Two months later, Above Felucia

San'her was looking through some of the reports that Sapphire Force had turned in. The team now only consisted of Tana, now their pilot, Lucir, their demolitions expert, K'can, their computer expert, and Rann himself, promoted to Staff Sergeant.

"There's an inconsistency in your report, Sergeant" San'her looked up from the datapad.

"There is?" Rann leaned forth to look at the datapad.

San'her nodded and highlighted a sentence, "The report says that the planet looked like it was uninhabitable? Yet you designated it as a T2?"

"The planet looked like a gas giant, but computer scans said it was T2. Trust me, it wouldn't be of any use to us. It's not like it'll bring Kana or Sergeant Rert back, right?" Rann leaned back in the chair.

Nodding, the Colonel put down the datapad, "It's amazing you made it out alive though. Three encounters with the Collapse, and only once you lost someone. You even managed to retrieve a holocron"

Getting up from his chair, Rann shrugged and put on his coat, "Luck, i guess? When will the program be ready, Colonel?"

"Meet me before dawn tomorrow. We'll test it on a Collapse ship. For the first time, we'll actually enlist the aid of a Jedi Master, Sergeant"

--

As the sun appeared in the horizon, Rann and Lucir were getting ready while K'can and Tana had already left for the meeting.

"So, who do you think it'll be, Rann?" Lucir put on his vest and loaded his carbine.

Shrugging, Rann looked up from his locker, "Maybe one of the young ones? The Jedi Order is rather busy right now. Last time my family worked with a Jedi was a generation ago. I believe his name was Jer'hei"

Leaving the barracks, the two noticed that another team had met up for the briefing too. Field Officer Jaema, General Latosh, and even Senator Erovil had met up.

Lucir noticed Tana was keeping a distance from her sister, "Hey, Rann, mind if i just... Ask what's up with her?"

"Amanda called Tana the black sheep of the Erovil family. Just because she prefers being in the military rather than the Senate. I can't blame her. I don't like Senators", Rann explained.

They were both interrupted by San'her calling attention to himself, "As you may know, we're about to launch an attack on the Kultrian Collapse cruiser, An'har. It's heavily armed, and we cannot risk a full scale assault, so we're sending you. The best of Sapphire Force", he paused to get the reaction from the crowd.

"General Latosh will be commanding the second strike team from the ground, while Field Officer Jaema will be your intelligence for this mission. Senator Erovil will pose as a negotiator, distracting the captain", once more San'her paused.

Rann and Lucir noticed a man in a hood behind San'her.

"The second strike team will be led by Kyle Katarn. I expect nothing more than the best from you, Sergeant", Rann was shocked as San'her turned his attention to him.

As the teams began to board their strike ships, Rann noticed the hooded man speaking to San'her. But before he could look further, Lucir pushed him into the ship.

--

The ships uncloaked behind the Senator's ship, swiftly going under the ships scanners and extending their ramps to the airlocks. Rann's team moved first into the vents, while Katarn's team took through the halls.

Lucir grabbed Rann's arm, "Sir, listen to this". He flicked a switch on his wristband, and a transmission played.

"Fancitti, i'm telling you, they'll find out sooner or later. We cannot keep this on hold for much longer. What..? Yes. That is correct. But i'm sure we'll be able to find some way to compensate for that. Please, give me one more hour"

"Fancitti? That can't be..." Rann stared at Lucir, "Even if he survived, he'd have died of old age by now!"

Lucir shook his head, "It's true. I picked up his ID, and it seems he's not growing any older. Well, actually it's a she..."

Taking his wristband, Rann stared at the picture, "I should have expected..."

Rann dropped the wristband with the picture of Shelit and began moving forward towards the bridge.