Missing Link (11)Full unit name: Missing Link
Last updated: 16.02.2025 15:53:58
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Basic info
First appearance: The Old Republic
The Old Republic
(VIDEO GAME)
Relations: Taris
Taris
Planet
Events: Taris Resettlement Initiative
Taris Resettlement Initiative
Event
Cold War (3653BBY - 3642BBY)
Known Facts (13)
  • Characters interacted with each other (dialog)
    Dialog transcript
    Mola Haxtor
    This is not a grooming behavior. That's tool use at the very least.
    Sadus Vraal
    I know that and you know that, I'm just saying neither the university nor the garrison - nevermind, we have company.
    Mola Haxtor
    Hi, I'm Mola Haxtor, this is Professor Vraal, we're applied xenozoologists. Could you settle something for us?
    Voidhound
    I'm sorry... "xenozoologist"?
    Sadus Vraal
    We study alien life-forms. On Taris, that pretty much means rakghouls.
    Mola Haxtor
    Come look at this. We implanted a recording device in a rakghoul and released him. This image is from the footage of his warren. It looks like a new species of rakghoul. Taller, meaner, dominates normal raks, and when it was being recorded, it, uh...
    Sadus Vraal
    It reached over and shut the transmitter off.
    Meteor
    I didn't think rakghouls were that smart.
    Mola Haxtor
    They may not be, but the evidence is compelling. If he were playing with a switch, he'd flick it on again. He hasn't.
    Sadus Vraal
    Because rakghouls barely use tools. They're not sentient. If these ghouls are capable of tool use, our colony defenses need to be changed. But we need the footage off our device to be sure.
    Mola Haxtor
    This is why we need someone - you - to find our rakghoul and extract his recording device. Besides the obvious academic prestige, it is essential that the Republic find out how dangerous this new species is.
    Barsen'thor
    We'll go.
    Mola Haxtor
    Thank you. Obviously, the footage and your life are top priority. Find the rak, kill the rak, grab the camera.
    Sadus Vraal
    And run.
    Mola Haxtor
    Be careful. It's extremely unlikely this species evolved since the bombardment. Either it was under extreme pressure to diverge... or it had help.
  • Hero of Tython, Barsen'thor, T7-O1, Qyzen Fess, Meteor, Elara Dorne, Aric Jorgan, Voidhound, Corso Riggs, Kira Carsen, Mola Haxtor, Sadus Vraal
  • Nekghoul killed a number of Colonists
  • Deaths Claw Defenders killed a number of Rakghoul
  • Rakghoul killed a number of Deaths Claw Defenders
  • Republic Operatives killed a number of Rakghoul
  • Characters interacted with each other (dialog)
    Dialog transcript
    Mola Haxtor
    You're back! Let's cue up that footage and see the rakghouls.
    Mola Haxtor
    Calm down, Mola. I think some thanks are in order.
    Mola Haxtor
    Yes, of course. We'd never go into the warrens, even with an escort... this wouldn't have happened without you.
    Meteor
    The swarms were pretty thick in that warren. You'll get something you can use.
    Mola Haxtor
    I'm sorry, this is a chance for a doctorate... for a significant contribution to xenozoology and the colonist effort. I got excited.
    Sadus Vraal
    Mola, how about phrasing it like, "Tarisian colonists probably all owe you their lives"?
    Mola Haxtor
    You don't think that's more abstract?
    Sadus Vraal
    I'll upload the footage. Let's talk after we've looked it over.
  • Hero of Tython, Barsen'thor, T7-O1, Qyzen Fess, Meteor, Elara Dorne, Aric Jorgan, Voidhound, Corso Riggs, Kira Carsen, Mola Haxtor, Sadus Vraal
  • Characters interacted with each other (dialog)
    Dialog transcript
    Mola Haxtor
    The new species has a lair that looks like an ex-power plant. And it's got - get this - crude, recent construction.
    Mola Haxtor
    Mola, the fact that they can build a ladder is the least of our worries. Day two, minute eleven - one of the new species pushes away the others in order to get at a food source.
    Mola Haxtor
    But he pushes them without touching them. It's very clear, there is no contact.
    Sadus Vraal
    The new species can use the Force.
    Hero of Tython
    Rakghouls know only aggression and fear. That's a recipe for the dark side.
    Sadus Vraal
    That's what we're afraid of. We're no experts in the Force, but this new species seems more psychotic than predatory.
    There is a widespread theory that the rakghoul plague was an artificial creation of the so-called "dark side." Thus, their evolution deviates from the standard model. But it leaves us with some disturbing possibilities.
    Barsen'thor
    The order will want to know of this... as well as a great many scientists.
    Sadus Vraal
    We'll publish our findings soon enough, but right now we have greater concerns.
