Changes: Fair Prey

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Warning: This infobox has missing parameters: preceded by, followed by, reprinted in, title and unrecognized parameters: era, story name Fair Prey is a short story by Daniel Wallace. It was published in Star Wars Gamer 1 in 2000 by Wizards of the Coast as a sequel to Wallace's earlier story The Great Herdship Heist. It was originally approved to run in issue 18 of the Star Wars Adventure Journal but that issue was never published.^[2]

Plot summary

When Cecil Noone tries to unload a stolen Hapan Gun of Command on the backwater planet of Kabal, tables are turned on him by renowned hunter Tyro Viveca and Cecil is forced to run for his life in a desperate race against time, technology and the environment before Viveca hunts him down on his luxurious estate.

Appearances

By type

Characters	Organisms	Droid models	Events	Locations
Organizations and titles	Sentient species	Vehicles and vessels	Weapons and technology	Miscellanea

Characters

Dawson
Guttu (Mentioned only)
Gilad Halsek (Mentioned only)
Kilgore (First appearance)
Cecil Noone
Ritinki (Mentioned only)
Rutt (First appearance)
Hass Sonax
Tabor (First appearance)
Kea Ki Trang (First appearance)
Kels Turkhorn
Unidentified Lamproid (Kabal) (First appearance)
Unidentified Lamproid (Tyro Viveca's trophy) (First appearance)
Unidentified Squib trader (Kabal) (First appearance)
Tyro Viveca (First appearance)

Organisms

Arthropod
Bantha (Mentioned only)
Corellian canoid (Mentioned only)
Gravel-maggot (Mentioned only)
Groat (Mentioned only)
Krak'jya (First appearance)
Moon moth (Mentioned only)
Nashtah / Dravian hound
Ralltiir tiger (Mentioned only)
Saltfish (First mentioned)
Trammic mome (First mentioned)
Water-spider (First appearance)

Droid models

Events

Galactic Civil War (Mentioned only)
- Battle of Yavin (Indirect mention only)
- Raid on Kabal (Mentioned only)

Locations

Charubah (Mentioned only)
Cron Drift (Mentioned only)
Kothlis (Mentioned only)
Ralltiir (Mentioned only)
Outer Rim Territories
- Florn (Mentioned only)
- Kabal
  - Palisade (First appearance)
    - Tyro Viveca estate (First appearance)
    - Docking Pad P13 (First appearance)
    - Palisade starport (First appearance)
  - Shoribus (Indirect mention only)
- Kabal's moon (Mentioned only)
- Yavin (Mentioned only)

Organizations and titles

Alliance to Restore the Republic (Mentioned only)
BioTech (Mentioned only)
Bounty hunter (Mentioned only)
Charubah Armaments Guild (Mentioned only)
Galactic Empire (Mentioned only)
- Consul-General (Mentioned only)
- Stormtrooper (Mentioned only)
Palisade Starport Control
Ubrikkian Industries (Mentioned only)

Sentient species

Bimm (Mentioned only)
Bothan (Mentioned only)
Lamproid
Houk
Human
- Hapan (Mentioned only)
Hutt (Mentioned only)
Krish
Rodian (Mentioned only)
Sluissi
Squib
Tynnan
Ugnaught (Mentioned only)
Wookiee (Mentioned only)

Vehicles and vessels

TIE/sa bomber (Mentioned only)
Personal Luxury Yacht 3000
- Asaari Wind / Hieroglyph / Tailchaser / Voona's Dream II / Spiraling Shape
Cargo freighter (Mentioned only)
Freight hauler (Mentioned only)
Landspeeder (Mentioned only)

Weapons and technology

Acceleration couch
Bacta tank (Mentioned only)
Blaster
- Blaster rifle
  - Kell Mark II heavy blaster rifle
- Hold-out blaster
Aj^6 cyborg headband
Comlink
Crash webbing
Crossbow
Datapad
Datascreen
Detonite (First appearance)
Electronic lock breaker
Energy shield
Fibercord (Mentioned only)
Medkit
Force cage
Gravfield generator (First appearance)
Gun of Command
Ion engine
Ionizer (First appearance)
Maneuvering jets
Multitool
Ocular enhancer
Plasma torch (Mentioned only)
Power coupling
Putty
R-TechApp man trap (First appearance)
Repulsorlift
Servo
Sublight engine
Synthflesh
Thermite gel
Turbolaser
Vibroblade (Mentioned only)
Vibro-stake (Mentioned only)
Vocabulator (Mentioned only)

Miscellanea

Arboray tree (First appearance)
Bacta (Mentioned only)
Bambooi (First appearance)
Baradium
Bramble
Cordgrass (First appearance)
Credit
Crystalline (Mentioned only)
Dun brandy (First appearance)
Durasteel
Groat cheese (Mentioned only)
Holo-thriller (Mentioned only)
Landing shackle (First appearance)
Maraffa twig (First appearance)
Nergon-14
Permacrete
Plasteel
Quay novelty toy
Smashball (Mentioned only)
Smelling salt (First appearance)
Stranglethorn (First appearance)
Tabac

Behind the scenes

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This story is an homage to Richard Connell's short story The Most Dangerous Game, which spawned numerous similar stories and movies, most notably Hard Target.^[source?]

Notes and references

In other languages

español

[TERC-1] The Essential Reader's Companion

[2] Star Wars Fanboy Association Interview

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