Book
Republic Commando: Hard Contact
Canon Linked from 337 articles
Republic Commando: Hard Contact is a 293-page tie-in novel to the video game Star Wars: Republic Commando and the first novel in the Republic Commando series. The book, written by Karen Traviss and published by Del Rey on October 26, 2004, is set in 22 BBY during the Rise of the Empire era. It tells the story of a squad of clone commandos on a mission to destroy a Separatist bioweapons lab on the world of Qiilura. The commandos (Niner, Fi, Atin, and Darman) are aided by the Gurlanins Jinart and Valaqil, along with an inexperienced Padawan named Etain Tur-Mukan and a Weequay named Guta-Nay.
Text and facts from the “Republic Commando: Hard Contact” article on Wookieepedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. Modified for this site.
Facts
- Title
- Republic Commando:
- Hard Contact
- Author
- Karen Traviss
- Cover artist
- Greg Knight
- Publisher
- Del Rey
- Released
- October 26, 2004
- Media type
- Paperback
- Pages
- 293
- Isbn
- 0345478274
- Timeline
- 22 BBY
- Series
- Republic Commando
- Preceded by
- "The League of Spies"
- Followed by
- "Omega Squad: Targets"
Who turns up here
Characters: 41
- Lik Ankkit (first appearance)
- Hefrar Birhan (first appearance)
- Rav Bralor (first mentioned)
- Cailshh (first appearance)
- Cheva (first appearance)
- DD (first mentioned)
- Pir Cuvin (first appearance)
- Jango Fett (mentioned only)
- Kast Fulier (first mentioned)
- Gar-Ul (first appearance)
- Guta-Nay (first appearance)
- Ghez Hokan (first appearance)
- Hurati (first appearance)
- Jinart (first appearance)
- Bardan Jusik (first appearance)
- Hali Ke (first mentioned)
- Maze (first appearance)
- Mukit (first appearance)
- Ki-Adi-Mundi (mentioned only)
- Palpatine (mentioned only)
- Taler (first mentioned)
- Vin (first appearance)
- Jay (first appearance)
- Darman (first appearance)
- Boss (first appearance)
- RC-1304 (first mentioned)
- Niner (first appearance)
- Atin (first appearance)
- RC-5093 (first mentioned)
- Fi (first appearance)
- Two-Eight (first mentioned)
- Sev (first mentioned)
- Kal Skirata (first mentioned)
- Adar Tallon (mentioned only)
- Etain Tur-Mukan (first appearance)
- Ovolot Qail Uthan (first appearance)
- Unidentified Duros loadmaster (first appearance)
- Unidentified Sullustan cryptologist (first mentioned)
- Valaqil (first appearance)
- Walon Vau (first mentioned)
- Arligan Zey (first appearance)
Species: 20
- Bantha (mentioned only)
- Daywing (first appearance)
- Gdan (first appearance)
- Ground-eel (first mentioned)
- Krayt dragon (mentioned only)
- Mott (mentioned only)
- Nerf (mentioned only)
- Pygmy Hummer (mentioned only)
- Weed-eel (first appearance)
- Aqualish
- Clawdite (mentioned only)
- Duros
- Gran
- Gurlanin (first appearance)
- Human
- Neimoidian
- Trandoshan
- Ubese
- Umbaran
- Weequay
Planets: 9
- Coruscant (mentioned only)
- Geonosis
- Kamino (mentioned only)
- Naboo (mentioned only)
- Nar Shaddaa (mentioned only)
- Ord Mantell
- Qiilura (first appearance)
- Qiilura's moon (first appearance)
- Rothana (mentioned only)
Places: 11
- Cloud City (mentioned only)
- Outlander Club (mentioned only)
- Killing House (first mentioned)
- Tipoca City (mentioned only)
- Fleet Support (first appearance)
- Fleet Support Base (first appearance)
- Barrack block 5 Epsilon (first appearance)
- Fleet Support Air Station (first appearance)
- Docking Bay D-768 (first appearance)
- Kirmay clan's farm (first mentioned)
- The Sickener (first mentioned)
Starships: 7
- Acclamator-class assault ship
- Implacable (first appearance)
- Majestic (first identified)
- Crop sprayer (first appearance)
- Nar Shaddaa agri-utility crop sprayer (first appearance)
- Low Altitude Assault Transport/infantry
- Vengeance
Vehicles: 1
- KE-8 Enforcer Ship (mentioned only)
Organizations: 18
- Confederacy of Independent Systems
- Death Watch
- Galactic Republic
- Agricultural Corps (mentioned only)
- Grand Army of the Republic
- Advanced Recon Commando
- Clone commando
- Clone trooper
- Delta Squad
- Kilo Squad (first mentioned)
- Niner's squad (first mentioned)
- Omega Squad (first appearance)
- Theta Squad (first appearance)
- Unidentified clone commando squad (Atin) (first mentioned)
- Jedi Order
- Jedi
- Hutt Aviation Authority (first mentioned)
- Kirmay clan (first appearance)
Events: 3
- Clone Wars
- First Battle of Geonosis
- Mission to Qiilura (first appearance)
Technology: 18
- A-DSD advanced dwarf spider droid (first appearance)
- R5-series astromech droid
- B1-series battle droid
- PLX-2M portable missile launcher
- Accelerated Charged Particle Array Gun
- Katarn-class commando armor
- Mandalorian armor
- Bacta tank
- Bowcaster
- DC-17m Interchangeable Weapon System
- Electromagnetic pulse grenade
- KYD-21 blaster pistol
- Lightsaber
- LJ-50 concussion rifle
- Thermal detonator
- Verpine shatter gun (first appearance)
- Vibroblade
- Ration pack
Lore: 13
- Padawan
- Huttese
- Klol fungus (first appearance)
- Kushayan (first appearance)
- Kuvara tree (first appearance)
- Kuvara (first appearance)
- Sanger (first appearance)
- Nerf strips (first mentioned)
- Stewed nerf (mentioned only)
- Tarul wine (first appearance)
- Tarmul
- Uj'alayi (first mentioned)
- Urrqal
Everything else: 42
- Leatherback (first appearance)
- Merlie (first appearance)
- Vhek (first mentioned)
- Tingel Arm (mentioned only)
- Braan River (first appearance)
- Teklet (first appearance)
- Imbraani (first appearance)
- Hefrar Birhan's barn (first appearance)
- Lik Ankkit's villa (first appearance)
- Qiilura nanovirus research facility (first appearance)
- Qiilura Traffic Control
- Jedi General
- Speeder bike
- Armor
- Bacta spray
- Blast door
- Bore bang
- Geonosian force pike
- GPS (first mentioned)
- Gription panel (first appearance)
- Holochart
- Improvised explosive device
- Lamp
- Mem-stik/Legends
- Simunition (first mentioned)
- Suspended animation
- Thermal detonator tape (first appearance)
- Barq (first appearance)
- FIBUA ops (first mentioned)
- Fierfek
- Geneticist
- Hadrium alloy
- Microbiologist
- Nahra (first mentioned)
- Plasma
- Plastoid
- Qana bean (mentioned only)
- Ration cube
- Shef'na Fruit (mentioned only)
- Stomach (mentioned only)
- Tooth
- Zeka quartz (first mentioned)
Not in the archive: 4
- Excavator bomb (first appearance)
- Mess tin
- Plastoid ceramic (first appearance)
- Trandoshan blade
Linked from
The best-known articles that mention Republic Commando: Hard Contact.