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when stormtroopers walk by with Mister Bones, who is actually real but has a restraining bolt
after being discovered by the Empire. She tries to argue that he is hers, so the stormtroopers
blast the droid apart right in front of her. For her part, Jas is held in a different cell and abused
by Mercurial, who is there with his crew (including Dengar, Jeeta, and Jas’ aunt Sugi’s old
ally Embo). Since she has lost a key in her fake horn, she slams her head over and over to
break off one of her real horns (which will someday grow back) so that she can free herself.
She then makes her way to Mercurial’s ship, where, thankfully, only Embo is present. She is
able to play on his loyalty to Sugi to turn a blind eye as she steals the ship and escapes. On
Tatooine, Lorgan Movellan and his Red Key Raiders have captured Freetown’s local
constable, Cobb Vanth (who wears the armor of Boba Fett). Movellan intends to sell the Hutt
baby Borgo back to the Hutts in order to gain control of Tatooine, but the base is attacked by
Tusken Raiders, who have struck a deal with Cobb and beastmaster Malakili to keep slavers
away. Cobb carves a warning message into Movellan’s face. Back on Jakku, Mister Bones
reboots and begins an automatic repair cycle. The droid then kills several guards (including
the one that blasted him into pieces) and frees Norra. Elsewhere, Rax, now calling himself
Counselor to the Empire, is at the Observatory with Yupe Tashu. After executing Kolob, the
Anchorite who was once Rax’s master when he was a child on Jakku, one of the Emperor’s
sentinels (droids with a screen instead of a face, presenting an image of Palpatine) reports a
perimeter breach. It is Niima’s caravan with Sloane among them. Rax recognizes her and the
potential threat she represents, though she will not arrive for three days, which is plenty of
time to have her killed. Among the caravan, Sloane, against Brentin’s advice, tries to steal a
wheel-bike to make faster progress on their own, but this results in conflict with Niima’s
people, which is then interrupted by turbolaser blasts from Rax’s Observatory security posts.
Meanwhile, on Christophsis, a group of pilgrims (Addar, Madrammagath, Uggorda, Jumon,
and the droid MA-B0) affiliated with the Church of the Force are trying to return kyber crystals
that were taken by the Empire. However, they are tracked by Force-sensitive Kyaddaks that
kill Uggorda and Jumon. They soon succeed after nearly two weeks in returning the crystals
to the original site from which they were taken. Back on Jakku, Norra and Mister Bones free
Norra’s fellow prisoners, then set out on a speederbike. They are able to reunite with Jas,
who is still in her stolen shuttle. Jas has spotted Sloane among Niima’s caravan, so the trio
set out to catch her. On Chandrila, Sinjir meets with Jom Barell, who has been dumped from
New Republic Special Forces for his participation in the liberation of Kashyyyk. He is now
working as a bodyguard as a freelancer, mostly protecting politicians. Sinjir has a plan and
needs his help on Nakadia. En route to Nakadia, Mon Mothma travels with political rival
Wartol. She questions him about five senators who voted against going to Jakku (Anthar
Prime’s Ashmin Ek, Rodia’s Dor Wieedo, Frong’s Rethalow, Grelka Sorka, and Nim Tar), all
of whom Wartol admits to manipulating. He even admits to planting the listening device on T-
2LC. He feels confident in these admissions because he expects the re-vote on a Jakku
action will take place once they arrive on Nakadia, and he expects the vote to still go his way.
However, Mon Mothma has smuggled pta fruit onto the ship, which raises alarms with the
planet’s rather anal-retentive biosecurity policies, delaying their arrival. With time bought for
them, Han, Sinjir, Conder, Jom, and Temmin spy on the five swing vote senators (with Leia’s
blessing). Meanwhile, on Coruscant, members of the Anklebiter Brigade (child rebels,
including Nanz, Urk G’lar, Hoolie, Jutchins, Wenchins, and Iggs) break into Mas Amedda’s
chambers to kill him. Instead, he convinces them to help him escape from the palace, where
he is a figurehead only, so that he can get to the New Republic and publicly try to put an end
to the war. On Jakku, Rax confers with Brendol Hux, who is overseeing the training of the
captured children, essentially molding them into fierce, loyal soldiers, very much in keeping
with his philosophy on the subject. He “needs more time,” but the price of failure will be high.
Outside, Jas, Norra, and Bones attempt to get to Sloane to take her prisoner, and Norra is
shocked to see Brentin with her (still). Before they can get to the duo (who are actually
hoping to steal the trio’s ship), they must back off, as another shuttle arrives, bearing Rax
himself to take Sloane and Brentin as prisoners. He nearly kills Brentin, but Sloane convinces
him that just as Rax wants Sloane alive to watch what will happen soon, having a Rebel
witness it as well would be just as worthwhile. In the attack on the caravan, Niima was also
badly injured. She is willing to give Norra, Jas, and Bones the clearance codes to Rax’s base
if they will get her back to the safety of her temple. On Nakadia, Sinjir, Temmin, and Han are
all given the slip, and Conder goes missing. The team returns to the Falcon, where Jom has
captured and begun questioning Senator Rethalow, who reveals that Ek and Wieedo were
paid for their votes, Rethalow was offered a trade deal for his planet, Nim Tar’s child was