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"This message is intended for my son, Kyle Katarn. Kyle, I have left two very important items for you. The first is a map to the Valley of the Jedi &mdash; and is embedded in the stone ceiling above this room... The other is a lightsaber that belonged to a Jedi named Rahn. Use it well. Use it for good."

- Morgan Katarn's message for his son, Kyle

During the year 5 ABY, the Human mercenary Kyle Katarn was given permission by the New Republic to track down and eliminate the Dark Jedi Jerec and his Imperial faction, and stop his plans to uncover the mythical power of the Valley of the Jedi. The operation began when Katarn partook on a mission to his old home on the moon Sulon, along with the New Republic agent Jan Ors. Upon arriving to his father's homestead, Katarn observed three of Jerec's Dark Jedi followers, Boc Aseca, Sariss, and Yun, remove several cart fulls of ceiling tiles from the homestead before leaving for the nearby city of Barons Hed. Katarn infiltrated his Imperial guarded home alone, and eventually found the family droid, WeeGee. WeeGee deciphered a datadisc that Katarn had retrieved from the moon Nar Shaddaa, which was originally from his family home, and discovered a message from his father, Morgan Katarn. Morgan explained that Katarn was to be a Jedi, and gave him a lightsaber and a map to the Valley of the Jedi, which was carved into the ceiling. However, Katarn realized that the ceiling tiles were missing, and that they were the tiles the Empire had confiscated earlier.

The Imperials brought the map to the Sulon Government House, where it was placed under the care of 8t88, a droid information broker who was also working for Jerec. 8t88 was supposed to eventually deliver the map to Jerec personally, but instead the droid took the liberty of translating the etchings into a digital map file, which he could then transmit to Jerec's Star Destroyer remotely. Katarn tracked down the physical map, evading various Imperial troopers and bounty hunters, and learned about 8t88's digital copy of the map. Katarn killed 8t88's guards and cornered the droid, but they were interrupted by Yun, who was sent to destroy the physical map. Yun succeeded in his initial mission, and then dueled Katarn with his own lightsaber while 8t88 made his escape. Katarn bested Yun, but spared the Dark Jedi's life. Katarn fought his way through the towers of the Government House, and chased 8t88 to a roof top. He was too late, however, and 8t88 escaped to Fuel City, where he was to retrieve his payment from Jerec. 8t88 boarded the starship Sulon Star, and was subsequently beheaded by two more of Jerec's Dark Jedi, Gorc and Pic.

Katarn and Ors followed 8t88 to Fuel City, and Katarn was dropped off near the fuel station where the Sulon Star' was being refueled. Meanwhile, Ors kept the traffic communication officers Zyak and Nomo occupied while Katarn fought Imperial stormtroopers and Trandoshan bounty hunters. Katarn was able to speed up the fueling of the Sulon Star, and climbed aboard through a fuel pipe. He found 8t88's deactivated body, but before he could recover 8t88's cranial unit, which housed the digital map, it was eaten by 8t88's pet hornagaunt Grendel. Gorc attempted to ambush Katarn immediately after, but Katarn shot him in the face, killing him. Pic attacked, but was knocked unconscious. Katarn cut 8t88's head out of Grendel's stomach, and subsequently used the droid's heavy head to kill an awakened Pic. Katarn fought his way through the ship, and reached a hatch on the top of the ship, where he was picked up by Ors in their ship, the Moldy Crow. They returned to the Katarn homestead to study 8t88's map, and discovered that Jerec was heading to the planet Ruusan.

Prelude
"Say nothing of this meeting. Allow Kyle to do as he will. If he's even half the man you say he is, all will be well. If he turns on us&mdash;kill him. Agreed?" "Agreed."

- Mon Mothma and Jan Ors

During the year 5 ABY, the Galactic Empire warlord Jerec, a Dark Jedi, was making his bid to seize control of the galaxy from the newly formed New Republic. Jerec planned to find the mythical Valley of the Jedi, and use the power imbued in the valley to attain his throne as Emperor. Jerec captured the Jedi Qu Rahn over the planet Dorlo, and after an interrogation, discovered that a map to the Valley's planet existed, and that it was in the possession of Morgan Katarn, a man Jerec had murdered years prior. Jerec was assisted in his search by the Model 88-series administration droid information broker 8t88, who ransacked Morgan's homestead on the moon Sulon and found a variety of datadiscs. 8t88 found that most of them contained trivial information about farming, but he eventually uncovered a encrypted disc he could not crack. The droid sought out Morgan's son Kyle Katarn, a former Imperial cadet and Rebel Alliance operative, on the moon Nar Shaddaa, and attempted to force Katarn to decode the disc. Katarn, however, refused to help, prompting 8t88 to order his hired guns to kill Katarn. 8t88 underestimated Katarn's abilities, however, and Katarn was able to recover the datadisc and escape Nar Shaddaa, but not without grievous injuries. Katarn was rescued by his friend and ally, Jan Ors, a New Republic agent.



Ors brought Katarn to the New Republic medical frigate Mercy, where Katarn was hospitalized. While he was recovering, Ors found his datadisc, and with the help of Warrant Officer Xiong Wong and a man named Wires, the disc was partially decoded. They discovered that the disc was a message from Morgan to his son, and that Morgan had both a map to the Valley of the Jedi imprinted in the ceiling above his workshop, and that he had Rahn's lightsaber, which was to be given to Katarn, as he was sensitive to the Force and had the potential to become a Jedi. Ors brought the disc to the New Republic leaders Mon Mothma and Princess Leia Organa, and showed them the message. The Jedi Knight Luke Skywalker was also present. After viewing the message, Ors explained that Katarn knew that Jerec had murdered Morgan, and that Katarn wanted revenge. Mothma doubted Katarn's ability to carry out the mission against Jerec, due to the fact that the Valley of the Jedi was considered to be the stuff of legends. She was also concerned that Katarn's past as an Imperial soldier could conflict with his loyalty to the New Republic. Skywalker pointed out that he had heard of the Valley from the Jedi Master Yoda, and that if it was real, it would be well worth the risk to stop Jerec from taking it. In addition, he pressed that Katarn would have to walk his own path, although Skywalker believed that any number of things could go wrong with a self-taught Jedi. Nonetheless, Mothma ultimately agreed to let Katarn do what he will, but ordered Ors to execute Katarn if he tried to turn on them. Ors, who was in love with Katarn, lied that she would, to Organa's silent amusement.

Meanwhile, Katarn had a vision in the sickbay, where he was visited by the spirit of Rahn. The Jedi implored Katarn to not make his mission one of revenge, but to make it a mission to save the galaxy from the wrath of Jerec. Katarn awoke sometime later, fully recovered. Ors had since replaced the datadisc into Katarn's pouch, and expressed her concern towards Katarn chasing after Jerec. Katarn, who was still unaware of the disc's contents, was not ready to chase Jerec yet, and believed that he would find answers in his old home on Sulon. Katarn's HWK-290 light freighter the Moldy Crow, had to be repaired before it could go anywhere. Meanwhile, 8t88 had returned to Sulon, and took residence in a Government House in the city Barons Hed, which was constructed during Jerec's brief rule as governor of the moon.

Morgan's homestead
"Someone is watching. I can feel it." "So? What did you expect? This is more activity than locals have seen in a long time. We're hard to miss." "The Force is strong in this one, and he seeks to destroy us."

- Boc Aseca informs Sariss of Kyle Katarn's presence

Jerec moved his entire force over Sulon, and sent three of his seven Dark Jedi down to the moon's surface&mdash;Sariss, her Epicanthix apprentice Yun, and the Twi'lek Boc Aseca. Morgan's map had been located in his workshop, and was removed tile-by-tile to be placed on a Lambda-class T-4a shuttle. As the process went on, Ors and Katarn watched from half a kilometer away, hiding in tall grass. Aseca sensed Katarn through the Force, and briefly stared right at him, although his warning went unheeded by Sariss and Yun. Likewise, Katarn sensed Aseca, though Ors did not believe that the Twi'lek could see them from so far away. When the last of the tiles were loaded onto the shuttle, the Dark Jedi prepared to leave, and Katarn disembarked towards his father's home alone. The map was delivered to 8t88, where he was to decipher it. Although the Dark Jedi had left, the farm was left under the heavy guard of Grave Tuskens, mercenary Tusken Raiders from the planet Tatooine that acted as the personal soldiers of the Dark Jedi Maw. Imperial stormtroopers and a single All Terrain Scout Transport also patrolled the farm grounds.

