The shuttle streaks away...and Mayzin Turin has a question; where to? E Leet suggests heading for the Droid Control Ship that must be in orbit somewhere. It must be disabled or all will be lost. Not the most well-considered plan perhaps, but the dice have been cast. Getting to the ship i surprisingly easy; they are, after all, flying the Sith Lord's personal shuttle! But Sith Lords are also entitled to a reception; so the docking bay is filled with battle droids on parade and Neimoidian officers. So much for that plan...

E'tan quickly shaves his head with his saber, gets a red tunic from one of the Congressmen, grabs a grey Neimoidian cloak, then tops off the disguise with a breath mask. Behold - a Dark Lord is among you! It's not a great disguise by any standard, but the droid guards are oblivious to trivial details and the Neimoidians are mostly concerned with bowing and scraping. Putting on a show E'tan orders his 'prisoners' taken to detention, the injured Jedi to the med-bay, and himself escorted to the bridge along with his remaining prisoner.

There is a brief fight with some Guard droids outside the bridge, but they get inside the command deck before the blast doors close. The Neimoidian command crew is captured and the droid army put on standby. Colonel Boroosh and his Trandoshans get a little suspicious then; but a quick bluff keeps them at bay while the Jedi formulate a new plan. Migor Nurgay, 1st Assistant Envoy, offers to help - he's thought through his options and they all end with him at the end of red lightsaber...Darth Obsirius is not the forgiving type.

Soon the droid army has been reactivated...after a 'brief communications failure'. The crew of the Light of Reason is released and escorted back aboard, then the corvette takes off with droid fighters flying cover - Republic prisoners being brought aboard for processing you see. Meanwhile the President are released and board the shuttle again; they will return to Rigelia to continue the fight. The Light of Reason arrives unmolested, E'tan and E Leet get aboard with the Neimoidians, as do the wounded and Mayzin Turin (she'll represent Rigelia before the Republic). Then the ship takes off again, dashing through the line of Techno Union frigates...and into hyperspace, heading for Hexan, the sector capital.

CUTSCENE

Behind them Colonel Boroosh orders his ships to fire on the Droid Command ship - he's convinced that the Neimoidians are up to no good or that the Jedi are aboard or in control. Whatever the case; the ship must be destroyed!