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{{Top|ga|leg|title=Mutiny on the ''Far Orbit''}}
{{Conjecture|legends}}
{{Event
|prev=*[[Battle of the Silent Blades]]<ref name="Orbit">''[[The Far Orbit Project]]''</ref>
*[[Destruction of Alderaan]]<ref name="Orbit" />
|conc=[[Blockade of Ralltiir]]<ref name="Orbit" />
|next=[[Hijacking of Shipment 1037]]<ref name="Shipment 1037">{{WEGCite|book=The Far Orbit Project|story=The Hijacking of Shipment 1037}}</ref>
|image=[[File:Mutiny.jpg]]
|name=Mutiny on the ''Far Orbit''
|conflict=[[Galactic Civil War/Legends|Galactic Civil War]]<ref name="Orbit" />
|date=[[0 ABY/Legends|0 ABY]]<ref name="Date">{{FarOrbitDate}}</ref>
|place=''[[Far Orbit]]'', [[Outer Rim Territories/Legends|Outer Rim Territories]]<ref name="Orbit" />
|outcome=*Mutineers seize the ''Far Orbit''<ref name="Orbit" />
*[[Captain/Legends|Captain]] [[Vocis Kenit]] and other [[Galactic Empire/Legends|Imperial]] loyalists are expelled from the ''Far Orbit''<ref name="Orbit" />
|key=Galactic Empire<ref name="Orbit" />
|participants=*Captain Vocis Kenit<ref name="Orbit" />
*[[Commander/Legends|Commander]] [[Dhas Fenoep Vedij]]<ref name="Orbit" />}}
{{Quote|Attention, all hands. This is Captain Vedij speaking. As many of you will no doubt be pleased to learn, we have just put Captain Kenit off the ship.|Mutineer leader Captain Dhas Vedij speaks to the crew of the ''Far Orbit''|<ref name="Orbit" />}}
In [[0 ABY/Legends|0 ABY]], a '''mutiny''' occurred on the [[Galactic Empire/Legends|Imperial]] [[EF76 Nebulon-B escort frigate/Legends|EF76 Nebulon-B escort frigate]] ''[[Far Orbit]]'' while the [[Frigate/Legends|vessel]] was in the [[Outer Rim Territories/Legends|Outer Rim Territories]] of [[The galaxy/Legends|the galaxy]]. After [[Standard month/Legends|months]] of planning, mutineers led by [[Commander/Legends|Commander]] [[Dhas Fenoep Vedij]], the [[Executive officer/Legends|second-in-command]] of the frigate, seized the ''Far Orbit'' from [[Captain/Legends|Captain]] [[Vocis Kenit]] and his [[Trooper/Legends|troopers]] after the mutineers overwhelmed the Imperial loyalists. Under Vedij, the ''Far Orbit'' then became a [[Privateer/Legends|privateer]] frigate for the [[Alliance to Restore the Republic/Legends|Alliance to Restore the Republic]] shortly after the Imperial loyalists were kicked off the [[Starship/Legends|ship]] via [[Escape pod/Legends|escape pods]] and the ''Far Orbit''{{'s}} [[Shuttle/Legends|shuttles]].

==Prelude==
In the [[Standard year/Legends|year]] [[0 ABY/Legends|0 ABY]],<ref name="Date">{{FarOrbitDate}}</ref> during the [[Galactic Civil War/Legends|Galactic Civil War]] between the [[Galactic Empire/Legends|Galactic Empire]] and the [[Alliance to Restore the Republic/Legends|Alliance to Restore the Republic]], the [[Imperial Navy/Legends|Imperial Navy's]] [[EF76 Nebulon-B escort frigate/Legends|EF76 Nebulon-B escort frigate]] ''[[Far Orbit]]'' was under the helm of [[Captain/Legends|Captain]] [[Vocis Kenit]], with [[Gender/Legends|his]] [[Executive officer/Legends|second-in-command]] being [[Commander/Legends|Commander]] [[Dhas Fenoep Vedij]]. However, Kenit was not particularly liked by the crew of the ''Far Orbit'', as he was a bully and martinet in personality, and maintained discipline with the [[Frigate/Legends|ship's]] security, which consisted of a [[Platoon/Legends|platoon]] of [[Stormtrooper/Legends|stormtroopers]] and a platoon of [[Imperial Navy trooper]]s. Vedij, who also disliked Kenit, began planning the start of a mutiny after his brother, [[Elon Vedij]], was transferred to the ''Far Orbit'', making the pair suspect that the two of them would soon be disposed of by the Empire. That was because their [[Parent/Legends|parents]] had been [[Death/Legends|killed]] two [[Standard day/Legends|days]] prior to Elon Vedij's transfer to the frigate in an accident that Dhas Vedij believed was designed to silence his [[Ronnan Tyla Vedij|father]], who was a vocal opponent of the Empire. Vedij then continued to plan and plot for [[Standard month/Legends|months]].<ref name="Orbit" />

