Chapter 3: Analysis
Ezra's P.O.V
Right now, we were all eating dinner in the common area, having an analysis according to what clues we found from the investigation so far, and we also planned to assign night watch duty to people later tonight. Sabine talked about her clues with us, which were some things that I already knew about, being the note for example, and she still stuck to her theory about a rouge rebel, now possibly a Mandalorian.
"Did you find anything else, Sabine?" I asked. "Yes I did, Ezra. In fact, I have it on me still." Sabine answered. She pulled out a toxic dart, and laid it on the table. "A dart?" I questioned. "A Mandalorian toxic dart." Sabine said. "Just judging from this, I think that our murderer used it to make a quick and quiet kill without any more bloody methods." she added. "That reminds me: did you find out where that dart came from?" Hera asked.
"Yes I did." Sabine answered. "According to Ketsu, who I asked to help us due to her being near the location of where that dart came from, she said that the dart was purchased by a buyer at a black market hub on Mandalore." "Did she find anything else?" I asked. "She said that when she met face to face with the dealer who sold the murderer the dart, the dealer gave her a description of the buyer, as well as his signature in initials on the list of buyers, but a picture of him wasn't found." Sabine responded.
"I have a bit of a description of him according to a phoenix pilot who Kanan and I questioned earlier." I said. "Come across anything?" Sabine asked. "Nothing much. All that he knew was that his friend, who found Doc's body, saw a guy, a human male who stood at a height of 5 feet and 11 inches, who had a Mandalorian patch worn on his uniform, come to Doc's A-wing before he was murdered." I answered. "What else did this pilot say?" Sabine inquired. "He did give the first name of the pilot with the Mando patch." Kanan answered. "Njuck is his name." "That letter of his name, N, was the first letter of the initials that Ketsu sent us, and those bits of description that you mentioned earlier, Ezra, were included as well." Sabine said. "What else was said in the description of Njuck?" Kanan asked. "For starters, it did say that the second letter of his initials was a V." Sabine said. "V as in Vizsla?" Zeb asked. "Yup. And if this is a Vizsla that we're dealing with here, then we got a bigger problem." Sabine said.
"How is a Vizsla a big problem exactly?" I asked. "For generations, the Vizslas were all extremely powerful in the history of Mandalore. They've been around since the fall of the Old Republic, if not, longer. They have been involved in multiple things like Death Watch, killings of some jedi in the past, and the dark saber, an ancient jedi relic, was even in the possession of a Vizsla during the Clone Wars from what I know. And trust me,guys, being a member of Clan Wren and House Vizsla, the Vizslas are not to be crossed. And it's a problem if this rouge rebel is a Vizsla." Sabine informed us.
"Switching topics here, what else did it say in our guy's description?" Kanan asked. "Other than his species and height," Sabine said. "It did say that he had a skin tone that is similar to that of yours, Kanan, and that he had a dark black Mandalorian helmet concealing his face. He also wore a Mandalorian patch on his shoulders." "How do we know about the skin tone if his face was covered though?" Zeb asked. "He wore finger less gloves, which showed his skin obviously."Sabine answered.
"And about that patch you mentioned, that pilot that we talked to earlier mentioned that he saw a pilot with a Mandalorian patch as I've mentioned earlier. Could it be that same one?" I asked. "I don't know if it is that same one, but it seems like it. Did you ever see this pilot with his patch on in person?" Sabine asked. "No. I just know of that patch that Njuck possibly wore on his shoulders at the black market, and that he wore a patch on his uniform here possibly." I answered. "But I think I came across a theory." I said.
Everybody looked at me, waiting to here it. "So, if we piece together all the pieces of the puzzle as of now, I think I came across something." I explained. "If Njuck is the rouge rebel that Sabine thinks he is, then there's already enough evidence right now that proves that he could be a rouge, and our man. If you take a look at the note, it clearly mentioned that he and Doc were both rebel sympathizers when they both fled Mandalore years ago, and that Njuck was once a proud imperial citizen on Mandalore. It also mentioned that Njuck clearly had to do what he had to do because he returned to his own ways after believing that this was a lost cause. So, if Njuck clearly took the kill, then it means that he's gone rouge at this point." I theorized. "It also means that Njuck could be our man potentially." I added.
"I agree with you on this point, Ezra." Sabine said. "But like I said when you, Kanan, and I were checking the A-wing for clues: we should wait to see if Njuck strikes again. If he does, and we find more clues showing that it was him, he would have practically opened up the curtain pretty much." "But we would have to be up if he does strike again. Besides, he could strike late at night possibly." Zeb said.
"Sabine and Zeb are both right, we should do night watch duties tonight to see if Sabine's second theory is true. Besides, Sato approved of it earlier after all." Kanan said. "So who's on night watch then?" Hera asked. Kanan didn't say anything. He could have been thinking about who to send on night watch tonight. "Ezra, Sabine, you two are on night watch tonight." Kanan said. "What time do we have be on duty by?" Sabine asked. "I would say probably after we go to sleep, but I would also check with Sato or Rex to see what time would be good." Kanan said.
And we did. Sabine and I went to see Rex, who was standing outside on the base grounds. We informed him of our night watch tonight to see if Njuck struck again, and the clone told us that around 22:00 to 23:00 would be a good time, or when the crew went to sleep. We thanked him for informing us, and headed back to the ship to catch R and R before the night shift.
