urry was in trouble and Indeera knew it. The Wookiee just wasn’t centered enough to scrape the scav droids from his Vector’s skin as Nib had so ably demonstrated moments before. She reached out to calm him, but instead felt a warning from the Force. Lights were flashing on the back of each and every droid.

“Burryaga,” Indeera shouted, realizing in an instant what the commander of the dreadnaught had planned. “Push them away! Do it now!”

The urgency in her voice was the focus Burry needed. He pushed out with the Force, sending the droids spinning, but it was already too late. The scavengers exploded as one, the blast buffeting Burryaga’s Vector. Anyone else could be forgiven for thinking that the sudden destruction had been caused by Burry’s actions, but Indeera knew better. The Nihil commander had activated the scavengers’ self-destruct, sacrificing the droids to take Burryaga with them.

Indeera’s warning had saved the Wookiee, but he was out of the game, smoke belching from his engine.

“Get out of here, Padawan,” she ordered him, gambling that his Vector would make it to the ground. “You’ve done enough.”

The Wookiee moaned over the comm as he dropped away.


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