Mesa 291
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Description[]
Mesa 291 was alidiummine[2] located in a barren area of theplanetBothawui. The mesa jutted out of the ground,[1] and had two main entrances; one leading to the main tunnel on Level 1, while a second entrance lead to a large cavern on Level 2. Various branch tunnels lead off from the main tunnels on Levels 1 and 2, and a main shaft, one of the deepest artificial shafts inthe galaxy dropped into the planet's surface. On Level 2, the cavern was large enough to hold severalstarfighters and ashuttle. The structure descended five hundred levels below the surface, and was serviced byelevators.[2] A foreman's office[1] had access to a public address system.Formex comprised the bulk of the building materials.[2]
After the disaster that led the mine being abandoned,plasmafires raged in the lower levels, with only the top five levels accessible. Due to the abandoned nature of the mine, items such asplastics and metals were left lying around, as well as tools such ashydrospanners,vibrosaws,beamdrills,power prybars, cables, pipes, hinges,servomotors,halonfire extinguishers, tool kits, andsyntherope, as well as aloadlifter.[2]
History[]
Mesa 291 was an active lidium mine until two generations before theGalactic Civil War, when a disaster struck. The resulting catastrophe triggeredplasmafires that continued to burnyears later, and explosions regularly shock the abandoned structure. The mine became unstable and susceptible to collapses and cave-ins; only the top five levels were left accessible by the incident, and of them, the lower three were extremely unstable.[2]
Mesa 291 became a secretAlliance to Restore the Republic cache, and affiliated withClan Alya.Alliance Intelligence agentTay Vanis used Mesa 291 as a rendezvous for four new recruits to the Alliance—Raleigh Dawn,Sammie Staable,Raal Yorta, andSmileredon-Verdont—but the meet was discovered byofficerMar Barezz of theImperial Security Bureau. Vanis left hisastromech droid,R2-D0, to guide the new Rebels to an escape shuttle in the cavern, while he attempted to draw off pursuit in hisT-65 X-wing starfighter.[1]
The four Rebels followed R2-D0 through the mine, traversing the main shaft to do so and encountered and injured Vanis in the cavern; his X-wing had been shot down and he had crashed into their escape shuttle. Thankfully, Vanis had stashed severalBTL Y-wing starfighters in the cavern as well, and the five Rebels escaped the facility.[1]
Appearances[]
- Rookies: No Turning Back
"Rebel Breakout" —Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game(First appearance)
