Mission to Ahakista The Mission to Ahakista was planned by a crime lord Raze and his associate Sardoth - the owner of Daystar Casino . The goal was to gain access to information stored in the Hub , a super computer that was responsible for coordinating the traffic of the entire Imperial Fleet , and to destroy the Hub afterward . Since the Hub was the only reason the Empire had interest in Ahakista , where it was located , it was believed that after its destruction the Empire would leave the planet . But as the goal of the mission was never accomplished , the accuracy of this assumption remains unknown . Prelude to the mission . After discovering that his agent Wyl Tarson was an Alliance spy , the crime lord Raze choose not to dispose of him immediately , but instead to use him in another way . Raze had him rendered unconscious and had a bomb implanted inside his skull , in addition the comlink , that allowed Raze and Tarson to communicate with each other . More importantly , the comlink gave Raze the ability to detonate the bomb if the need arose . After Wyl woke up , Raze informed him about what had been done to him and the " new . . . relationship " that accompanied the bomb . Raze warned Wyl that any insubordination would result in the detonation of the bomb and had forbidden him to tell anyone about this new arrangement . A short time later , Raze sent Wyl and another member of his organization named Laynara on a mission to Ahakista . Raze let on very little about the nature of the mission , except for the fact that Tarson was to meet with an associate of his named Sardoth , who would in turn brief him further , and that he would need to build a team of people who were " accustomed to infiltrating . . . precarious places " . Raze allowed Wyl a certain degree of freedom with regard to the formation of this team , since he knew that Wyl was connected to the Alliance . But Tarson did not want to expose any agents who were actively working for the Alliance since he felt that this was a problem of his own making , so he chose only to recruit those agents , whom the Rebellion didn ' t want anymore . Their first one was Baco Par , who was reputed to be " one of the galaxy ' s best lockbreakers " . Instead of convincing Baco to accompany him , Wyl simply kidnapped him . He also tried to recruit an old Alliance agent named Darca Nyl , who , while without Force - sensitivity , had some skill with a red lightsaber he carried . Reluctant at first , Nyl eventually changed his mind and joined Tarson ' s crew as they went off to Ahakista . Mission planning . After arriving at Ahaksita , Wyl discovered that Raze had lied to him when he had described Ahakista as " a sleepy little backwater " . In fact , the planet was in the middle of a civil war and the Empire had decided to intervene in the conflict in order to protect the government that it had installed there . To make the matters worse , Darth Vader was personally observing the operation . Upon landing at the Daystar Casino Wyl and his group were greeted by Sardoth , the business ' s proprietor . Tarson tried to fish for more details regarding the mission but Sardoth told them that he would apprise them of the details in the morning . Next day , the group arrived at the meeting place , where Wyl met Rasha Bex , an Imperial officer who was assisting them because she had asked Raze for information regarding the location of an imprisoned smuggler . He also met Dunlan , the leader of the local resistance movement . Only then did he learn that his team was to target The Hub . Tarson ' s team was to infiltrate the pyramid which housed the Hub by making their way though the tunnels beneath the it and then cracking a blast door that was guarded by a force field . The force field could only be deactivated if the pyramid ' s power grid was destroyed . According to Sardoth ' s plan this last part was to be handled by Dunlan and his people , who had the weaponry to destroy the power control station from outside the pyramid . But Dunlan refused to do his part and stormed out of the meeting . When officer Bex said that she was bailing out on his team , Wyl took exception to this and told Bex in no uncertain terms that she would never see BoShek again if she left . He then announced that they would begin their attack on The Hub immediately . The Mission . Wyl led Laynara , Baco , Nyl , and Sardoth into the tunnels that led to the Hub . After dispatching of the stormtrooper guards , Sardoth led them through the tunnels , eventually reaching the energy barrier that blocked the path to the door they needed to break through . But officer Bex ' s attempt for sabotage was foiled and the force field remained in its place . In the meantime Imperial Stormtroopers were wiping out the local Ahakistan rebels . While Vader and his troops were distracted by the task of killing Dunlan ' s fellow rebels , Dunlan slipped away and ran . After that he chose to do exactly what he had earlier refused to : destroy the power control station on the pyramid ' s tenth floor with a surface - to - air missile . Just one step ahead of Vader and the stormtroopers , Dunlan stole a landspeeder and found for a place from which he could fire his missile at the pyramid . After Dunlan destroyed the power control station , Vader finally caught up with him and killed him . While the others were still waiting for Bex to disable the energy shield , Nyl decided to scout and see if there might be another way around . Sardoth followed him into the tunnels , away from the others , and confronted him , revealing that he had once been an apprentice to Dark Jedi Lycan , whom Darca killed many years ago . Sardoth engaged Nyl in a lightsaber duel , and soon Nyl , being non - Force user and less skilled , took a wound to his shoulder . However , sensing Sardoth ' s tapping into the Force , Darth Vader himself appeared in the tunnels , determined to eliminate both duelists . While Vader concentrated on Sardoth , Nyl was able to land a glancing blow to Vader ' s helmet . Vader Force - pushed him away , and Nyl watched the Dark Lord of the Sith kill Sardoth before he fled into the tunnels . After Dunlan managed to knock out the energy shield , Wyl , Laynara , and Baco proceeded on to the door leading to the Hub . Baco was shot a moment after he had the doors open by arriving Imperial stormtroopers . After Baco made him promise to get the Hub ' s information to the Rebellion , Wyl and Laynara entered the compound while Baco stayed behind , sealing the doors behind them . Wyl and Laynara reached the Hub and Laynara prepared a device that would extract and transmit the data in the computer . At this point , Wyl tried to do the right thing and fulfill his promise to Baco by sending the transmission to the Rebel fleet . Raze , however , had other plans , using the implant to inflict pain on Wyl . When Laynara threatened not to carry out the mission , Raze ceased the torture . The delay , however , gave the Imperials time to get through the blast door , incapacitating Laynara and surrounding her and Wyl . In spite of Raze ' s urgings , Wyl refused to activate the device that would transmit Raze his precious information , so Raze activated the bomb in Wyl ' s brain . Surprisingly , Wyl woke moments later to see Darth Vader standing over him , having temporarily deactivated the bomb . When Vader threatened to kill Laynara , Wyl surrendered all information he had about Raze as well as all information he had on the Rebellion ' s spy network . Appeased , Vader destroyed Raze ' s bomb and took Tarson into his service . Aftermath . Using the information provided by Tarson , the Empire disposed of Raze , using the orbital bombardment to wipe out his stronghold . Tarson continued to provide information for Darth Vader . The only other survivor of the mission was Darca Nyl , who escaped into a pipe system and , seeing Par dead , decided that Tarson had indeed betrayed the group , and vowed vengeance on him .