Imperial espionage operation

Prior to the attack on the Sempre, a large spying operation was conducted by members of the Higher Skies Advocacy Group and Yinchom Dojo.

The operation
Under the advice of the mysterious Nightswan, Driller MarDapp of Higher Skies instructed employees, including his friend Arihnda Pryce, to create political connections of high-ranking Imperial government officials and use data-thief programs on their computers to steal valuable information. The information would then be used to blackmail the government officials. Meanwhile, Juahir Madras and other members of the Yinchom Dojo, who trained bodyguards of Imperial senators and other government officials, blackmailed them in order to turn them into spyies for the dojo. The spying operations would eventually result in an attempted assassination of Senator Evidorn.

While Colonel Wullf Yularen and Captain Thrawn conducted an investigation to uncover the identify and motivations of Nightswan, they eventually were led to Yinchom Dojo after Thrawn discovered that Nightswan was involved in several political protests, including one in Nubia. Following this thread, Yularen and Thrawn were able to deduce that political upsets would be effective if they began in training dojos, leading them to Yinchom Dojo with Thrawn discovering that the dojo may be part of a conspiracy and was involved with Higher Skies. Pryce knowing this, decided to turn on her friends and employer, and copied the database of Higher Skies.

Using the information obtained and her secret recordings of Moff Ghadi, a political rival of Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin, Pryce was able to bargain the information for the title of acting governor, and in one or two years, gain the permanent title of Governor of Lothal. Pryce returned to meet her former friend, Juahir, and with the help of Colonel Yularen, arrested her. At the same time, ISB agents and officers arrested other members of Yinchom Dojo and Higher Skies, including Driller.

Appearances

 * Thrawn