Mission to loot an Imperial cargo ship

In 2 BBY, the Lothal rebels joined forces with the pirate Hondo Ohnaka and the crime lord Azmorigan in a mission to loot an Imperial cargo ship. Hondo and Azmorigan had earlier disabled the ship with ion mines but were unable to retrieve the cargo when the cargo ship drifted into the atmospheric storms on the planet Wynkahthu. Following a harrowing mission, the two groups managed to retrieve proton bombs and some treasures before the cargo ship disintegrated in a vortex.

Background
After escaping from Naraka prison in 2 BBY, the Weequay pirate Hondo Ohnaka traveled the stars in his Imperial landing craft with several Ugnaught workers including Melch. Hondo later came into contact with the crime lord Azmorigan, who had acquired the flight plan for an Imperial cargo ship. The ship contained several proton bombs and treasures.

Together, the two criminals and Hondo's Ugnaught crew ambushed the cargo ship near the planet Wynkahthu. They managed to disable the ship with ion mines. However, it drifted into Wynkahthu's atmosphere and was trapped in a storm. Hondo sent his Ugnaught crew to board the ship but abandoned them when retrieving the cargo proved too risky. Most of the Ugnaught crew with the exception of Melch were killed. Still determined to reach the ship's cargo, Hondo contacted his perennial partner Ezra Bridger, who was a member of a rebel cell based aboard the starship Ghost.

While Ezra was aware that Hondo had abandoned him and his comrades during their last mission on Reklam Station, he agreed to help Hondo after learning the ship contained proton bombs, which the rebellion need. Hondo and Azmorigan docked their landing craft with the Ghost. The ship's captain Hera Syndulla and her comrades were initially unwilling to help until Hondo convinced them that they could work together to procure the proton bombs and the treasures; making it a "win-win" situation for everyone.

After agreeing to help Hondo and Azmorigan, Hera consulted the former Imperial inventory droid RA-7, who was familiar with the specs for the cargo transport since he had worked on one. She tasked RA-7 and the Lasat Garazeb Orrelios with developing a plan to board the ship and retrieve the cargo. Hera also assigned leadership of the recovery mission to Zeb since she was concerned that Ezra was too trusting of Hondo. Ezra was upset but reluctantly accepted Hera's decision.