Later Mara and Luke are called to Cal's office and are told that Vergere sabotaged the Alpha Red project.  They obviously believe that she is still working for the Vong.  Since it will take 3-4 months to reestablish the project, Luke knows that he has three months to win the war using Ackbar's plan.

Vergere contacts Jacen through the Force and requests a secret meeting during which she reveals what she's done to Alpha Red.  Since she is now on the run, she asks for his help in returning to his ship in secret and he agrees.

Luke meets with Han and Leia and convinces Han to take charge of all the smugglers and their ships that have been brought in for the attack.

On Ebaq 9, the tiny moon that will be used in Ackbar's plan, Jaina is little bit confused about why she's being asked to dig holes in its surface.  After safely hiding Vergere in his quarters, Jacen heads to Ebaq 9 to meet Jaina.  Although initially questioning the logic of the plan, the two begin to realize the reason for the holes they are digging.

Using some of his contacts, Nom Anor receives the fake information that the new government as well as the Solo twins will be at a new location.  He tells Shimrra that they are ripe for destruction.

Jaina is awoken for what she thinks is another drill, but quickly learns that the Vong are attacking and they have brought voxyn with them.

The battle begins and the New Republic uses some surprising tactics that gain some small victories against the Vong's outnumbering attack.  The casualties begin to mount; however, as the Vong armada begins overwhelming them.  Jaina sends word through the Force that help is needed, and soon help arrives as the New Republic back up begins jumping in from hyperspace.

Tsavong Lah looks on as he repositions his forces that still overwhelmingly outnumber his foes. 

Many light-years away, several New Republic ships litter the hyperspace routes with tens of thousands of mines.

In the battle, New Republic ships make some radical course changes and Tsavong Lah realizes he may be in danger as his ship is trapped between two squadrons.

As Han and Leia lead the Smuggler’s into the battle, Jacen puts them into position.  Leia can sense that Jaina is in trouble

Tsavong Lah begins to question Nom Anor’s intelligence reports as more New Republic forces emerge at the orders of Kre’fey.  Realizing that his life is in grave danger, Nom Anor escapes to hide among the working class until he can devise a new plan.  Rage flows through Tsavong Lah, and using an unexpected maneuver, he takes his fleet and heads directly for the moon hoping to find Jedi there to kill.

Jacen realizes Lah's plan and contacts Han and Leia and tells him to get moving to intercept the squadron.  Realizing he just sent his parents on a perilous mission he runs for his own X wing to help out.  Vergere tries to stop him from leaving, but he refuses.  She says this is not his destiny but he will have to live with the consequences.

Jaina also knows the surprising move the Vong are making.  General Farlander contacts her and says they must wait it out in the tunnels they dug beneath the planet as the original plan had intended. 

The smugglers fleet is making some headway, but they're still vastly outnumbered.  They're only trying to slow down the Vong until help arrives.

Tsavong Lah is thrilled that his new tactic is working and orders that all other squadrons return to Yuuzhan'tar while he and his squadron head down to the service for a Jedi hunt.  Lah then hears word that some of his retreating fleets were yanked from hyperspace by interdictors and were met by the thousands of mines left along the route, destroying over a third of the Yuuzhan Vong fleet.  Those on the ground are dying by the hundreds as other mines kill them.  Tsavong Lah baits the Jedi and requests they all come to the surface and Jacen returns the message saying he'll accept the request.

As Jaina and the others hide in the tunnels, they can hear the Vong breaking through the walls.  Tsavong Lah supposes that the only reason Jacen would come to the surface was to protect his sister.  He splits his forces up to look for each twin. 

Jacen can feel the voxyn hunting him and he turns to run deeper into the tunnels.  He uses a grenade and blows up many pursuers, but they still move in on him.

The Vong are finally able to breach the tunnels and the voxyn tears in and attacks the Jedi.  While the Jedi are eventually able to kill it, warriors are pouring in right behind them.  The Jedi bring the ceiling down to block the path and head deeper inside.  Jaina sends the non Jedi down one tunnel while she leads the Jedi down a different path to draw the voxyn.  She reaches out to find Luke.

While deciding his next move, Luke receives Jaina's message and the two decide on a plan that would fly an X wing down the main shaft to her location.  Luke tells the other Jedi to prepare for a land battle against overwhelming odds.

Vergere contacts Tsavong Lah and mocks him that she has been a Jedi living among them undetected for fifty years.  Lah invites her to the Jedi hunt and she begins heading towards the surface.

Inside the tunnel Jacen realizes that he is quickly going to be cornered in the ever shortening tunnels and decides to make his stand.   His anger raging at his own mistakes, he unleashes force lightning on his attackers.  He turns and is surprised to see Vergere standing next to him.

An A wing stolen by Vergere crashes into the tunnel and sends out a huge firebomb that sucks out all the air from the tunnels.  Within seconds, the Vong pass out and within a few minutes they all die.  Because Jaina is so far in the tunnels, she has enough time to get her helmet on before the air is sucked away.  Jacen on the other hand is able to create a force field around himself that preserves the air in his vicinity.  Vergere scolds him for following his emotions into this predicament, but in the end he was able to save his sister.  Suddenly Jacen realizes that since Vergere was not incased in his force field, she is actually dead!

Since it's too hot for humans to head into the fiery shaft, Luke sends down various droids to bring supplies and medical attention to the survivors.  As a medical droid inspects Jaina and her companions, Tsavong Lah, who had survived with a mask on, kills the droid and begins attacking them.  He is able to disarm them and trap them against the ground with Jaina using Lowbacca's lightsaber for defense.  Using the Force to retrieve her own weapon she slams it through the Warmaster's throat!

After regrouping at Kashyyyk, Cal decides it’s time to rethink the government’s role as well as a possible name change from the New Republic to something else.  Luke assures Jacen that the Alpha Red project will only be a last resort.  Jaina takes a much needed vacation.  And Shimrra, after giving a rousing speech to his beleaguered leaders, hears from Onimi that perhaps the war is already lost.