We're Gonna Need A New Plan

Liden assessed the group of bounty hunters who had been summoned to the fort since dawn. They were a typical assortment of overly armored, gun toting, mercenaries who cared little for anything beyond an easy handful of credits. However, they were also ones who had several confirmed collected bounties on Jedi in their records.

These were Jedi Hunters.

While perhaps not as skilled as an Inquisitor, as they did not use The Force, they were the rare few who had found ways of compensating for this major deficit by being far more clever than typical bounty hunters.

"You understand who you will be hunting?" Liden asked as she looked to the bounty hunters.

"Yes, milady." One of the hunters said.

"Affirmative response: Yes, Darth Liden." A droid assassin said.

"I want these jedi brought to me alive... no disintegration." Liden said firmly. "You all have received the first half of the agreed payment, and will not see the second half until you have completed the mission. As far as the Mandalorian or the cyborg girl goes... feel free to kill them however you see fit. But Leto and his apprentices are to be brought to me..."

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Back on The Ranger the group were nursing their wounds and taking stock of the situation. Mar stood near the holo table and looked at a map of the desert where the Imperial Fort is supposed to be located. He looked to Rowan. "The place will be heavily defended, and they'll know we'll be coming. We need to figure out a way to get most of the forces out of the stronghold before we even think of slipping in there... And if Liden is there... she will have more Sith with her. If we're still planning on trying to go after Icerraine and Liden... we will need a plan."