- Date
- 22 ABY
- Continuity
- Legends
- Region
- The Redoubt, Unknown Regions
Research note: This story belongs to the Legends continuity and is separate from post-2014 Canon. The cover is authentic source artwork, not a new depiction of every scene described. Facts are drawn from the published novels; social interpretation is labeled as such.
A message points toward a lost expedition
In 22 ABY, Luke Skywalker and Mara Jade Skywalker received information that the wreckage of the long-lost Outbound Flight project had been discovered in the Unknown Regions. The colonial expedition had been destroyed decades earlier before the Clone Wars. Its surviving artifacts and records could change what later generations knew about Jedi history and the Chiss Ascendancy.
Chiss hosts invite an unusual delegation
The Chiss Aristocra Chaf'orm'bintrano, called Formbi, organized a mission connected to the rediscovery. Participants included Luke, Mara, Imperial representatives and other travelers with personal claims or political interests in the expedition. Their combined presence made the journey a test of relations among people who had previously regarded one another as enemies.
A colony survived a famous catastrophe
The discovery revealed that some passengers of Outbound Flight had lived on in the Redoubt, establishing an isolated community whose own traditions and leadership had developed away from the wider galaxy. For the colonists, the ship's wreckage was not merely an archaeological object; it was evidence of their ancestors' deaths and a foundation of their collective history.
Danger disrupts remembrance
The visit became more hazardous as hidden agendas and threats involving the Vagaari came to light. The party had to navigate conflicts between archaeological recovery, diplomatic intentions, covert hostility and the protection of people living near the wreckage.
A new future for the survivors
The Outbound Flight Colony was disbanded after contact was reestablished, and surviving residents were relocated to the Empire of the Hand in Wild Space. This outcome involved a profound institutional change for a community that had spent decades isolated from its own wider cultural origins.
Anthropological assessment
Survivor's Quest raises ethical questions about who owns a shipwreck and the historical stories attached to it. The priorities of outside investigators, diplomats and relatives may diverge from those of descendants who built lives around a site. The journey connects archaeology to kinship, governance and the politics of remembering past violence.
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