Boss's eyes began to water. Through his stinging tears, he saw one of the troopers stamp out the smouldering remains of the canteen. He gave a sigh as he wiped the smoke out of his eyes. Delta squad had organized a BBQ to celebrate the 3 month anniversary onboard the prosecutor which judging by the ashened walls didn't go so well. All the party attendants had been accounted for and checked out for smoke installation but the canteen had been rendered out of commission. Boss felt really bad, partly for endangering both his squadmates and the ship…but also because Captain Martz had been chewing him out for the past 15 minutes.

"I mean it's dangerous enough out there without setting fire to the ship! Rule 99: D-"

"Don't set fire to the ship?" Boss guessed.

"Don't set fir- exactly!"

"Well, in fairness, ma'am, there was no real harm done." Martz looked around the blackened canteen in disbelief. Boss quickly continued. "All damage to the ship was minor, we managed to extinguish the fire quickly and nobody was seriously hurt-"

Martz interrupted Boss before he could prolong his excuses. "How's this going to look when the Jedi republic liaison arrives tomorrow?"

"Is he… Or she?"

"He. General Agen Kolar from the high council. Waste of time if you ask me. Standing around, nodding, pointing, pretending to laugh at his stupid jokes, CEA."

"CEA?"

"Constantly Explaining Acronyms."

"Ah."

"And did I mention, you'll be looking after him? Martz added.

"What?" Boss responded in surprise.

"As a favour to me. Since this whole fire incident has really brought us together."

"No, but... ma'am, I do have-"

"Yes, yes, if command assign you a mission you must go, but otherwise you're in charge of keeping the crazy old wizard out of harm's way. And more importantly, out of my way!"

"Yes ma'am."

"Do that and I might overlook this gigantic flaming mess. And if anything else goes wrong, I will personally kick you off my ship and send you back to Kamino! Carry on."

Martz marched out of the burnt-out canteen. As soon as she left, Sev, Fixer and 42 approached Boss who was clearly troubled from Martz's threat. Sev tried to comfort him.

"Do you want my Twi'lek kebab, Boss?" he offered awkwardly.

"Yes, I do." Boss grabbed the stick and took a large bite without thinking. "Ah! Hot! Hot, hot!"

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Author notes:

If anyone is confused about the dates, I wrote this fanfic after 'Man's Best Friend' and released it as the 4th one in the series. After completing 'The Final Day' I realized that it works a lot better as the 3rd in the series for reasons made clear in the series finale.

Agen Kolar is a high council member with dark skin and horns atop his head. You may know him as the first jedi killed in the Duel in Palpatine's office.