After escaping the Rebel Facility, Aerrow, Piper and Radarr stopped in a desolate desert. Piper began feeling guilt about what happened.

Piper: I can't believe we left him like that! We have to go back!

Aerrow: We can't. We have to get to Mesa.

Piper: How could you say that?! 

Aerrow: General Kota entrusted this mission to us! It's what he wanted! We have no time to waste! The Empire is no doubt looking for us as we speak! The best way to honor his memory is to finish this mission!

After hearing Aerrow's words, sorrow and guilt began to cloud Piper's mind. But despite her feelings about leaving Kota, she knew Aerrow was right.

Piper: So what now?

Aerrow: There's a cantina nearby. There might be a pilot there would could help us. 

Piper: Sounds like a plan.

Radarr then sadly chirps to Aerrow.

Aerrow: I know buddy. I'll miss him too....

But as they begin to drive, they are watched by an Imperial Prode Droid who scouts them. It soon flies away to it's station. Meanwhile at an Imperial , Dark Ace ponders about Kota's words. He meditates on the Dark Side. But as he does so, an Imperial Commander enters his quarters. The sudden disturbance causes him to reach out to the Force and begins to strangle him. 

Dark Ace: I thought I was clear that I was not to be disturbed!

Imperial Commander: M.....my lord......I.....I.....

Dark Ace then releases the commander from his grasp. As the commander struggled to breathe, Dark Ace moved towards him.

Dark Ace: What is it Commander?! And it better be important!

Imperial Commander: The....the Probe Droid you sent out has returned with information regarding the speeder from the Rebel Facility.

Without saying a word, the Inquisitor rushed towards to where the Imperial Probe Droid and saw the faces of Aerrow and Piper. Dark Ace saw something familiar with Piper's face and then remembered Kota's words.

Dark Ace: (That face.....it looks like that fool Kota was telling the truth.) Commander! Assemble a squadron of Storm Troopers! I will deal with this personally!

As he said that, Dark Ace continued to gaze upon the picture of Piper. Elsewhere, Aerrow, Piper and Radarr reach the cantina. They enter to see a rough crowd. Seeing this made Piper uncomfortable.

Aerrow: Piper, you stay put, I'll find us a pilot. 

Piper then took a seat at a booth. The bartender takes a look at her with unsure eyes.

Bartender: What do you want?

Piper: Water.

The bartender then serves up a glass of water towards her. As she drinks, she's approached by a Twi'lek male. 

Twi'lek: Hey there beautiful! What are you doing here in a place like this?

Piper: I'm waiting for a friend. 

Twi'lek: Well why not we.....get to know each other! You do seem awfully lonely here!

Piper: Thanks, but I'm not interested.

Twi'lek: But honey I.....

Piper: I'm not interested! Leave me alone! 

The Twi'lek then grabbed her shoulder and flashed a smile at her, but before Piper could scream, a Wallop came in and pulled the Twi'lek away from Piper and threw him to the ground.

Wallop: Leave her alone!

Twi'lek: Hey! Why don't you mind your own.....

But as the Twi'lek looked up and saw the big Wallop next to Piper. After the Wallop flashes a glare, the Twi'lek gave up as he ran out of the bar. Afterwards, Piper turns to the Wallop.

Piper: Thank you. 

Wallop: Follow me.

The Wallop then leads Piper to a secluded booth where Aerrow was speaking with a blond haired smuggler. 

Blond Smuggler: I'm Finn. I'm captain of the Condor. I see you've already meet my muscle Junko.

Piper: Yes I have. 

Finn: Aerrow here tells me you're looking for save passage to the Mesa System. 

Piper: We are. Is your ship fast?

Finn: The Condor is a fast and reliable ship! It'll get you where you want to go in no time! Now what's the cargo?

Aerrow: Myself, the girl and Radarr. 

Finn lets out a small chuckle. 

Finn: That simple? 

Aerrow: We want to avoid any Imperials.

Finn: Imperial fugitives huh? That's gonna cost you...... about 5,000 credits.

Piper: 5,000 credits? That's outrageous! 

Finn: Escorting Imperial fugitives is dangerous work that could be costly! 5,000 covers the danger fee. 

Aerrow: How about 20,000?

Piper: What? 

Finn lets out a small chuckle as Piper pulled Aerrow and Radarr away to discuss this.

