Pirate Bunker

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"I only know the general location of where it might be found. However, I have heard that many treasures can be found in a pirate hideout."
―Demitri Firewatcher, to a spacer[2]

The Pirate Bunker was a bunker located on the planet Naboo and controlled by a group of pirates during the Galactic Civil War.

History

"Please send help. These pirates are holding several members of the royal family and intend to execute them if their ransom is not met. They believe their base is still secret."
―A transmission picked up on Naboo emergency frequencies[3]

The Pirate Bunker was located in an isolated area of the Gallo Mountains, on the Mid Rim world of Naboo.[1] The building was deserted until the pirates decided to inhabit it and used it as their headquarters.[4]

Prisoners held inside the Pirate Bunker

Prisoners held inside the Pirate Bunker

After the Battle of Yavin, the pirates kidnapped several Naboo noble all over the planet and kept them prisoners in the bunker for ransom.[4] People captured included Demitri Firewatcher's master,[2] Hanna S'kiyah's sister,[5] and even several members of the royal family.[3]

In 1 ABY,[6] Demitri Firewatcher solicited the help of a spacer while he was in the city of Keren. He asked the the spacer rescue his master. Firewatcher used rumors of treasure in the bunker to further catch the spacer's interest. The spacer agreed to rescue the prisoners, and Firewatcher recommended that a group be formed to overwhelm the more numerous pirates.[2] In the meantime, Hanna S'kiyah also begged a spacer to rescue her sister from the bunker.[5] A spacer also met a man known as Ketter Yaaran in the Kaadara cantina to get information about the pirates and their bunker.[4]

The same year, Jabba the Hutt's bounty hunter Bronell dispatched a spacer to the pirate bunker in order to retrieve information about a CorSec officer who owned money to Jabba, as well as to the pirates.[7]

Behind the scenes

The Pirate Bunker was a location in the 2003 massively multiplayer online roleplaying game Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided,[1] prior to the game's closure on December 15, 2011.[8] The Pirate Bunker was added to the game with the update named "Publish 1," released on August 3, 2003.[9]

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 SWG logo sm Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided — Point of Interest: "Pirate Bunker" on Naboo
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 SWG logo sm Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided — Herald NPC: "Demitri Firewatcher" on Naboo
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Gal-icon 10 Hot Spots Travel Guide on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (original site is defunct)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 SWG logo sm Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided — Herald NPC: "Ketter Yaaran" on Naboo
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 SWG logo sm Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided — Herald NPC: "Hannah S'kiyah" on Naboo
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ SWG logo sm Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided — Corellian Corvette Pre-Quest: "Bronell"
  8. ↑ Gal-icon IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT STAR WARS GALAXIES™ on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (original site is defunct)
  9. ↑ Gal-icon Publish 1: Nightsisters Cave on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (original site is defunct)

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