Undercity Ambush

The Undercity Ambush was the Jedi Coalitions first action taken against Jacen Solo, the co-Chief of State of the Galactic Alliance and Sith Lord. At first the plan was to either a capture or neutralize Jacen, but changed to planting a tracking device on Solo after realizing that the first intentions weren’t realistic. The ambush was a failure, with Darth Caedus killing Thann Mithric and nearly killing the famous Jedi Master Kyle Katarn. The Jedi however, were able to plant the tracking device on the Dark Lord.

Prelude
Following the Devastation of Kashyyyk, Luke Skywalker decided that it was time to have his nephew Jacen Solo removed. He gave Kyp Durron the task of planning a mission against Jacen. Kyp informed Luke of his plan while the Jedi Masters sparred at the Jedi hideout on Endor. A team of 4 Jedi including a guide would attack and capture Solo in Coruscants undercity as he was entering or leaving the Senate Building. There would be a droid piloted shuttle meant to draw away their pursuers as they were escaping with the captive Chief of State back the way they came through the undercity. Kyp told the Grand Master that if the capture didn't work out as planned, they would kill Jacen to prevent him from causing further damage to the Galaxy. Luke reluctantly agreed to the statement and then asked to meet Seha Dorvald, the teams guide through the undercity. Her loyalty was in question because she helped Ben escape out of the Jedi Temple under Jacen's orders as well as giving him information on the Jedi and spare equipment from the Temple. She did this because it was Jacen who arranged for her to be in the New Jedi Order. She came forward about her actions when she heard about the Massacre on Ossus. But Luke accepted her after talking with her and learning of her actions during the Invasion of the New Jedi Temple. Kyp insisted that Luke lead the mission but Luke immediately refused. Luke knew he would attack with hate and that Ben would follow his and Jacen's example and be lost to the darkness. He instead gave the role of team leader to Jedi Master Kyle Katarn. The Jedi team which consisted of Katarn, Jedi Knights Valin Horn, Thann Mithric, Kolir Hu'lya, followed Seha Dorvald as they crawled thorough the undercity's waste pipes to get to their positions. After several hours of waiting a convoy of three airspeeders showed up. One was a black GAG speeder, the second was a heavily armoured civilian speeder, and the third was a GAG troop carrier. The convoy stopped near Katarn and the troops emptied out of the GAG speeders. Then the civilian speeder opened and out came a YVH droid holding a crate containing Solo’s daughter Allana followed by Jacen himself. As the group headed toward the Senate Building, Katarn gave the order to attack.

Attacking the Chief of State
Caedus heard what sounded like four grenade launchers firing. He told the droid to take Allana to safety. They turned out to be dazzle grenades and blinded his troops. The four Jedi then approached Jacen and Katarn offered surrender, which Solo quickly rejected. Caedus then looked at the Jedi forming a semicircle around him. He nearly laughed at the collection of Jedi before him as he realized they were no match for him. He was not the only one who thought this, Kyp decided it would be very difficult to complete their objective and told Seha to linger behind the fight and plant a tracking device on Jacen's cloak with the force. At the very least the Jedi would know of Jacen's whereabouts. Katarn began the duel with a strike that Caedus easily deflected as he force pushed Hu'lya into Mithric, knocking them both down. Katarn then spinned to strike Jacen again, but the Sith merely stepped back, watched the blade fly past him, and then kicked Valin Horn in the chin which knocked him off his feet. Katarn then tried to kick Jacen in the head but he managed to roll away from it, catching a scrape on the cheek. Jacen retaliated by trying to slice off Katarn's leg, but his strike was intercepted by Kolir's blade. Sirens filled the air as the Jedi escape shuttle entered the plaza closely followed by three more GAG airpeeders pursing it. Caedus then attacked Horn so that he would flinch into the path of Mitric, which he did. As the two Jedi interfered with each other, Jacen force pushed Hu'lya into Katarn, who threw his lightsaber at Jacen so he could catch Kolir with both hands. Caedus simply swatted away the incoming lightsaber and threatened to torture the Jedi if they didn't reveal their secret headquarters. Jacen sensed Mithric and Horn preparing to attack so he yanked Kolir with the force so he blocked their path. Katarn advanced toward the Sith Lord, but remained unaware of the many GAG speeders attacking their escape shuttle overhead. Caedus used this to his advantage by yanking down a speeder and launching it down toward the Jedi Master. Katarn expected another force push and realized too late that a speeder was flying towards him. The speeder hit Kyle in the back and knocked Kolir to the ground. Katarn flew forward and slammed into Caedus, who felt a rush of satisfaction as he buried the hilt of his lightsaber into his chest and let him drop face first on the pavement. Katarn had earlier told Seha to plant the device on Jacen at the most chaotic moment, and this was it. As the three Jedi Knights charged Solo, she merged the patch with Jacen's cloak and her mission was over. But she couldn't leave without pulling Master Katarn to safety. The GAG troopers’ sight had begun returning and fired at Mithric and Horn. Valin deflected the bolt at a surprised Jacen, grazing his leg. Mithric then attacked Jacen as he fell on his knee and began to beat down his parries. Caedus then realized that he wasn't fully recovered from his duel with Luke. Also, more of his troopers were firing at Horn which meant more blaster bolts he had to deflect. To solve this problem, he waited until another bolt flew towards him and deflecting that bolt into Mithric's chest. Caedus then leapt towards the staggering Falleen and decapitated him with a single lateral blow. After sharing a few words with Horn, Caedus watched as the Jedi fled.

Aftermath
Seha, Horn, and Hu'lya carrying and injured Kyle Katarn managed escape through the undercity the way they came and made it back to the Jedi hideout. Caedus picked up Mithric's head and observed it before dropping it on the ground. He was disappointed that he could not find the body of Kyle Katarn. Kyp Durron later informed Luke of the failed ambush and the sucess of the tracking device. This device would help the Jedi locate Jacen before the Battle of Centerpoint Station, but it was eventually discovered by Patra Tebut.

Appearances

 * Fury