Piper: Are you insane?! We don't have 20,000 credits! 

Aerrow: Underneath the Rebel Facility is a vault filled with credits taken from Imperial bases. It has more than enough to pay the Smuggler. Once we reach Mesa, I'll give Finn the location and he can take the credits.

Piper: But won't the Empire take that now that they have it?

Aerrow: Only General Kota and I know of it. The Empire won't find it.

Radarr then chirps in agreement with Aerrow as he gives Piper a thumbs up. Piper is still unsure about this.

Piper: I don't know.....

Aerrow: Do you trust me?

Piper: Yes......

As Aerrow and Piper discuss this, Finn and Junko talk about the potential pay of this job.

Finn: 20,000 credits?! Those guys must be desperate! All those credits could seriously set us up for life!

Junko: They seem like nice people! 

Finn: Let's focus on this job and make ourselves a fortune!

Aerrow, Piper and Radarr returned to the smugglers.

Aerrow: So do we have a deal?

Finn: You got yourselves a ship! Follow me! Junko, go tell Stork to get the Condor ready. 

Finn and Junko leads the three to the Condor. As they leave, Dark Ace arrives at the cantina. The presence of the Inquisitor and the Storm Troopers silenced the crowd as he led them to the now frightened bartender.

Bartender: W.....what can I do for you?

Dark Ace: I'm looking for these two? Have you seen them?

Dark Ace then shows the bartender holoprojections of the faces of Aerrow and Piper. Without hesitation, the bartender points them in the direction of the hanger bay. At the hanger, Aerrow, Piper and Radarr reach the Condor with Finn and Junko.

Piper: That's the Condor? What a piece of junk!

Finn: Hey! The Condor may not pretty, but she can fly better than any other ship in the Galaxy! 

Aerrow: As long as it flies, it's all that matters. 

As Aerrow said that, the Storm Troopers begin firing upon Condor.

Stormtrooper: Stop that ship! Blast them!

Aerrow begins shooting with his DC-15 Blaster Rifle while Finn pulls out his duel DL-44 Blaster Pistols. Junko then begins mowing them down with his Z-6 Rotary Blaster Cannon. 

Junko: I got these guys covered!

Finn then leads Aerrow, Piper and Radar into the Condor and runs to the cockpit where Merb pilot Stork.

Finn: STORK GET US OUT OF HERE!

Stork: Oh great. And you lead us into our doom once again.....

Finn: Cut the chatter Stork! Get us out of here!

With a sigh, Stork starts up the Condor and begins flying away. Junko gets inside as the Condor's docking hatch closes. He then runs to meet up with Finn and the others as the Condor begins flying. As it does, it suddenly stops in mid air.

Finn: Why are we stopping Stork?! 

Stork: Something's.......pulling on the ship

Piper looks through the cockpit window to see Dark Ace using the Force to grip the Condor. Piper then pulls out her lightsaber and begins running to the docking hatch.

Aerrow: Piper! What are you doing?!

Piper: Open the docking hatch! 

As Stork opens it up, she jumps down to confront Dark Ace. Dark Ace releases his grip on the Condor and activates his lightsaber. 

Dark Ace: So you're Kota's little Jedi apprentice? I must say I'm not impressed!

Piper then activates her green lightsaber much to the shock of the smuggler crew.

Finn/Junko/Stork: SHE'S A JEDI?!

Piper and Dark Ace begin fighting as the Storm Troopers continue firing on the Condor. In the Condor, Aerrow takes command.

Aerrow: We're going back! 

Finn: Are you crazy?! That's suicide!

Aerrow: You want your credits?! Then go back!

Finn: You heard the man Stork.....

Stork: We're doomed......

Stork flies over to where Piper and Dark Ace were fighting while Aerrow gets to the docking hatch with a thermal detonator. 

Aerrow: PIPER! JUMP!

Piper then uses the Force to unleash a powerful push to Dark Ace. She then jumps onto the Condor while Aerrow throws the detonator at Dark Ace. Dark Ace uses the Force to contain the explosion. When the smoke clears, he sees the Condor flying beyond his range.

Dark Ace: This girl.....

Back in the Condor, Piper collapses from the exhaustion of the fight with Dark Ace. Aerrow rushes to check on her. 

