Great Hyperspace Rush

The Great Hyperspace Rush was an onrush to map and claim the existing yet unknown hyperspace routes as the Galactic Republic expanded into the outer regions of the galaxy during the High Republic Era, which had yet to be well mapped.
==History==
===The rush===
On the order of Supreme Chancellors Orlen Mollo and Kyong Greylark, dozens of Galactic Republic Pathfinder teams were sent deep into the Outer Rim Territories as part of an effort to bring the galaxy together.The High Republic: Convergence In particular, these Republic Pathfinders hunted for new hyperspace routes and worked on establishing a reliable communications network for the Rim.The High Republic — The Blade 1 The Jedi Order helped Republic Pathfinders in their efforts. However, many private parties also worked to uncover new hyperlanes due to the large amount of money to be made. As such, the Hyperspace Rush was underway in and around the year 383 BBY. The work of independent explorers was considered to be that of the rush,Star Wars: Timelines whereas the direct Republic-sponsored work could be dated back to 392 BBY. The search for hyperlanes continued into 382 BBY.Star Wars: Timelines dates the events of Star Wars: The High Republic Phase Two to 232 BBY.
One of the Republic's Pathfinder teams charted lanes nearby the Outer Rim planet Sullust, leading to the discovery of the planet Tunguray. As the last of the Tungurary people were threatened by great deals of volcanic activity, the Pathfinders helped them evacuate to the Republic capital of Coruscant. Jedi Knight Gella Nattai led a Pathfinder team to Orvax, but their mission ended in disaster. The Graf family of hyperspace prospectors, who were responsible for both great works and great horrors, mapped out several routes and played a role in the rush that was still whispered about by the people of the Outer Rim and frontier many years later. The San Tekka clan, rivals of the Grafs, also spent lives while prospecting during the rush. According to Piralli, who was speaking around the time of the Battle of Jedha, the San Tekkas were the galaxy's most successful hyperspace prospectors at that time. The San Tekkas and Grafs would also sponsor the Hyperspace Chase.
Toward the end of the rush, the San Tekkas turned a tide of loss and pain into one of profit using the abilities of the hyperspace savant Mari San Tekka, whose abilities helped them map valuable new routes through areas like the Relgim Run and the Bitmus Cloud after the rush. During the rush, a hologram was taken of Mari writing out the locational code for a navigational beacon in the Berenge sector using numbered blocks. The Grafs eventually hired a information broker to find out the clan's secret and so learned about San Tekka, who then went missing before the rush finished upon being captured by the Ro family.The High Republic: Light of the Jedi
===Legacy===
The Grafs kept some of the routes mapped during the rush private until the scientist Chancey Yarrow and others like her campaigned to have all routes made accessible by the Republic. However, over one hundred years later, the Graf family still kept some private routes using a number of their beacons that were still left over from the Great Hyperspace Rush. The beacons were encrypted and appeared only in the navigation computers of the Grafs. Yarrow mentioned the Great Hyperspace Rush when explaining San Tekka's abilities to Nan, a member of the Nihil, in 231 BBY.Star Wars: Timelines dates the events of The High Republic: Out of the Shadows to 231 BBY.
In 232 BBY,Star Wars: Timelines dates the events of The High Republic: A Test of Courage to 232 BBY. Jedi Master Douglas Sunvale referenced the Great Hyperspace Rush while reassuring Dalnan Ambassador Janex that their planned journey through hyperspace aboard the Steady Wing would be safe despite the recent Great Hyperspace Disaster and ongoing Emergences.The High Republic: A Test of Courage
==Behind the scenes==
The Hyperspace Rush was first mentioned in the 2021 middle grade novel The High Republic: A Test of Courage, written by Justina Ireland.
==Appearances==
*The High Republic: Path of Deceit 
*The High Republic: A Test of Courage 
*The High Republic: Out of the Shadows 
*The High Republic: Defy the Storm 
*The High Republic: Beware the Nameless 
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==Sources==
*Star Wars: The High Republic: Chronicles of the Jedi 
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*Star Wars: Timelines
*Star Wars: The High Republic Character Encyclopedia
==Notes and references==
Category:Events during the High Republic Era
Category:Graf family
Category:San Tekka clan