Short story
The Great Herdship Heist
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"The Great Herdship Heist" is a short story written by Daniel Wallace that was originally published in Star Wars Adventure Journal 15. It was illustrated by Will Warren. The story featured a group of professional thieves attempting a heist on an Ithorian Herdship, and it was accompanied by roleplaying statistics and description for all the main story elements. Dan Wallace wrote a sequel called Fair Prey which was published in Star Wars Gamer 1 three years later.
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Facts
- Title
- The Great Herdship Heist
- Author
- Daniel Wallace
- Illustrator
- Will Warren
- Publisher
- West End Games
- Released
- November 1997
- Published in
- Star Wars Adventure Journal 15
- Timeline
- 0 ABY
- Series
- Star Wars Adventure Journal
Who turns up here
Characters: 14
- Dawson (first appearance)
- Guttu (first appearance)
- Lyle Lippstroot (first appearance)
- Cecil Noone (first appearance)
- Porcellus (mentioned only)
- Quammo (first appearance)
- Resh (first appearance)
- Ritinki (first appearance)
- Hass Sonax (first appearance)
- Tagta (mentioned only)
- Durga Besadii Tai (mentioned only)
- Jabba Desilijic Tiure (mentioned only)
- Kels Turkhorn (first appearance)
- Vop (first appearance)
Species: 30
- Bantha (mentioned only)
- Crupa
- Fleek eel
- Gravel-maggot (mentioned only)
- Icefish
- Manollium
- Moon moth (mentioned only)
- Mugruebe (mentioned only)
- Mynock (mentioned only)
- Myrmin
- Nashtah (mentioned only)
- Roba (first appearance)
- Vrblther (mentioned only)
- Bartokk (mentioned only)
- Froffli (mentioned only)
- Human
- Hutt
- Ithorian
- Khil
- Nimbanel
- Rodian
- Sarkan
- Saurton (first appearance)
- Sludir
- Sluissi
- Snivvian
- Twi'lek
- Tynnan
- Veubg
- Vesuvague tree
Planets: 16
- Atzerri (mentioned only)
- Byblos (mentioned only)
- Druckenwell (mentioned only)
- Charubah (mentioned only)
- Ixtlar (mentioned only)
- Kamar
- Kelrodo-Ai (mentioned only)
- Sif-Uwana (mentioned only)
- Sluis Van (mentioned only)
- Toola (mentioned only)
- Turkana (mentioned only)
- Tynna (mentioned only)
- Vontor (mentioned only)
- Nar Hekka (mentioned only)
- Nal Hutta
- Nar Shaddaa
Galaxy: 5
- Hapes Cluster (mentioned only)
- Oktos Nebula (indirect mention)
- Outer Rim Territories
- Roon system (mentioned only)
- Y'Toub system
Starships: 9
Organizations: 15
Events: 1
- Third Battle of Vontor (mentioned only)
Technology: 30
- Autopilot
- Blaster pistol
- Heavy blaster rifle
- Hold-out blaster
- Camouflage net
- Computer
- 221 cyber-interface
- Borg Construct Aj^6
- Environment suit
- Ithorian vacsuit
- Explosive charge
- Force pike
- Gun of Command
- Holographic image disguiser
- Hoversled
- Hyperdrive
- Hyperdrive motivator
- Knife
- Knowledge cartridge
- Laser welder
- Navigation computer
- Ocular enhancer
- Repulsorlift chair
- Slave circuit
- Survival pack
- Vibro-ax
- Clothing
- Cape
- Jacket
- Galactic Credit Standard
Lore: 22
Media: 2
Everything else: 145
- Bird
- Land shrimp
- Heist on the Song of the Clouds
- Kamar Badlands
- Accountant
- Bodyguard
- Chef
- Con artist
- Cyborg
- Engineer
- Estimable Epicures
- Loan shark
- Merchant
- Pilot
- Pirate
- Regiment
- Shipjacker
- Slicer
- Smuggler
- Thief
- Waiter
- Bimm
- Starship
- Bulk freighter
- Courier
- Maintenance crawlway B43
- Patrol boat
- Shuttle
- Star Destroyer
- Yacht
- Acceleration compensator
- Airlock
- Beckon call
- Blast door
- Blaster
- Breath mask
- Chronometer
- Comlink
- Comm unit
- Communications satellite
- System communications satellite 355-D
- Computer virus
- Containment field
- Containment field 776
- Cybernetics
- Datapad
- Deflector shield
- Detonator
- Engine
- Sublight engine
- Equipment sled
- Force field
- Fusion coil
- Fusioncutter
- Glow-lamp
- Glowrod
- Gourmet Master 500
- Backup hyperdrive
- Ion cannon
- Laser cannon
- Lockbox
- Luma
- Macrobinoculars
- Maneuvering jet
- Mine
- Neural jack
- Particle shield
- Program trap
- Rectenna
- Repulsorlift
- Scomp link
- Sensor
- Shunting chip
- Tractor beam projector
- Turbolaser
- Vibro-shiv
- Atmosphere
- Black market (mentioned only)
- City
- Cloning (mentioned only)
- Credit voucher
- Crystal
- Firefacet (mentioned only)
- Donar flower
- Duffel bag
- Durasteel
- Engine tape
- Ferrocrete
- Foodstuff
- Beignet
- Blicci
- Brandy
- Corellian brandy
- Butter
- Canapé
- Charbote root
- Gruvian Tovash
- Gumbah pudding
- Hors d'oeuvre
- Liqueur
- Stew
- Mugruebe stew
- Ryshcate
- Water
- R'alla mineral water
- Andoan wine
- Fuel
- Glassine
- Gravity
- Hangar
- Hive virus
- Hullepi
- Hyperspace route
- Meter
- Kilogram
- Language
- Hapan
- Lekku
- Lesai
- Metric ton
- Millisecond
- Nebula
- Nerve toxin
- Oxygen
- Permacrete
- Plasma
- Demise
- Sarkan ballet
- Shimmersilk
- Shipyard
- Silicon
- Slavery
- Spice
- Ryll
- Standard decade
- Standard hour
- Standard minute
- Standard month
- Standard second
- Standard year
- Sugar
- Tapestry
- Transparisteel
- Tree
- Zoo
Not in the archive: 2
- Lady Fate
- The Fates
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