are available as unlockable characters in the mobile game Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes. Reception Mission Vao has received a positive critical reception, and is considered a fan favorite. Catherine Taber noted in a number of interviews that she still received fan mail about Mission years after the release of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. Among the game's cast of characters, she is the favorite companion of Mike Fahey from Kotaku, John Walker from Eurogamer, and Abigail Holden from SA Gamer. Walker in particular praised Mission as "pitch perfect, both over-enthusiastic and endearing while a whining, complaining mess, and horribly over-dependent", and considered her to be "brilliantly written", who is "funny and annoying in equal measure". He formed the view that Mission is "possibly the most notorious character from KOTOR, famously loved or loathed, simply because BioWare did such a splendid job of writing a 14-year-old girl". Valerie Estelle Frankel praised the character as a "cool female Han" who is not presented as a stereotypical Twi'lek sex slave, as well as her visual design of being fully dressed in nondescript colors with vest and goggles like an actual smuggler. Anthony Gramuglia from CBR said the best female characters of the Star Wars franchise are in its licensed video games, and cited Mission as an example. Megan Crouse from Den of Geek praised Mission, a Twi'lek female who is "a street-smart thief who would fit in perfectly with the smugglers and scoundrels of the galaxy", as a nuanced alien character who is not typecast as typical of the Star Wars franchise. In his book Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic which explored the developmental history of the eponymous game, Alex Kane highlighted an anecdote by BioWare general manager Casey Hudson discussing one of his favorite memories of the game, a conversation with Mission, as an example of the sense of agency that the game afforded players. Mission has appeared in multiple "top character" lists. Mission is considered by Gamestm to be one of Bioware's eight most memorable party companions. App Trigger ranked Mission No. 9 in their 2017 list of the 10 Best BioWare Companions. Alana Joli Abbott from Den of Geek said she is the most unique character among the "several badass women" in Knights of the Old Republic, and rated her as among the 25 best female characters of the Star Wars media franchise. Mission was