Quest of the Hero of Tatooine

Hero of Tatooine was the title given to a spacer who completed a series of five heroic acts on the planet of Tatooine, tasked to them by a unnamed hermit at the bottom of a squill-infested cave on the planet.

History
Sometime in 1 ABY, during the Galactic Civil War, a spacer met an odd old hermit living in the bottom of a cave filled with squills. After talking to the hermit and making it very clear that they did not support the Empire, the hermit offered to send the spacer on a quest to prove their heroism on Tatooine. The spacer agreed and the hermit's first task was to find a squill skull which had belonged to the hermit within the cave. The spacer located the skull near the entrance of the cave and returned it to the hermit. After this test of loyalty, the hermit tasked the spacer with 4 more acts, one of intellect, of honor, of altruism, and courage.

The first task, one of intellect, was to help a bounty hunter in one of the cities on Tatooine find her target, who was a smuggler. The spacer found the bounty hunter surrounded by five smugglers and their captain, trying desperately to figure out which was her target. After questioning all six smugglers and determining which one was the hunter's target, they informed the hunter and the spacer was rewarded with the Mark of Intellect.

The second task, one of honor, was to halt a conflict between a band of pirates and some nearby ranchers. The spacer located the pirate base and arrived to speak with their leader. The leader was unwilling to talk at first, but after a short fight, the pirate leader relented and told the spacer the reason he was warring with the ranchers is because they had captured some of his men. He pleaded with the spacer to free them, hoping to appeal to the spacers dishonorable nature. The spacer arrived at the ranch and spoke to the rancher's wife, Helen Goldenfield. She asked the spacer if they would watch the pirates while she took a break. The spacer agreed and headed down to the basement and used an intercom to speak with the pirates. They pleaded with the spacer to release them, but the spacer refused and informed Helen of their plan to escape. The rancher, Roric Goldenfield, arrived at that moment and entered the house followed by two dark troopers and took the pirates away. The rancher and his wife thanked the spacer profusely and after all was said and done, the spacer was rewarded with the Mark of Honor.

The third task, one of altruism, was to locate a moisture farmer in need of help near Mos Taike. He informed the spacer that his family was being held by a group calling themselves Sennex and pleaded with the spacer to help free them. The spacer agreed and the farmer gave them the location of their hideout, a cave in the wilds of Tatooine. The spacer arrived at the cave, and after many battles against its inhabitants, finally located the farmer's family, freed them and escorted them out of the cave. After doing so, they were rewarded with the Mark of Altruism.

The fourth and final task, one of courage, required the spacer to search the vast wilderness of Tatooine for a wild bladeback boar and kill it. After searching far and wide for many days, the spacer finally located the elusive beast and put it down. On its corpse they found the Mark of Courage.

After completing all the tasks set before him, the spacer returned to the hermit in the squill cave. The hermit commended the space for their efforts, calling him a true warrior of the light, and declared them the Hero of Tatooine and gave the spacer a unique sculpture, along with a special ring, which was said to be able to return the bearer to life if used just before death.

Behind the scenes
The Hero of Tatooine was a series of quests added to Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided in 2004. In its original incarnation, it required the help of the Ranger profession to scan the wilds for the various people and creatures needed to complete it. Its reward was a unique spherical sculpture and a ring with 50 uses that would return you to life if you had died. It could only be used once every 24 hours. In 2005, after the New Game Enhancements were brought into the game, the quest was broken until 2007 when it was reintroduced, although in a much more simple form.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided