Brok Ziam

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"It's too bad about Brok, but I didn't really think he would turn himself in."
―Reimos Taligg, to a spacer[2]

Brok Ziam was a Human male who lived on Tatooine during the Galactic Civil War. He was the Director of Operations of the White Thranta Shipping Company, a front for the illegal activities of Jabba the Hutt's criminal organization.

Biography

"I need this place to make some cash. I'm going to need plenty to fight off Jabba after I take over his hold on this place. I'm sure he's going to want it back bad enough to send a lot of his men. I need to be ready."
―Brok Ziam's journal[2]

By the time of the Battle of Yavin, members of the White Thranta Shipping under Brok Ziam got involved in questionable medical activities. They performed unethical experiments on sapient races in the bunker bellow the White Thranta Shipping offices,[3] without Jabba the Hutt being aware of it.[4] Ziam's plan was to use the White Thranta Shipping Company to make enough money to eventually break away from Jabba.[5] In 1 ABY,[1] Jabba's employee Reimos Taligg tasked a spacer to slice the computers of the White Thranta bunker, eventually discovering the situation.[5] Reimos then requested the spacer to question Brok Ziam but Ziam refused, forcing the spacer to kill him.[2]

Behind the scenes

Brok Ziam was a non-player character in the 2003 video game Star Wars Galaxies, a massively multiplayer online roleplaying game developed by Sony Online Entertainment and published by LucasArts,[2] prior to its closure on December 15, 2011.[6] Brok Ziam was added to the game as part of the "Legacy Quest" with the release of the "Publish 25," a.k.a. the "New Game Enhancements," on November 15, 2005.[7]

In the game, Brok used to have the extended last name, Ziamzun.[2][8] For some unknown reason, the developers shortened the name Brok Ziamzun to Brok Ziam in the "Chapter 2" update, released on August 1, 2006.[9] Furthermore, the Mos Eisley section of the "Legacy Quest" was revamped upon the release of the "Chapter 3" update, on September 27, 2006,[10] and Brok Ziam's quest was strongly modified, though the story line remained similar.[2]

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The opening crawl of Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided dates the game to after the events of Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, and additionally, Serji-X Arrogantus, who died in Star Wars (1977) 10—the events of which The New Essential Chronology dates to 0 ABY—appears in the game. Therefore, at least a portion of Star Wars Galaxies must be set in that year. Furthermore, in the game Ruwan Tokai references the destruction of the Death Star as having occurred one year earlier, and Strongholds of Resistance also places the events of Galaxies' Chapter 9: "The Fury of Exar Kun" in 1 ABY. Lastly, while Chapter 11: "The Battle of Echo Base" features the Battle of Hoth—dated to 3 ABY by The New Essential Chronology—the developers have stated that the portrayal of that battle in the game is intentionally anachronistic. Therefore, the events of Star Wars Galaxies must span from 0 ABY to around 1 ABY.
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 SWG logo sm Star Wars Galaxies (post-NGE) — Legacy Quest: "Shipping Out" on Tatooine
  3. ↑ SWG logo sm Star Wars Galaxies (post-NGE) — Legacy Quest: "Data Purge" on Tatooine
  4. ↑ SWG logo sm Star Wars Galaxies (post-NGE) — Legacy Quest: "Jabba's Dirty Work" on Tatooine
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 SWG logo sm Star Wars Galaxies (post-NGE) — Legacy Quest: "Digital Infection" on Tatooine
  6. ↑ Gal-icon IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT STAR WARS GALAXIES™ on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (original site is defunct)
  7. ↑ Gal-icon Publish Archive 2005 on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (original site is defunct)
  8. ↑ Star Wars Galaxies: The Complete Guide: Prima Official Game Guide
  9. ↑ Gal-icon "Chapter 2: The Talus Incident" Publish Notes, August 1st on the official Star Wars Galaxies forums (original site is defunct)
  10. ↑ Gal-icon Chapter Archive 2006 on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (original site is defunct)

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