- "The Valarians have recovered a leg of an AT-AT and have it at their depot in the mountains. I want you to remove its RX-8 modulator, analyze its circuitry and then transmit the information to me. "
- ―Droma Ordo, to a spacer
The Valarian Depot was a smuggling storage site used by Lady Valarian's gang during the Galactic Civil War. It was located in the mountains near Bestine.[1]
History[]
In 1 ABY,[3] the depot was infiltrated by a spacer to retrieve an RX-8 modulator from the leg of an Imperial AT-AT for the Rebel agent Droma Ordo.[2] Around the same time, the Valarians acquired an X-wing starfighter and planned to sell it to the Rebels. Imperial Captain Jasha sent an operative to infiltrate the depot, and plant a transmitter on the starfighter in order to track the X-Wing to the the new Rebel base.[4]
Shortly thereafter, Imperial Commander Barrezz and Alliance Captain Bastra dispatched agents to the Valarian Depot in order to search for an important cargo smuggled earlier from Tansarii Point Station.[1]
Later, Jabba the Hutt's supervisor droid EV-9D9 sent a spacer to infiltrate the Valarian Depot to retrieve droid disciplinary devices stolen by the Valarians. The spacer sliced a binary load lifter to load EV-9D9's cargo in a shuttle, and then killed the shuttle's pilot, Rando M'Kabe. The spacer finally reprogrammed the shuttle for an automated flight to Wayfar where the cargo was retrieved by EV-9D9.[5]
Behind the scenes[]
The Valarian Depot appeared in the 2003 video game Star Wars Galaxies, a massively multiplayer online roleplaying game developed by Sony Online Entertainment and published by LucasArts,[1] prior to its closure on December 15, 2011.[6] The Valarian Depot was added to the game as part of the so-called "Legacy Quest,"[1] released with the "Publish 25", a.k.a. the "New Game Enhancements," on November 15, 2005.[7]
Appearances[]
- Star Wars Galaxies: Starter Kit (First appearance)
A Trail in the Desert on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (content now obsolete; backup link)
Sources[]
- Star Wars Galaxies: The Complete Guide: Prima Official Game Guide
- Star Wars Galaxies Trading Card Game — Agents of Deception (Card: Valarian Haul) (backup link)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6
Star Wars Galaxies: Starter Kit — Legacy Quest: "Valarian Haul" on Tatooine
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Star Wars Galaxies: Starter Kit — Rebel Quest: "Modulator Retrieval" on Tatooine
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Star Wars Galaxies: Starter Kit — Imperial Quest: "Plant Transmitter" on Tatooine
- ↑ Star Wars Galaxies: Starter Kit — Legacy Quest: "Remodeling" on Tatooine
- ↑ IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT STAR WARS GALAXIES™ on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ Publish Archive 2005 on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (content now obsolete; backup link)
External links[]
- Valarian Haul on the SWG Wiki
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