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On Coruscant | CoruscantPlanet | , Cad Bane | Cad Bane(Duro)CharacterSupporting Characters | is contacted by Darth Sidious | Palpatine(Human)CharacterMajor Characters | , who hires him to steal a holocron from the Temple. Bane considers it suicide, as the Temple is well guarded, Sidious assures him that he will ensure that he will gain entrance. Bane demands in return a stealth ship with elite weapons, cloaking device and triple his usual pay. His partner, Cato Parasitti, a Clawdite | ClawditeSentient Species | bounty hunter | Bounty HunterOrganizationCommunities | , then arrives. Bane tells her to take the form of Jedi Master Ord Enisence, whose corpse is in his room, to help him gain access to the vault. At the Temple, during a briefing, Yoda | YodaCharacterMajor Characters | senses a shift in the Force and determines that thieves will arrive at the Temple. Anakin | Anakin Skywalker(Human)CharacterMajor Characters | and Obi-Wan | Obi-Wan Kenobi(Human)CharacterMajor Characters | inaccurately deduces that their enemies are after their transmission codes and go to secure their location. Meanwhile, Cato infiltrates the Temple disguised as Ord. However, she is barred by Ahsoka | Ashoka Tano(Togruta)CharacterMajor Characters | , who asks if "Ord" needs help; Cato tries waving her off but the Padawan's pestering results in her snapping at Ahsoka. She then gains access to the Temple's schematics, telling Bane and Todo where to get in. They get through the shielding and the fans, before coming up upon a laser grid. Anakin and Obi-Wan quickly catch on when the sensors begins a blackout. Meanwhile, Jocasta approaches Cato as Master Ord at her console, asking why "Ord" is working when the Temple is on high alert; Cato responds by knocking her out and taking her appearance. She then returns to her work, telling Bane on how to disable the lasers, while Todo drew a hole into the ventilation system. Ahsoka soon notices and engages Cato in a lightsaber duel.Because of her preoccupation, Bane detonates a small charge by the grid, as the Jedi follow Todo's trail. The droid soon arrives in the communication center, at which time a beeping is heard from him. Mace Windu | Mace Windu(Human)CharacterMajor Characters | quickly realizes that there is a bomb inside him and Force-pushes him into the vent as he explodes; Anakin and Obi-Wan get away just in time. Ahsoka then contacts them, having learned from Cato that Bane is after the Vault. However, Bane had completed his objective and sneaked out of the Temple with a holocron, disguising himself with a Jedi robe. However, Cato gives one more clue: Bolla Ropal. Windu realizes that Bane is after the missing Jedi who is the keeper of the Kyber crystal, that with the holocron could crack the data on the crystal, which contains information, listing all the Force-sensitive children in the galaxy; the future of the Jedi Order | Jedi OrderOrganizationGalaxy-Wide Organizations | . Obi-Wan stays on Coruscant to search for Bane while Anakin and Ahsoka track down Ropal in the Devaron system.Read more... |
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