Skirmish in the Yinta Lake spaceport

"Too many questions, Aryn. I've got engspice aboard. They'll seize the ship and arrest us both. We have to go. Now."

- Zeerid Korr, to Aryn Leneer, during the skirmish

A skirmish was fought in the Yinta Lake spaceport on the planet Vulta in 3,653 BBY, near the end of the Great Galactic War. Attempting to protect some engspice that he had to transport to Coruscant, the smuggler Zeerid Korr teamed up with rogue Jedi Knight Aryn Leneer to defend his engspice from the mercenary Vrath Xizor and his men, who tried to steal it. A short skirmish ensued that ended with Korr and Leneer escaping with the engspice. Xizor left the battle looking for another way to pilfer the engspice from Korr.

Prelude
"I just want the cargo."

- Vrath Xizor

In the year 3,653 BBY, near the end of the Great Galactic War, the smuggler Zeerid Korr was tasked with delivering a load of engspice to transport to Coruscant, the capital planet of the Galactic Republic, for the criminal organization called the Exchange. The rogue Jedi Knight Aryn Leneer accompanied him on his starship, the Fatman, for transportation to the currently Imperial-held Coruscant. Vrath Xizor, a mercenary hired by the Hutt Cartel, set out with a team of bounty hunters&mdash;Deron, Keene, and Lom&mdash;to stop Korr so that the Hutts could be the only ones selling engspice. When Korr and Leneer arrived at the Yinta Lake spaceport on the planet Vulta before continuing to Coruscant in the Fatman, Xizor and his men were ready to attempt to stop them.

The skirmish
"Everybody down!"

- Vrath Xizor, to some civilian by-standers

Zeerid Korr knew he and Aryn Leneer were being followed by Xizor and his men, but he didn't think that Xizor would do anything then and there. But, Xizor shouted for everyone to get down, and the battle began while Korr ran for cover, blasting at Xizor's men. Leneer protected herself by wielding her lightsaber in a defensive pattern. In the continuing firefight, a couple of Xizor's men were shot, and Korr was slightly wounded. He and Leneer eventually made a dash for the landing pad where the Fatman was docked. More shots were fired by Xizor's men in the building with the landing pad, and Leneer received a laser blast in the calf. They finally reached the Fatman and boarded the ship, shooting at a few more of Xizor's men along the way.

Aftermath
"I'm going to fly right up to an Imperial cruiser."

- Vrath Xizor, discussing his plans

Although suffering from minor injuries, Korr and Leneer escaped with the engspice aboard the Fatman. They started their trip to Coruscant, where Leneer would fight Darth Malgus, Sith Master who led the assault on the Jedi Temple and killed Leneer's master, Ven Zallow. Xizor and his remaining men left the spaceport and began planning a new way to steal the engspice from Korr. They eventually decided to temporarily join forces with the Sith Empire to gather more resources to complete their objective.

Behind the scenes
The skirmish in the Yinta Lake spaceport first appeared in the novel Star Wars: The Old Republic: Deceived, written by Paul S. Kemp and published on March 22, 2011.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: The Old Republic: Deceived