Operation Broken Chain

Operation Broken Chain was a mission conducted by the Order of Keltrayu in 156 ABY, aimed at rescuing Raven Millennium, cousin of Queen Rin Sakaros, and liberating a camp of slaves held by.

Background
Shortly after the New Year Fete of 156, Breek Zagrev's flagship, the Valkyrie, was informed of a deep-space distress call. The sender, Ariana Millennium, told her would-be rescuers she would enter a, piquing Breek's interest. Following the signal to its origin, Breek and her troops found a deserted ship. A search turned up a lightsaber, and Breek began a multisystem chase after their quarry, using the Force for guidance when hyperdrive trails started to fade.

Breek expected to find a and kill her, but instead found an offshoot branch of  with slaves in its hold. Breek, Serasuna Yun, Aearbo Manitani, and several of Breek's troops seized the ship and rescued Ariana and Katie Millennium. Transporting the two Qua back to the Sith Star, Breek was startled to discover they were Rin's maternal aunts.

When she heard what had happened to her aunts and that her cousin, Raven, was still a captive of Blazing Chain, Rin was livid, and directed Royal Intelligence to find the slave camp and the Order of Keltrayu to prepare a rescue operation. Intelligence traced leads on Blazing Chain, eventually leading Romo Hyleppin to come to a truce with Breek. Though a Blazing Chain leader and a pirate, he had nothing but contempt for the offshoot branch selling slaves, and he agreed to give them up to Breek in return for the Empire ceasing its hostilities against the pirates.

Strike team
"The compound is a free-strike zone. Anyone not in restraints is a fair target."

- Aria Nikina commissions the strike team

Rin and Aria Nikina initially planned for the strike team to be entirely composed of the deadliest Centurions they could rally, and drafted Malyri and Kylaea Porén, Kieran Sapphire, Arcantha Syr, Ghess, Sovi Evnairis, Vos'elk'eetash, Selish Anteran, Luna Raquelsei, and Baylis Scytha. Rajj-Yo was left off the team because Aria doubted he had the discretion to seize the compound without alerting the slavers and imperiling their captives. To add to the overwhelming force of the team, Rin also added Jinyx Windrunner to the mix.

The initial plan was for Centurions to act in teams of two. With Jinyx added, Aria revised the plan to leave Selkee unpartnered, allowing her to wreak havoc without a teammate slowing her down. However, Rin's niece, Rayne Turgachia, requested permission to join the team as well, arguing that her Qua fluency and could be useful. Though she was still only a Novice, Rin reluctantly agreed, and Selkee was assigned to keep Rayne safe.

Breaking chains
With Ghess in command, the strike team deployed from an Intelligence freighter which slipped in under s. Malyri and Kylaea, the Order's best archers, picked off sentries from camouflaged positions while Selkee and Rayne seized the slave barracks, Selkee using the Force to paralyze the guards while Rayne killed them all. Selish and Luna disabled a weapons emplacement while Ghess and Sovi raided the guard barracks and killed or captured most of the off-shift slavers. Baylis and Jinyx rescued three Qua captives from a chamber where they were about to be drained of blood.

Much of the compound was seized before the slavers finally became aware of the danger. A ship on the main landing platform attempted to take off as Kieran and Arcantha battled their way toward it. Eventually, Kieran boarded to prevent its escape, while the twins reinforced Arcantha. While Arca brought down the ship with a that crippled its s, Kieran saved Nizenya in the ship's hold, shielding her from the impact with his body and suffering a broken shoulder and several broken ribs.

Blazing
A support force of Massassi descended on the planet once the Centurions had the compound. They took control of the prisoners while the liberated slaves were evacuated to the Star Destroyer Keltrayu. The slavers were forced to dig a massive pit, into which the Massassi then piled all the instruments of slavery and torture. Sapphire was medevaced, along with Nizenya, who panicked when the Empire's troops attempted to take her away from him; Selish and Luna eventually intervened, as they were leaving too, knowing what was coming. Rayne also left the planet to tend to the wounded.

The others stayed, although both Ghess and Arcantha subtly advised Jinyx to leave. Ghess turned over the camp's leaders to Intelligence, then had the Massassi light the hole full of slaving equipment on fire and proceeded to execute the slavers one-by-one by throwing them into the flames to roast alive. Jinyx, an empathic Force user who had a particular aptitude for sensing the emotions of others, was deeply affected by the event.