    Meteor
    Glad we didn't find this out during an attack.
    Sadus Vraal
    That was the base commander's opinion, too. And we still don't know the most critical information.
    Voidhound
    There's no other explanation?
    Sadus Vraal
    We're sure.
    Mola Haxtor
    We don't know if just one of the new species is Force sensitive, or all of them. If it's all of them, the garrison is considering evacuation.
    Sadus Vraal
    This is the largest threat facing Taris. We need eyes in that rakghoul lair!
    Hero of Tython
    This could be easier than you think. An intelligent species might try to communicate.
    Sadus Vraal
    Don't think I'd take that bet.
    Mola Haxtor
    All right. The lair you want is deep in rakghoul territory. Some of the power plant structure is still recognizable. I'll fit you with a transmitter so we can see what you see. Get close enough to film the creatures - but if one notices you, do what you have to.
  • Hero of Tython, Barsen'thor, T7-O1, Qyzen Fess, Meteor, Elara Dorne, Aric Jorgan, Voidhound, Corso Riggs, Kira Carsen, Mola Haxtor, Sadus Vraal
  • Republic Operatives killed a number of Rakghoul
  • Republic Operatives killed a number of Nekghoul Berserkers
  • Republic Operatives killed 3 Nekghoul Nightmares
  • Danah Jor was held captive by Nekghoul
  • Characters interacted with each other (dialog)
    Dialog transcript
    Bay-Yon Siu
    Approach. I am Bay-Yon Siu, of the Sanej Temple. My body perished long ago. This holocron projects my recorded personality, which we Jedi use to educate future generations.
    Danah Jor
    Hey! You, the one who killed the nekghoul! Open the lock, this holocron is crazy.
    Bay-Yon Siu
    Calm yourself. I am incapable of madness. Madness is internal chaos, and there is no chaos, only harmony.
    Voidhound
    What did you call the dead thing?
    Danah Jor
    Nekghouls. He named them, not me.
    Hero of Tython
    Before I open that door, maybe you want to tell me who's in there.
    Bay-Yon Siu
    He is the Jedi Knight Danah Jor. He entered the warren. He sought battle, and the nekghouls... reacted.
    Danah Jor
    Of course I did. Anyone could sense the darkness here. And you, old man, are the source.
    Bay-Yon Siu
    Danah misunderstands. The nekghouls became Force sensitive and activated me. I have taught them, but only to help them master themselves. Had he not invaded their territory, my lessons would have sunk in better.
    Danah Jor
    All they learned is better ways to kill. You saw it.
    Bay-Yon Siu
    This Jedi Knight, Danah Jor, entered the warren. He sought battle, and the nekghouls... reacted.
    Voidhound
    How can you justify teaching predators the Force?
    Bay-Yon Siu
    Humans are predators, as are Twi'leks, Togruta and other sentients. Nekghouls, also, can choose their path.
    Danah Jor
    He keeps saying that, but he's been trying to teach them manners for years. It won't work.
    Barsen'thor
    Why are they keeping him alive?
    Bay-Yon Siu
    The nekghouls are currently drawing power from dark emotions.
    Danah Jor
    Say it! They tear out colonists' hearts in front of me because they feed on fear and disgust.
    Meteor
    So they've attacked colonists. Then this is no theoretical threat - they're sadistic, premeditated.
    Bay-Yon Siu
    Some Sith have done worse before choosing another path. What they do is from ignorance, not hatred. If you lived in a cave all your life, the first time you saw light it would be painful. The darkness would comfort you, and you would only go toward light again when you found the courage. That is how it is with nekghouls.
    Danah Jor
    There's hundreds of those things beneath us, by the reactor. He sees them as no threat, but they can't be allowed to live. He wishes you to use that control panel to fire the reactor and lower its shielding. That would bathe them all in radiation. It would be the mass murder of sentient creatures and make this place uninhabitable.
    Bay-Yon Siu
    Revenge is not the Jedi way, Danah. Your plan will create ruin and poison.
    Barsen'thor
    The creatures are dangerous, but we would hear both sides.
    Danah Jor
    They were born of dark side sorcery. They cannot change.
    Bay-Yon Siu
    It merely requires time, which I have. They cannot harm me. Leave me here with them and seek death no more.
    Barsen'thor
    Teach them, then. If they can think and choose, they can learn. Reach them if you can. We will go.
    Bay-Yon Siu
    Your trust will not be forgotten. Now free this man.
    Danah Jor
    I'm free, but they live unpunished. If I can't give justice to their victims, what will I do?
    Hero of Tython
    Learn from your mistake. Return to the surface. Then meditate upon the actions that led you here.
