Unidentified Lesser Space starship

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«That was certainly one of his most mixed-result exploits. He captured that gravity-well generator the researchers are still trying to figure out, but then lost the big alien ship from Lesser Space before anyone could get a look inside.»
―Syndic Irizi'stal'mustro[3]

A starship hailing from the region of the galaxy beyond the Unknown Regions known as "Lesser Space" carried Galactic Republic technology and held human survivors by 19 BBY. The vessel was seized by a task force of the Chiss Ascendancy's Chaf family.

Chiss Syndic Mitth'ras'safis and a human female pilot managed to steal the starship from the task force, but were unable to bring it to a refuge world from which they could give the Republic technology to the Ascendancy's Defense Hierarchy Council, as the ship was too damaged to reach its destination. The syndic and the human subsequently crashed the vessel into a valley, killing themselves in the process but saving the humans aboard the starship.

Description

«And who would keep the remaining systems from self-destruction while you cleared a path through the pylon for me?»
«Your people will come here someday. Until then, the survivors have enough food and supplies to last for generations. They'll survive. I know they will.»
―Syndic Mitth'ras'safis and a human female, moments before the starship's crash[1]

A massive starship from "Lesser Space," the region of the galaxy beyond the Unknown Regions, carried Galactic Republic technology. It was equipped with engines and carried food and supplies that could last for generations and a small vessel. The spacecraft contained a pylon.[1]

History

«I hope someday humans and Chiss will be able to work side by side in peace.»
«As do I, Syndic Mitth'ras'safis of the Eighth Ruling Family. »
«Then let us bring this part of history to a close. May warrior's fortune smile on our efforts.»
―Syndic Mitth'ras'safis and a human female[1]
Syndic Mitth'ras'safis helped crash the starship.

Syndic Mitth'ras'safis helped crash the starship.

By 19 BBY,[2] the starship, which carried human survivors, was involved in the Vagaari pirate operations, a conflict between the forces of the Chiss Ascendancy nation and the Vagaari pirates. A task force of the Ascendancy's Chaf family obtained the vessel, and the Chiss syndic Mitth'ras'safis, core name "Thrass," and a human female pilot stole the starship. Thrass and the woman spirited the ship away in hopes of bringing it to a refuge world from which they could offer the Republic technology to the Ascendancy's Defense Hierarchy Council; however, their plan did not go as planned. The ship was far too damaged to reach the world, and the pair discovered the human survivors aboard the vessel.[1]

They were forced to crash the ship and kill themselves in the process, as their chosen crash site, a stone-filled valley, dictated that if Thrass and the human survived, the survivors would die. The pilot offered to help the syndic escape, but the pair realized that while the woman helped him get to the small starship aboard the Lesser Space starship, the latter vessel's systems would self-destruct.[1]

As he could not bring glory to his family, the Mitth family, or the Ascendancy, Thrass decided not to bring destruction. He believed that if one of the Chiss families obtained the Republic technology, the Chiss balance of power would be damaged significantly, and crashed it to prevent that, resulting in his and the human pilot's death.[1] Around 19 BBY,[4] the Hierarchy Council and the Chiss Aristocra assembly were unhappy with Thrass's brother, Senior Captain Mitth'raw'nuruodo, for losing the technology within the spacecraft and his[3] brother[1] Thrass.[3]

Behind the scenes

Outbound Flight, the ship's Star Wars Legends continuity counterpart.

Outbound Flight, the ship's Star Wars Legends continuity counterpart.

In the current Star Wars canon, the starship was first mentioned in the 2020 novel Thrawn Ascendancy: Chaos Rising, the first volume of the Star Wars: The Ascendancy Trilogy written by Timothy Zahn.[3] It later made an appearance in a flashbacks sequence in the trilogy's third installment, Thrawn Ascendancy: Lesser Evil, which was published in 2021.[1]

In the Star Wars Legends continuity, the ship, called Outbound Flight, was first mentioned in Zahn's 1991 novel Heir to the Empire, the first volume of his Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy.[5] It first appeared in Zahn's 2004 novel Survivor's Quest as its wreckage[6] and was the focus of the author's 2006 eponymous novel, which told the starship's original story.[7] Elements of the ship's history in canon, including parts of dialogue of Syndic Mitth'ras'safis[1] and Human Jedi Knight Lorana Jinzler,[7] closely resemble those presented[1] in Outbound Flight.[7]

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 Thrawn Ascendancy: Lesser Evil
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 The crash at a valley of the Lesser Space starship, as depicted in Thrawn Ascendancy: Lesser Evil, took place prior to the main events of Thrawn Ascendancy: Chaos Rising, which is set in around 19 BBY, per Star Wars: Timelines.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Thrawn Ascendancy: Greater Good
  4. ↑ The events of Thrawn Ascendancy: Greater Good take place around 19 BBY per Star Wars: Timelines.
  5. ↑ Heir to the Empire
  6. ↑ Survivor's Quest
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Outbound Flight