Jeb Maris

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"You seem a little too altruistic for an Imperial."
―A spacer, to Jeb Maris[1]

Jeb Maris was a Human male who served as a TIE pilot of the Galactic Empire during the Galactic Civil War.

Biography

"Actually the Empire knows our location, and anyone else who is listening. I'm actually trying to establish a communication network with other hold out camps in the quarantine zone. That way if anyone else goes down, we can direct them to the closest defensive position."
―Jeb Maris, to a spacer[1]

After the Battle of Yavin, Jeb Maris was a TIE bomber pilot who served in the Starfighter Corps of the Imperial Navy.[1]

In 1 ABY,[2] an accident took place in an Imperial Research and Prison Facility on the planet Dathomir. The Blackwing virus that was studied there escaped containment and decimated most of the people in the area, turning them into starving undead creatures. In response, the Galactic Empire promptly established a Quarantine Zone to contain the infection. The few people who survived the initial virus outbreak were trapped in the Quarantine Zone. The survivors established camps in order to to repel the regular assaults of the zombies and try to live in safety while waiting for an evacuation.[3]

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Camp Alpha in the Quarantine Zone of Dathomir.

In the meantime, Jeb Maris' TIE squadron was dispatched in the area. However, an inexperienced TIE pilot rammed Maris' TIE bomber and clipped its wing. Jeb Maris eventually crashed in the Quarantine Zone. The pilot later took shelter in Camp Alpha,[1] along with the Rebel Sergeant Mika Horn[4] and the Bothan Oona Wran.[5]

Jeb Maris was stuck in the Quarantine Zone with a number of radios that allowed him to communicate with people on the outside of the Quarantine Zone. However, the pilot knew there was other refugee camps in the Quarantine Zone and decided to establish a communication network with the other survivors. Maris therefore recruited spacers who had ventured in the Quarantine Zone and tasked them with delivering radios to the other camps. The spacers brought radios to Volo Madine in Camp Beta, Tripp D'jek in Camp Gamma, TR-522 in Camp Delta, and finally Sogan Varga in Camp Epsilon. Once communications were established in the five camps, the survivors were able to safely coordinate high altitude supply drops sent from outside the Quarantine Zone.[1]

Behind the scenes

Jeb Maris 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,[1] prior to its closure on December 15, 2011.[6] Jeb Maris was added to the game with the "Game Update 14," a.k.a. the "Death Troopers" update, released on October 12, 2009.[7]

Appearances

Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 SWG logo sm Star Wars Galaxies (post-NGE) — Quest: "Deliver Radio" on Dathomir
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ SWG logo sm Star Wars Galaxies (post-NGE) — Quest: "Mysterious Meeting Request" on Dathomir
  4. ↑ SWG logo sm Star Wars Galaxies (post-NGE) — Collection: "Forward Watch, Alpha Camp"
  5. ↑ SWG logo sm Star Wars Galaxies (post-NGE) — Quest: "Destroy Canisters Around Camp Alpha" on Dathomir
  6. ↑ Gal-icon IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT STAR WARS GALAXIES™ on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (original site is defunct)
  7. ↑ Gal-icon Game Update 14: Death Troopers on the official Star Wars Galaxies forums (original site is defunct)

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