    Barsen'thor
    Return to the Jedi. Tell them they can't invade this place like you did.
    Bay-Yon Siu
    Yes... no one can enter here in hate. They will be fed upon, as you were.
    Danah Jor
    I... I will do so. Thank you for saving my life.
    Bay-Yon Siu
    You are a remarkable person not to give in to instinct, a lesson these nekghouls must also learn. It may be generations, but what is done with the dark can be undone by the light. One day, they will walk on Taris as humans do.
    Sadus Vraal
    Professor Vraal here. We got everything recorded. Good work. We heard the plan. We'll keep watch on the site. Now, clear out of there before something hears all this talking.
  • Hero of Tython, Barsen'thor, T7-O1, Qyzen Fess, Meteor, Elara Dorne, Aric Jorgan, Voidhound, Corso Riggs, Kira Carsen, Bay-Yon Siu, Danah Jor, Sadus Vraal, Mola Haxtor
  • Republic Operatives rescued Danah Jor
Summary
This event took place during the Taris Resettlement Initiative
Taris Resettlement Initiative
Event
Cold War (3653BBY - 3642BBY)
 on the planet Taris
Taris
Planet
.
Xenozoologist
Xenobiologist
Miscellaneous
Roles
 Mola Haxtor
Mola Haxtor
(Human)
Character
Minor Characters (TOR)
 and her colleague, Professor
Professor
Miscellaneous
Ranks
 Sadus Vraal
Sadus Vraal
(Human)
Character
Minor Characters (TOR)
, came to Taris and worked for the Resettlement Authority
Taris Resettlement Authority
Organization
Planetary and Sector
 at the Forward Research Camp in the Tularan Marsh region, studying the behavior of rakghouls
Rakghoul
Creature
Non-sentient
. Haxtor managed to tag a rakghoul with a camera that could film its behavior in the wild; however, the rakghoul appears to have turned the camera off. Both scientists were confident that this was no coincidence, suggesting that rakghouls were at least partially intelligent. To prove their theory, they needed that camera to examine all the footage.
When a group of Republic operatives
Republic Operatives
Organization
Temporary Unions
 arrived to the camp, Haxtor asked them to take on the dangerous task of tracking down her rakghoul and recovering the camera. The operatives agreed to help and went to the nearby abandoned power plant where that rakghoul was last seen.
Operatives arrived in the area near the power plant. It was controlled by the Death's Claw
Death's Claw
Organization
Planetary and Sector
 pirates, who were under constant attack from the rakghouls. Despite their best efforts, the part of their camp was already overrun by the swarms of the rakghouls. Avoiding conflict with the pirates, the operatives made their way closer to the plant and began searching for a specific rakghoul, using holocam footage as a reference. They had to kill several rakghouls before they found the creature with the camera, and after killing the rakghoul, they took the camera from its corpse.
The operatives returned to the outpost and handed over the camera to the xenozoologists. Haxtor and Vraal reviewed the footage and shared with the operatives what they had discovered. It became apparent that the abandoned power plant was home to another group of Force-sensitive nekghouls
Nekghoul
Sentient Species
 of the same species as those the operatives had previously encountered
Mission to the Northeast Tularan Region
Event
Cold War (3653BBY - 3642BBY)
 at another power plant. They agreed that it was imperative to go there and investigate and perhaps find a way to establish contact with the nekghouls.
The operatives once again reached the power plant, but this time they went inside. Fighting their way through hordes of rakghouls and nekghouls armed with electroblades, they reached the control room. There they found a podium with an activated holocron standing on it and a cage with a human locked inside, guarded by three particularly nasty nekghouls. After killing them, they approached the cage.
After a conversation with the holocron it became apparent that Danah Jor
Danah Jor
(Human)
Character
Minor Characters (TOR)
, Jedi Knight
Jedi Knight
Miscellaneous
Ranks
, came to the planet to battle rakghouls, only to discover that they were being trained in the Force by the holocron
Bay-Yon Siu's Holocron
Technology
Holocrons
 of the Bay-Yon Siu
Bay-Yon Siu
(Human)
Character
Minor Characters (TOR)
. The nekghouls captured and imprisoned Jor, who remained restrained for months. Jor urged the operatives to destroy nekghouls with a radiation spike, while the holocron of Siu called for allowing them to stay and undergo training in the Force.
The operatives freed Jor from his cage, but decided against killing nekghouls, opting for leaving them with Siu's holocron to train instead.
Professor Vraal, who heard the entire conversation on the comlink, agreed with the plan and promised to keep an eye on the place.

