Raid on the Gilded Star In 3631 BBY , the Alliance that opposed the Eternal Empire of Zakuul teamed up with con artist Gault Rennow to raid the " Gilded Star " treasury ship , which kept the valuables accumulated by Zakuul from pillaging the worlds of the known galaxy . The Alliance leadership traveled with Gault to the Gas giant Vandin where the " Gilded Star " was hiding , where the Alliance Commander helped Gault recruit the Anomid identity slicer Dretcher , who provided a holographic disguise for Senya Tirall to get onto the ship ' s bridge with SCORPIO at her sire . From there , SCORPIO opened the way to the ship ' s vault for Gault and the Alliance Commander , while Gault ' s partner Vette disabled the vault ' s security mechanisms . Gault planted a missile warhead inside the vault , which upon detonation vaporized its entire content of precious metals that was then pumped into the tanker piloted by Lana Beniko . Gault , Vette and the Alliance Commander escaped the ship with the help of Hylo Visz everyone returned safely to the Alliance base on Odessen , where Gault and Vette decided to stay and join the Alliance cause . hiding in the atmosphere of the gas giant Vandin . Strained for funds , the Commander agreed to the plan and accompanied Gault to Vandin along with Lana Beniko , Theron Shan , Senya Tirall and SCORPIO . Bringing in his partner Vette and an identity slicer Dretcher , Gault outlined his plan to infiltrate the ship and sabotage a warhead inside its reinforced vault , vaporizing its contents so that they could be siphoned away from the ship . The heist went mostly as planned , as Lana and Theron piloted the tanker ship and made a safe getaway , while those aboard the " Gilded Star " itself were picked up by Hylo Visz . Returning to Odessen , Gault and Vette expressed their desire to join the Alliance , but the celebration was interrupted by the return of Aric Jorgan and Kaliyo Djannis , who managed to escape Zakuul with a database on the GEMINI droids , although four of Havoc Squad ' s six members were lost in the process . Hoping to salvage this fiasco , Beniko ordered SCORPIO to analyze the data archive . Prelude . During the revolt against the Eternal Empire in 3631 BBY , con artist Gault Rennow and his partner Vette came up with a plan to rob the " Gilded Star " , a treasury ship used by the Eternal Empire of Zakuul to safekeep the valuables that they accumulated from pillaging the worlds of the known galaxy during the Eternal Empire conquest . The " Gilded Star " was hiding deep in the atmosphere of Gas giant Vandin and had a vault was so strong , it could survive the rest of the ship being reduced to atoms , which gave Gault and Vette the idea on how to empty it of valuables . Setting his plan in motion , Gault placed on order for a functional missile with the Brekken Gang , asking the Niktos to deliver it to Vandin , while also sending Vette to sneak inside the missile and retrieve its warhead . Gault also arranged for his old acquaintance Dretcher ' s hiding place to be shipped to Vandin unannounced . The warhead was intended to vaporize the vault ' s content of precious metal for easy transportation while Dretcher ' s job was to provide disguises , but Gault ' s scheme also required specific personnel to pull off the operation . For this part , the Devaronian contacted his old partner Hylo Visz , who was working with the Alliance that opposed Zakuul and invited him to the Alliance base on Odessen . Upon arrival , Gault was introduced to the Alliance Commander and laid out his proposition , to which the Alliance Commander agreed . The Commander was joined by a team of Alliance personnel , which included Lana Beniko , Theron Shan , Senya Tirall and SCORPIO and departed with Gault to Vandin . Arriving on the gas giant ' s Tibanna mining platform , Gault took the Alliance Commander to look for Dretcher ' s hiding container . After Gault threatened to shake the Anomid to death with a sonic amplifier , Dretecher had no choice but to let the Devaronian inside his container and agree to do his job . Gault and the Commander then went to the meeting with the Brekken Gang and its Captain Kenrik Fost , where Vette pretended to activate the missile , tricking the Niktos into escaping without payment , and retrieving the warhead . Gault then assembled the team at their hideout and laid out his entire plan , assigning everybody their roles . Dretcher ' s part included forging the identity of High Justice Vaylin for her mother Senya Tirall , who provided a genetic match and required character knowledge and would take SCORPIO aboard as her " attache droid " . They would access the bridge and lower security , allowing Vette , Gault and the Alliance Commander to get onboard and place the warhead inside the vault , while Shan and Beniko would pilot a tanker to siphon off the vaporized previous metals . The heist . When the " Gilded Star " came up for its annual resupply , the team moved in positions . Using Dretcher ' s holographic disguise , Senya got herself and SCORPIO onboard under the identity of her daughter . From the bridge , SCORPIO took control of the " Gilded Star " network and initiated an emergency lockdown under pretense of testing , isolating as much of the ship ' s security personnel as she could and allowing Gault , Vette and the Alliance Commander to get inside . The vault ' s security mechanism was isolated from the main network , requiring Vette to sneak inside the ship ' s inner working to disable it , while the Commander and Gault proceeded to the vault itself . After Vette opened the door to the vault , Gault planted the missile warhead inside it and stepped back outside , locking the door behind him . The Commander then used Gault ' s detonator to activate the warhead , which upon detonation vaporized the vault entire content of precious metals , while leaving everything outside safe and intact . Lana Beniko and Theron Shan then position a tanker ship next to the " Gilded Star " and extended the umbilical cord , while SCORPIO disengaged the airlock and depressurized the vault . The vault ' s content of precious gas was pumped into the tanker over approximately ten minutes , after which SCORPIO and Senya vacated the bridge and joined Lana and Theron onboard the tanker . With SCORPIO no longer having control of the blast doors , which began blocking their escape routes , Gault , Vette and the Alliance Commander planned to take the skyhook down to the mining platform , going back out the same way they came in . However , when they reached the lift , it was already coming up towards them , and Senya sensed through the Force that her daughter Vaylin was inside . Desperate to avoid confronting her , Gault decided to go outside along the ship ' s hull , which the trio reached after dispatching the security forces in their war . Having no real plan at this point , Gault received a call from Hylo Visz , who was checking up on their progress and became aware of their situation . Hylo then piloted a small shuttle to the side of the " Gilded Star " , allowing Gault , Vette and the Commander to jump directly on it . Inside the vessel , the Commander suggested to return to Odessen , while the rest of their team accompanied them onboard Beniko ' s tanker . Meanwhile , Vaylin reached the vault and contacted Arcann , believing that she arrived just in time to stop the robbers and angry at her mother for the audacity to impersonate her . She then became furious when she found the ship ' s vault empty . Aftermath . Everyone returned safely to Odessen , where during a small celebration Gault planned to divide everyone ' s share himself , but Hylo was having none of it given her previous experiences with him . She payed the Devaronian , Vette and Dretcher herself , skimming the part that Rennow still owed her off his share . What remained was more than enough to fund the Alliance operations , and Gault suggested to the Alliance Commander to invest the excess into another one of his schemes . Afterwards , Vette announced her intention to stay and join the Alliance ' s cause , while Gault did the same , giving him an opportunity to spend more time with Hylo . The celebration was interrupted by the return of Aric Jorgan and Kaliyo Djannis from the mission to the hyperwave relay station , which ended in failure . The two of them managed to escape Zakuul with a database on the GEMINI droids , although four of Havoc Squad ' s six members were killed in the process . Hoping to salvage the fiasco , Beniko ordered SCORPIO to analyze the data archive . Upon her return to Zakuul , Vaylin began fantasizing about revenge against her mother , but Arcann interrupted her tirade by asking whether she remembered Senya from when they were children . Vaylin repeated her belief that Senya hated and controlled her for being more powerful . She then asked her brother what would happen when the rest of the galaxy learned about the insult to them , but Arcann assured her that the riches could be replaced and the fear of his reprisal would discourage any potential uprisings . Behind the scenes . While the mission itself features little gameplay variation , " Chapter 13 : Profit and Plunder " presents the player with a choice to decide what to do with the excess finances from the heist . The option with the highest amount of Light Side points is to side with Vette and to distribute the surplus back to the worlds that Arcann has plundered , which gets approval from Senya Tirall and disapproval from Gault and SCORPIO . An option with less Light Side points is to side with Hylo Visz and to invest every credit into expanding the Alliance and overthrowing Arcann , to the approval of SCORPIO and Lana Beniko . The Dark Side option is to side with Gault to the disapproval from Vette and Senya , in which case Gault will later send the player a letter , explaining that he gave a large loan to his associate named Vel in hopes of a big payoff .