Mission to rescue Mothma

The mission to rescue Mothma was a mission to rescue Alliance leader, Mon Mothma after she was kidnapped by Scarabi mercenaries. Between 3 ABY and 4 ABY, the Alliance to Restore the Republic deployed the pathfinders to locate her, after the mercenaries held her for ransom. The Scarabi threatened the rebels to pay 200 million credits for Mothma's release before they would seek interest from third parties.

Unable to pay the price, a solution came from Lando Calrissian, who was on trial for suspected treason. Calrissian knew the Scarabi leader, Hachi from previous jobs and provided the Rebel Alliance with locations of various safehouses that could potentially hold Mothma. With the help of Chewbacca, Calrissian was able to join the rebels on the rescue.

The first safehouse was booby trapped with droidekas and yielded no results for the Rebellion. After taking out the droideka, the pathfinders moved on to the second and third, both of which did not have Mothma. The rebels were able to locate Mothma at Safe House Four and prepared to move in.

Inside the safehouse, Mothma was attempting to convince Hachi on the principals of the Rebel Alliance and freedom. Hachi started to believe to was a mistake to hold her captive, but she was killed by a fellow mercenary before she could act on it. Calrissian and Chewbacca then reached Mothma and freed her from her captures.

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