movements over the past decade. The strike force battles past the station's aquatic defenses, and is successful in destroying the facility. However, the NeimoidianHarro Ruuk survives, and launches a desperate attack on Nym's forces from a sumbersible assault craft. He puts up formidable resistance, but is ultimately overwhelmed and his vessel destroyed—though Ruuk himself ejects, and flees the scene.

In orbit over Nod Kartha, Captain Toth, accompanied by Lieutenant Bella, meets with three Neimoidians in charge of the trihexalon project. Toth is displeased by their lack of motivation, and turns their own weapon against them, killing the project leaders and assuming control himself. Meanwhile, Nym and Jinkins launch an attack on a Federation mining facility at Mount Merakan, while Adi, Reti and Sol Sixxa defend Point Modie from Toth'sfirst trihexalon weapon test.

Jedi Starfighter.

Realizing the threat of this new weapon, Nym and his team make for Nod Kartha, the heavily-defended center of trihexalon production. Upon emerging from hyperspace over the planet, Captain Orsai's cruiser, Kethor, is struck by an orbital defense cannon, leaving only the Tritus as the team's heavy weapons cruiser. While it and the starfighters battle Vulture droids, Scarab fighters and droid bombers, the Kethor sets a collision course with one of the planet's three orbital deflector shield generators. His men evacuate the doomed cruiser, though Orsai himself goes down with his ship as it smashes into the generator, destroying it. At that point, Sabaoth Squadron arrives in the form of several frigates and waves of Sabaoth starfighters. Nym's forces fight back, and are eventually