Jori Daragon rushes back to
Cinnagar unaware that her ship, the Starbreaker 12, is being
tracked by Naga Sadow. Upon arriving however, Jori is closely
pursued by Cinnagar security where she is forced to land and
immediately arrested. Despite her urgency to speak with Empress
Teta about the impending attack by the Sith Empire, she is
completely ignored, even by her old friend Aarrba the Hutt, and
placed in a prison awaiting trial while the Starbreaker 12 is
handed over to Lord Ssk Kahorr.
Elsewhere on Cinnagar, Odan-Urr learns that Jedi Master Ooroo has
arrived. Ooroo tells him that his mission to Coruscant was not a
complete failure as many Jedi did in fact hear his warnings.
Empress Teta assures them that if the attack does come the Koros
system will be ready and will fight for the honour of the
Republic.
Meanwhile, on Khar Delba, repairs to Naga Sadow's fortess are
being implemented while Gav Daragon learns more of Sadow's plans
as the Dark Lord of the Sith prepares his men for battle. During
a meeting however, Ludo Kreesh's ship arrives and Kreesh sends
out a message claiming Sadow is a liar. Sadow, requests Gav to
press a button. Gav, believing it to merely jam the transmission
finds he's been tricked by the Dark Lord when the button
activates a weapon and completely destroys Ludo Kreesh's ship.
Gav is furious, he has never killed anyone before.
Jori Daragon's trial goes quickly but not smoothly with the Judge
ignoring her pleas to be listened to about the Sith Empire. She
is sentenced to work as a slave on the extremely
dangerous-to-your-health planet called Ronika. Upon arrival she
is put to work immediately but soon prepares her escape. Tricking
a guard she steals an ore shuttle and makes her way to Cinnagar.
Despite being well-shielded, the shuttle is very slow and Jori
finds herself with company once out of orbit, namely a dozen
security ships. Managing to escape the shuttle before it is
destroyed, Jori parachutes down into Cinnagar and makes her way
to Empress Teta's quarters. Teta is startled and sends for her
guards immediately but Jori manages to get her message across
with the Jedi knights Odan-Urr and Memit Nadill also part of her
audience. Believing her story, Teta begins to prepare her forces.
Meanwhile, across the galaxy Naga Sadow prepares his troops for
attack and promotes Gav Daragon to command his flagship, despite
Gav having no experience. As the fleet hovers near Khar Shian,
Sadow locks himself inside his meditation sphere preparing
himself for the Sith illusions he will create as part of the
attack. Under his order and following the co-ordinates of the
tracking device on Starbreaker 12, the Sith fleets jumps into
hyperspace ready fo war.....
Ssk Kahorr and his loyal subjects are joyriding their new ship,
the Starbreaker 12, when suddenly out of hyperspace a huge fleet
appears. Naga Sadow orders the craft to be destroyed much to Gav
Daragon's protest believing his sister to be on board. As the
shuttle is blown apart, Sadow assures him that there were no
lifeforms on board, that it was just a decoy. He orders his fleet
to split up and attack certain parts of the Republic as planned.
Memit Nedill arrives on Coruscant to warn other Jedi but its too
late, the Sith army arrives in larger numbers than anyone
believed possible. The Jedi band together trying to fend off this
giant onslaught.
On Koros Major, Empress Teta allows the prisoners who were
captured from Kirrek to be set free and fight for their world
while the Empress leads her warriors to battle to save her city
Cinnagar. Jori Daragon, meanwhile, offers to help fight. Jedi
Odan-Urr hands her a lightsaber but she feels she's much better
in the air and begins searching for a ship which leads her to
Aarrba the Hutt's shop.
Odan-Urr obviously flies to Kirrek where along with Master Ooroo,
they await the next attack by the Sith army and patiently await
the arrival of the prisoners from Ronika.
