The quarters given to them are splendid. It is on the highest levels, and the panoramic windows provide provide amazing views of the smooth clouds, lovely buildings, and intense sunset. The room, otherwise, like a lot of Cloud City, is a clean white, for the walls, to the ceiling, to the carpet, and the furniture. It is a color that complements both blue skies in the afternoon, and orange skies at dawn and dusk.

It has room for all of the group in its various bedrooms, and the final member of the crew is scheduled to arrive soon. She is the group's scientist, assigned to the mission in order to do tests to support or disprove the claims of Cloud City officials, although she is not a Republic hired scientist. An expert in the field of atmospheric gases, she had heard the rumors of decreased production, and decided to investigate the problem scientifically.

When the Republic heard of her efforts, they offered her a chance to join the mission, and she accepted. So, she is scheduled to meet the investigation crew. Finally, Artoo goes up to Anakin, and, in a series of beeps and whistles, tells Anakin that their final crew member has arrived. Anakin quickly walks up to door, followed by Obi-Wan and a helmetless Rex and Cody. Echo, Fives, Waxer, and Boil are too engrossed in arm-wrestling.

Anakin opens the door, and out comes a short, human woman. "Hello," she says, clearly a bit intimidated at meeting the legendary Jedi. Finally, she continues, "I am Shyvis Deenia, and I have volunteered to help with the investigation," she says, red-faced.

Obi-Wan nods, and soothingly says, "Yes, I am sure that you can be a big help to our mission. Please, take a seat, we need to make a plan."

Nyyv crawls up through a duct shaft, into a cantina that had been suggested he visit. He went to the seediest place he could find, and asked the bartender for an even seedier location. After cross-referencing with a few other patrons, he learned that the most illicit, seedy, rowdy, and unlawful place on Cloud City is called the "Four and a Half," named after its location. It sits between levels 124 and 125, on top of a heat sink array that it uses for power.

It is beneath a water pipe that is diverted to also pour drinks in the "Four and a Half." Stepping inside is technically illegal, as it even existing is illegal. The shady cantina will be the perfect place for Nyyv to find someone willing to give him a job smuggling. Reaching the end of the shaft, he pokes his head through a hole and sees the cantina. He has reached his target. He crawls out, and takes a look around.

It is dark, smelly, loud, and has quite a few bloodstains. A Duros standing behind the bar turns to him, his red eyes glistening. The Duros's green skin wrinkles as he eyes down the new patron, and he finally says, "Shorty, are you new here?" Nyyv clutches his knife a little tighter, and checks to make sure his holdout blaster is visible sticking out of his pocket. He sits down, and puts his knife hand on the table.

"Just give me a drink. What do you have here?" Nyyv says, trying to sound intimidating. The Duros puts his face in close to Nyyv, his rotten teeth being revealed in a vile grin.

"Well, I will just get you the house specialty, Ugnaught Spit," the Duros says, turning around to pour it. Nyyv keeps his anger silent, as he decides that getting violent this early on will only earn him more disrespect. The Duros, after a few seconds, turns back around, holding an old looking glass with an ugly red liquid. "Give me a credit, just one. This is the cheapest way to get drunk on all of Bespin," he says, slapping the drink on the table.

Nyyv pulls out a credit chip, and hands it to the bartender. He takes the drink, and downs it in one, long gulp. He roughly sets the cup down, imitating the bartender, and then slides it across the table. "Another."

The bartender takes it, and refills it. He slaps it down, again, and watches as Nyyv throws down a credit and drinks it. This time he drinks it in two gulps, but still slaps it down. "Keep 'em coming," he says. The bartender takes it but doesn't refill it. He simply waits, looking behind Nyyv.

Nyyv turns around to see what the bartender is looking at. Behind him, stands a Weequay, pointing a blaster pistol at Nyyv. The Weequay's free hand slaps down on Nyyv's knife hand, and presses hard enough that Nyyv cannot lift his arm, and use the knife. "What'cha do'in here, shorty?" The Weequay says in a deep voice. Nyyv narrows his eyes, determined not to look intimidated. He needs to look strong and powerful if he wants to survive. He considers what the best response is, and finally says, "What are you doing here?"

