Mission to Sulon

During the year 5 ABY, the Human mercenary Kyle Katarn was given permission by the New Republic to track down and eliminate the Dark Jedi Jerec and his Imperial faction, and stop his plans to uncover the mythical power of the Valley of the Jedi. The operation began when Katarn partook on a mission to his old home on the moon Sulon, along with the New Republic agent Jan Ors. Upon arriving to his father's homestead, Katarn observed three of Jerec's Dark Jedi followers, Boc Aseca, Sariss, and Yun, remove several cart fulls of ceiling tiles from the homestead before leaving for the nearby city of Barons Hed.

Katarn infiltrated his Imperial guarded home alone, and eventually found the family droid, WeeGee. WeeGee deciphered a datadisc that Katarn had retrieved from the moon Nar Shaddaa, which was originally from his family home, and discovered a message from his father, Morgan Katarn. Morgan explained that Katarn was to be a Jedi, and gave him a lightsaber and a map to the Valley of the Jedi, which was carved into the ceiling. However, Katarn realized that the ceiling tiles were missing, and that they were the tiles the Empire had confiscated earlier.

The Imperials brought the map to the Sulon Government House, where it was placed under the care of 8t88, a droid information broker who was also working for Jerec. 8t88 was supposed to eventually deliver the map to Jerec personally, but instead the droid took the liberty of translating the etchings into a digital map file, which he could then transmit to Jerec's Star Destroyer remotely. Katarn tracked down the physical map, evading various Imperial troopers and bounty hunters, and learned about 8t88's digital copy of the map. Katarn killed 8t88's guards and cornered the droid, but they were interrupted by Yun, who was sent to destroy the physical map. Yun succeeded in his initial mission, and then dueled Katarn with his own lightsaber while 8t88 made his escape. Katarn bested Yun, but spared the Dark Jedi's life. Katarn fought his way through the towers of the Government House, and chased 8t88 to a roof top. He was too late, however, and 8t88 escaped to Fuel City, where he was to retrieve his payment from Jerec. 8t88 boarded the starship Sulon Star, and was subsequently beheaded by two more of Jerec's Dark Jedi, Gorc and Pic.

Katarn and Ors followed 8t88 to Fuel City, and Katarn was dropped off near the fuel station where the Sulon Star was being refueled. Ors kept the traffic communication officer Captain Zyak occupied while Katarn snuck aboard the Sulon Star, eventually finding 8t88's deactivated body. Before he could recover 8t88's cranial unit, which housed the digital map, it was eaten by 8t88's pet hornagaunt Grendel. Gorc attempted to ambush Katarn immediately after, but Katarn shot him in the face, killing him. Pic attacked, but was knocked unconscious. Grendel was also killed, and Katarn cut 8t88's head out of Grendel's stomach. Soon after, Pic awoke and tried to attack again, but Katarn used the droid's heavy, metal cranium to kill Pic.

Katarn fought his way out of the ship, and reached a topside hatch, where he was picked up by Ors in the ship Moldy Crow. They returned to the Katarn homestead to study 8t88's map, and discovered that Jerec was heading to the planet Ruusan, where the Valley was located. After they were joined by rebel hero Luke Skywalker, they departed Sulon together to rejoin the New Republic fleet.

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