Mission to Taris (Desolator crisis)

In 3643 BBY, during the early days of the Sith Lord Darth Angral's crusade against the Galactic Republic in response to the death of his son Tarnis, both the Republic and the Sith Empire dispatched operatives to the planet Taris on a mission: the retrieval or capture of the scientist Nasan Godera. Watcher One of Imperial Intelligence was tasked with capturing and interrogating the former Republic scientist on his knowledge of superweapon design, while General Var Suthra of the Republic sent a young Jedi Knight—the one responsible for Tarnis's death—to rescue the doctor. Watcher One's forces managed to stay one step ahead of the Jedi, the Knight's companions, and a team of agents from the Republic Strategic Information Service, the Republic's intelligence agency, as the Republic operatives and Jedi searched Godera's laboratories on Taris, Watcher One was successful in capturing and evacuating Godera to the Imperial Intelligence Outpost on Taris. In order to secure time to interrogate Godera, the operative made a deal with the Knight, revealing the existence of a Sith assassin named Rora Seake and her mission to wipe out a Republic colony. After defending the colony, the Jedi tracked down Watcher One to retrieve the doctor as part of their deal, but the Imperial agent was ordered by Darth Angral to capture the Knight. Watcher One's efforts failed, however, and the Jedi allowed the defeated operative to leave and make a new life in the Republic while the Knight rescued Godera and delivered him to the Republic. Despite the Knight's success, the information gathered during Godera's interrogation proved vital in Angral's construction of a superweapon known as the Desolator.

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