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p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Palatino;"span style="font-family: Palatino-Roman;" A light rain fell over the jungle as Rey emerged from the /spanspan style="font-style: italic;"Millennium Falcon/spanspan style="font-family: Palatino-Roman;". She pulled her hood over her head to cover her hair, leaving her face just uncovered enough to feel the rain on her skin. If she had known about days like this while she had lived on Jakku, she would have spent every last day longing for one. Pooja Naberrie seemed to be waiting for her near the entrance of the base, an ornate cloak pulled over her graying hair. /span/p
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p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Palatino;"span style="font-family: Palatino-Roman;"The older woman took Rey's hands warmly. "I had hoped that we might have time to talk." /span/p
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p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Palatino;"span style="font-family: Palatino-Roman;"Rey nodded and the women linked arms and set off on a walk. /span/p
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p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Palatino;"span style="font-family: Palatino-Roman;""You're going to love Naboo," Pooja told her, a kind smile on her face. "I'm curious, though; what does our Master Jedi have planned after this? You'll help the New Republic get back in order and then?"/span/p
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p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Palatino;"span style="font-family: Palatino-Roman;"Rey hesitated. "I haven't thought that much about it. I suppose I'll teach those that I can, though I'm still learning, myself. I don't know that I'd call myself 'Master Jedi' just yet. I don't know that the title truly exists anymore, either."/span/p
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p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Palatino;"span style="font-family: Palatino-Roman;""If anyone in the galaxy is deserving of the title, it is you, my dear," Pooja replied earnestly. "There have been so many rumors about you and your abilities. It's a relief to know now that you are not the myth you seemed to be. Myths can give us hope, but people can bring change."/span/p
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p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Palatino;"span style="font-family: Palatino-Roman;""Having hope is what led to everything that's happened so far; it can't be underestimated," Rey replied. /span/p
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p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Palatino;"span style="font-family: Palatino-Roman;"Pooja nodded knowingly. They were a ways away from the base, meandering along sodden paths that Rey had traced many times with Leia while she trained. /span/p
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p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Palatino;"span style="font-family: Palatino-Roman;""I'm leaving behind a lot of fond memories of Leia here when we depart," Rey said wistfully. "I trained briefly with Luke, but it was here that Leia completed my training."/span/p
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p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Palatino;"span style="font-family: Palatino-Roman;""I can't imagine a better place to learn the ways of the Force than out here connected with so much life. Were you and my cousin very close? I never got to spend much time with her," Pooja asked. /span/p
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p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Palatino;"span style="font-family: Palatino-Roman;"Rey smiled. "She was like a mother to me. I only briefly knew my own and Leia set aside any reservations there might have been about where I come from to take me on as her apprentice. I'm grateful for what she taught me and the bond that we had. She always knew what I was thinking before I said it. I'd like to say it was from the Force, but I'm sure now that it was just her intuition."/span/p
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p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Palatino;"span style="font-family: Palatino-Roman;"Pooja's eyes became slightly sad as she reached over and touched a loose lock of Rey's brown hair. "I've been wondering why it was that you chose this style."/span/p
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p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Palatino;"span style="font-family: Palatino-Roman;"No one had ever asked Rey that before and she froze for a second before answering. /span/p
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p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Palatino;"span style="font-family: Palatino-Roman;""My hair has always been this way. I think my mother must have been the one who did it at first. When I was left on Jakku I was taken in by some older women among the scavenger community. One of them taught me how to copy the style as I grew a little older. That, and the promise that they'd come back for me, were the only things that I had to remember my parents by." She answered, speaking slowly while her voice quivered slightly. /span/p
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p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Palatino;"span style="font-family: Palatino-Roman;"The older woman smiled. "It's beautiful. I ask because, while I'm not sure where you are from, nor your family, your hairstyle is undoubtedly from Naboo."/span/p
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p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Palatino;"span style="font-family: Palatino-Roman;"Rey nodded, a pained expression on her face. "My grandfather was from Naboo. It only makes sense that my parents came from there, too."/span/p
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p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Palatino;"span style="font-family: Palatino-Roman;""I'm sorry that I've upset you, my dear."/span/p
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p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Palatino;"span style="font-family: Palatino-Roman;"Rey turned to Pooja. "It's all right. Much of my history was unknown until recently and what I do know now is less than pleasant. I thought I'd be glad to have some form of connection, but I'd rather be myself. I cast aside my family name to carry on that of the Skywalker family, instead. Their legacy deserves to live on." /span/p
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p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Palatino;"span style="font-family: Palatino-Roman;""That it does," Pooja replied. "You're remarkably strong. Thank you for all that you've done for this galaxy, Rey, truly. Its people will forever be in your debt."/span/p
