The Kuat star system was home to the galaxy's finest shipyards. Naturally they were under imperial control. The shipyards orbited around the primary planet of the Kuat system, which was named Kuat as well. Leda looked at the massive shipyards in awe. "So this is the place they built the Executor? I can see why the empire would value it so much."

After docking, Leda and Xieb boarded the station, leaving Storsek to watch the ship and Lull. Leda cast a wary eye at Xieb. "Are you sure it's safe to leave our bounty with Storsek? He might get hungry."

"Trandoshans aren't like that. They won't kill and eat someone if they can get money for them instead" Xieb replied.

"Nice to know they distinguish."

After boarding the station, they recognized the human wearing the light brown work suit. Xieb reached out his hand to shake. "Greetings Fenald. We came to visit with your employer."

Not taking Xieb's hand, Fenald turned and began to walk away. "Then you should follow me."

Following Fenald through the large station orbiting high above the planet Kuat, they eventually came to a large office where Fenald showed them in, then left.

Standing at a large window was a medium sized human with a young appearance. "Hello, my friends. I am Kuat of Kuat. I'm glad to see you decided to accept my little invitation."

"Well, we haven't accepted it yet," Xieb began, "we're here to hear how much this arrangement would be worth to us."

Kuat's face cracked in a smile. "A sensible precaution my friends. I know that the empire is offering you seventy-five thousand credits for the data rod. I say, take the money. I can open the rod, copy the information inside, and close it up again without any evidence to the copy. I will pay you one-hundred credits for the information inside and let you take the original back to the empire for your fee."

That added up to a large amount of money. Xieb thought of all that could be done with that money. Then he thought of how many people were willing to pay through the nose for it. "We only want fifty-thousand credits." Leda began making choking noises. "We also want a copy of the data rod for ourselves." Leda seemed to think about that for a moment, and then stopped with the choking.

"That sounds like a reasonable arrangement. I'm sure you realize the dangers of carrying around a copy of the data rod with you. If it were found, the empire would know that you had opened the rod. It could be very bad for you."

"We'll take our chances." Xieb was sure this would be worth it.

As Kuat opened the file to see what it contained, holographic plans formed in mid air, plans of a new transport type ship. Heavily armored and armed, the ship could be piloted by one being, with the majority of the weapons being computer controlled. There was one dorsal quad cannon and one ventral. There were also two quad cannons and two torpedo launchers mounted around the cockpit, which was centered in the front of the ship. Kuat studied the plans for a while. "I've never seen anything like this before."

Xieb took one look at the ship hovering in between them all. "I have. That's Gunn's ship. How did he get a ship before the Empire was even done with the designs? That doesn't make sense."

After Kuat had made the copies and paid them the money, they returned to the shuttle and blasted off. While Xieb set a course for Duros, Storsek explained how he thought the ranat and Zeanna were getting along very well. The ranat had already expressed the desire to go with Zeanna to her home world.

Arriving on Duros, Storsek handed Lull over to the imperial troopers while Leda and Xieb handled the money. Only a short time later, they were returning the shuttle and paying the exorbitant fees that are usually associated with renting a shuttle from Duros. They soon bought passage on a liner back to Corellia.

Storsek was again upset at the accommodations. "Why didn't we just take the shuttle back to Corellia. I know we couldn't have kept it, but at least it would have been faster than this!"

Leda looked at him, tired of explaining this for the millionth time. "It was just still cheaper to pay for passage on this liner than to rent the shuttle for another trip. The only reason we ever rented that shuttle was because we were transporting a prisoner, which would have been difficult to do on this liner. Now shut up and go take a nap or something."

After arriving on Corellia, they escorted Zeanna to meet with Seniel. The two sisters looked like they were happier than ever before. "Oh, thank you kind beings" Seniel repeated over and over. "Please, take the ship," she said handing over the code key. "It's over in hanger 138 in Coronet proper. Thank you so much for your help. I had given up hope."

Walking down the street to be picked up by transport, Xieb cast a sidelong glance at Storsek. "Now that wasn't so bad, was it? Admit it. It actually feels good to know that you helped one small, insignificant, seemingly unimportant life, doesn't it."

"No, it was a complete waste of time." But, Xieb noticed, Storsek didn't sound at all convinced.

"Well," Leda said, "let's go pick up our heap of a ship."