*includes both Missing Link and Where Darkness Abides missions
See also
UH
Related organizations
Republic ArmyStructureOrganizationsRepublic Special Forces DivisionPart of / Served onGalactic Republic
Republic Special Forces DivisionStructureOrganizationsHavoc SquadPart of / Served onRepublic Army
Havoc SquadStructureCharactersSergeant Elara Dorne, MedicSergeant Aric Jorgan, XOLieutenant Meteor, CommanderSentient speciesCatharSergeant Aric Jorgan, XORanksLieutenantMeteorSergeantElara DorneAric JorganRolesMedicSergeant Elara DorneCommanderLieutenant MeteorFirst OfficerSergeant Aric Jorgan (XO)Part of / Served onRepublic Special Forces DivisionWeapons and EquipmentWeapons, equipment and toolsH2 Heavy BlasterElara DorneRepublic Sniper RifleAric JorganArmorHavoc Squad ArmorElara DorneAric Jorgan
Galactic RepublicStructureOrganizationsRepublic OperativesJedi OrderRepublic ArmyTaris Resettlement Authority
Jedi OrderStructureCharactersJedi Knight Barsen'thor, Jedi ConsularJedi Knight Hero of TythonJedi Padawan Kira CarsenJedi Knight Danah JorRanksJedi PadawanKira CarsenJedi KnightDanah JorBarsen'thorHero of TythonRolesJedi ConsularJedi Knight Barsen'thorPart of / Served onGalactic RepublicWeapons and EquipmentWeapons, equipment and toolsL1 Jedi Dual LightsaberKira Carsen
Death's ClawStructureRolesGuardPart of / Served onPirateWeapons and EquipmentWeapons, equipment and toolsL5M RifleDeaths Claw Defenders - L5.1.3 RiflesL3 ElectrobladeDeaths Claw DefendersPortable Shield ProjectorDeaths Claw DefendersArmorDeath's Claw Armor A19.3
Taris Resettlement AuthorityStructureCharactersMola Haxtor, XenobiologistProfessor Sadus Vraal, XenobiologistRanksProfessorSadus VraalRolesXenobiologistMola HaxtorProfessor Sadus VraalColonistPart of / Served onGalactic Republic
PirateStructureOrganizationsDeath's Claw
SmugglerStructureCharactersVoidhound
Republic OperativesStructureCharactersT7-O1Hero of TythonQyzen FessMeteorElara DorneKira CarsenVoidhoundCorso RiggsAric JorganBarsen'thorDroidsT7-series Astromech DroidT7-O1Sentient speciesTrandoshanQyzen FessCatharAric JorganPart of / Served onGalactic RepublicWeapons and EquipmentWeapons, equipment and toolsH2 Heavy BlasterElara DorneL3 RifleCorso RiggsRepublic Sniper RifleAric JorganL4 ElectrobladeQyzen FessL1 Jedi Dual LightsaberKira CarsenArmorHavoc Squad ArmorAric Jorgan
Related advanced technologies
Bay-Yon Siu's HolocronStructureCharactersBay-Yon Siu (consciousness)
Related units, characters and other technologies
Barsen'thorMembershipRepublic OperativesJedi OrderJedi Knight Barsen'thor, Jedi ConsularWeapons and EquipmentWeapons, equipment and toolsBarsen'thor's Lightsaber
