DRAMATIS PERSONAE:
Alema Rar: Jedi Knight (Twi'lek female)
Colonel Gavin Darklighter: Rogue Squadron commander (human male)
Colonel Jagged Fel: Imperial Remnant Spike Squadron (human male)
Ganner Rhysode: Jedi Knight (human male)
Han Solo: Captain, Millennium Falcon (human male)
Jacen Solo: Jedi Knight and Yuuzhan Vong prisoner (human male)
Jaina Solo: Jedi Knight and Rogue Squadron Lieutenant (human female)
Leia Organa Solo: Jedi Knight (human female)
Luke Skywalker: Jedi Master (human male)
Mara Jade Skywalker: Jedi Master (human female)
Nom Anor: Executor (male Yuuzhan Vong)
Tenel Ka: Jedi Knight and Hapan princess (human female)
Vergere: Jedi Knight and adviser to Tsavong Lah (female Fosh)
Zekk: Jedi Knight (human male)
PROLOGUE:
The cell was cold, dark and damp, Jacen Solo dimly reflected for the millionth time as he rested after another Yuuzhan Vong breaking session. He knew he should be spending the time alone in a healing trance, to help his body regain much-needed strength after the horrendous tortures he had endured, so that his mind and body would be ready to withstand another session. However, his mind was too distracted, his thoughts and feelings a blur. Quietly he reflected on the recent events leading to his capture, and as he did so, his memories of them began to come in flashes;
Anakin organising a strike team to be captured by the Vong forces
Jaina breaking on the Exquisite Death, revealing that there existed a Jedi base
Anakin being wounded, coming to his sister's aid against the Vong force
Himself, pulling Jaina away as they saw their brother die
Jaina's expression of pure hate and despair in the aftermath...
Jacen could no longer bear the images, letting loose a scream of pure, unadulterated anguish. Despite the fact that the Jedi team's objective had been completed, so many of the force had been killed, Anakin among them. His last words were to Jacen, asking him to kill the voxyn queen, the Yuuzhan Vong Jedi killer, which was part vornskr. The Vong had cloned the queen to make vast numbers of them, but now that the queen was gone, they could not be created again. Jacen had completed the mission, at the expense of his freedom, captured by Vergere.
There was something about Vergere he did not understand. Jaina had sensed that the bird-like creature had touched her through the Force, something he concurred with now. Could she be a Jedi? If not, how could she do this?
The door opening interrupted his bemusement. As two Yuuzhan Vong guards entered, he wished he could have had a clear enough mind to at least heal his recent injuries...
Alema Rar: Jedi Knight (Twi'lek female)
Colonel Gavin Darklighter: Rogue Squadron commander (human male)
Colonel Jagged Fel: Imperial Remnant Spike Squadron (human male)
Ganner Rhysode: Jedi Knight (human male)
Han Solo: Captain, Millennium Falcon (human male)
Jacen Solo: Jedi Knight and Yuuzhan Vong prisoner (human male)
Jaina Solo: Jedi Knight and Rogue Squadron Lieutenant (human female)
Leia Organa Solo: Jedi Knight (human female)
Luke Skywalker: Jedi Master (human male)
Mara Jade Skywalker: Jedi Master (human female)
Nom Anor: Executor (male Yuuzhan Vong)
Tenel Ka: Jedi Knight and Hapan princess (human female)
Vergere: Jedi Knight and adviser to Tsavong Lah (female Fosh)
Zekk: Jedi Knight (human male)
PROLOGUE:
The cell was cold, dark and damp, Jacen Solo dimly reflected for the millionth time as he rested after another Yuuzhan Vong breaking session. He knew he should be spending the time alone in a healing trance, to help his body regain much-needed strength after the horrendous tortures he had endured, so that his mind and body would be ready to withstand another session. However, his mind was too distracted, his thoughts and feelings a blur. Quietly he reflected on the recent events leading to his capture, and as he did so, his memories of them began to come in flashes;
Anakin organising a strike team to be captured by the Vong forces
Jaina breaking on the Exquisite Death, revealing that there existed a Jedi base
Anakin being wounded, coming to his sister's aid against the Vong force
Himself, pulling Jaina away as they saw their brother die
Jaina's expression of pure hate and despair in the aftermath...
Jacen could no longer bear the images, letting loose a scream of pure, unadulterated anguish. Despite the fact that the Jedi team's objective had been completed, so many of the force had been killed, Anakin among them. His last words were to Jacen, asking him to kill the voxyn queen, the Yuuzhan Vong Jedi killer, which was part vornskr. The Vong had cloned the queen to make vast numbers of them, but now that the queen was gone, they could not be created again. Jacen had completed the mission, at the expense of his freedom, captured by Vergere.
There was something about Vergere he did not understand. Jaina had sensed that the bird-like creature had touched her through the Force, something he concurred with now. Could she be a Jedi? If not, how could she do this?
The door opening interrupted his bemusement. As two Yuuzhan Vong guards entered, he wished he could have had a clear enough mind to at least heal his recent injuries...