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this was the term used by the new Jedi order to describe the events surrounding the mission to destroy the Yuuzhan Vong voxyn production facility at Myrkr, more than twenty-five years after the Battle of Yavin. The Jedi who undertook the mission were still training under Jedi Master Luke Skywalker, and included Jaina, Jacen, and Anakin Solo, along with Tesar Sebatyne, Lowbacca, Zekk, Tahiri Veila, and Raynar Thul. Although the mission ultimately succeeded in destroying the voxyn queen, the Jedi paid a heavy price for it. Anakin Solo sacrificed his own life to save his brother, and many other Jedi were killed in battle. Raynar Thul was believed to have died when the Dark Jedi Welk and Lomi Plo stole the Tachyon Flier and tried to escape, only to have the ship nearly destroyed by the Yuuzhan Vong. The survivors of the Mission were also changed by it, since they had chosen to use the battle-meld technique to help themselves survive. The prolonged connection of the meld altered their brains and limbic systems, creating an unusual sort of telepathy between them. It was this link that allowed Raynar to call on his friends for help, after the defeat of the Yuuzhan Vong, when the Colony began to encroach on the borders of Chiss space.