Unidentified ship (Marda Ro)

A ship belonged to the Path of the Open Hand cult during the time it was led by a woman called the Mother. After the Path's violent end in 382 BBY,The High Republic: Quest for Planet X establishes that the Path of the Open Hand dissolved in the aftermath of the Night of Sorrow, which Star Wars: Timelines dates to 382 BBY. the starship became a possession of former Path member Marda Ro—the Evereni founder of a group of pirates who would eventually become the Nihil. Ro's pirates then used the ship to carry out their raids, sometimes using it alongside their other ships. At some point no earlier than 379 BBY,The segment of "A Closed Fist Has No Claws" depicting a Jedi's death onboard the Gaze Electric takes place around 379 BBY per the reasoning here. Marda Ro met the Faers after the Jedi's death; therefore, she must have met them no earlier than 379 BBY. the starship was one of those sent by Ro to intercept the ship of the Evereni siblings Vika and Velya Faer while sheThe High Republic: Temptation of the Force sent the twins an invitation to meet with her.
Ro later mentioned the ship in a message she recorded for her descendants. By 252 BBY,"The Lie" chapter in The High Republic: Eye of the Storm 1, which includes Shalla Ro's death, features Asgar Ro's ascension to Eye of the Nihil, an event dated to 252 BBY by Star Wars: The High Republic Character Encyclopedia. As The High Republic: Temptation of the Force establishes she introduced Marchion Ro to Marda Ro's journal, he must have listened to it by that year. during his youth, Ro's great-great-grandson Marchion Ro had listened to her journal, including the entry where the ship was mentioned.
==Behind the scenes==
The ship was mentioned in the short story "A Closed Fist Has No Claws," written by Tessa Gratton and published in the 2023 young-adult anthology The High Republic: Tales of Light and Life as a part of the Star Wars: The High Republic multimedia project.
==Appearances==
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==Notes and references==
Category:Starships of Marda Ro's pirate group
Category:Starships of the Path of the Open Hand
Category:Unidentified spacecraft