Eyan McDermitt's pirate gang

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"These guys are just a pirate gang. They have refused an offer to work for Valarian, and Jabba considers them to be amateurs. They have minor connections with Black Sun, but that organization won't lift a finger if these guys need help."
―Sarlis Beni, to a spy[2]

A gang of pirates led by Eyan McDermitt operated on the planet Tatooine during the Galactic Civil War.

History

"I have a contract from an influential member of the Incom corporation. It seems one of their courier ships was hijacked by some pirates. The pirates were only after general cargo, but they ended up getting much more."
―Sarlis Beni, to a spy[1]

After the Battle of Yavin, the gang was based in Mos Taike, on the planet Tatooine, and was ruled by Eyan McDermitt.[1] Althoug the gang had ties with the Black Sun, it was largely considered with disdain by other criminal organization, such as Jabba the Hutt's criminal empire. Nevertheless, the pirates had refused to work for the Valarian Syndicate.[2]

In 1 ABY,[3] the gang hijacked a courier ship belonging to the Incom Corporation. The pirates were only after general cargo but they also stole an encrypted datapad with sensitive information.[2] One of the pirates, Oniruko, attempted to slice but she was fatally injured by the storage device's protection system. Since he did not succeed in obtaining the data, Eyan McDermitt later accepted to sell the datapad to an Imperial commando named Jubai Laetlii. Meanwhile, an individual by the name Sarlis Beni was contacted by Incom Corporation to retrieve the datapad. Beni localized the pirate gang and dispatched a spy to recover the storage data. The spy killed four members of the gang and confronted McDermitt. The pirate leader was forced to reveal he had sold the datapad to Jubai Laetlii. The spy then left the pirates and departed to the Imperial Oasis to find Laetlii. The datapad was eventually returned to Incom Corporation.[1]

Behind the scenes

The pirates appeared in 2003 video game Star Wars Galaxies, a massively multiplayer online roleplaying game developed by Sony Online Entertainment and published by LucasArts,[1] prior to its closure on December 15, 2011.[4] The pirates were added to the game upon the release of the "Publish 25," a.k.a. the "New Game Enhancements," on November 15, 2005.[5]

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 SWG logo sm Star Wars Galaxies (post-NGE) — Spy Quest: "Corporate Espionage" on Tatooine
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 SWG logo sm Star Wars Galaxies (post-NGE) — Spy Quest: "Paying the Bills" on Tatooine
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ Gal-icon IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT STAR WARS GALAXIES™ on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (original site is defunct)
  5. ↑ Gal-icon Publish Archive 2005 on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (original site is defunct)

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