"The Old Republic: Smuggler's Vanguard"
Attribution
Author(s)	Robert Chestney
Publication information
Publisher	StarWars.com
Release date	March 25, 2010
Published in	Star Wars Hyperspace
Reprinted in	Del Rey website
Chronology
Era	Old Republic era
Timeline	c. 3,660 BBY[1]
Series	The Old Republic
Preceded by	Star Wars: The Old Republic: Revan
Followed by	The Old Republic: The Third Lesson

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"The Old Republic: Smuggler's Vanguard" is a short story written by Robert Chestney that was published exclusively on StarWars.com on March 25, 2010. On October 1, 2012, it was republished on the Del Rey Website. The story is set in 3,660 BBY^[1] during the Great Galactic War, and focuses on the Mirialan smuggler Hylo Visz.

Plot summaryEdit

Hylo Visz is a freelance smuggler doing a job for Barrga the Hutt in Corellia with her ship, Crimson Fleece, accompanied by Barrga the Hutt enforcers', Musk and his Weequay partner.

After landing in Rendili Corporate facility, Hylo Visz senses alert her of a trap, but before she is able to depart with the ship, she is traped by Musk and his partner, whom don't believe in her and try to finish the deal instead.

After being trapped in the cargo hatch, Hylo Visz is able to escape to the landing pad and she sees how her ship is blown up after finishing the deal and taking off with the two enforcer's on board, due to Rendili Vehicle Corporation trying to double-cross Barrga the Hutt.

Feeling the urge to escape, Hylo Visz moves through the Rendili Corporate facility not being discovered till she finds her new ship: a new Defender-class light corvette doing the first flight test, which she steals from the pilot (a Jedi) and in which she is able to escape from the planet.

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External linksEdit

•  "The Old Republic: Smuggler's Vanguard" on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link on Archive.org)
• Story on the Del Rey Website
• The Old Republic: Smuggler's Vanguard on Star Wars: The Old Republic Wiki