Before the Clone Wars began, a group of Jedi led by Master Jorus Cbaoth lobbied the Republic Senate to fund a project to search for and contact intelligent life outside the known galaxy. Six Jedi Masters, 12 Jedi Knights, and 50,000 additional support personnel boarded an incredible starship and left on their adventure... only to disappear without a trace. This was the Jedis first encounter with the aliens called the Chiss, and the New Republics future arch-enemy, Thrawn. But until Luke Skywalker and his wife Mara headed out for the Unknown Regions in Survivors Quest, the fate of the Outbound Flight Project remained an enigma.