Mission to Danuta The Mission to Danuta was an early operation of the Galactic Civil War and the second phase of Operation Skyhook . After Rianna Saren informed the Rebellion about the Destruction of Despayre and the plans of the Death Star being held on Danuta , it was decided to steal those schematics in order to find a weakness to the new Imperial weapon . Rebel leadership decided that sending a team of commandos to fulfill the mission would risk too much collateral damage to the city of Trid , so they instead hired Saren and Kyle Katarn to infiltrate the facility and steal the plans . Katarn and Saren worked separately , having no contact with each other throughout the mission . Prelude . When a librarian Atour Riten found the Death Star plans in the Death Star Library , he secretly sent a copy to the Imperial station on Danuta . The mission . Kyle Katarn , a former Imperial - turned Rebel agent , was sent into an Imperial facility to take a supplemental set of the Death Star plans . He infiltrated the complex with the assistance of Meck Odom , an Imperial officer and longtime friend who gave Katarn information on when to pass through the south perimeter gate , how to enter through an air shaft , and what kind of security to expect inside the facility . Odom was further able to override the south perimeter gate ' s collateral security systems , which were his duty to watch . Simultaneously , Jan Ors secured an escape route with the " Moldy Crow " by destroying the Imperial TIE Fighters at Trid ' s spaceport ; all but one were destroyed on the ground . Guaranteed that no fighters would pursue them , Ors then staged a diversion at the Trid facility by detonating a small bomb near the north perimeter , forty - five minutes after Katarn was to enter the base , and then flying by in the " Crow " fifteen minutes later to fire upon any personnel who were sent to investigate . It was during this run that she destroyed the base ' s AT - ST and killed Major Horst , the facility ' s officer - of - the - day , who had decided to investigate the perimeter disturbance personally . During this diversion , Katarn cut through the station ' s reduced defenses . Despite his skill and adrenaline , Katarn was on a few occasions saved by luck , and in the most intense moments of fighting he found himself beginning to draw on the Force to sense things before seeing them — a reliance he did not yet fully understand . However , despite lower resistance , the facility was still heavily fortified with various security systems . To this end , Katarn needed a red banded key to access a lift , leading to a security room . The security room contained a control panel which opened the staircase leading into the control room . Aiming to preserve his accomplice ' s anonymity , Katarn wounded Odom with a careful shot that incapacitated without killing him . After retrieving the memory matrix , Katarn then met Ors and the " Moldy Crow " at the rendezvous point on the roof , escaping with the plans that ensured the obtainment of a complete layout of the Death Star . Behind the scenes . The Mission to Danuta originally appeared in the demo to the video game " " , and it serves as that game ' s first level . The briefing for the level in " Star Wars : Dark Forces " states that the mission belongs to the " second phase " of Operation Skyhook . It tells nothing about which was the first phase ( although it would supposedly refer to the missions of " " ) and what missions comprised the phases of the whole operation . The novella " " expands on the background and mission itself , adding the contributions of Meck Odom and Jan Ors . It describes the Trid facility as much more heavily guarded than the gameplayer ( who is only seeing a portion of the mission ) might have believed . A scenario for the " Dark Forces " version of the mission was created for Star Wars Miniatures . Titled " Destiny on Danuta " , it is part of the " Kyle Katarn ' s Tale " series of scenarios . The video game " " attributes Rianna Saren as having completed the Mission to Danuta and stolen the Death Star plans located there . It presents a different version of the mission than that described in the " Dark Forces " series . The relation between Katarn ' s mission and Saren ' s mission has not yet been clarified in official sources .