Skirmish in the Yinta Lake spaceport

"Too many questions, Aryn. I've got engspice aboard. They'll seize the ship and arrest us both. We have to go. Now."

- Zeerid Korr, to Aryn Leneer, during the skirmish

This skirmish was fought in the Yinta Lake spaceport on the planet Vulta with the smuggler Zeerid Korr and rogue Jedi Knight Aryn Leneer against the mercenary Vrath Xizor and his men. In 3,653 BBY, at the beginning of the Cold War, Korr had engspice he had to smuggle, but Xizor wanted to get it for the Hutt Cartel. They met in the Yinta Lake spaceport Vulta, and a short battle ensued.

Prelude
"I just want the cargo."

- Vrath Xizor

In 3,653 BBY, a smuggler by the name of Zeerid Korr had a load of engspice that he had to get to Coruscant for the Exchange. But Vrath Xizor&mdash;a mercenary hired by the Hutt Cartel&mdash;set out with his mercenary team to stop him so the Hutts could corner the market in engspice. His team consisted of men by the names of Deron, Keene, and Lom. When Korr and Aryn Leneer&mdash;a rogue Jedi sneaking away from the Alderaan Peace Conference and needing to get to Imperial–held Coruscant&mdash;showed up at the Yinta Lake spaceport on the planet Vulta to take off in Korr's starship, the Fatman, Xizor and his men were there to attempt to stop them.

The skirmish
"Everybody down!"

- Vrath Xizor to by-standers

Zeerid Korr knew he and Leneer were being followed, but he didn't know it would be an all–out battle until Vrath Xizor shouted for all the people walking around the spaceport to get down and started shooting. Korr shot one of the men right away, then pulled Leneer behind a droid for cover. Leneer was deflecting many shots with her green lightsaber, but Korr was shot in the boot, in the chest, and in his shoulder. However, he was only bruised thanks to the strong armor he was wearing. Korr did lose his primary blaster when he was shot in the shoulder, but he pulled out the E-9 blaster he kept in the small of his back and kept fighting. Leneer helped him up while still deflecting shots with her lightsaber, and they dashed for the Fatman. Another man tried to stop them from getting to the landing pad, but Leneer deflected both of his shots, and Korr shot him in the brow. They dashed into the landing pad away from the wounded civilians and more shots were fired in the landing pad and Leneer was shot in the calf. A Human male in an unmarked open-topped speeder flew at them shooting. Korr returned fire and although it did no damage, it did distract the driver long enough for Korr and Leneer to make it inside the Fatman.

Aftermath
"I'm going to fly right up to an Imperial cruiser."

- Vrath Xizor discussing his plans

Zeerid Korr and Aryn Leneer escaped with minor injuries, but with the engspice still inside Fatman. They started there trip to Coruscant where Leneer would fight Darth Malgus in the Jedi Temple. Vrath Xizor and his remaining men left the spaceport and began planning a new way to get at Korr. They eventually decided to temporarily join forces with the Sith Empire to get at Korr.

Behind the scenes
The skirmish in Yinta Lake Spaceport first appeared in the novel Star Wars: The Old Republic: Deceived written by Paul S. Kemp and published on March 22, 2011.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: The Old Republic: Deceived