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p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Palatino;"span style="font-family: Palatino-Roman;"Rey knew that she could use this to her advantage in setting off on her own course someday, but she did not feel like anyone should be indebted to her. She would trade every one of those debts from the Core worlds to Wild Space to have Ben Solo back with her. Perhaps she wasn't as strong as she was being given credit for. /span/p
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p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Palatino;"span style="font-family: Palatino-Roman;"She smiled kindly at the older woman. "The galaxy deserved to be free. I gave them no more than what they already deserved." /span/p
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p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Palatino;"span style="font-family: Palatino-Roman;"Rey and Pooja rejoined their parties a short while later, their outerwear dripping as they stepped into the conference room. They removed their jackets and handed them to a protocol droid to have them tucked away. Poe and the others and gathered around a table in the center of the room that projected a bright green light above its surface. The holotable showed a map of the galaxy with a route plotted out from Ajan Kloss to Naboo. /span/p
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p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Palatino;"span style="font-family: Palatino-Roman;"She listened as Connix told them that allies had declared the journey through those hyperspace lanes to be safe and free of any First Order interference. She wondered then how many of their forces were out there in the galaxy still unknowing of their leader's fall and the organization's end. Rey had met just a few stragglers on Tatooine but was sure that there must be others. She doubted that all of them would be as willing to surrender and align themselves with the Republic as the ones she had met in the market had been. /span/p
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p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Palatino;"span style="font-family: Palatino-Roman;""Theed is our capital city," Pooja told those gathered. "Just on the outskirts is a lakeside villa that has been in my family for generations. It is a large estate with an expansive docking bay that was installed when my aunt served in the Senate."/span/p
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p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Palatino;"span style="font-family: Palatino-Roman;"The star charts on the holotable were quickly replaced by blueprints of the complex. Poe ran his fingers through his wavy curls and took stock of the estate. /span/p
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p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Palatino;"span style="font-family: Palatino-Roman;""How many do you figure it can accommodate?" He asked./span/p
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p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Palatino;"span style="font-family: Palatino-Roman;""From what I've seen so far of your numbers, I believe we would have enough room for anyone who cared to make the trip," Pooja replied./span/p
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p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Palatino;"span style="font-family: Palatino-Roman;"He nodded. "This will work. We won't all be going, not at first. Let's lay some groundwork and then bring the rest of the crew over in a cycle or two. By then, I'm sure we might have moved some of our people to other locations if we manage to find something more permanent."/span/p
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p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Palatino;"span style="font-family: Palatino-Roman;"Lando broke his uncharacteristic silence. "We need a team to start prepping everything for the move. Inventory, crew logs, travel plans - all of it."/span/p
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p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Palatino;"span style="font-family: Palatino-Roman;""I'll handle maintenance and ship movements," Rose volunteered. /span/p
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p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Palatino;"span style="font-family: Palatino-Roman;""Thank you, Rose," Poe nodded in her direction. "Zorii, can you handle packing and inventory? BB-8 and Threepio can help you with tracking everything." /span/p
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p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Palatino;"span style="font-family: Palatino-Roman;"Zorii Bliss nodded her approval and gave Poe the smallest of salutes. /span/p
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p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Palatino;"span style="font-family: Palatino-Roman;""Jannah, Finn, you two are going to be in charge of compiling the First Order records we have so far." Poe pointed to them. "Rey," /span/p
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p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Palatino;"span style="font-family: Palatino-Roman;"He paused, settling on her face. What was /spanspan style="font-style: italic;"there/spanspan style="font-family: Palatino-Roman;" that they needed a Jedi for in a simple relocation mission? /span/p
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p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Palatino;"span style="font-family: Palatino-Roman;""I'll help Rose ready the fleet," she offered with a smile./span/p
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p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Palatino;"span style="font-family: Palatino-Roman;"Poe signaled his approval. "Yeah, that'd be great. Make sure any repairs that have been pushed off get done. We want everything in top shape before we travel halfway across the galaxy. General Calrissian, I'm putting you in charge. Everyone is going to report back daily with their progress. Connix will assist you and be your muscle if anyone starts to lose momentum." /span/p
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p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Palatino;"span style="font-family: Palatino-Roman;"He said the last words with a wink. He assigned Lt. Connix to Lando knowing that Lando might be the one to not follow through with missions; he also knew that as a businessman and a smuggler, Lando could keep track of movements like no one else, so long as he was not distracted./span/p
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p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Palatino;"span style="font-family: Palatino-Roman;""I think that will be all for the time being. Lady Naberrie, I will disperse the star charts that you've provided to our pilots and we'll see you in Theed." Poe announced to their guest and those gathered, permitting them to leave. /span/p
