The Dromedar's distress transmission was picked up by the Gozanti-class cruiser Blood Crow. Cygni selbst war jedoch nicht direkt am Angriff beteiligt. … Eli then assaulted Nightswan, knocking him to the ground and stealing his blaster. The planet's atmosphere composes mostly of hydrogen and helium with trace amounts of methane. Despite Nightswan's cunning tactics, Thrawn recaptured Scrim Island for the Empire. Albireo is the bottom of the cross (swans have long necks, so ironically the "leg" at the bottom of the cross would be the neck at the top of the swan), and is given the designation Beta Cygni. Due to Pryce's intervention, Juahir was spared execution in return for telling Yularen everything she knew about Higher Skies' activities. [1], At that point, one of Nightswan's followers Simmco reported that they had searched Eli and Thrawn's freighter Slipknot and detected a radiation leak in the engine compartment. Cygni also forced Angel to keep his promise not to harm the prisoners if they surrendered. [1], After sharing what little scraps of information they knew about the Death Star, Thrawn reiterated his offer but Nightswan was unwilling to abandon his followers. However, Admiral Thrawn was determined to neutralize the threat posed by the Batonn insurgents. See Cygnus in the Summer Triangle rising and setting. Posing as the arms smuggler "Horatio Figg," Eli Vanto managed to contact the eighth freighter and secure coordinates to Nightswan's base on the main continent under the pretext of buying arms. Gender Nightswan longed to replace the Empire with a new order based on justice, mercy, and freedom, and vehemently rejected the idea that tyranny was a bulwark against evil. He claimed that the pirates had returned to their base to find a slicer to get the ship running. Nightswan believed that he lacked the leadership skills to unify the rebels. Soon after the operation, Cygni advised a group of insurgents to rescue Wookiee slaves from the transport Sempre, and launched an attack on the space station Lansend Twenty-Six to liberate their companions. [11], Nevil Cygni, also known by his alias "Nightswan," was a human man with dark hair and dark, wary eyes. Nightswan also disagreed with Thrawn's idea that the Empire was a force for stability in an anarchic galaxy. [1], Prior to the troubles on Denash, Creekpath's owner had pleaded with Governor Restos for 200 troops to beef up security around the mine. Eye color Using the most recent figures given by the 2007 Hipparcos data, the star is 589.81 light years away from us. Nightswan then grabbed Eli's captured pistol. PDF. When Thrawn reiterated his offer, Nightswan responded that he was prepared to make his stand even against "the fall of eternal night. It is a midplanet massing nearly 20 Earth masses. He was also a skilled smuggler who came up with the idea of smuggling doonium and iridium inside shellfish cases. 31 Cygni itself is a binary star; the tertiary component is a blue star of magnitude 7.0. Upon arriving on Cyphar, Nightswan learned that several of the human colonists were also involved in harvesting a pre-spice material that was used to produce a spice known as scarn. On Ansion, Thrawn worked out a deal with the surviving pirates to reveal the location of Cygni and the stolen Dromedar and tibanna in return for protection from Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin; an enemy of the Culoss's predecessors Q'anah's Marauders. Under Nightswan's leadership, the insurgents occupied the mine and expelled the operators before they could sabotage the DSS-02 regional shield. Dark[1] Both are orange K-type stars. [1], Nightswan opined that Thrawn was "dangerously" naive on political matters and asked Thrawn about the Neimoidian separatists he had encountered. Taking these into account, Thrawn ordered his followers to protect the Afe clan's lands and to arrest the scarn smugglers. [1], Nightswan responded that the obvious choice was for the two of them joining forces. The star marked “61 Cygni” is known as one of the most wonderful in the whole heavens. [1], Due to the presence of civilians, Thrawn wanted to find a peaceful solution to the conflict. [1], After escaping Nightswan's base, Thrawn revealed that the primary goal of the mission was to obtain navigational records on the insurgents' bases and supply lines from the ship's computer. Cygni Is A Retro-Inspired Shooter With A Modern Sheen Cygni combines extremely fast movement and Pixar-like character designs with intense bullet … Having completed their mission, the two returned to Batonn, where Admiral Durril's 103rd Task Force had been forced to retreat. After recounting his early encounters with the Galactic Republic, Thrawn told Nightswan that there were "evil things" in the galaxy that were far more evil and dangerous than the Empire. While Nightswan started off as a freelance "consultant" to various criminal and rebel groups, he eventually became the leader of the Batonn insurgents; who were disenchanted with the corrupt rule of Governor Restos and the Galactic Empire. [1], Later, Nevil Cygni, using his Nightswan pseudonym, instigated an uprising on the Expansion Region world of Umbara. Physical description The Star Wars Legends novels have had several. It has a diameter 57.7 Mm, which is 41⁄2 times the Earth's diameter. The contrast with its surroundings was somehow optimal with 22mm Nagler, giving a magnification of 72x and a field of view of 68'. Wookieepedia is a FANDOM Movies Community. [1], While the events on Coruscant were taking place, Nightswan took an interest in a doonium vein on the planet Cyphar, which was home to the indigenous Cyphari species and human colonists. The Cepheid, X Cygni, was first noted for its variable behavior in 1886 by the American amateur astronomer Seth C. Chandler, Jr. Chandler, a resident of Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, had been independently monitoring the changing beacons of light in the earliest days of variable star astronomy. Nightswan's forces formed a defensive cordon around the mine. A short … Thrawn also used a second buzz droid to expose the pirate ship's entrance chamber and amidships section to the vacuum of space, neutralizing the other pirates. It consists of two stars which revolve about each other, and yet have a progressive motion common to each! In response to the dispute, Commander Thrawn and the then Ensign Vanto were dispatch to mediate the dispute between the colonists and Afe clan. Many civilians also voluntarily took shelter inside the mine. The creatures defeated the fleet and took Bridger, Thrawn, and everyone else aboard the Chimaera away into hyperspace. Shortly later, Evidorn's bodyguard Kaniki made an attempt on the senator's life; having been convinced by Juahir about the "evils" of the Empire. While raiding the freighter Dromedar, Cygni came into contact with the Chiss Thrawn, a rising star in the Imperial Navy who would later rise to the rank of Grand Admiral. 