Semphi Talen

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"Between Alderaan seceding and the houses' Republic ties, this is a huge legal gray area, so the Senate's authorized us to place the deposit box in Jedi custody, until the succession's decided. I contacted the Council for suggestions and your name came up. Off the record: I'm glad these people aren't my headache."
―Lieutenant Semphi Talen[1]

Semphi Talen was a female living on the planet Coruscant during the Cold War between the Galactic Republic and the reconstituted Sith Empire. She served as a police officer with the Coruscant Security Force with the police rank of lieutenant.[1] Around 3643 BBY,[2] Talen was assigned to investigate a break in at the First Bank of Coruscant. The thieves were caught attempting to crack open a safety deposit box belonging to the Alderaanian noble House of Ulgo. They claimed to be Ulgo cousins, trying to reclaim "valuable family heirlooms." The deposit box contained items smuggled from the Mid Rim. Talen assumed the Ulgos were planning to sell them on the black market to start raising more supporters for their cause. As Alderaan had seceding from the Republic, the case was a legal gray area. The Senate authorized for the safety deposit box to be placed in Jedi custody and the matter turned over the Jedi Order, much to the relief of Talen.[1]

Behind the scenes

Semphi Talen was first mentioned in a message that is sent in Star Wars: The Old Republic, a massively multiplayer online roleplaying game (MMORPG) by BioWare released on December 20, 2011. The message is sent to the Jedi Consular class.

Appearances

Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 SWTOR mini Star Wars: The Old Republic — The message House Ulgo's accounts from Lieutenant Semphi Talen (Coruscant Security)
  2. ↑ 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.