Team Warscythe

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Team Warscythe was a commando unit of the Rebel Alliance Special Forces active during the Galactic Civil War.[1] In 1 ABY,[2] Team Warscythe assisted Havoc Squadron during a mission to capture an Imperial shuttle transporting an Imperial technician involved in the construction of a new Imperial space station in the Karthakk system. The Rebel force attacked the Imperial convoy in the Dantooine system. While Team Warscythe boarded the Imperial Lambda-class shuttle, the starfighters of Havoc Squadron destroyed the escort of TIE interceptors and TIE aggressors. The commandos finally succeeded in taking control of the shuttle and kidnap the technician. Havoc Squadron then provided escort to the captured Lambda shuttle until the commando reached the hyperspace jump point and left the system.[1]

Behind the scenes

Team Warscythe was mentioned 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.[3] Team Warscythe was added to the game with the release of the expansion pack Jump to Lightspeed on October 27, 2004.[1]

Appearances

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: Jump to Lightspeed — Space Quest: "Kidnap Imperial technician" in the Dantooine system
  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. ↑ Gal-icon IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT STAR WARS GALAXIES™ on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (original site is defunct)