While Naga Sadow sits in his meditation chamber controlling the
invasion by creating the illusions that his army is bigger than
it actually is, Gav Daragon - along with a few Massassi
boydguards - land on Cinnagar. Gav follows the signal of his
amulet to its other half - that which his sister wears - where he
arrives at Aarrba the Hutt's home. The Hutt, still obviously
pissed at Gav, spits in his face which leads to Gav's bodyguards
coming to his aid, stabbing and ultimately killing Aarrba much to
Gav's bewilderment. At this moment Jori arrives at the scene and
is shocked to find her brother has killed the Hutt. Despite his
pleas of innocence, Jori raises her lightsaber. "Odan-Urr
gave me this lightsaber for a reason... to fight evil in all its
forms --- even you, Gav!"
Jori Daragon kneels over the deceased body of Aarrba the Hutt
asking her brother Gav what he has done. Without answering Gav
runs to his ship and returns to the battleship he commands. Jori
quickly follows him urging Empress Teta's fleet to assist in the
pursuit. Gav leads his ship through hyperspace to Primus Gollud,
an unstable red star where Naga Sadow's ship awaits. Gav strikes
out at the dark lord's vessel which momentarily breaks Sadow's
concentration.
On Coruscant as the Jedi fight bravely against the Sith warriors,
Memit Nedill sees many of their enemies begin to fade. The Jedi
realise that they've been tricked by sith illusions into thinking
they're up against a huge army. Suddenly the tables are turned
and the Jedi are victorious.
On Kirrek, the locals aren't having as much luck and even Jedi
Odan-Urr and Master Ooroo with their Jedi battle meditation
cannot fend off the single-minded Massassi warriors. Ooroo, a
Jedi master who is contained within a protective covering filed
with cyanogen atmosphere decides that the only way they can hold
back the Sith army is to sacrifice himself. Ordering his fellow
student and the warriors of Kirrek to take cover, Master Ooroo
removes his protection sending the toxic gas out through the
Massassi warriors, killing them instantly but also killing
himself in the process with oxygen being poisonous to the great
Jedi. Odan-Urr kneels by his dying master to say farewell.
Meanwhile at Primus Gollud, Naga Sadow urges Gav to meet him face
to face. Gav takes his private shuttle and boards Sadow's
battleship to learn that Sadow is not on board. Jori Daragon
arrives with the fleet and Gav tells them that the Sith Empire
has been left unprotected, that they should attack now to assure
themselves a complete victory. Suddenly several of Sadow's
battleships appear and the dark lord himself triggers the solar
flares of the sun. Gav, knowing he is trapped on this stalled
vessel, urges his sister to jump to hyperspace and ulitmately to
safety as the sun begins to erupt.
Naga Sadow and his army retreat back to the Sith Empire to find
themselves not alone as a voice informs Sadow that he is no
longer the dark lord of the Sith and that he has been exiled for
his treachery. The voice belongs to Ludo Kreessh who was
obviously not in the apparent decoy ship that Gav Daragon had
unintentionally destroyed.
Kreessh however, ain't around very long as Sadow orders one of
his doomed ships to crash into Kreessh's, killing the new dark
lord. "I don't think you're faking this time, Ludo..."
Meanwhile on the planets Kirrek and Coruscant, victories begin to
take place as the remnants of the surviving Sith army retreat and
the surviving defenders rejoice in victory and peace once more.
There are however many casualties including Jedi Odan-Urr's
master, Ooroo.
As Sadow watches Ludo Kreessh and his ship being destroyed he
learns that Empress Teta and her fleet have followed them and
begin to attack. Sadow sacrifices his army for his safe escape
building a barricade of his own ships between him the Tetan
fleet. Escaping to the Denarii Nova, a rare double star, Sadow
uses his dark powers to bring the stars together as his ship goes
between them. There is a huge explosion with many ships being
destroyed leading everyone to believe Sadow is dead. Sadow
however, as we all know - well anyone who's read 'Dark Lords of
the Sith' - arrives in the Yavin system where he begins to build
a new fortress.
Returning to Koros Major, Empress Teta begins to rebuild her
empire while Odan-Urr requests to learn more about the Sith by
investigating the abandoned ships in orbit. Upon doing so he gets
the idea of building a giant Jedi library on Ossus. Elsewhere,
Jori Daragon becomes the new manager of Aarrba the Hutt's repair
dock.