Mountain Poachers

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"Some folk took possession of a base and the owners want it back. The new owners don't seem willing to let them take it back."
―Sergeant Snopel, to a commando[1]

The Mountain Poachers were a criminal group of poachers that was active on the planet Naboo at the time of the Galactic Civil War.

History

The Mountain Poachers operated in the Gallo Mountains after the Battle of Yavin. They included beings from various species, including Humans, Bith, Rodians, Bothans and Aqualish. They had trained narglatches to aid them during their hunts.[1]

Mountain Poachers and their narglatches.

Mountain Poachers and their narglatches.

In 1 ABY,[2] the Mountain Poachers took over a bunker that served as base of operations for a group of Naboo miners, located in the mountain wilderness many kilometers south-east of the Lake Retreat. One of the miners, Galuf Cardaan, then contacted Sergeant Snopel,[1] a retired Imperial commando,[3] in order to got rid of the poachers. Snopel therefore dispatched a group of commandos under training to deal with the criminals. The commandos attacked the bunker, killing some poachers and narglatches in the assault, and successfully reclaimed the building.[1]

Behind the scenes

The Mountain Poachers 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 Mountain Poachers 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) — Commando Quest: "Clearing the Trash" on Naboo
  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) — Commando Quest: "Commando" on Tansarii Point Station
  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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