Fatal Alliance: Cross-Examination

The recently released Star Wars: The Old Republic: Fatal Alliance novel by Sean Williams is our first full-length glimpse into the Star Wars universe during the timeline of the game. It takes place some time after the Treaty of Coruscant, and seems to be setting up a good deal of backstory for the game.

Given BioWare’s penchant for filling their media, such as the Holonet timeline and the web comics, with all kinds of things that may foreshadow what we see in the game, Fatal Alliance represents a virtual jackpot of potential information!

If you haven’t read the book yet, be advised that this entire article will contain potential spoilers. We’ll keep it updated as we continue to work our way through the book, so please bookmark this page and check back often – and we encourage you to ask questions or post your opinions in our comments section below. And if you notice anything we missed, let us know!

Topics:  Characters | Abilities | Locations | Species | Ships | General

Characters

• Jet Nebula (Human male Smuggler)
• Shinqo – Rodian male – slimy partner of Jet Nebula
• Dao Stryver (Mandalorian male Bounty Hunter)
• Larin Moxla (Kiffar female Trooper) – Indicates Kiffar as playable race? Likely, as BioWare seems to be sticking to very human-esque species.
• Shigar Konshi (Kiffar male Jedi Knight (Padawan) – Kiffar again.
• Clunker – Jet Nebula’s droid – Droid companions for Smugglers?
• Black Sun Syndicate – gang on Coruscant
• Fa’athra the Hutt – seems to be a nemesis of Nem’ro that we’ve all heard about

Abilities

• Lightsaber ability to cut through Bounty Hunter nets – anti-crowd control?
• Flame Thrower, used by Bounty Hunter Dao Stryver against Shigar and Larin
• Darts, Bounty Hunter – deflected by Jedi
• Choke Hold, Bounty Hunter – pick up enemy by throat and throw them – melee/crowd control ability?
• Rocket Launch, Bounty Hunter – used to shoot the environment and use it against enemies
• Force Push, used by Shigar against Dao Stryver – incapacitates his jet-pack. Crowd control/stun?
• Mandolorians seem to use many melee weapons throughout – indication for Bounty Hunter progression path?

Locations

• Coruscant
  • Gnawer’s Roost

Species

• Kiffar
• Bothan
• Rodian
• Human
• Twi’lek

Ships

• Auriga Fire – Jet Nebula’s Ship
• Cinzia – Independent Ship that self-desctructs

General

• Indication of trophies on display from various battles – in-game trophy system for display on player ships?
• Relations between the Mandalorians are strained to the point of broken
• Cross-faction romantic narrative – cross-faction interaction in game?