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| Or Die Trying |
| SHORT STORY (2004) |
| Sean Williams and Shane
Dix |
| Paizo Publishing |
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Synopsis:
Jaina Solo is tasked with locating the manufacturer's of
the Human Replica Droids that ex-Bakuran Prime Minister
Cundertol had used to entech his own mind. Her only
clues are the letters ODT and the name of a planet -
Onadax. Travelling undercover, she successfully
infiltrates a factory on Onadax and is shocked when her
arrival is actually welcomed by the male humanoid in
charge. Jaina realises that the man is not
"alive", but is another HRD similar to
Cundertol.
The droid introduces himself as Stanton and is not
surprised to learn of Jaina's real name - he claims his
brother attended the Imperial Academy at the same time
as her father: his brother is Dash Rendar! The hired
smuggler charged with helping her mother rescue her
father from Boba Fett after he was encased in carbonite.
But Dash had died killing Prince Xixor, the chief of the
criminal Black Sun Organisation more than twenty years
ago. Now it seems, Dash was still alive but living as an
HRD. Stanton also reveals that the HRD production and
technique had been perfected with the help of one of
Xixor's ex-assassins - Guri. Apparantly Guri had her
original programming deleted and was now living as
normal a life as is possible.
Stanton tries to convince Jaina of the benefit's of HRD
entechment but this turns out to be a time-wasting ploy
as his factory is secretly evacuated. Stanton escapes
after sending battle droids against Jaina and setting a
five-minute fuse on the factory's self-destruct. Jaina
quickly dispatches the droids and excapes just in time
as the factory explodes.
Her mission is a success, the HRD factory has been
destroyed even though its owner and the technology have
escaped - but Jaina now has both a name and a face to
the HRD production. |
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Chronology:
This story occurs approximately 28 years after the
Battle of Yavin, just after the events of Force
Heretic II: Refugee. |
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chronological order):
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