabet Squadron Revealed on StarWars.com (backup link) establishes that Shadow Fall takes place approximately half a year after the Battle of Endor, while Before the Awakening states Kes Dameron and Shara Bey moved to Yavin 4 around six months after the Battle of Endor. Given that Star Wars: Galactic Atlas dates their move to 5 ABY, the events of Shadow Fall must also take place around that time.
- ↑
The Temperance in the Databank (backup link)
- ↑
Frisk in the Databank (backup link)
- ↑ 7.0 7.1
"The Squadrons Scribe" — Star Wars Insider 206
- ↑
Star Wars: Squadrons, a New Space Combat Game, Coming October 2 on StarWars.com (backup link)
- ↑
Star Wars: Squadrons – Official Reveal Trailer on the official Electronic Arts Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link) (Posted on StarWars.com)
- ↑
Shadow Fall (Star Wars) on Penguin Random House's official website (backup link)