Side Trip

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The novella Side Trip was the first collaboration between Timothy Zahn and Michael A. Stackpole. The novella consists of four parts, parts one and four being written by Timothy Zahn and parts two and three written by Michael A. Stackpole. Parts one and two were originally published in the Star Wars Adventure Journal 12 by West End Games in February 1997 and parts three and four were originally published in Star Wars Adventure Journal 13 by West End Games in May 1997. The full story was later compiled in the Short Story Anthology Tales from the Empire which was published by Bantam Spectra in November 1997. It was also available online via Hyperspace.

Synopsis

Traders Haber Trell and Maranne Darmic and their freighter (the Hopskip) are captured while smuggling arms for the Rebels and threatened by the Galactic Empire into assisting a helmeted figure, who claims to be the notorious bounty hunter Jodo Kast, in catching his prey on Corellia. It is all part of a devious plan by Admiral Thrawn that includes the father-and-son team of CorSec investigators Hal and Corran Horn, who are working undercover to nail the infamous Corellian warlord Zekka Thyne. But one slipup can get them all killed.

In the end, Thrawn's plan succeeds and allows him to track the smugglers to the Rebellion's new base, Derra IV, using tracking devices hidden in the smuggler's shipments of blasters. His victory also gains the Chiss Admiral a substantial favor from Darth Vader: command of his Noghri Death Commandos.

Appearances

By type

Characters	Creatures	Droid models	Events	Locations
Organizations and titles	Sentient species	Vehicles and vessels	Weapons and technology	Miscellanea

Characters

Bullkey (First appearance)
Venthan Chassu (First mentioned)
Chewbacca (Indirect mention only)
Vlaydm Churhee (Mentioned only) (Information from Roleplaying Game Statistics entry in Star Wars Adventure Journal 12)
Borbor Crisk (First mentioned)
Dreja Darmic (First mentioned) (Information from Roleplaying Game Statistics entry in Star Wars Adventure Journal 12)
Maranne Darmic (First appearance)
Darth Vader
Deif (First appearance)
Dindo (First mentioned)
Boba Fett (Mentioned only)
Grobber (First appearance)
Corran Horn
Hal Horn (First appearance)
Rostek Horn (Mentioned only)
Jabba Desilijic Tiure (Mentioned only)
Jodo Kast (Mentioned only)
Kirtan Loor

Mitth'raw'nuruodo
Palpatine (Mentioned only) (As "the Emperor")
Promk (First appearance)
Arl Nidder (First appearance)
Dagon Niriz
Rathe Palror (First appearance)
Sajsh (First appearance)
Selty (First appearance)
Skinkner (First appearance)
Han Solo (Mentioned only)
Somms (First appearance)
Wilhuff Tarkin (Mentioned only)
Zekka Thyne
Haber Trell (First appearance)
Maximilian Veers
Fliry Vorru (Mentioned only)
Riij Winward
Xizor (Mentioned only)

Creatures

Bird (Mentioned only) (As "avian")
Cracian thumper (Mentioned only)
Dewback (Mentioned only)
Gornt (Mentioned only)
Insect (Mentioned only)

Itch mite (Mentioned only)
Lizard (Mentioned only)
Nek (Mentioned only) (As "Cyborrean battledog")
Rancor (Mentioned only)
Slork (Mentioned only)

Droid models

Customs droid (Mentioned only) (As "customs-droid")

Events

Galactic Civil War
- Battle of Yavin (Mentioned only)
- Capture of Zekka Thyne (First appearance)
- Mission on Y'Trella (Mentioned only) (Information from Roleplaying Game Statistics entry in Star Wars Adventure Journal 12)
New Year's Day (Mentioned only)

Locations

Akrit'tar (Mentioned only)
Berchest (Mentioned only) (Information from Roleplaying Game Statistics entry in Star Wars Adventure Journal 12)
- Calius saj Leeloo (Mentioned only) (Information from Roleplaying Game Statistics entry in Star Wars Adventure Journal 12)
Borkyne (First mentioned)
Carida (Mentioned only) (Information from Roleplaying Game Statistics entry in Star Wars Adventure Journal 12)
Corellian system
- Corellia
  - Coronet City
    - Dewback Storage Warehouse (First appearance)
    - Museum of Fine Art (Mentioned only)
    - Mynock's Haven (First appearance)
    - Treasure Ship Row
  - Crescent City (Mentioned only)
  - Zekka Thyne's fortress (First appearance)
- Selonia (Mentioned only)

Coruscant (Mentioned only) (Information from Roleplaying Game Statistics entry in Star Wars Adventure Journal 12)
Derra system(First mentioned)
- Derra IV (Mentioned only)
Kessel (Mentioned only)
Outer Rim Territories (Mentioned only) (Information from Roleplaying Game Statistics entry in Star Wars Adventure Journal 12)
Shibric system (First mentioned)
- Shibric (First mentioned)
Tatooine (Mentioned only)
- Mos Eisley (Mentioned only)
Tramanos (First appearance)
Unknown Region (Mentioned only)
Yavin system (Mentioned only)
Y'Trella (Mentioned only) (Information from Roleplaying Game Statistics entry in Star Wars Adventure Journal 12)