- "The good news is that we're getting closer and closer to the center of the dark trooper operation. The bad news is that the closer we get, the more suicidal the missions become. Infiltrating the Imperial City? I should have my head examined. On the other hand, what can be more motivating than stealing Imperial secrets from under the Emperor's nose?"
- ―Kyle Katarn
The Mission to Coruscant was a mission in the Galactic Civil War. When Kyle Katarn obtained a nava card from the Star Jewel, Jan Ors told him that only the Imperial Security Operations building in the Imperial City hosted a reader that could interpret it. The card was believed to hold information regarding the secret location of the Arc Hammer.
Defected Imperial Crix Madine arranged a security code clearance to allow Jan Ors to approached with the Moldy Crow in a plaza where she left Kyle. Playing hide and seek in the streets of the city against Stormtroopers and Imperial officers, as well as a Phase I dark trooper, Kyle reached a low courtyard from which he rode an elevator to a terrace. Dodging around the searchlights, he reached a blue Keycard, and jumped over a chasm to a building which the card opened.
The door led to a circular elevator shaped similarly to the Imperial crest, and descended seven levels below. Exiting the room, he reached the courtyard around the ISO building. Once there, he followed an air duct to a secured room where he salvaged a red keycard, as well as an Assault cannon intended for the Phase II dark troopers.
He entered a high security maze of corridors and gates, down to the computer core and entered the card; he then wrote the decoded information in datatapes.
The ISO building
Meanwhile, Jan Ors was spotted and attacked by TIE Fighters. A distress call reached Kyle's comlink on his way back to the drop point and he ran to see what had happened. Jan was gone when Kyle returned, and instead found Boba Fett waiting for him, hired sometime earlier by Rom Mohc.
Although a challenging opponent, Katarn managed to disable Fett long enough to escape with Jan Ors in the Moldy Crow.
Behind the scenes
- "[…] sometimes it was hard to figure out how to limit where the player could go yet retain the feeling that you're in a giant city that goes on forever. So we made rooftops you could see but not actually get to. The player's path would be limited, but there'd be a hint of things beyond."
- ―Level designer Jim Current
The mission appears as the eleventh level of the video game Star Wars: Dark Forces, titled "Imperial City, Coruscant - The Imperial Mask." The level was designed by Jim Current, who tried to create the specific area Kyle Katarn was supposed to traverse, while giving the illusion of being a part of a vast city.[3]
Appearances
- Star Wars: Dark Forces
- Star Wars: Dark Forces Remaster
- Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy (Mentioned only)
Sources
- Dark Forces Official Player's Guide
Star Wars™: Dark Forces Remaster - Available Now! on the official Nightdive Studios YouTube channel (backup link)- Dark Forces Remaster Comes to Consoles and PC on StarWars.com (backup link)
