Gavi's shuttle

Gavi's shuttle was a Nihil escape shuttle that had crashed within the Lonisa City Zoo on the planet Valo by 229 BBY.The events of The High Republic: Escape from Valo, including the appearance of Gavi's shuttle, take place one year after the destruction of Starlight Beacon, which equates to 229 BBY per Star Wars: The High Republic Character Encyclopedia. The crashed shuttle was later discovered by the Jedi youngling Gavi, who suspected based on the damage it had sustained that it had been shot down during the Nihil marauders' attack on the Republic Fair two and a half years prior. Gavi, who had been hiding on Valo with fellow younglings Kildo and Tep Tep, wanted to use the shuttle to escape, but realized that it was not large enough to carry all of them. Unable to choose who should be saved, Gavi instead kept the shuttle a secret, discreetly repairing the vessel whenever he had the opportunity.
A month after Gavi had found the shuttle, the three younglings met the Jedi Padawan Ram Jomaram, who had been fighting back against the Nihil's occupation of the planet, as well as discovered that their old friend Driggit Parse had joined the marauders. Although he had managed to restore much of the shuttle's functionality, Gavi was further conflicted on who to give the vessel to. The young pirate Zyle Keem, who had come to Valo in the hope of stealing bacta from the sunken vessel Innovator and had joined their group, the Scarlet Skulls, discovered Gavi was keeping the shuttle a secret, but eventually promised not to tell the others.
However, Gavi was forced to reveal the shuttle's existence when the Nihil discovered their location and sent a force to confront them, including the scientist Niv Drendow Apruk and his Nameless, Grendrek. As his fellow Jedi were weakened by the Nameless' presence, Gavi fled and retrieved his shuttle. Gavi returned to rescue the others at the same time as Jomaram's droid, V-18, arrived to assist them. With Kildo and Keem boarding the shuttle as the others climbed onto V-18, the group was able to escape the Nihil. The reveal of the secret hurt Kildo and led to Gavi confessing his feelings for him.
The Scarlet Skulls later utilized Gavi's shuttle, alongside Jomaram's Eviscerator, to raid the Innovator at the bottom of Lake Lonisa. After a skirmish with the Nihil aboard the Innovator that resulted in the vessel beginning to flood, the group intended to depart aboard their two vessels. However, Parse and Apruk stole Gavi's shuttle and escaped, forcing the Scarlet Skulls to instead fly the entire Innovator out from the lake. Parse piloted the shuttle away from Valo and out of the Rseik sector, after which Apruk decided to head to the Korvix Vorn penal ship. Hoping to wait for an opportune moment to strike against the Nihil, Parse declared that she would accompany him and engaged the shuttle's hyperdrive.
==Appearances==
*The High Republic: Escape from Valo 
==Notes and references==
Category:Captured starships
Category:Nihil escape shuttles