Hero of TythonMembershipRepublic OperativesJedi OrderJedi Knight Hero of TythonWeapons and EquipmentWeapons, equipment and toolsHero of Tython's Lightsaber
MeteorMembershipRepublic OperativesHavoc SquadLieutenant Meteor, Commander
VoidhoundMembershipSmugglerRepublic Operatives
Kira CarsenMembershipRepublic OperativesJedi OrderJedi Padawan Kira CarsenWeapons and EquipmentWeapons, equipment and toolsL1 Jedi Dual Lightsaber
Elara DorneMembershipRepublic OperativesHavoc SquadSergeant Elara Dorne, MedicWeapons and EquipmentWeapons, equipment and toolsH2 Heavy BlasterArmorHavoc Squad ArmorRepublic Soldier Uniform A01.4
Qyzen FessMembershipRepublic OperativesWeapons and EquipmentWeapons, equipment and toolsL4 Electroblade
Aric JorganMembershipRepublic OperativesHavoc SquadSergeant Aric Jorgan, XOWeapons and EquipmentWeapons, equipment and toolsRepublic Sniper RifleArmorHavoc Squad Armor
Corso RiggsMembershipRepublic OperativesWeapons and EquipmentWeapons, equipment and toolsL3 Rifle
Mola HaxtorMembershipTaris Resettlement AuthorityXenobiologist
Danah JorMembershipJedi OrderJedi Knight Danah Jor
Bay-Yon SiuMembershipBay-Yon Siu's HolocronConsciousness
Sadus VraalMembershipTaris Resettlement AuthorityProfessor Sadus Vraal, Xenobiologist
T7-O1MembershipRepublic Operatives
Rakghoul
T7-series Astromech DroidUsed by / onRepublic OperativesT7-O1
CatharWere among members ofRepublic OperativesAric JorganHavoc SquadSergeant Aric Jorgan, XO
NekghoulWeapons and EquipmentWeapons, equipment and toolsL4 ElectrobladeNekghoul Berserkers and Nightmares
TrandoshanWere among members ofRepublic OperativesQyzen Fess
Miscellaneous
SergeantMembershipHavoc SquadElara DorneAric Jorgan
LieutenantMembershipHavoc SquadMeteor
Jedi PadawanMembershipJedi OrderKira Carsen
Jedi KnightMembershipJedi OrderDanah JorBarsen'thorHero of Tython
ProfessorMembershipTaris Resettlement AuthoritySadus Vraal
CommanderMembershipHavoc SquadLieutenant Meteor
First OfficerMembershipHavoc SquadSergeant Aric Jorgan (XO)
GuardMembershipDeath's Claw
MedicMembershipHavoc SquadSergeant Elara Dorne
XenobiologistMembershipTaris Resettlement AuthorityMola HaxtorProfessor Sadus Vraal
ColonistMembershipTaris Resettlement Authority
Jedi ConsularMembershipJedi OrderJedi Knight Barsen'thor
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SWTOR Maps
SWTOR : Taris (Republic)
SWTOR : Taris (Republic)
SWTOR : Taris (Republic)
SWTOR : Taris (Republic)
SWTOR : Taris (Republic)
Taris | Planetary Map
The Tularan Marsh | Forward Research Camp (040)
The Tularan Marsh | Derelict Swoop Tracks (050)
The Tularan Marsh | Derelict Swoop Tracks (060)
The Tularan Marsh | Abandoned Power Plant (010)
The Tularan Marsh | Abandoned Power Plant (020)
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Tags (2)

