- "Piracy is expected to be dealt with by the individuals traveling these space lanes. Normally, they don't cause too much trouble. But this one has become a problem. Not content with taking cargo, he has destroyed a number of transports in the last few weeks and shows no signs of stopping."
- ―Belga Daeri, to a spacer
The Asteroid Bandits, also known as the Mining Pirates, were a group of pirates active in the Corellian system during the Galactic Civil War. In space battles, they flew Z-95-AF4 Headhunters, G1-M4-C Dunelizard fighter,[2] and T-65 X-wing starfighters.[4] After the Battle of Yavin, a group of Mining Pirates led by Dorn Nareusu seriously disturbed the civilian traffic in the Kashyyyk system by destroying numerous transports. After several weeks, Belga Daeri, an official at the Kachirho spaceport, placed a bounty on Nareusu. In 1 ABY,[6] a group of pilots attacked Nareusu's cohorts in the Kashyyyk system to attract the pirate in the system.[1] Dorn Nareusu, piloting an ARC-170 starfighter, was killed in the ensuring fight.[7]
Behind the scenes[]
The Asteroid Bandits appeared in the 2003 video game Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided, a massively multiplayer online roleplaying game developed by Sony Online Entertainment and published by LucasArts,[2] prior to its closure on December 15, 2011.[8] The Asteroid Bandits were added to the game with the release of the expansion pack Jump to Lightspeed on October 27, 2004.[2]
Appearances[]
- Star Wars Galaxies: Jump to Lightspeed (First appearance) (First identified as Asteroid Bandits)
- Star Wars Galaxies: Rage of the Wookiees (First identified as Mining Pirates)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2
Star Wars Galaxies: Rage of the Wookiees — Space Quest: "Destroy Dorn's Cohorts" in the Kashyyyk system
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Star Wars Galaxies: Jump to Lightspeed — Corellian system
- ↑ Star Wars Galaxies: Jump to Lightspeed — Dantooine system
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Star Wars Galaxies: Jump to Lightspeed — Endor system
- ↑ Star Wars Galaxies: Rage of the Wookiees — Quest: "Belga Daeri" on Kashyyyk
- ↑ The opening crawl of Star Wars Galaxies 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.
- ↑ Star Wars Galaxies: Rage of the Wookiees — Space Quest: "Dorn's arrival" in the Kashyyyk system
- ↑
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