Mission to Bastatha In 28 ABY , the New Republic Senator s Leia Organa and Ransolm Casterfo embarked on a mission to Bastatha to investigate the Nikto crime lord Rinnrivin Di ' s cartel . While visiting Bastatha , a planet in the galaxy ' s Inner Rim , they were hosted by Magistrate s Xun and Tosta , who took them on a tour of their casino . Shortly later , Leia was kidnapped by Rinnrivin ' s henchmen who brought the senator to Rinnrivin ' s underground headquarters . Rinnrivin tried to bribe the senator into easing restrictions on the spice trade . However , Casterfo managed to track down Leia and rescue her . The two managed to escape and alert the Bastatha security forces . After searching Rinnrivin ' s headquarters , they discovered evidence that Rinnrivin was funneling his profits into shadow corporations in the Outer Rim . Prelude . Following the Battle of Jakku , the New Republic signed the Galactic Concordance with the defeated remnants of the Galactic Empire and turned its attention to reshaping the galactic order . Seven years prior to the Amaxine warrior crisis , the First Order began channeling funds into a pro - Imperial militia called the Amaxine warriors through the auspices of several Centrist senator s including Lady Carise Sindian . To hide these funds , the Centrists invested their resources into a criminal front organization led by the Nikto crime lord Rinnrivin Di . Over the next seven years , Rinnrivin ' s cartel operated from the Outer Rim planet of Bastatha . Its smuggling and gambling activities exacted a toll on the economy of the Gaulus sector , which included Ryloth . Eventually , the Ryloth economy began to succumb to the depredations of Rinnrivin ' s cartel . Rinnrivin ' s cartel was able to flourish due to the New Republic ' s inaction in enforcing financial regulations and patrolling the galactic space lanes . In response , the Ryloth government dispatched Emissary Yendor to petition the Galactic Senate on Hosnian Prime for help . After some deliberation , the Populist Senator Leia Organa and her Centrist colleague Ransolm Casterfo agreed to investigate on behalf of the Senate . The Mission . Leia , her senatorial staff , and Casterfo traveled to Bastatha on her personal starship " Mirrorbright " . They were accompanied by the New Republic Defense Fleet pilot Joph Seastriker , who flew an X - wing starfighter . Upon landinng on Bastatha , they were greeted by the Nikto Magistrate s Tosta and Xun ; who took them for a banquet at an upmarket casino . While mingling with the locals , Leia and Casterfo noticed a group of human s from Daxam IV . One of the party , an elderly woman , was watching them . Unknown to them , Hadrassian was the leader of the Amaxine warriors . Leia and her companions then returned to the " Mirrorbright " to prepare for a meeting with a " business delegation " sent by Magistrate Tosta . However , this was a ruse arranged by Rinnrivin Di to kidnap Senator Organa . His henchmen ambushed Tosta ' s delegation and spirited Leia away on a hoversled . Rinnrivin ' s henchmen brought the New Republic senator to his underground headquarters . Rinnrivin attempted to flatter Senator Organa by complimenting her role in slaying Jabba Desilijic Tiure . As a token of respect , he gifted her a holocube showing her strangling the Hutt crime lord to death . Rinnrivin then tried to bribe Leia by trying to persuade her to convince the New Republic to ease its restrictions on illicit spice . Before discussions could proceed further , Casterfo arrived and rescued Leia . He had managed to track down the Senator by planting a tracking device on her cloak . Together , the two senators escaped on a hoversled . Rinnrivin sent several of his henchmen after them but the two managed to outrun them in the subterranean cave rns . Shortly later , Leia and Casterfo encountered Joph , who had flown his X - wing into the depths of Bastatha . Together , the three returned to the Bastathan city . The local security forces later secured Rinnrivin ' s headquarters but the crime lord had escaped by then . Aftermath . The kidnapping of Leia and their failure to apprehend Rinnrivin Di embarrassed the Bastatha authorities . Leia informed Magistrate Xun that the New Republic had placed Bastatha under conditional probational advisory to keep an eye on activities around that world . While Leia appreciated Joph ' s courage , she reprimanded him for ignoring New Republic safety protocols . As a result of their shared adventure , Leia struck an unlikely friendship with Casterfo despite their political and philosophical differences . After examining the data stored in Rinnrivin ' s droids , Leia ' s team discovered that much of Bastatha ' s gambling revenue was being siphoned off to shadow corporations in the Outer Rim . Based on this information , Leia and Casterfo deduced that Yendor was telling the truth and called for the investigation to continue . While the Senate tabled the investigation into Rinnrivin , Leia dispatched Joph and her pilot Greer Sonnel on a secret mission to Pamarthe to investigate whether Rinnrivin was hiring pilots from there . In response to the investigation , Lady Carise arranged with Hadrassian to stage a distraction . Behind the scenes . The Mission to Bastatha first appeared in Claudia Gray ' s 2016 novel " Bloodline " .