MK-09

Stationed aboard the Liberty
MK-09 continued to visit Ace after the Ace's transfer to the Alliance Star Cruiser Liberty due to the flight officer's outstanding mission performance. Some time after the transfer, Emon sent Emkay to the Liberty in the Otana to retrieve Ace for a family mission. Emon relayed that Antan had discovered K'Armyn Viraxo, head of Viraxo Industries, would be traveling in his personal luxury yacht Highroller. Antan saw this as a ripe opportunity for vengeance against the Viraxo for their role in the Imperialization of Azzameen assets and the deaths of Tomaas and Galin.

By now, the thrill of piloting the Otana waned for Emkay, and he began to resent his job of shuttling Ace to various missions&mdash;though the droid was still fond of flying as copilot in battle. Nevertheless, he complied and the Otana set off to rendezvous with Emon's Andrasta. Once reunited, the two craft made their way to Destreg Spaceport in orbit around the planet Destreg II, where Antan believe the Highroller would be passing through. Indeed, shortly after the brothers' arrival, the yacht, along with an escort of R-41 Starchasers, entered the system. The fighters turned to engage an oncoming Otana, but, rather than fight them, Ace piloted the craft through the fighter screen; Emkay, expecting a fight, was impressed with the Alliance pilot's tactics. When the Otana reached the Highroller, MK-09 performed a scan for lifeforms but found none aboard the craft. Though disappointed and frustrated, Ace nevertheless destroyed the vessel and engaged the incoming R-41 fighters.

Displeased with the exchange of fire, the spaceport called Imperial authorities and demanded the Azzameens departure. However, before they could leave, a small collection of bounty hunters flying Muurian transports and Z-95 Headhunters entered the system to collect on the Viraxo bounty on the Azzameen brothers. Ace, Emon, and MK-09 successfully defeated this bounty hunter force and returned to the Liberty. Afterward, Ace and MK-09 received word from Antan, who apologized for his misinformation and for sending them into the bounty hunter trap.



Following their campaign to track and destroy the TIE Experimental Project and its production facility, the Alliance was in desperate need of warheads and began looking towards external and unorthodox methods to obtain the ordinance. Aeron, noting this as an opportunity to simultaneously help the Rebel Alliance and hurt Viraxo Industries, discovered a cache of warheads stored in containers at the Viraxo storage platform 1; with Antan's permission and a collection of transports from their company, she formed a plan to steal and sell the containers to the Alliance.

MK-09 and Aeron traveled to the Liberty, this time flying the Sabra, and collected Ace for the mission to covertly inspect the containers. As Emkay noted, the Azzameens were not adept at clandestine maneuvers, and the attempt at covert maneuvers was unsuccessful; Viraxo Razor-class fighters attacked the Sabra, and Ace was forced to rapidly scan the containers while under attack. With Aeron in the turret of the Sabra, MK-09 relayed information to Ace in the cockpit, and offered to control the turret in Aeron's stead when Ace's patience with the droid began to wear thin. With the scanning of the containers complete, the Sabra was free to fully engage the enemy starfighters and Gun Emplacements around the facility as the Magnum transports entered the system.

Before the warhead transfers were complete, though, the intended recipients of the weapons entered the system. While MK-09 was unable to determine their origin, Aeron noted that the newcomers&mdash;the Bulk freighter XTS-673 and a complement of Supa Fighters&mdash; were part of the criminal organization Black Sun. Aeron also realized that the arrival of the Black Sun flight group indicated that the Azzameens had again fallen into a trap. The Sabra moved to intercept the bulk freighter and the fighters; due to Ace's distraction, Magnum group was able to complete the transfer and return safely to the Rebel rendezvous point, and the Sabra followed shortly thereafter. . Both Ace and Aeron received the Alliance Civilian Battle Award for their independent civilian actions in securing the arms and assisting the Rebellion; Ace would pin his upon Emkay for storage when the droid was on the Liberty.

During Ace's continuing tour, his squadron was called upon to investigate an Imperial sensor station and research facility located near Kuat. Ace and company successfully completed their investigation and discovered the location of an Imperial defector who had been feeding the Alliance information.Antan heard of this successful attack on the sensor station and decided to use the confusion sown for the Azzameens' goals once again. Determining that the communication satellites which surrounded the station would be only lightly defended due to the attack, Antan told Aeron to install a listening device on a satellite, to further their resources against the Viraxo. Aeron took MK-09 along in the Sabra to again meet her brother Ace aboard the Liberty, and the trio left for Kuati space. The Beta-class ETR-3 escort transport Minelayer, laying mines, and its accompaniment of Alpha-class Xg-1 Star Wings protected the system. Ace and Emkay dispatched the protecting forces and began their mission of identifying potential locations. Once one was found, Aeron disembarked from the freighter and began attaching the device. During this procedure, however, the Gamma-class assault shuttle Omicron entered the system and deployed squads of Zero-G spacetroopers who made their way toward Aeron. The Sabra managed to protect the vulnerable Aeron and destroyed both the spacetroopers and the Omicron before collecting Aeron and escaping the system. After the mission, MK-09 departed the Star Cruiser with Aeron.

Later, Aeron once again noted an opportunity to assist the Rebellion, harm the Viraxo, and make a few credits in the process. She planned to attack and raid Viraxo Industries platform VXO-33274, stealing vital supplies, and then transport them to Vergesso Base to assist the struggling Rebel presence. Leaving the Liberty With Ace piloting the Otana and Aeron navigating, Ace, MK-09, and Aeron left in the Otana and rendezvoused with the motley group of freighters commanded by former employees of Twin Suns at Bilbringi V. Following the meeting, the Otana jumped into the platform's system, and, with assistance from SecForce Squadron, encountered and destroyed IPV-1 System Patrol Craft Scylla and the Supa Fighters protecting the base.