282 Pages. [1] The newly-promoted Thrawn began a campaign against the growing rebel movement, during which he participated in a mission to Ryloth. [1], When Thrawn asked Nightswan why he had repeated the seashell smuggling technique on Cyphar, Nightswan responded that he regarded spice as a bribe and had deliberately used the seashell technique to catch Thrawn's attention with the goal of disrupting the spice smuggling operation there. Serving aboard the ship were Senior Lieutenant Thrawn and his friend Ensign Eli Vanto, who had graduated from the Royal Imperial Academy on Coruscant 18 months earlier. Thrawn opined that Nightswan shared that rare combination of tactical aptitude and leadership. Despite inflicting considerable damage on the Imperial forces, Nightswan was outmaneuvered by Thrawn, who convinced Commander Cheno and the other commanders to bombard the ground transmitter station. Epsilon Cygni is multiple star system in the constellation of Cygnus. [1], Nightswan was familiar with mining and metals such as doonium, iridium, and tibanna gas. In addition to receiving immunity, Pryce managed to convince Tarkin to appoint her as Lothal's new Governor and to give Thrawn's friend Ensign Vanto his long overdue promotion. He wanted the Empire to take over Umbara's doonium mining and refining sector since it would be easier to bribe the Imperials rather than the Umbaran inspectors. The Cygni Armor is considered a top-tier armor, due to it being unlocked at Rank 8, and is best known for having the fastest base speed of all available armors to date in the game (it's speed ties with the R.O.M.E Armor and X-Field Armor).However, the Thunder Armor can temporarily exceed the Cygni's speed while its ability is active. In addition, Cygni worked with the occasional insurgents including a group that had instigated the Circle Bay mayor's office protest on the planet Nubia. Thrawn advised her to work as a double agent and to copy Higher Skies' secret files. The system has three constituents: a spectroscopic binary; an optical companion and a single star. Nightswan's activities drew the attention of the Imperial Security Bureau Colonel Wullf Yularen, a senior Imperial official. 61 Cygni is a double star system composed of a pair of two dwarfs belonging to the spectral types K5V and K7V, which orbit each other every 659 years. The insurgents were also aided by an infiltrator, who had managed to sabotage the station's long-range comm and starboard-side defense systems before being captured. Star Wars - Thrawn by Timothy Zahn.pdf. 151o (2004) This binary pair (P ~ 650Y) is of historical significance as the first star whose distance was accurately determined (Bessel – 1840). Most of the local population including Governor Pryce's father Talmoor sympathized with some of their grievances. While Nightswan did not want to endanger the civilians, he and his followers were unable to keep them out. After his ship is torn apart and left adrift in space, Thrawn awakens to find himself in the care of a man who should have been as dead as himself. In Revan, it is the Sith Emperor. A's two components are themselves designated Epsilon Cygni … Following the Evidorn assassination attempt, Colonel Yularen personally arrested Juahir. [5] Nightswan had said the exact same phrase to Thrawn during their meeting on Batonn. [1], Nightswan also acknowledged that he expected that his stand against the Empire would not succeed. They attacked the modified troop ship Sempre and freed the Wookiee slaves aboard, leaving behind dead Imperial crew and stormtroopers. [1], Later, Nightswan advised a group of insurgents who took an interest in freeing Wookiee slaves. [1], When Nightswan disagreed with Thrawn's idea of allying with the Empire, Thrawn acknowledged that the Empire was corrupt and tyrannical but countered that ruthlessness was necessary when the galaxy was continually threatened by chaos. In response to the events on Scrim Island, Fleet Admiral Jok Donassius launched a series of Imperial offensives throughout the Batonn sector with the goal of rooting out the insurgent forces on Batonn, Sammun, and Denash. When Thrawn confronted Nightswan about Higher Skies, Nightswan reiterated that he did not condone the group's attempted assassinations and that their primary mission was to gain access to high-level files on the Empire's mysterious Death Star project. Full Name Cygni also engaged in mild physical labor, leaving scars and calluses on his hands. [1], Nevil Cygni, also known as "Nightswan," first appeared in Timothy Zahn's 2017 canon novel Thrawn. After the Umbara incident, Cygni instigated the Cyphar Incident between the native Cyphari Afe clan and human colonists as a means of smuggling doonium from Cyphar offworld. [1], When Yularen, Thrawn, and Vanto visited the Yinchom Dojo to check its credentials, Pryce took the opportunity to inform Thrawn that she was working for Higher Skies. Two of these bodyguards were Moff Ghadi's guard Ottlis Dos and Senator Evidorn's bodyguard Kaniki. He also promised to arrange with Colonel Yularen to protect her from any prosecution. 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