Katarn encountered a bowcaster wielding Tusken guarding the front door, and after dispatching the mercenary, Katarn discovered that the front door was jammed shut. Fighting through more mercenary Tuskens, Katarn accessed the inside of the house by crashing thrugh a wooden window frame, which landed him a bedroom. Katarn continued to move through the house, and made it back to the front door, which forced open by Tuskens on the outside. Katarn killed the attackers, and attempted to cross a wooden beam which extended past a hole in the floor. Katarn was routinely displeased with the state of disrepair that his home had fallen into. However, he did come across a 3-D photo of his mother, which he removed from the farm and stashed in his pocket. Katarn eventually encountered a locked door which required a red colored key. After some searching, Katarn found the key in the homestead's garage, which was also filled with Tuskens. Katarn killed them, and opened the previously locked door. Nearby the door existed a collapsed ceiling which blocked off access to other areas of the house, such as Morgan's workshop. Katarn eventually came to the home's water well. Due to the structural damage of the house, areas of the dam had been damaged. Using a pair of wrenches, Katarn moved parts of the dam to drain a portion of the well, and accessed a previously cut off door, which led him to a large pool of battery acid. Katarn was able to traverse the pool, but encountered mailocs, flying creatures with a deadly stinging tail, that tried to attack him. Katarn fended the mailocs office, and eventually found his father's workshop.



After conducting a brief search of the workshop, Katarn uncovered the family droid WeeGee, who had been knocked out of commission years earlier by a stormtrooper. Katarn twisted several of the droid's parts back together, and managed to get WeeGee's disc reader back in working condition. Katarn played the disk, and saw the message from his father. Although the map Morgan spoke of had been confiscated by the Imperials, Rahn's lightsaber had been stored in one WeeGee's internal compartments. WeeGee came to moments later, but did not initially believe Katarn to be who he claimed to be. However, Katarn was able to convince his old friend after further discussion. After WeeGee was brought up to speed on past events, WeeGee explained to Katarn that the ceiling tiles had the map to the Valley of the Jedi etched on to them, and were then covered in plaster in order to hide them. WeeGee also explained that Rahn had stayed at their home for a while and helped Morgan with the map. Afterwards, Katarn considered his options, and planned to head after the Imperial shuttle in Barons Hed. He also decided to bring WeeGee with him. The best way out was through the farm's elaborate irrigation system, but the exit of the house was guarded by a stormtrooper and the Gamorrean mercenary Brollo. WeeGee provided a distraction, however, by ramming through a door and into another hallway, which surprised the guards. While they tried to figure out what was going on, Katarn shot and killed them both. Katarn and WeeGee entered an underground portion of the irrigation system, and began to make their way through a tunnel that had been labeled "main central." This particular tunnel lead to a vehicle park, where Katarn hoped to acquire transportation. However, on the way they encountered the hunter killer droid 8-13, an outdated war droid that had found its way into the tunnel via unknown means. WeeGee closed the gap between him and 8-13, and they engaged in melee cmbat. 8-13, who was programmed to fight Humans, was unable to overcome WeeGee, the farm droid ripped its head off.

Roadblock rescue
"Crow to Kyle&mdash;do you copy?" "Yeah, I copy&mdash;what took so long?" "You told me to stay clear&mdash;remember?" "When did you start taking orders from me?" "I don't, as you can tell from the fact that the Crow is hanging over your mostly empty head." "Right, which brings us back to where we started. What took so long?"

- Ors and Katarn bicker during an intense firefight

Katarn and WeeGee eventually found the vehicle park, and discovered an unattended T-4 speeder. However, the Imperials had discovered the bodies of Brollo and the stormtrooper, and were placed on alert. Katarn and WeeGee boarded the speeder, and took off down a road heading for Barons Hed. They were spotted, however, and they were pursued by stormtroopers and Grave Tuskens on speeder bikes, led by the Tusken leader Rogg and his second-in-command Bordo. Rogg opened fire on Katarn's speeder when it came into range, prompting Katarn to man the T-4's turret. Katarn killed several Tuskens and triggered an explosion, but Rogg survived the blast and kept coming as they moved onto a massive bridge. Katarn left the turret to focus on piloting the craft, and tried in vain to make the speeder move faster. Due to the distraction, Bordo and another Tusken managed to get close enough to the T-4 to board it. However, with the other Tuskens distracted, Bordo decided it was time to usurp control from Rogg, and shot the Tusken leader off of his bike. The other Tuskens failed to notice Bordo's betrayal.

