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Synopsis:
Toryn Farr is the last Rebel to escape Echo Base,
flying out on the Gallofree transport Bright Hope
with hundreds of wounded (including her sister Samoc).
At which point Zuckuss and 4-LOM arrive with their ship Mist
Hunter at the battle, having been hired by Vader
(they need the money to get Zuckuss cloned lungs). The
two bounty hunters chase the Bright Hope and
disable it, then joins the rendezvous outside the
asteroid belt. Zuckuss guesses the Rebels will be
heading outside of the galaxy, while his droid 4-LOM
decides to try using intuition itself. They want to
infiltrate the Rebellion - and the best way to do that,
they decide, would be to get the Bright Hope’s
survivors to them. On that ruined ship, Toryn struggles
with which 18 of the 108 survivors will try to reach
Hoth via escape pod. The pods make it, and Farr waits
aboard for the inevitable Imperial attack. The Mist
Hunter gets there first. Zuckuss will only take 26
Rebels, the ones with the highest price on their heads;
Farr wants to take them all. Furious, 4-LOM takes Farr
and a few Rebels hostage. However, Zuckuss talks their
way out of trouble and picks up 90 to take to Darlyn
Boda. In return for their help, 2-1B offers Zuckuss a
chance to regenerate his lungs, healing his old injury.
After stopping at Darlyn Boda (where 4-LOM buys a jewel
that could help heal Zuckuss), they make their way to
the Rebel rendezvous at the galactic rim. 4-LOM decides,
to stop the Empire coming after them, to take Luke and
Leia prisoner. Zuckuss, to his surprise, refuses to go
along. They later attend Toryn Farr’s promotion to
commander. Over the next few days, the Mist Hunter
is refitted, as the two bounty hunters become full-time
Rebels. Zuckuss is now fully healed, and 4-LOM does seem
to be getting better at intuition. |