Taris | Jiinan E'ron
Tags (4)

Taris | Mola Haxtor | Sadus Vraal | Xenobiologist
Tags (4)

Taris | Death's Claw | Portable Shield Projector | Rakghoul
Tags (5)

Taris | Rakghoul | Death's Claw | Death's Claw Armor A19.3 | L5M Rifle
Tags (2)

Taris | Rakghoul
Tags (3)

Taris | Rakghoul | Nekghoul
Events (53)

Reconstruction Efforts | Reclaiming What's Ours | Prized Possessions | Beyond Redemption | Fall of the Locust | Wake of the Spire | The Architect of Annihilation | Catching up with Watcher One | Fallen Stars | The Corpse Counters | Legacy of Death | Pirate Medicine | Last Battle of the Endar Spire | Burial Grounds | Catalyst | Raid on Taris Reclamation Base | Total Elimination | Mission to the ChemWorks Factory | Supplies and Demands | AWOL | A More Immediate Concern | The Archive | Rakghoul Release | Chasing History | The Rescue | The Loudest Bait | Operation Salvage | Disease on a Distant World | Indelicate Operation | The Thrill of Discovery | Making Trouble | Jedi Expedition to the Tularan Marsh | Raid on Tularan Nuclear Power Plant | Blaster Brothers Rescue Mission | Mission to the Northeast Tularan Region | | Future Threat | Power Flux | Suicide Mission | Welcome Party | Lost and Found | Fallenspire Stronghold | An Imperial Presence | The Arrangement | Mission to Transport Station 5 | The Expedition | The Junction | Rakghoul Invasion | Super Reactor | Beryl's Bargain | Early Warning | Rakghouls Study | Illusions | The Vault

SWTOR : Taris (Republic)
SWTOR : Taris (Republic)
SWTOR : Taris (Republic)
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SWTOR : Taris (Republic)
The Tularan Marsh | Abandoned Power Plant (030)
The Tularan Marsh | Abandoned Power Plant (040)
The Tularan Marsh | Abandoned Power Plant (050)
The Tularan Marsh | Abandoned Power Plant (060)
The Tularan Marsh | Abandoned Power Plant (070)
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Tags (4)

Taris | Rakghoul | Nekghoul | L4 Electroblade
Tags (8)

Taris | Nekghoul | L4 Electroblade | L1 Jedi Dual Lightsaber | Kira Carsen | Republic Operatives | Jedi Order | Jedi Padawan
Tags (3)

Taris | Bay-Yon Siu | Bay-Yon Siu's Holocron
Tags (3)

Taris | Bay-Yon Siu | Bay-Yon Siu's Holocron
Tags (4)

Taris | Danah Jor | Jedi Order | Jedi Knight

Full unit name: Missing Link Last updated: 16.02.2025 15:53:58