Varkana

Varkana was a rocky desert planet located in the Outer Rim Territories. It included the port village Vargo Spaceport, where the human Losha Tarkon operated a cantina. The cantina was visited by the Nautolan bounty hunter Nakano Lash and her crew around 10 BBY. By 34 ABY, the Resistance spy Norath Kev operated on Varkana and tracked the First Order's activity and connections there. That year, he was reported by a local vendor and captured by the bounty hunter Ax Tagrin.

A distress signal activated by Kev came to the attention of fellow Resistance spy Kazuda Xiono, who put together a group that travelled to Vargo Spaceport in search of Kev. Tagrin confronted the group, but they got away after a brief skirmish and managed to located the bounty hunter's starship in order to find Kev. When Xiono and two of his companions boarded the ship and freed Kev, Tagrin trapped them aboard the vessel and tried to rendezvous with the First Order.

However, Tagrin's captives were able to crash the ship on the inside, and while the bounty hunter continued to pursue them, Xiono and Kev got away while their associates were captured. With the First Order arriving, Xiono's comrades were interrogated for information, but the two Resistance spies were able to disguise themselves as First Order stormtroopers and free their allies. While Tagrin attempted to stop them from escaping, they defeated the bounty hunter and fled Varkana.

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