Aerrow: Piper! Are you all right?

Piper: I'm.....I'm fine.....

But as Piper said that, Finn and Junko run to where they were.

Finn: What the hell was that about?! You never said anything about a Jedi! 

Aerrow: That's not your concern!

Finn: It's my concern when a Jedi is on my ship! Imperial fugitives are one thing, but Jedi is an entirely different situation! I'm tempted to just turn you in just to save my skin!

Hearing that angered Aerrow as he moved to Finn.

Aerrow: Over my dead body!

But as Aerrow and Finn stared each other down, the Condor began to shake violently. 

Aerrow: What the hell was that?!

Finn: Junko! Take her to the Medical Bay!

Junko: Got it!

Junko lifted Piper and ran her to the Medical Bay while Aerrow and Finn rushed to the cockpit where they question Stork.

Finn: What's going on Stork?!

Stork: Our imminent demise......

Finn: What do you mean?!  

Aerrow and Finn look through the cockpit window to see two Imperial Star Destroyers firing on the Condor.

Finn: It's a damn blockade! Stork! Hit the Hyperdrive! 

Stork: It needs some time! 

Aerrow: Does this ship have any turrets?

Finn: Yeah! We got a few! You know how to operate these kinda guns?!

Aerrow: Guess we'll find out.

Finn and Aerrow ran to the gunner's seats and began firing upon the Star Destroyers while Stork navigates through the Star Destroyers to buy time for the Hyperdrive to charge up. At the Medical Bay, Piper and Junko feel the effects of the battle.

Piper: What's going on?

Junko: Must've run into trouble. I'm sure Stork and Finn will get us out of this!

She goes back to the fight with Dark Ace. Something seemed familiar about the Inquisitor. Back at the Imperial Base, Dark Ace senses Piper's presence from afar. The presence he feels seemed familiar to the Inquisitor. Back on the Condor, Aerrow continues firing on the Star Destroyer. Radarr chirps with excitement and terror.

Aerrow: I know Radarr! I know!

The onslaught from the Star Destroyers began to take it's toll on the Condor.

Finn: STORK! WHERE ARE WE WITH THE HYPERDRIVE?!

Stork: JUST GIVE ME A LITTLE TIME! IT'S NEARLY DONE!

Finn: WE'RE GETTING CHEWED UP OUT HERE!

Aerrow: Radarr! Go help Stork!

Radarr chirps in agreement as he rushes to where Stork was and began to help him with the Hyperdrive to Stork's puzzlement. 

Stork: What are you.....oh who am I kidding? We're doomed anyway. 

Radarr crawls under around to help fix the Hyperdrive. He then rewires some of the controls which fixes the Hyperdrive. 

Stork: Hyperdrive is online!

Finn: Punch it! 

Stork activates the Hyperdrive and the Condor manages to get away from the Imperial Star Destroyers, escaping from Neverlandis. Meanwhile, Dark Ace continues to meditate as the Imperial Commander informs the Inquisitor of the Rebel's escape.

Imperial Commander: My lord.....the Rebels have......escaped......

Dark Ace raised his hand and strangled the commander to death with the Force. After killing him, he closed his quarters when mist began to fill his quarters. From the mist came the form of Darth Cyclonis.

Dark Ace: What is it, my Master?

Darth Cyclonis: I've felt a great disturbance in the Force. 

Dark Ace: I felt it too. I engaged with a daughter of a Jedi. She was powerful in the Force. More powerful than any other Jedi I've fought.

Darth Cyclonis: If she could be turned, then she could be a powerful Sith. Find this girl and turn her to the Dark Side. 

Dark Ace: As you wish, my master. 

As he said that, the form of Master Cyclonis disappeared along with the mist. When the mist was gone, he is contacted by Darth Vader.

Dark Ace; What is your bidding, Lord Vader?

Darth Vader(Hologram): I have received word that a Rebel Ship has escaped you.

Dark Ace: I will find it and kill all the Rebels who run from me! They will feel the wrath of the Empire! 

Darth Vader(Hologram): I am sending Commander X1 to oversee this.....operation.

Dark Ace: Understood master. 

And with that, Dark Ace was tasked by Darth Cyclonis to find Piper and turn her to the Dark Side. He would use the resources of the Empire at his disposal to serve the purposes of Darth Cyclonis.