- "The events of the last few months were worrisome beyond the death toll, you see. That knowledge—of what you and the team were doing, and who you were after—was known only by a small, tight circle."
- ―Tomasso, to Poe Dameron
A skirmish broke out aboard a Moraysian cruiser between the Spice Runners of Kijimi and the forces of Ledesmar, a mercenary and former slave of the Pyke Syndicate. After escaping the Pykes, Ledesmar stole a Moraysian cruiser and its complement of droids, and struck out alone, at some point obtaining the helmet of Zeva Bliss, the leader of the Spice Runners. In order to both eliminate Ledesmar as a potential threat and retrieve the helmet, a cell of the Spice Runners led by Tomasso planned a mission. The group, commanded by Vigilch, attacked the cruiser, with Poe Dameron's piloting defeating Ledesmar's automated drones and allowing them to board. Aboard Ledesmar's cruiser, the EV-series droid EV-6B6, unwillingly serving the mercenary, led Spice Runners Zorii Bliss and Poe Dameron into a trap.[1]
While Ledesmar killed Vigilch, Bliss managed to kill the mercenary. However, officer Sela Trune of the New Republic Security Bureau intended to use the Spice Runners' mission against Ledesmar as a trap against the smuggler gang, having received word of the mission from Tomasso, who had become an informant for the New Republic. Five New Republic starships exited hyperspace near the Moraysian cruiser, and Trune boarded the cruiser with a team of officers, cornering Bliss, Dameron, and the freed EV-6B6 as they tried to escape. While Bliss and the droid escaped on a BTL-S3 Y-wing Starfighter, Dameron incapacitated Trune, fleeing the cruiser in the gang's freighter, the Ragged Claw, but not before making sure that Trune's officers rescued her. While the damaged cruiser was close to destruction, it managed to survive, and Trune took the Spice Runner Marinda Gan prisoner.[1]
Appearances[]
- Poe Dameron: Free Fall (First appearance, simultaneous with audiobook)
- Poe Dameron: Free Fall audiobook
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 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 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 1.26 1.27 1.28 1.29 1.30 1.31 1.32 Poe Dameron: Free Fall
- ↑ Poe Dameron: Free Fall states that the skirmish aboard the Moraysian cruiser took place around one month after Poe Dameron joined the Spice Runners of Kijimi. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary establishes that Dameron joined the Spice Runners sixteen years before the Starkiller Incident, which Star Wars: Galactic Atlas dates to 34 ABY. Dameron must have therefore joined the Spice Runners in 18 ABY, and the skirmish must have occurred around that year.