Gathering Shadows

Gathering Shadows
Attribution information
Author(s)	Kathy Burdette
Publication information
Publisher	Bantam Spectra
Release date	December 1999
Published in	Tales from the New Republic
Chronology
Timeline	4 ABY (39:5 GrS)
Preceded by	Day of the Sepulchral Night
Followed by	Handoff

Gathering Shadows is a short story by Kathy Burdette that details the experiences of a Rebel commando named Jai Raventhorn and a freelance mercenary named Dirk Harkness sharing a cell together after an Imperial interrogation. The story takes place on Zelos II in 4 ABY, two months after the Battle of Endor.

It was originally scheduled to be published in Star Wars Adventure Journal 16, but the Adventure Journal ceased publication before it could be featured.

It was later published in Tales from the New Republic by Bantam Spectra in December 1999.

Appearances

By type 

Characters	Creatures	Droid models	Events	Locations
Organizations and titles	Sentient species	Vehicles and vessels	Weapons and technology	Miscellanea

Characters

Tru'eb Cholakk Chessa Dohhenty (Mentioned only) Bregius Golthan (Mentioned only) Dirk Harkness Krül (Mentioned only) (First identified as Krül) Leong (First mentioned) Crix Madine (Mentioned only) Mon Mothma (Mentioned only) Galleros Nul (Mentioned only) Platt Okeefe Palpatine (Mentioned only) Big Quince (Indirect mention only) Radlin (First appearance) Jai Raventhorn Morgan Q. Raventhorn (Mentioned only) Luana Treftite (First appearance)

Creatures

Walking Dead parasite

Droid models

Interrogator droid (Mentioned only) IT-O Interrogator Maintenance droid

Events

Battle of Endor (Mentioned only) Mission to Bevell Three (Mentioned only)

Locations

Bevell Three (In flashback(s)) Endor (Mentioned only) Kessel (Mentioned only) Spice Mines of Kessel (Mentioned only) Sector Three (Mentioned only) Wroona (Mentioned only) Zelos II Bare Forest Valley of Umbra Zelos II garrison

Organizations and titles

Alliance to Restore the Republic (Mentioned only) Infiltrators Master Sergeant Alliance SpecForces (Mentioned only) Alliance High Command (Mentioned only) Galactic Empire COMPNOR (Mentioned only) Imperial Army Sergeant Scout trooper Stormtrooper (Mentioned only) Governor New Republic New Republic High Command (Mentioned only) New Republic Intel Major Red Team Five General Lieutenant (In flashback(s))

Sentient species

Human Rodian (Mentioned only) Sullustan Twi'lek Zelosian

Vehicles and vessels

AT-AT Lambda-class T-4a shuttle Skiff (Mentioned only) Speeder bike TIE/LN starfighter TIE/sa bomber (In flashback(s)) YT-1300 light freighter Last Chance

Weapons and technology

Blaster Blaster rifle (In flashback(s)) Chrono Code cylinder Comlink Comm unit Computer Datapad E-Web heavy repeating blaster Glowrod Maintenance cradle Macrobinoculars Repulsorlift (Mentioned only) Shield generator (Mentioned only) Stormtrooper armor (Mentioned only) Turbolift Bacta tank (Mentioned only)

Miscellanea

Medpac Officer's Candidate School (Mentioned only) Protein stick The Force (Mentioned only) Torture

Notes and references

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