Diplomatic mission to Starlight Beacon

In 230 BBY, the Tarkin family member Sevran Tarkin undertook a diplomatic mission to Starlight Beacon at the time the space station Starlight Beacon was destroyed by the Nihil marauders During the attack on Starlight Beacon, Tarkin went missing and became a prisoner of the Nihil on the prison ship Korvix Vorn. As she had gone missing, Tarkin was declared legally dead on the Outer Rim planet Eriadu.
After being rescued from the Nihil as part of a Galactic Republic and Jedi Order mission in 228 BBY, Sevran returned to Eriadu where she attempted to prove that she was alive. Despite her efforts, however, she had difficulties because her of meddling from her uncle Tragkul Tarkin, though she was able to have her status restored and took his place as the family's head.
==The mission==
In 230 BBY, the Tarkin family member Sevran Tarkin was on the Galactic Republic space stationStar Wars: The High Republic Character Encyclopedia Starlight Beacon for a diplomatic mission while the station was in Outer Rim Eiram systemThe High Republic Adventures (2023) 9 establishes that the diplomatic mission to Starlight Beacon took place concurrently to the destruction of Starlight Beacon, which Star Wars: The High Republic: Chronicles of the Jedi states occurred while Starlight Beacon was in the Outer Rim Eiram system. As Sevran was on Starlight Beacon, the station was sabotaged and destroyed by the Nihil marauders, with it being sent crashing into the ocean of the planet Eiram.
==Aftermath==
In the aftermath of Starlight's destruction, Sevran was imprisoned on the Nihil prison ship Korvix Vorn. While her family on the Outer RimThe High Republic Adventures (2023) 10 planet Eriadu were unaware of what had happened to her, as she was missing she was declared legally dead. Her uncle, Tragkul Tarkin who led the family, used her "death" to push his anti-Republic propaganda.
Eventually, in 228 BBY, Since the events of The High Republic Adventures (2023) 5 are set immediately after the fourth issue's conclusion, it must also take place the same year. Sevran, along with other prisoners of the Korvix Vorn were rescued during a joint Republic and Jedi Order operation. Afterward, Sevran returned to Eriadu where she attempted to prove that she was in fact alive, but encountered troubles because Tragkul had tied bureaucratic knots around her reinstatement into official record, using it as a power play. As well as being officially declared dead, Sevran was out of favor within her family as falling in battle was not considered honorable by her uncle.
Later that year, while at a meeting of the Quintad—the five ruling families of Eriadu—Tragkul again pushed his anti-Republic propaganda, asking where the Republic was when his niece had vanished during her diplomatic mission to Starlight Beacon. When the Republic representative Zeen Mrala asked Sevran why her uncle spoke about her like she was dead, Sevran explained about the effects of her disappearance when Starlight fell. Mrala pointed out Sevran was not dead, which Sevran noted had been more complicated to prove than Mrala could think. When Sevran attempted to endorse Jedi Knight Farzala Tarabal to address the Quintad, it was rejected as her status had yet to be restored. Days later, Sevran discredited her uncle and took his place as the family's head after he reinstalled her into the records.
==Behind the scenes==
Sevran Tarkin's diplomatic mission to Starlight Beacon was mentioned in the ninth issue of the 2023 comic series Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures. The issue was written by Daniel José Older and published by Dark Horse Comics as part of the Star Wars: The High Republic multimedia project's Phase III on August 21, 2024.
==Appearances==
*The High Republic Adventures (2023) 9 
==Notes and references==
Category:Battles in the Eiram system
Category:Diplomatic events
Category:Events during the Nihil conflict
Category:Missions during the High Republic Era