Powerful outflows in the central parsecs of the low-luminosity Active
  Galactic Nucleus NGC 1386
  Low-luminosity Active Galactic Nuclei, i.e. L_bol/L_edd ~ 10^-6 - 10^-3,
constitute the bulk population of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGNs). Powerful jets,
common in these objects, are a crucial source of feedback energy driving mass
outflows into the host galaxy and the intergalactic medium. This paper reports
the first direct measurement of powerful mass outflows traced by the forbidden
high ionization gas in the low luminosity AGN NGC1386 at scales of a few
parsecs from the central engine. The high angular resolution of the data allows
us to directly measure the location, morphology and kinematic of the outflow.
This the form of two symmetrical expanding hot gas shells moving in opposite
directions along the line of sight. The co-spatiality of the gas shells with
radio emission seen at the same parsec scales and with X-rays indicates that
this is a shock-driven outflow induced by an incipient core-jet. With a minimum
number of assumptions, we derive a mass outflow rate of 11 solar masses/yr,
comparable to those of powerful AGN. The result has strong implications in the
global accounting of feedback mass and energy driven by a low-luminosity AGN
into the medium and the corresponding galaxy evolution.
