Skirmish in Docking Bay 84 During the Cold War between the Galactic Republic and the Sith Empire , a skirmish occurred in Docking Bay 84 of the main spaceport on the Republic capital planet of Coruscant . The fight resulted when members of the Black Sun criminal syndicate infiltrated the Senate Tower on Coruscant and kidnapped the Republic scientist Doctor Eli Tarnis . Tarnis , in actuality a Sith Lord , had hired the criminals to stage his kidnapping , and slipped away to the Justicar territory while the kidnappers drew the attention of Coruscant Security at the nearby spaceport . In an attempt to rescue the scientist , the former apprentice of Jedi Master Orgus Din and the astromech droid T7 - O1 joined Jedi Padawan Kira Carsen in fighting and defeating the criminals . In the process , the trio learned Tarnis had been taken to Black Sun territory , and they promptly launched a rescue mission . Prelude . In 3643 BBY , during the Cold War between the Galactic Republic and the Sith Empire , the Jedi Council sent four Jedi — Masters Bela Kiwiiks and Orgus Din ; Kiwiiks ' s Padawan , Kira Carsen ; and Din ' s former apprentice — to investigate a dark presence that the Council sensed on the Republic capital planet of Coruscant . There , the four learned that the design files for the Planet Prison superweapon had been stolen by Vistis Garn , a thief working for the Migrant Merchants ' Guild criminal organization . While Kiwiiks , Din , and General Var Suthra met with Supreme Chancellor Dorian Janarus in orbit on the Chancellor ' s personal cruiser , the " Founder " , Din ' s former apprentice — now a Jedi Knight — and Carsen worked to recover the files with the help of Agent Galen of the Republic Strategic Information Service and Doctor Eli Tarnis , the creator of the Planet Prison . Galen sent the Knight and the astromech droid T7 - O1 to the Guild - controlled Old Galactic Market to recover the design files , while Carsen and Galen worked with the Coruscant Security Force to distract the gangsters . Teeseven and the Jedi were successful in recovering the files but learned in the process that Garn had actually been hired by the Black Sun criminal syndicate . However , while the Knight was in the Market , a team of Black Sun criminals infiltrated the Senate Tower and kidnapped Doctor Tarnis . Tarnis — who was actually a Sith Lord — had hired Black Sun to stage the kidnapping as a diversion , so that he could slip away to a secret facility in the Justicar territory while the kidnappers distracted Republic security . The skirmish . Carsen and a team of Coruscant Security personnel pursued the kidnappers to the nearby Coruscant Spaceport , while the Knight returned to the Senate Tower to deliver the files to Galen . While the agent explained the situation to the Jedi , Galen received a holocall from Carsen . She and the CSF had pinned down the kidnappers in Docking Bay 84 , but they were unable to make anymore progress against the criminals . The Knight and Teeseven raced to the spaceport to assist Carsen , finding that the Padawan and the CSF had set up a barricade in the hangar ' s entrance and were locked in a stalemate with the kidnappers . Speaking with Carsen , the Knight learned that they were threatening to kill Tarnis and that their leader , the Human Zeer , had shot at the Padawan when she tried to negotiate , but Carsen was not sure that Tarnis was even present in the hangar . The Knight placed Tarnis ' s safety as a priority , and Carsen offered to use a stealth field generator that she had borrowed from Galen to sneak by the criminals . The Jedi agreed and stormed the hangar while Carsen activated the field and slipped inside . Together , the Knight and Teeseven defeated almost a dozen Black Sun members in the docking bay , and then attempted to access the control room . Opening the door , the Knight was almost ambushed by two gang members on the other side , but the cloaked Carsen knocked them out before they could attack . However , Zeer saw the field flicker and shot in her direction with a blaster . The bolt dissipated over the field , shorting it out and knocking Carsen unconscious . The Knight and Teeseven rushed in to protect her , charging Zeer and the other three criminals in the room and quickly defeating the gang members who were no match for the Knight ' s martial prowess . Aftermath . Injured , Zeer fell to his knees and cursed the Jedi , and a recovered Carsen joined the Knight and Teeseven in interrogating the criminal . Zeer laughed at the trio , revealing that he and his men had been decoys , but Carsen pretended to read Zeer ' s mind in an attempt to make the criminal panic . Her ploy worked , tricking Zeer into telling the Jedi that the head of Black Sun , Salarr , was holding Tarnis in his headquarters . Laughing , Carsen revealed that she was unable to read minds , and the Jedi handed Zeer over to the CSF before the Knight and Teeseven returned to Galen . Behind the scenes . The skirmish in Docking Bay 84 was created for " " , a massively multiplayer online roleplaying game released by BioWare on December 20 , 2011 . The episode appears in the Jedi Knight - class story mission " Kidnapped ! " on Coruscant , where the player is instructed to rescue Doctor Tarnis from the kidnappers in the spaceport . However , the player learns in the next mission , " Rescue , " that Tarnis was , in fact , a Sith Lord , and that he had fled to the Justicars ' Sector while the kidnappers served as a distraction . When Kira Carsen offers to use a stealth field generator to help the Knight , the player is presented with two options . The player can refuse Carsen ' s help , which results in loss of affection with both Carsen and T7 - O1 , or the player can accept , and Carsen will help interrogate Zeer without injuring the criminal . Also , accepting Carsen ' s help will reduce the number of enemies whom the player must face . The mission , like the rest of the Coruscant arc for the Jedi Knight class , was written by Hall Hood , and the writer especially enjoyed the dynamic of Zeer ' s interrogation by Carsen and the Knight .