On the bridge of the now commandeered First Light, the false, clothed Qi'ra who was really Asmodeus grinned with satisfaction. Things were going well. He thought about how all this had happened. He had travelled to Serenno looking for Imperial remnants, but instead he had found Crimson Dawn's Sacanium quarry.

Enraged by the criminals' abuse of the enslaved Wookies and the Fathiers, Asmodeus had infiltrated the base while morphed as a Fathier; one that had been shot and left to die by the cruel thugs. The Fathier had been too exhausted, starved and wounded to survive, so he had most reluctantly, but mercifully killed it to end its suffering, but not before quickly acquiring its DNA. He felt sad for the poor creature, so cruelly abused and worked to the brink of death, and he also felt guilty for using its DNA for his own purposes. But he tried to take comfort in the fact that he had given the Fathier the mercy of a quick death, and had used its DNA to help others of its kind.

After Asmodeus had infiltrated the Crimson base, he had freed the slaves and animals and then acquired the DNA of the base's supervisor, Finiren, before calling in his Hork-Bajir warriors to attack the base. He and the Hork-Bajir had killed all of the thugs and then stolen sensitive information from the base's databanks; that info included the locations of many of Crimson Dawn's other bases, and the routines and supply runs of their transport ships. With this information, Asmodeus had sent the Hork-Bajir on a widespread attack on Crimson Dawn, destroying most of their bases and ships throughout the galaxy.

When Qi'ra had recalled all of Crimson Dawn's remaining ships, Asmodeus, while morphed as Finiren and inside Finiren's stolen transport ship, had gone with them to the Geonosis system. While still morphed as Finiren, he had witnessed the holographic meeting of the Crimson Dawn leaders, and then headed out again when Qi'ra had sent her followers to search for him.

During the search for him, Asmodeus had waited for five days before contacting the tired, frustrated Qi'ra and telling her to come to the Lagoon Nebula, again while morphed as Finiren. He had told Qi'ra to come to the Nebula because he, Asmodeus, was there, and there was only one ship there. That wasn't strictly true, but he had left out exactly how massive said ship was. Then, when the Crimson Fleet had arrived, his giant flagship, The Sanctuary, had stayed cloaked and hidden until the right moment before firing on and destroying all of the Crimson ships except for Qi'ra's, which they had then pulled in and boarded.

Morphed as a Hork-Bajir, Asmodeus and his Hork-Bajir warriors had made short work of the Crimson soldiers, but when they had failed to break through the blast doors of the ship's bridge, Asmodeus had morphed into himself and then into a spider and then snuck onto the bridge through the air vent. Then, he had morphed back into himself and then into a Hork-Bajir while the thugs' backs were turned. He had easily taken out Qi'ra's henchmen before then fighting and defeating Qi'ra herself. And most importantly, when he grabbed her by her beautiful neck, he had acquired her DNA so he could morph her for his next plan. Even in his morphed female form, Asmodeus felt himself growing aroused as he remembered Qi'ra's forcible stripping and her nude body. Capturing and humiliating Qi'ra and just seeing her naked had been most enjoyable for Asmodeus, for he had found her attractive even while seeing her as a hologram.

Still in Qi'ra's form, Asmodeus walked over to the bridge's control console and began searching through it. He was good enough with computers, and while he was unfamiliar with these specific controls, he figured them out quickly enough. To his disappointment, he found that the ship's memory banks had been erased, meaning anymore useful information he could have used was lost. But, he shrugged. He had another source of valuable information now: Qi'ra herself. Not only that, but he intended to make the most of having her as his prisoner. Taking down Crimson Dawn was quite a triumph: now no animal or person would ever be hurt again because of their greed, arrogance and cruelty. But having Qi'ra; such a villainous and yet beautiful woman as his prisoner was quite the bonus!

Putting these thoughts for the time being, Asmodeus focused on his next plan. He began typing in a command for a transmission that would be sent to the planets of Nal Hutta, Oba Diah, Zygerria, and Falleen, where the leaders of the other criminal syndicates he intended to take down were based. Those syndicates were the disgusting Hutt Clan, the petty, spice-obsessed Pyke Syndicate, the vile Black Sun, and the arrogant, hypocritical Zygerrian Slaver Empire. The Hutt Clan was currently led by the Twin cousins of the late Jabba. The Pyke Syndicate was currently led by a Pyke male named Fife. Black Sun was led by a Fallen male named Ziton Moj. The Zygerrians were led by Atai Molec.

Asmodeus would not have dared to send these crime bosses a transmission on one of his own ships, but now that he had Qi'ra as a morph and was on The First Light, he could send any transmission he wanted. There was little risk of it being traced back to him.

Soon, Asmodeus thought, I will rid the galaxy of that bullying, animal-kicking criminal scum forever.

Author's note: If you wish to see how Asmodeus's next move goes, please read The Red Meeting.