The Weequay snarls, and presses the pistol against Nyyv's skull. "Listen, shorty. You submit t' us now," the Weequay says, his nostrils flaring. Nyyv thumbs the stun setting onto his holdout blaster. Before his larger opponent notices, he fires it into his gut. The Weequay falls to the ground, nearly unconscious.

Nyyv smiles as he puts it back to kill, showing the motion for all to see. He points it down at his dead opponent's head, but realizes that a death might upset someone. "Can I kill him?" he asks with a smile. The general sound he hears is one of approval, so he fires upon his helpless opponent, killing him.

The Duros fills his drink, and gives it to him. "You did well, here's your next one. Consider it a well-earned drink." Nyyv savors this one as he throws down a third credit. Once he finishes, he gives the cup back to the bartender, and stands up. He is satisfied to have earned a little respect, so he heads to a booth in the corner, sits down, and watches a game of Sabacc.

It isn't long until someone approaches him. He a human in armor similar to that of a Mandalorian, but it simply has a hole instead of a visor. Nyyv looks at him closely, considering the visitor. "Are you a Mandalorian?" he finally asks.

The man simply says, "I will tell you who I am, but first, I want to know what you are doing here."

"Agreed."

Anakin, Obi-Wan, Rex, Cody, and Shyvis sit down, and Echo, Fives, Waxer, and Boil stop arm-wrestling as they prepare to make their plan. Obi-Wan speaks first, and says, "I am sure that you know Anakin and I, but the other members of our team are, Rex, Cody, Fives, Echo, Waxer, and Boil." He points to everyone as he speaks, and Shyvis closely looks at all of them.

She nods, and says, "Well, hello, I guess."

"Hi," the clones simply say to her.

"You ready to serve the Republic!" Rex says, an excited tone in his voice.

"I sure am," she says, trying to match the excitement.

"Well, then," Obi-Wan says. "Let's make our plan." Anakin nods. It is time to get down to business.

"First, I think we should investigate the producer with the most notable decrease in production. It is a minor one, so that would be a good idea to investigate. The fewer the people, the easier the corruption," Anakin suggests, and is met with a general chorus of agreement.

Shyvis speaks up, saying, "Perhaps I could do the tests on the atmosphere while you are investigating the producer." Obi-Wan puzzles over the idea, but finally says, "Perhaps Waxer and Boil should accompany you. If whoever is behind this finds out about us, you may need some firepower to help you out." She nods agreement.

They then continue going over a rather basic plan, essentially saying that they will do the obvious things in such a situation.

The Mandalorian sits down next to Nyyv, and looks him in the eye. "So, what brings you here, to the Four-and-a-Half?" Nyyv scratches beneath his jowls, considering what to say. His visitor waits patiently until Nyyv finally begins.

"I am Nyyv Nunb. So, a smuggling job went bad, and I ended up on the run, aboard a Republic Star Destroyer. I tried to steal a ship, but I ended up stowing away on it, since some Jedi were using it. They went here, to Bespin, and I decided to take a look around." The Mandalorian's eyes widen.

In a whisper, the Mandalorian says, "There are Jedi here on Bespin?! Do you know what they are up to?"

Nyyv knows some, but not much, but he says what he knows. "They said something about an investigation."

The Mandalorian gasps. "Do you know who and where they are?"

"They are Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker, and a handful of clones. All I know of their location is that their ship is platform 327," he says, and the Mandalorian becomes even more surprised, clearly terrified at the thought of such powerful Jedi.

"Thank you. Here is 500 credits to pay for that information," the Mandalorian says, earning a nice smile from Nyyv. "You have done a great service to the CIS. We thank you greatly." The Mandalorian turns to leave. Nyyv decides not to ask further, but then remembers their agreement, saying they would tell each other about themselves. "Wait a minute. You said you would tell me about yourself.

"Fine. I, Janev Daagh abandoned my Mandalorian heritage but kept my armor, and became a bounty hunter. Is that enough for you?"

Nyyv considers it, and agrees. "Fine. You can leave."

Janev walks out, happy with the encounter. He got very lucky, and Commander Ventress will certainly reward him for it. Of course, their mole should have told them that information, but their mole sometimes could not contact them, so it would be perfectly normal for them to not know an important piece of information like that.

