Infiltration of Hivebase-1

In 0 ABY, the Tarkin Initiative's Hivebase-1 was infiltrated by Doctor Aphra, rebel general Hera Syndulla and a group of mercenaries hired by the Son-tuul Pride to recover the memories of the crime lord 0-0-0.

Prelude
Doctor Chelli Lona Aphra was being blackmailed by the droid Triple-Zero, who had recently commandeered the criminal gang known as the Son-tuul Pride. Aphra was forced to work with a team of mercenaries, comprising of Tam Posla, Caysin Bog, Sister Six, Rabael Dir Glorio, Dek-Nil, Glahst Ombra and Rexa Go, to search for the droid's original memories. Triple-Zero decided to have Aphra sacrifice Rabael for his pleasure. The team went to Skako Minor to search an abandoned Techno Union facility, where Wat Tambor had observed the Triple-Zero protocol personality matrix. There, Aphra and the others were betrayed by their Skakoan guide Hallio Bas of whom led them into a trap. Aphra got them out of it by offering Bas her explosive Tooka Flufto and detonating it, defeating the Imperials with ease.

They entered the facility where they were ambushed by more Imperials led by Magna Tolvan. The skirmish activated one of the facility's machines and Ombra fled the scene. After defeating both threats, Rexa discovered Aphra with Tolvan and Aphra shot her. The rest of the team began looting the place and Aphra discovered that Triple-Zero's memories had long since been taken away to the R&D headquarters of the Tarkin Initiative, Hivebase-1. Ombra returned to them as they went back to their ship.

Wasting no time, Aphra devised a plan to infiltrate the high security base and get the memories. Aphra took her team to the rebel flight school where they attempted to get Alliance General Hera Syndulla on board. The Twi'lek had them locked up in cell when she realised they were mercenaries. During their time in their cells Ombra came to them through the vent dressed but Aphra was horrified to see that the poor Defel had been skinned and that it was really Tolvan. Dek shot a stun Tolvan and she shot at the shield generator freeing them. They further earned Syndulla's trust by staying put in their cells and Syndulla agreed to hear their plan. But as Posla was about to explain it, Sister Six stunned Syndulla and the surrounding troopers in the room. The mercenaries fled the re-purposed Lucrehulk-class battleship with Syndulla jumped out of the system. Once away from the rebels, Aphra contacted Hivebase-1 and offered to turn in Syndulla.

Getting into Hivebase-1
"That's a nanoslime catapult, and those are Hutt clone troopers and OHHHH I think that's a Rathtar melded with an Interrogation droid I am in love..."

- Chelli Lona Aphra getting very excited upon seeing the rejected prototypes

On their way to Hivebase-1, Aphra helped fix Bog's diagnostics which had been damaged at Skako Minor. But as she did that, she programmed a contingency orders into him in case of an emergency. Aphra also activated the tracker on Syndulla's General plaque to have the other rebels follow them. Upon arrival at Hivebase-1, the Commander Yewl gave them a fixed route to follow and had them escorted until the rebels arrived. The flight school jumped into a death trap and found itself under attack from the acidic fauna in the system.

The rebel presence allowed Aphra's ship to sneak into the base with the Imperials distracted. Once on there they entered a room full of failed or rejected prototypes such as a Wookiee with a Rail Gun for a head and at least two Hutt clones. Meanwhile, the flight school had lost it's shields and the outer decks were beyond repair. The commanding officer attempted to deploy the X-wing starfighters but was knocked out by Tolvan who took control of the bridge and contacted Commander Yewl of her victory. Aphra heard this over her comms and contacted Tolvan to stop in order to save her plan. Yewl ordered Tolvan to destroy the flight school which would kill her in the process but convinced by Aphra's pleading, Tolvan contradicted Yewl by stating Imperial protocal. Unfortunately for Aphra's crew, Tolvan notified Yewl of their presence.

Under heavy fire
Yewl ordered that the prototypes be defrosted, and soon enough Aphra's team fell under attack from the surrounding abominations. Dek-Nil was killed in the crossfire and the others were forced to fall back into cover. Aphra begged Posla to help them out with his built in rocket launchers but the former Milvayne Authority officer refused, claiming it was braking his moral code. Aphra therefore activated the contingency programmed into Caysin Bog, and the Decraniated prototype advanced into the crossfire, dying instantly. Posla was furious and began firing rockets at the army of cyborgs whilst the others retreated.

Reaching the core
Aphra, Sister Six and Syndulla found a terminal at the core of the base where they began looking for Triple-Zero's lost memories, Posla caught up with them following his face off with the cyborgs and Syndulla began deducing what exactly had happened to Bog. Aphra managed to shut the Twi'lek up before she said a word to Posla about the true nature of his soulmate's death and Sister Six gave her a gun to help protect them. Syndulla however, had other intentions and pointed her gun at the three mercenaries. Worse still, two Hutt clones had arrived with six Death Troopers. The logistics cyborg at the centre of them had taken charge and ordered the capture of Syndulla and the deaths of the others.

Appearances

 * Doctor Aphra 18: Remastered, Part V