Mission to Murkhana

The Mission to Murkhana was an Imperial mission undertaken by the Sith Lord Darth Vader and Moff Wilhuff Tarkin to the planet Murkhana, where a cache of communications equipment had been discovered. The cache was in fact bait meant to lure the pair to the world so that a rebel cell could steal Tarkin's personal starship, the Carrion Spike. Upon reaching Murkhana, Tarkin and Vader, accompanied by a dozen stormtroopers traveled to the cache's location and checked it for traps. After entering the building via a rooftop access, they began examining the equipment, which was then left to the troopers to document and transport to the Carrion Spike.

Vader and Tarkin then paid a visit to the Murkhana City Imperial compound, where they met with the planet's Imperial ambassador and the Koorivar Intelligence asset who had discovered the cache. While the meeting was taking place, the rebel cell created a false communication to the troopers in which they impersonate Tarkin and told the Imperials to return to the cache. The cell then boarded the Carrion Spike and killed its crew before stealing it. Tarkin and Vader were alerted to the theft, and visited a local Sugi crime lord named Faazah, who they blackmailed into giving them a ship, the Parsec Predator. Using the Force, Vader was then able to track the Carrion Spike despite its stealth equipment and gave chase, although the cell managed to escape the Murkhana system and the Imperials. Using the Carrion Spike the cell went on to attack a number of Imperial facilities before being outmaneuvered by Tarkin and defeated.

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