Nyyv might have just saved their skins, and he is ready to take advantage. He smiles grimly. It is time for some espionage, planning, and communication. He activates his comlink and contacts Ventress. Keeping his voice low, he says, "Commander. I have found out a very important piece of information that you might want to know..."

Janev squints as he looks through the scope of his sniper rifle. He draws in a deep breath as he looks at the Jedi. They are walking down one of the alleyways, with four other clones, and they seem to be casually talking about something. They turn towards him, now, and he has a clear shot.

The Jedi have reached 30 meters now, and the street they are on is going towards him. He needs to wait longer, for them to reach the range of an easy shot. It is time to deal with the Jedi pests, and for Janev to do what he was meant to do. It is time for Janev to kill, with aid from several droids, of course, but it is time to fight. He checks the ammo on his rifle, and waits some more. The Jedi are at 25 meters, and Janev smiles. They are in range, but he decides to wait longer for an easier shot.

Ventress predicted that the Jedi would investigate the producer with the most decrease, so they decided to wait for the Jedi on a street on the way to his office. Ventress decided not to come, as to protect the secrecy of their mission. She is not ready to reveal her presence yet, so Janev was happy to lead the mission.

Of course, he has help from a Droid Gunship filled with ten Super Battle Droids. And just to be safe, Ventress let him have a couple of Droidekas. Right now, all is hidden from the unaware Jedi, but the trap is about to be sprung.

"Obi-Wan, I sense something," Anakin says, as he realizes a subtle sense of danger has come over him. Rex and Cody instinctively get their blasters in hand, pointing forward, and scan the area, but they see nothing. "Hmmm... You're right, Anakin. Something is definitely not right." Now they both let their hands drop down to their lightsabers.

"Well, if it's a trap, then we might be able to learn something from it. If we surprise them, then perhaps we can get some clues as to what is going on," Anakin says. It looks like they might be once again using their infamous method of spring-the-trap.

"Yes, let's see what our opponents are planning," Obi-Wan calmly says.

"That is the difference between a clone and a Jedi," Echo says. "The Jedi assume that a trap will be beneficial." Anakin and Obi-Wan decide not to respond, letting the clones have their fun. Rex and Cody put their blasters down, but keep holding them, and keep their senses ready. Fives and Echo do similarly, in an attempt to lure their opponents into a sense of security. "It's the little things that count," they tell themselves.

They continue walking, keeping their senses alert, and not talking. They try to act casual, but it is clear that they are alert. Of course, whoever their attackers are will likely still act the same. "Let's spring the trap," Obi-Wan says, as the Force tells him that it is coming soon.

Janev tightly clutches his blaster rifle. It looks like the Jedi have realized that something is amiss. Still, they will be no match. Ventress told him to take them alive, if possible, but he decides that he will go for an assassination of Kenobi, then converge on Skywalker and the clones with his droids. "All too easy," he says.

Once Kenobi is dead, the clones are dead, and Skywalker is captured or dead, all he will have to do is grab their lightsabers, which is a strange but still easy request from Ventress, and then leave before anyone finds out anything.

It is time. His shot will signal everyone else into action, so he needs to do nothing but shoot. He chuckles and says, "Now you die, Jedi." He aims directly at Obi-Wan's heart, the scope zooming in intensely.

He pulls the trigger.

Obi-Wan senses it before he sees or hears it. Before the shot has even left the barrel, he is reacting. In fluid motion, he pulls his lightsaber upwards, angles it so that it deflects the shot perfectly, and moves into a combat stance.

The shot bounces of Obi-Wan's blade harmlessly, going straight back in the general direction of the shooter. He hears a grunt, but cannot see the shooter at all. Before he can see what happened, five Super Battle Droids come at them from a side street, and five from the other direction on the same street, cutting off escapes on their left and right. In front, a Droideka rolls in, and another one comes in behind.

They are trapped on all sides, with no cover, but danger is hardly present. Not yet, at least. Once everyone has activated their weapons, Obi-Wan and Anakin go back to back, with the clones close enough to them so that their Jedi allies can deflect incoming fire.

