Mission to Nirauan

"You don't think the two of us tackling a whole fortress full of unknown enemies is giving us too much of an advantage, do you?"

- Mara Jade to Luke Skywalker

The Mission to Nirauan was attempted by Luke Skywalker in 19 ABY to rescue Mara Jade after her disappearance on the mysterious planet Nirauan. It resulted in the discovery of the powerful Empire of the Hand in the Unknown Regions and in the recovering of an unaltered copy of the Caamas Document that later resolved the Caamas Document Crisis.

The mission


By 19 ABY, the Hand of Thrawn had become the leading fortress of the Empire of the Hand. Its garrison, comprised for the most part of Chiss troops, was commanded by Imperial officer Voss Parck. Soontir Fel was also part of the Hand of Thrawn's complement. When Mara Jade disappeared on a mission to track down the source of clones and mysterious starfighters which had recently become active, Luke Skywalker and R2-D2 followed her. Joining with some of the native Qom Jha and Qom Qae, they infiltrated the compound. In order to prevent the Hand of Thrawn from turning itself over to Bastion and the Empire, Mara Jade used a beckon call to drive her ship, Jade's Fire, into the compound, damaging the main hangar and all remaining ships. Luke and Mara then reentered the compound, where they discovered Thrawn's secret cloning chamber. While battling two sentry droids, the entire chamber flooded, but they were able to escape by forcing Thrawn's cloning cylinder to explode, resulting in the water draining and allowing them to escape. After escaping, Luke discovered that R2-D2 also managed to download an unaltered copy of the Caamas Document.

Appearances

 * Specter of the Past
 * Vision of the Future