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Previous Liberation of slave camps[1] Next Attack on Porso Hill[1] Search for Captain Kael Conflict Invasion of Naboo[1] Date 32 BBY[2] Place Near a plasma mining camp; Naboo[1] Outcome Borvo the Hutt betrays Bravo Squadron.[1] Captain Kael found.[1] Combatants Royal Naboo Security Forces[1] Nal Raka Criminal Empire[1] Trade Federation Droid Army[1] Commanders Lieutenant Gavyn Sykes[1] Mine operator[1] Strength Part of Bravo Squadron[1] Three N-1 starfighters[1] One Seraph-class urban landspeeder[1] Mining camp defenses[1] Laser turrets[1] B1 battle droids[1] STAPs[1] AATs[1] Droid bombers[1] Casualties One N-1 starfighter[1] Captain Kael[1] Mining camp's administration building[1] All turrets[1] All plasma miners[1] Numerous STAPS[1] Several AATs[1] All droid bombers[1] [Source]

The search for Captain Kael was initiated during the Invasion of Naboo in 32 BBY. The resistance had joined forces with Borvo the Hutt, a smuggler operating out of the mountains and together they planned an offensive against the Trade Federation. One of their victories was an infiltration of a Trade Federation slave camp using a captured gunboat to free Naboo civilians. After the mission was over, Borvo supplied transports while Lieutenant Gavyn Sykes escorted the remaining civilians. As he reached the rendezvous, the rest of his squadron told him Captain Kael had been shot down, and Sykes raced off to find him. During the search, Sykes fought against Federation Single Trooper Aerial Platforms and Armored Assault Tanks. He reached a plasma mining camp and saved it from attacking tanks, but the mine's operator betrayed him, forcing Sykes to destroy the camp. Sykes' wingman Lutin Hollis then contacted Sykes to tell him he had found the Captain. Sykes fought through more Federation forces before reaching Kael, who with his dying breath revealed that Borvo had betrayed him and asked him to rescue the civilians.

PreludeEdit

After joining with the smuggler Borvo and his organization during the Invasion of Naboo^[1] in 32 BBY,^[2] Naboo's Bravo Squadron was able to launch an offensive against the Trade Federation Droid Army. After the squadron liberated captured civilians from the Trade Federation, Borvo supplied transports to pick up the civilians. After escorting a separate group, Lieutenant Gavyn Sykes was told his flight leader, Captain Kael had been shot down and then raced off to find him.^[1]

The searchEdit

The searchEdit

After approaching Kael's last known position, Bravo Squadron split up to search for him. Lt. Sykes traveled in his Seraph-class urban landspeeder to look for him on the ground. Sykes was forced to destroy many Federation B1 battle droids riding on Single Trooper Aerial Platform which were also searching for Kael. Two Armored Assault Tanks blocked Sykes' path on a bridge, but he destroyed them and continued on the path.^[1]

Mining campEdit

After passing the bridge, Sykes saw what he thought was Borvo's personal transport, but the ship flew off before he could get close. As Sykes moved on, he found a plasma mining camp under attack by droid forces. He intervened, destroying the tanks.^[1]

During the skirmish, he went through the middle of the mining camp and passed under an energy field, which had a strange regenerative effect on his shields.^[1]

After the tanks were gone, he contacted the mine director and asked for information. The director told Sykes to back off; saying he was running a legal operation. When Sykes refused to comply with the director's warning, the remaining defenses opened fire on him and he was forced to destroy the camp administration building. Sykes had then no choice but to disable the rest of the camp, knocking out the turrets and the camp’s plasma miners. After he was finished, Lutin Hollis, one of his wingmen, contacted Sykes, saying he had discovered the captain's fighter. Sykes saw them on his sensors and went to that position.^[1]

The Captain’s fighterEdit

The Trade Federation was still looking for Captain Kael, and Sykes had to fight through more Single Trooper Aerial Platforms. He also noticed droid bombers, and he had to shoot them down before they could find the captain. After the bombers were down, the rest of the forces retreated and Sykes could approach the captain. Kael was mortally wounded, and he used his final moments to warn Sykes about the Hutt’s betrayal. Sykes asked about the civilians he had rescued; Kael replied Borvo would sell them as slaves. With his last breath, he ordered Sykes to rescue them.^[1]

AftermathEdit

As the rest of Bravo Squadron arrived, an angry Sykes asked for his fighter, saying they were going after the Hutt, who was based on Porso Hill. Bravo Squadron then went on to avenge Kael's death and liberate the civilians again.^[1]

Behind the scenesEdit

The Search for Captain Kael appears in the 2000 video game Star Wars: Battle for Naboo. Players assume the role of Sykes and pilots a Flash speeder as the mission's default craft. The betrayal of the mining camp happens during a cutscene and it is necessary to destroy the camp before proceeding. The camp's central hub has a spot where the player may go to recharge their shields. The search was mentioned in Sykes' entry in 2008's The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia and the 2011 magazine Star Wars: The Official Starships & Vehicles Collection 62.

AppearanceEdit

• Star Wars: Battle for Naboo (First appearance)

SourcesEdit

• The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia ("Sykes, Gavyn") (Mentioned only)
• Star Wars: The Official Starships & Vehicles Collection 62

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