Anakin speaks up over the blaster fire, saying, "Echo, Fives, go after that sniper, if he is still alive," earning an unseen frown from Obi-Wan. Still, his former master verbalizes no objections, and the clones obey immediately.

Deflected fire from Anakin and Obi-Wan mainly gets soaked up in the armor and shields of their opponents, and shots from Rex and Cody meet the same fate. "Well, master, any brilliant ideas?" Anakin asks.

"No, not really," Obi-Wan responds as he narrowly deflects a shot from one of the Droidekas.

"Well, then. A plain offensive is the best we have. Rex and I can take the SBDs on our right, you and Cody take the left."

"Stop bossing everyone around. I am in charge here," Obi-Wan says with a hint of sarcastic anger.

"You just said that you have no better ideas."

Obi-Wan sighs, and nods to Cody. "Let's go!"

As Obi-Wan and Cody charge, the lead SBD fires a missile. Obi-Wan aggressively pushes his hand forward, a gesture that helps him concentrate with the Force. Similarly, the hand of the Force pushes the missile. It stops midair, before completely going backwards, back at the sender. It hits the SBD, and the droid explodes. The blast knocks back the others, and the hesitation gives Cody a chance to fire at a still target, one he has no chance of missing.

It hits squarely in the main sensor eye, destroying the droid. The remaining droids quickly fall to Kenobi's blade, reduced to spare parts.

Janev watches as his amazing plan falls apart. Kenobi and Skywalker have survived as long as they have for a reason, and he sees it. Why did he think that his pathetic force could bring them down? He never had a chance, but he can still survive. He activates his jetpack, sailing out from behind his cover.

Suddenly, he hears a blaster shot hit his jetpack, and he immediately takes the smoking, sparking, device off his back. He throws it to the ground as he falls out of the air. As he looks beyond his about to explode jetpack, he sees two clones, both aiming their blasters at him. Before they fire, his jetpack explodes, but all three of them are at a safe distance.

Still, the explosion gives him time to stand back up and aim a wrist rocket. Rather than aiming at the clones, he aims at the ground next to them, so that even a miss can still get them in the blast.

They leap out of the way, they are still close enough to get thrown back, off the edge of the roof they are on. He activates his wrist comm, and calls in his one remaining hope: "Droid Gunship, we need backup, now."

Obi-Wan looks to Anakin, who has results similar to his. However, before they can meet up, two Droidekas roll in between them. It is time to clean up their last opponents. They both charge in, at the Droidekas separating them. They both deflect the shots fired at them, and both step to the side as the clones step up. Both Rex and Cody roll a grenade at the Droidekas, and both do it perfectly. The roll is fast enough to reach the target, but slow enough to penetrate the shield.

The grenades explode, destroying the Droidekas. "Destroy the destroyer," Anakin says with a smile as they meet up in the center.

"Any idea where Echo, Fives, and the sniper went?" Anakin asks. Obi-Wan considers the question, but has no answer. It is then, when, suddenly, a Droid Gunship flies in overhead, its powerful guns pointing straight at them.

Rex and Cody are suddenly flung out of the area where the shot is aimed, propelled by the Force. They hit a building hard, and both feel a slight headache despite their helmet. An explosion prevents them from seeing what happens to Anakin and Obi-Wan, but they relax in the fact that their Jedi generals have likely jumped clear of the blast.

They try to reach for the blasters they dropped, but a man in Mandalorian armor jumps in front of them, and kicks the weapons away from them. He points his blasters at them, and says, in a grim voice, "You're coming with me." They have no choice as he slaps binders on them, and takes them aboard the Droid Gunship.

Echo looks at the sight. He and Fives are safe, apparently the Mandalorian forgot about them. The Mandalorian takes Rex and Cody prisoner onto a Droid Gunship, and he and Fives decide that they can do nothing. They have no reason to meaninglessly sacrifice themselves to the CIS.

They both see that the blast has taken down a building with its shock wave, but they cannot tell the fate of the Jedi, beneath all of the rubble. All they can do is wait, as their officers are taken away by the droids.

Soon, the Wing Guard show up, but everyone is long gone, and Echo and Fives are the only ones still there, unless the Jedi are still alive.