The [i]Rancor's Den[/i] jumps out of hypersapce in the Nanth'ri system, near an asteroid belt. There is a sizable Republic presence in the system, with nearly a dozen Valor-class cruisers orbiting the planet Nanth'ri and scouting the boarder of the asteroid belt.

[center][h2] HJ Twilight [/h2][/center]

Flips a few switches on the cockpit overhead, double checking that all systems were green. If I was going to take this clunky ship into a battle, I needed to make sure it could stand up against a few hits. I quickly check the camera feed to the holding cell in the ships belly, in which Huntress is currently sleeping. I didn't feel good about bringing her into this. There wouldn't be a whole lot of space for her to move around the tight hallways of Foundry, but maybe she could prove as a distraction if I let her loose on an assembly line, or maybe she could guard the hanger so no one tries to blow up the ship while we're away.

I look towards the asteroids in the distance. One of the larger ones had to be the Foundry. Next to me sits Hank, grandpa's HK droid. Without looking at him, I say, "Open a channel to Darth Imperious' flagship. Tell her we're in position." Speaking those words felt weird. The Sith had agreed to help assault the Foundry and take the Sith Hunter droids offline. Hank and I would lead a small infiltration team while her fleet keeps the Republic ships busy. If all went right, this wouldn't take long at all. But if all went wrong, as it usually does, I expected we all had a long day ahead of us.