Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic/Yavin Station

Yavin station is available on all systems, but it's only available on Xbox as DLC. It's inhabited by Suvam Tan, a Rodian inventor and merchant whose inventory includes some of the best items in the game; he also offers the best price by far for any items sold to him, so he should be your first port of call after leaving Dantooine, and any other time you want to sell unwanted items.

Ebon Hawk
You enter the Yavin station at the west end of its airlock. Using an access panel mounted on the south wall to the right opens the door behind you to the Ebon Hawk: similar access panels open three doors to the east. However, the first time you use the third panel to the east, the door doesn't open and Suvam Tan appears on screen. The quickest way to get him to open the door is to persuade him to do so using the Force at the first opportunity:


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He returns to wander around his workshop beyond the door. The east wall is a window through which Yavin and one of its moons can be seen: a short ramp leads up to it, and two other ramps lead up to doors in the north and south walls. If you try to use one of the access panels mounted beside each door on the east side:


 * Access Denied.

Suvam Tan


Inventory
Suvam Tan's items cost a lot of credits, so it's worth getting a discount if at all possible: using the Force only persuades him to reduce costs by 5%, but result in a 20% discount which can save you thousands (perhaps even tens of thousands) of credits. Items can also be sold to for 65% of their base cost, which is 2.6 times higher than any merchant not on Taris (and still at least 62.5% more than those that are).

After acquiring a third Star Map, more items are added to inventory, any item bought is replaced and any sold is removed; the same applies after acquiring the fifth and final Star Map.

First Star Map
Each time you return before acquiring a third Star Map:

Third Star Map
If you return after acquiring a third Star Map, then you'll find Suvam Tan being confronted by two armed Trandoshans:

Otherwise:


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Each time you return before acquiring the fifth and final Star Map:

Fifth Star Map
If you return after acquiring the fifth and final Star Map, the Trandoshans are also back... in force:

The Trandoshans decloak, and have you surrounded:


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Suvam Tan may be invulnerable but he still cowers in fear for the duration of the fight. All seven Trandoshans can use up to three s each, so your first priority should be to move into melee range as soon as possible. The two Trandoshans flanking Suvam Tan to the east use two s each:

Two others using a at range and a Vibrosword in melee combat stand to the west, while three others like this stand at the top of each of of the ramps at the east end of the room:

and are only received if unused.

If you return:

Otherwise:


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Each time you return from now on: