Mission to Gap Nine This mission took place during the Galactic Civil War , as a group of Rebel operatives were dispatched to Gap Nine to sabotage an Ore facility . Background . The Galactic Empire ran an ore processing operation on Gap Nine , which was managed by Colonel Icus Traft . Traft would also raid temples on Gap Nine for valuable artifacts , rightfully belonging to the natives . Traft sold the artifacts he stole to art dealers and kept the profits . The mission . A group of Rebel operatives was dispatched to Gap Nine to sabotage the ore processing operation by planting explosives in a delivery of spare parts . While not originally planned as part of the mission , the Rebels also became entangled in the conflict between Traft and the natives of Gap Nine . Failure . The initial attempt to sabotage the ore facility was foiled due to Traft ' s unexpectedly tight security measures . The Rebels were assaulted by six Imperial Army trooper s armed with blaster pistols and grenades . Pinned down with no chance of winning the shootout , the Rebels had to hijack a droid - controlled skimmer . Protected from the troopers ' laser fire by the compartment of the skimmer , the Rebels managed to pilot the skimmer out of the facility and crash through the barrier fence . The Rebels escaped into the swamp , but had four scout troopers on their tail . In order to evade the speeder bike - riding troopers , the Rebels abandoned the skimmer and continued into the swamp on foot . The Swamp Seer . Having ventured deeper into the swamp , the Rebels came upon the ruins of an ancient temple . While exploring the temple , they encountered a native known as the Seer of the Temple , or The Swamp Seer , who first mistook them for Imperials . The Rebels convinced him that they were not Imperials , and he told them about Traft ' s looting of the ancient temples of Gap Nine . The Rebels also learned about the Battle of Gap Nine and a group who inhabited the planet centuries before their time . The group heard the sound of speeder bikes and his in the temple . Two scout troopers emerged from the swamp and investigated the area . Failing to find the Rebels , they decided to inform Traft that they had found a new temple to raid . The Rebels and the Seer overheard this and knew that it was only a matter before a raiding party would arrive . Defending the temple and completing the sabotage mission . Sure enough , a raiding party of six Imperial Army Troopers and four scour troopers arrived . From an armored landspeeder equipped with a heavy laser cannon , Traft himself commanded the raiding party . The Rebels managed to defend the temple from the Imperial raiders and make it back to the ore facility . Learning that the Imperials had not yet discovered the explosives in the shipment of spare parts , the Rebels set off the charges , finally completing their mission . Behind the scenes . This article assumes canonicity of successful completion of the adventure in which the mission appears . The adventure presents the player characters with the option of either defending the temple ( which would entail failure of the original mission ) or refusing the defend the temple in order to resume their mission ( which would entail that the temple is raided ) . Alternatively , the article suggests that the players can split up and simultaneously defend the temple and resume their original mission .