Infiltration into Fort Sunfire

During 3 ABY, Jabba the Hutt coerced the bounty hunter Vail Tormin and the outlaw Kay Vess to perform a mission in infiltrating Fort Sunfire, a stronghold of the Galactic Empire, in order to identify a Zerek Besh spy planted within the Hutt Cartel. While the infiltrators were able to find the data containing the information of the spy within the fortress, they were discovered and pursued by the Empire after an alarm was triggered.

Vess, Tormin, and the merqaal Nix soon escaped with speeder bikes and reached Mos Algo to regroup with the Hutt Cartel, but was abandoned by the Cartel after they found themselves tracked by Imperial forces. While the trio engaged in a skirmish against the Imperial assault, they were soon overwhelmed by the Imperial forces. Nevertheless, the droid crewmember ND-5 would pilot the Trailblazer to push back the Imperial forces and rescue the trio from the onslaught.

As the group was rescued, they were able to successfully transfer the data to Jabba. As a result, the Zerek Besh spy has been killed, and Kay Vess' crew would be redeemed by Jabba. In response, the Zerek Besh leader Sliro Barsha would secretly discuss the matter with Jabba's Twi'lek right-hand-man, Bib Fortuna. Ultimately, Sliro would request Hutt knowledge on Kay Vess, in exchange for supporting Fortuna to succeed as the future leader of the Hutt Cartel.

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