Kast was the first one off of the small ship they took down to the surface. They did their best to land near where the transmission was sent, but as they looked from the ship no village could be seen.

"Alright men, keep your weapons loaded. We don't know what we're going to run into out here." Kast announced as she looked around she spotted women. "Alright men follow me and stay close."

Kast followed the women who looked similar to the ones in the transmission. The men were on edge after the two women they were following just vanished.

"Pax, what does your scanners say?" Last asked as she watched the spot where the women were.

"The two women were registered on the scanners, but now they just disappeared!" Pax reported as he put the scanner away. "Lord Feral said that his clan used Magik, maybe this one does too and this is some kind of force field."

"Alright men, keep your weapons near you. We're going to figure this out." Kast announced as she walked to where the women were with her pistol in hand. The men were slightly surprised as they watched Kast disappear. Then quickly after they followed her.

Kast looked back as her men appeared on the other side before they all walked closer to the village the had appeared after they walked through the invisible barrier. The old female from the transmission approached them as soon as they entered the large village.

"You must be Rell." Kast announced and the old women nodded. "I am Kast and these are my men. We brought as much medicine as we could spare."

Cor walked up next to Kast and held the bag of medicine out to the Singing Mountian sister. "We would have brought more, but we are also running low on supplies."

"My entire Clan thanks you all for this sacrifice." Rell replied with a smile as she took the bag from Cor. "Come, are you all hungry? We have some food to spare."

"No, we are fine." Kast started before one of the men interrupted her.

"Yeah! I would love some food!"
Kast glared and looked behind her to see that it was the youngest member of their group, Hutor.

"I guess we can stay for a bit. I just need to contact our ship." Kast tried to contact the ship, but no one was answering.

"You won't be able to contact anyone outside of the barrier, you will have to step out to contact them." Rell commented with an eerie calmness to her voice.

"Alright men, we'll stay here for a bit and eat then we are heading back. I'll join you all after I report this to the ship." Kast announced to her men before they all spilt up. Kast ventured back the way she came from and after a while she left the barrier.

"Hiots. Come in Hiots." Kast spoke into her comm link and all she received back was static before a voice came in.

"Kast! You're back! We have a problem!" The other Mandalorian reported back. "We've received a transmission from someone calling himself Fulcrum. He reported that the Empire has captured Lord Maul, Feral and the Duchess."

"What?!" Kast was shocked by the announcement.

"Lord Maul and Feral have been severely injured and are in desperate need for Dathomirian blood. Fulcrum also reported that the Empire have sent a ship to find someone with the correct blood as them." The other Mandalorian continued

"Are you sure this isn't a ruse of some kind?" Kast asked even though she doubted anyone would come up with a plan like this she had to ask.

"We doubt it was a ruse, ma'am. Although we were unable to respond to this Fulcrum before our transmission was cut off." The other Mandalorian reported his voice sounded slightly shaken.

"Alright then Hiots. If you see this incoming ship on our radar before we return, I want you to stay on the other side of the planet from the until I give you the next set of orders." Kast ordered before quickly ending her conversation and walking quickly back to the village to warn her team.

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Hiots and the others on the ship waited a long time for the Imperial ship to appear. They tried to quickly maneuver away from the Imperial ship until it started firing at them.

"Kast!" Hiots shouted into the ship's comm. "Kast! Damn it, come in Kast!"

"Sir! The ship can't take much more damage!" Another Mandalorian shouted at Hiots before the firing went quiet.

"Zoerk, what's happening out their?" Hiots asked him quietly.

"They've stopped firing sir... they're coming closer! I think they're trying to board our ship!" Zoerk replied with panic in his voice.

"Someone put us into hyperdrive and do it fast!" Hiots shouted until the ship shook as the larger ship connected with theirs.

"Kast! Are you there Kast?!" Hiots shouted uselessly into the ship's comm.

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Thrawn walked up onto the bridge of the ship that he fired upon moments ago. He had left the ship crippled, unable to make the jump into hyperspace and unable to go high speeds through space. He couldn't help but wonder why a Mandalorian ship would be over Dathomir. Then again he had also wondered why the Duchess Satine was with the Rebels he had been hunting.

He watched as his Death Troopers pointed their guns at the Mandalorians commanding the ship and as they stepped away from their controls.

"Anyone mind telling me why there is a Mandalorian ship over a planet that has no life on it?" Thrawn asked playing dumb with the Mandalorians.

"Staying away from the likes of you!" One of the Mandalorians hissed at Thrawn.

"Oh? Then why not just land on the planet and hide there? Why stay up in space like this? Your people are supposed to warriors and survivors. Living like this, is pathetic." Thrawn commented as he continued, "So tell me are you all still loyal to your old duchess or are you all rogues now,"

"What are you talking about? The Duchess has been dead. Don't you remember, Maul killed her." Hiots began talking

"Oh? So you all are rogues. Well then, I'll give you all an opportunity." Thrawn started as the other Mandalorians looked at each other. A couple had looked at Hiots when he mentioned that Maul had killed their duchess, which indicated that they knew that Hiots was lying. "Tell me the truth now about your Duchess and Maul and their status as allies now and I won't kill everyone on this ship."

"He is telling the truth!" Zoerk spoke up out of panic and Thrawn looked at one of his death troopers and the trooper nodded and shot Zoerk in the head.

"As much as I would love to just stay here and chat, I must be on my way down to the planet." Thrawn started on his way to the door then looked at the death trooper he previously looked at. "Pull as much information as you can from everyone before I return." Then he turned back and started to head to the smaller Mandalorian ships and he had spotted that one was missing. It was just as he thought. They had received the same transmission as well.