As the chase continued, Ors arrived in the Moldy Crow, and WeeGee pointed out that the Imperials had set up an unavoidable roadblock. Ors paged Katarn over a comlink, and lowered the ship's ramp. However, the ship was too high to reach. Katarn shot Bordo and the other Tusken off of the T-4, and WeeGee grabbed Katarn and rocketed onto the Crow using his repulsors, seconds before the speeder crashed into the blockade, knocking an AT-ST off of the bridge, and killing a platoon of stormtroopers. Most of the remaining Tuskens were going to fast to avoid the blockade themselves, and ultimately only a few Grave Tuskens survived the battle. The damage was enough to allow the Crow to escape to Barons Hed.

The fallen city
"The Empire sure knows how to ruin a perfectly good city." "My guess is your pal 88 is in that large house. The Imperials are guarding it like a fortress." "Well, I think a visit's in order, don't you?"

- Katarn and Ors, upon sighting Barons Hed


 * 8t88, the map, and the Majordomo
 * ATST Ride
 * Streets of Baron Hed (Gameplay; Various bounty hunters, Shmorg, Max the rabbit, and 100% gameplay)
 * Streets of Barons Hed (Novella/AD; other tidbits, female bounty hunter, Rahn's ghost and the remote droid)
 * Going through the city ruins (Gameplay; Probe droids, fighting surrounding the tower, 100% gameplay)
 * 8t88 sends the map to Jerec
 * Jerec sends Yun to the tower and 8t88 to Fuel City

Duel with a Dark Jedi
"In all my years I've only known Dark Jedi. Never one from the light side. Somehow I expected more."

- Yun, upon meeting Katarn


 * Infiltrating the tower (Gameplay 100%)
 * Meeting 8t88 again
 * Duel with Yun (Novella/AD version of events)
 * Mercy to Yun

The Government House
"8t88, you rust bucket!"

- Katarn shouts at a fleeing 8t88


 * Tracking 8t88 through the tower (100% Gameplay; Kell Dragon, Field troopers, TIE Bomber, chasing 8t88 to the roof and Moldy Crow Escape)
 * 8t88 escapes.

Fuel City
"Well, Nomo, it's your shift. Sort this one out and you'll be a Captain by Monday. Fail, and you'll be working in the mines." "Mines? What mines? Where will you go?" "As far as I can. As far as I can."

- Captain Zyak and Lieutenant Nomo as Fuel City's fuel cells are destroyed


 * Fuel City (Gameplay 100%; Filling the ship, Trandos)
 * Jan Ors and Fuel City communication towers
 * Zyak and Nomo are idiots
 * 8t88's payment

Twins of the Sith
"You defeated our friend Yun in saber combat. We are better than Yun." "But not smarter! [Shoots] Especially not when you walk right into a blaster shot."

- Gorc and Katarn on the Sulon Star


 * Infiltrating the ship (Gameplay 100%)
 * Finding 8t88 and his payment
 * Duel with Gorc and Pic (Novella/AD version of events)
 * Grendel and recovering 8t88's head/the map to Ruusan
 * Escape the Sulon Star (100% game; Escape to roof of ship to get picked up by the Crow)
 * Escape through the Nefra Canyons

Aftermath
"Yes&mdash;for it is written that 'a knight shall come, a battle will be fought, and the prisoners go free.'" "Those words&mdash;where did they come from?" "I'm not sure. But I heard them from a Jedi who never was&mdash;a soldier who gave his life for freedom&mdash;and a father who believed in his son... A man named Morgan Katarn."

- Luke Skywalker and Jan Ors


 * Return to the Homestead
 * The map
 * Luke Skywalker and the Prophecy
 * Lovebirds ♥
 * Space battle/Trip to Ruusan

Behind the scenes

 * First appearance
 * Versions of events
 * Differences
 * Ezra Tucker is awesome

Appearances

 * Dark Forces: Rebel Agent
 * Dark Forces: Rebel Agent audio drama
 * Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II

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