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p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Palatino;"span style="font-style: italic;"They don't need you, /spanspan style="font-family: Palatino-Roman;"a voice broke through the thoughts in Rey's mind as she walked alone towards the maintenance bay. /span/p
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p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Palatino;"span style="font-style: italic;"This work is beneath you, /spanspan style="font-family: Palatino-Roman;"it continued. /spanspan style="font-style: italic;"You are a Jedi - you can be doing infinitely more than tightening bolts and preparing crews. /span/p
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p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Palatino;"span style="font-family: Palatino-Roman;"Rey squeezed her eyes shut until she saw stars forming behind her eyelids. She shook her head. No, she told herself. I'm no more important than anyone else in the Resistance. We all have our roles to play. I'm not leaving them./span/p
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p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Palatino;"span style="font-family: Palatino-Roman;"Her thoughts were interrupted as Rose reached out and touched her forearm. The other woman had a kind smile on her face and, as always, they were both genuinely happy to see each other. Rose was the kind of friend that Rey had wished for during her childhood. /span/p
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p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Palatino;"span style="font-family: Palatino-Roman;""I'm glad I've got you on my crew," Rose told her. "I wasn't sure if you'd take me up on the offer after your incident." /span/p
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p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Palatino;"span style="font-family: Palatino-Roman;""Have you ever been to Naboo?" Rose asked. /span/p
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p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Palatino;"span style="font-family: Palatino-Roman;"Rey shook her head. "No, not yet. I'm eager to see another green place, though. I've read up on it some and it looks lovely."/span/p
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p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Palatino;"span style="font-family: Palatino-Roman;""You grew up in a desert and I grew up in ice and snow. Coming from such extreme environments, it's nice to explore planets with normal climates." Rose laughed. /span/p
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p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Palatino;"span style="font-family: Palatino-Roman;""I'm sorry that I don't know more about your world. Do you think that Hays Minor will be able to recover from what the First Order did there?" Rey asked, solemnly./span/p
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p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Palatino;"span style="font-family: Palatino-Roman;"Rose shrugged. "I want to say yes, but I don't know. If it can, it will take a long time. Our mines were mainly stripped by the FO, so most of our income would be lost if we were to reinhabit the planet." Her voice became angry then, "the whole Otomok system suffered so much under their occupation. I don't think I could ever forgive anyone who willingly chose that side. It's one thing to have been taken and forged into a Stormtrooper, but the officers? They had choices."/span/p
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p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Palatino;"span style="font-family: Palatino-Roman;"Jannah's fingers hammered away at the holotable's keypad. She had a small holo open projecting a list of planets; planets that they had discovered had been targeted by the First Order in their early years, planets that had been pilfered for resources and children who could be turned into soldiers. /span/p
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p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Palatino;"span style="font-family: Palatino-Roman;"She had been one of those children, as had Finn and the newest arrivals to Ajan Kloss. The Stormtroopers that Rey had brought back with her from Tatooine were still in possession of valid First Order security codes. While nearly all of their bases and ships had fallen, there was still a possibility that their information network could be tapped into using those codes. /span/p
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p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Palatino;"span style="font-family: Palatino-Roman;"Their gamble had paid off, resulting in the list that she had before her now. The work now was in cross-referencing First Order personnel files with the traits found among the human species on each of those planets. The galaxy could be quite a diverse place, but there were still various traits that were more common in some places than in others. /span/p
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p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Palatino;"span style="font-family: Palatino-Roman;""Kriff! I don't understand this," she exclaimed, swiping some of her loose curls out of her face. "With this sample, I should at least be able to narrow down what system I'm from." /span/p
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p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Palatino;"span style="font-family: Palatino-Roman;""Perhaps it's inconclusive because your family had relocated? It's possible that you don't have a match with any on this list because you didn't originate from any of these systems." Kata reasoned. /span/p
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p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Palatino;"span style="font-family: Palatino-Roman;""I suppose," Jannah replied. "What next? Broaden the search? Try other systems?" /span/p
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p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Palatino;"span style="font-family: Palatino-Roman;""I'll run it again with different filters. Let's see what we get." She agreed. /span/p
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p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Palatino;"span style="font-family: Palatino-Roman;""Nah, just me getting a headache," Jannah told him, her expression one of exasperation. /span/p
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p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; font-family: Palatino;"span style="font-family: Palatino-Roman;"The two former Stormtroopers joined her to see the data that she had discovered. A shortlist of systems appeared before them; none coinciding with where the First Order had been known for decimating populations./span/p
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