Around that [[Time/Legends|time]], the ''Far Orbit'' was tracking a group of [[Pirate/Legends|pirates]] known as the [[Tarnished Blades|Silent Blades]] in the [[Outer Rim Territories/Legends|Outer Rim Territories]] for several [[Standard week/Legends|weeks]] and finally managed to corner them in an [[asteroid belt]]. In an attempt to break the standoff that followed, Kenit had the ''Far Orbit''{{'s}} [[TIE Series]] [[Starfighter/Legends|starfighter]] complement [[Battle of the Silent Blades|attack]] the pirates in the [[Asteroid/Legends|asteroid]] belt, which ended with an Imperial victory but resulted in the loss of all the Imperial [[Pilot/Legends|pilots]] and their fighters, including Elon Vedij. After the death of his brother, Dhas Vedij gained the trust and support of the crew for the mutiny and convinced most of the Imperial Navy [[Trooper/Legends|troopers]] to either help with the mutiny or stay in their quarters during. Following news of the Empire's [[Destruction of Alderaan|destruction]] of the [[Planet/Legends|planet]] [[Alderaan/Legends|Alderaan]] reaching the ''Far Orbit'', an [[Unidentified Alderaanian shiphand|Alderaanian shiphand]] was beaten by Kenit's men for suspected [[Treason/Legends|treason]]. Vedij circulated a rumor that the shiphand was being beaten for being [[Alderaanian/Legends|Alderaanian]] and used the outrage and the men's support of the Commander to start the mutiny.<ref name="Orbit" />

==The mutiny==
As the mutiny commenced, the Imperial stormtroopers were trapped by security bulkheads after being distracted by a false report of a riot. The ''Far Orbit''{{'s}} lone [[Commission for the Preservation of the New Order/Legends|COMPNOR]] [[Observation/Legends|Observation]] [[Unidentified COMPNOR Observation officer|officer]] was overcome, and, after Vedij announced the mutiny, around two-thirds of the entire crew joined him in the effort. Those who did not join him did not resist and were put with the captured stormtroopers. The mutiny then ended with the ''Far Orbit'' being controlled by Vedij and his forces.<ref name="Orbit" />

==Aftermath==
{{Quote|We will hunt you down. Your families will be executed. And you, Commander, will be subjected to the slowest torture that can be devised.''"<br />"''Perhaps, but you will not live to see it.|The former Captain of the ''Far Orbit'', Vocis Kenit, parts ways with Dhas Vedij|<ref name="Orbit" />}}
[[File:Kenit_kicked_out.jpg|thumb|left|220px|Kenit and his loyalists are kicked off the ''Far Orbit'' by the mutineers.]]
Once the ''Far Orbit'' was secure, Vedij and some of his men personally escorted Kenit and seven of the Captain's loyalists to the ship's [[Escape pod/Legends|escape pods]] at [[Blaster/Legends|blasterpoint]]. Following the threats Kenit directed at Vedij, which revolved around Vedij being [[Torture/Legends|tortured]] and punished, Kenit and the seven others were put off the ship in escape pods. Likewise, the rest of Kenit's loyalists and stormtroopers were ejected in escape pods or in some of the frigate's [[Shuttle/Legends|shuttles]]. Vedij then informed the crew via the ship's [[Comm unit/Legends|comm unit]] that Kenit had been expelled from the ship, and that the ''Far Orbit'' would be traveling to the [[Core Worlds/Legends|Core Worlds]], as most people who participated in a mutiny tended to go toward the Outer Rim instead. Imperial forces later picked up Kenit's escape pod, and he was punished for failing in his command of the ''Far Orbit''.<ref name="Orbit" />

Half of the ''Far Orbit''{{'s}} remaining crew decided to jump ship rather than stay aboard, leaving the frigate crewed with just enough people to keep it running under the command of Vedij, who took the title of captain. After the mutiny, the ''Far Orbit'' had six [[Standard month/Legends|months]] of remaining supplies and two remaining shuttles, though all the escape pods were jettisoned to put off the Imperials. The ship went on to become a [[Privateer/Legends|privateer]] frigate for the Rebel Alliance<ref name="Orbit" /> and [[Hijacking of Shipment 1037|seized]] a convoy of [[Freighter/Legends|freighters]], [[Shipment 1037]],<ref name="Shipment 1037" /> starting a string of successes for the ''Far Orbit'' as it continued as a privateering vessel.<ref name="Orbit" />

==Behind the scenes==
The mutiny was first mentioned in [[1998]]'s ''[[The Far Orbit Project]]'', by [[Timothy S. O'Brien]]. The book was a supplement to [[West End Games]]'s ''[[Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game]]'' and had the same theme of the previous publication ''[[Pirates & Privateers]]'', as it followed the privateering vessel ''Far Orbit''. The mutiny starts off the story of the playable campaign.<ref name="Orbit" />

==Appearances==
*{{WEGCite|book=The Far Orbit Project|story=Preparing for War}} {{Imo}}

==Sources==
*''[[The Far Orbit Project]]'' {{1stm}}

==Notes and references==
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