Oona Wran

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"Since you have the anti-virus I thought you might be interested in taking care of something slightly dangerous, but will help out the quarantine zone."
―Oona Wran, to a spacer[1]

Oona Wran was a male Bothan who lived during the Galactic Civil War.

Biography

"If the virus canisters are destroyed we have a better chance of being rescued. If a rescue party manages to land or blast its way to rescue us, they have less of a chance of succumbing to the virus before we can provide an antidote...and if I die, which could happen any minute here."
―Oona Wran, to a spacer[1]

In 1 ABY,[2] Oona Wran was present on the planet Dathomir when an accident took place in the Imperial Research and Prison Facility.[1] 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.[3] The few people who survived the initial virus outbreak, including Oona Wran,[1] 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]

During his time in the Quarantine Zone, Oona Wran discovered that canisters containing Blackwing virus were scattered throughout the zone during the outbreak. Furthermore, the canisters were leaking and releasing more virus in the area, representing a threat to the rescue teams landing in the area. The Bothan therefore visited four of the five refugee camp built by the survivors in the Quarantine Zone, Camps Alpha, Beta, Gamma and Delta, to find assistance in destroying the canisters. Oona Wran recruited several spacers who ventured into the Quarantine Zone and provided them with thermal detonator. The adventurers eventually succeeded in blowing up all the leaking canisters.[1]

Behind the scenes

Oona Wran 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.[4] Oona Wran was added to the game with the "Game Update 14," a.k.a. the "Death Troopers" update, released on October 12, 2009.[5]

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 SWG logo sm Star Wars Galaxies (post-NGE) — Collection: "Quarantine Zone Virus Container Demolition"
  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. ↑ 3.0 3.1 SWG logo sm Star Wars Galaxies (post-NGE) — Quest: "Mysterious Meeting Request" on Dathomir
  4. ↑ Gal-icon IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT STAR WARS GALAXIES™ on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (original site is defunct)
  5. ↑ Gal-icon Game Update 14: Death Troopers on the official Star Wars Galaxies forums (original site is defunct)

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