- "Your orders are to go to Bela Vistal and listen in on a meeting of Imperial officers. With luck, they'll let slip the location of some starships the Empire has taken from us."
- ―Wedge Antilles, to a Rebel spacer
A mission was carried out by the Rebel Alliance near the city of Bela Vistal on the planet Corellia during the Galactic Civil War.
Prelude[]
- "...and they'll be safe there. Think of it! We'll use those X-Wings in various illegal activities. Public opinion of the Rebel Alliance will plummet."
- ―An Imperial officer
After the Battle of Yavin, the Galactic Empire had confiscated several Rebel T-65 X-wing starfighters and stored them in an Imperial Base in the Dregan's Pike mountain. The Empire hoped to use these X-Wings for illicit purposes, in an attempt to turn public opinion against the Rebel Alliance.[3]
The mission[]
- "I'm receiving word that we managed to recover almost 85% of the starships and even some starship parts."
- ―Wedge Antilles, to a Rebel spacer
The Imperial Base.
In order to retrieve the stolen X-wing starfighters, Rebel Officer Wedge Antilles dispatched Rebel spacers to eavesdrop on Imperial officers in Bela Vistal. The Rebel operatives overheard two Imperial officers discussing their plan against the Rebellion. To pave the way for disrupting the Imperial project and recover the starfighters, a group of Rebel operatives set off towards the base.[3]
The Rebels spacers attacked the Imperial base and eliminated a number of stormtrooper guards. They also destroyed three security terminals that controlled the automated defenses of the base. With the Imperial base defenseless, a Rebel recovery team sent by Antilles eventually managed to recover 85% of the stolen starships.[3]
Behind the scenes[]
The mission to Bela Vistal was a quest in the 2003 video game Star Wars Galaxies, a massively multiplayer online roleplaying game developed by Sony Online Entertainment and published by LucasArts,[3] prior to its closure on December 15, 2011.[5] The quest was added to the game with the revamped "Rebel Theme Park", released with the update dubbed "Chapter 6," on May 22, 2007.[6]
Appearances[]
- Star Wars Galaxies: The Complete Online Adventures (First appearance)
Sources[]
Aiding the Rebellion on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (content now obsolete; backup link)- Friday Feature – Where are they? Famous Characters in Star Wars Galaxies on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (content now obsolete; backup link)
Notes and references[]
- ↑
Star Wars Galaxies: Starter Kit — Chapter 1: The Battle for Restuss
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Star Wars Galaxies: The Complete Online Adventures — Chapter 7: A Collection of Heroes
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 Star Wars Galaxies: The Complete Online Adventures — Rebel Quest: "Stolen Starships" on Corellia
- ↑ According to its opening crawl, Star Wars Galaxies was set sometime after Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope. The only precise time indication in the game was given by the character Ruwan Tokai, who referenced the destruction of the Death Star at the Battle of Yavin as occurring one year earlier, placing the game sometime around 1 ABY. Later, multiple elements confirmed the placement of the game storyline in 1 ABY. First, The Essential Reader's Companion established that the tie-in novel Star Wars Galaxies: The Ruins of Dantooine took place in 1 ABY. Furthermore, the game expansion Star Wars Galaxies: Rage of the Wookiees was set during the Blockade of Kashyyyk, one year after the Battle of Yavin according to The Star Wars Holiday Special. Additionally, the main scenario of The Nightsister's Revenge from the Star Wars Galaxies Trading Card Game was set over a year before the Battle of Hoth (3 ABY), so around 1.5 ABY. Finally, the reference book Strongholds of Resistance placed the events of Star Wars Galaxies's Chapter 9: "The Fury of Exar Kun" one year after the Battle of Yavin. Of note, Galaxies's Chapter 11: "The Battle of Echo Base" introduced the Battle of Hoth in the game. However, the developers were quite clear that this was only intended to be a completely isolated "Star Wars Moment" without any effect on continuity for the rest of the game.
- ↑ IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT STAR WARS GALAXIES™ on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ Publish Notes - Chapter 6: Masters of the Wild on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (content now obsolete; backup link)
External links[]
- Stolen Starships on the SWG Wiki
