Republic listening post

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"The SIS signatures contained coordinates. Go there. Destroy the listening post. Kill everyone!"
―Intelligence officer Keeling asks Imperial heroes to assault a Republic listening post[3]

A listening post was operated by the Galactic Republic's Strategic Information Service during the Cold War between the Republic and reconstituted Sith Empire on the Hutt-controlled moon Nar Shaddaa.

History

"The SIS hid behind the slicer gang. But why? Maybe to disguise a listening post... maybe they're listening to us right now!"
―Keeling draws a connection between local slicers and the SIS[3]

By 3643 BBY,[1] the Strategic Information Service, the primary intelligence agency of the Galactic Republic during the Sith Wars,[4] emplaced a listening post in a building in the Corellian Sector on the Hutt-controlled moon Nar Shaddaa to monitor Imperial transmissions. To conceal this post's presence, the SIS relayed stolen reports to the Krayts, a local slicer gang, who offered to sell the reports on the black market.[3] After local information broker Ghost revealed to Imperial heroes the gang had sliced into Imperial databases and stolen sensitive reports, the heroes recovered the reports and delivered them to Imperial Intelligence officer Keeling.[5] Keeling discovered the reports bore SIS slicing signatures along with coordinates to the their listening post and dispatched the heroes to destroy the post's comm terminal.[3] At least ten SIS personnel were defeated in the attack on the listening post.[6]

Behind the scenes

The Republic Listening Post appeared as a story area for all four Imperial player character classes on Nar Shaddaa in the BioWare-LucasArts video game Star Wars: The Old Republic in 2011.[3]

Appearances

Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 SWTOR mini STAR WARS: The Old Republic - Question ! :) - Page 3 on The Old Republic's official website (backup link) places Star Wars: The Old Republic about ten to twelve years after the signing of the Treaty of Coruscant, which is dated to 3653 BBY by Star Wars: The Old Republic Encyclopedia. The Old Republic — The Lost Suns 2 takes place ten years after the treaty, one week after the mission to Nar Shaddaa, and around the time of the SpecForce Incident. Since the mission and the incident are respectively part of Act I of the Jedi Knight and Republic Trooper's storylines, and the Trooper's Act I occurs concurrent to Act I of the Smuggler storyline, the general events of the Prologue and Act I for all classes can be assumed to occur in 3643 BBY.
  2. ↑ SWTOR mini Star Wars: The Old Republic — Republic Listening Post, Nar Shaddaa
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 SWTOR mini Star Wars: The Old Republic — Imperial Mission: "The Walls Have Ears" on Nar Shaddaa
  4. ↑ SWTOR mini Star Wars: The Old Republic — Codex: "Strategic Information Service"
  5. ↑ SWTOR mini Star Wars: The Old Republic — Imperial Mission: "Let the Vendor Beware" on Nar Shaddaa
  6. ↑ SWTOR mini Star Wars: The Old Republic — Bonus Mission: "Silence in the Listening Post" on Nar Shaddaa

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