«Mercy Mission» is a canon short story by Melissa Scott that was published on October 6, 2015 as part of The Rise of the Empire paperback compilation. The story is set between Lords of the Sith and Tarkin, and features Twi’lekpilotHera Syndulla as its protagonist, serving as a prequel to her canonical debuts in the novel A New Dawn and the animated TV series Star Wars Rebels.
