Across the stadium, Leia feels Jaina through the Force trying to tell her about the explosives.  Han and Leia leave their seats and try to warn others.  Leia also senses Tahiri is nearby.

The time has come and Jaina tosses off her binders and disables Harris with a blow to the head while Malinza takes care of Salkeli.  Unfortunately in the fight, the remote detonator is destroyed.  Jaina tells Tahiri to go after the bomb since she is locked in the room.  She is able to locate the bomb, but time is running out to defuse it.  Jaina pleads with her to leave as it's too late, but the dark power of Riina pushes Jaina way as Tahiri begins yelling Yuuzhan Vong battle cries until the bomb explodes!  Jaina reaches through the Force, but can't find Tahiri.  Jaina finally reaches her and finds her inside a Force bubble.  Try as she might, Tahiri was still invisible to her in the Force.  Leia tells her that many are dead including the Prime Minister.

On the Shadow, Luke and Mara are intercepted by members of the CEDF.  They tell them that they don’t trust them regardless of the ruling families say.  Luke and the others easily handle the situation and take the captives to the Chiss powers who are disheartened that their power is fading.

Jacen is forced to chase after Wyn who he knows is kidnapped.  Finally he catches up to them and apprehends her captor before returning to the library.  Jacen is disheartened by the fruitless searching for the planet and decides to rest.   Danni follows him and she opens up to him about her feelings towards him.  She says he is the strongest man in the Alliance and a good friend.  Through her words, Jacen keys upon the phrase “wondering satellites” and begins his search again.

To their surprise, the Keeramak and the P'w'eck continue their ceremony despite the chaos.  As the ceremony closes six P'w'eck ships that Jag had been tailing all descend through the atmosphere near the stadium.  C-3 PO mentions that the Keeramak has just renamed the planet, a fact they surely neglected to tell the Bakurans.  The troopship opens and realization hits Han and Leia. Ssi-Ruuk troops come pouring out and they realized that now that the planet had been consecrated, they were free to attack it in force.  They would never want to die on a planet that was not consecrated and that was no longer a problem.

Above the planet, Jag realizes the so called honor guard ships are actually using tractor beams to hold all Bakuran ships prisoner.  He begins take action and the masquerade is over.

But on the surface Jaina gathers any around her to escape.  Someone demands they take the Prime Minister's body with them, but when Jaina goes back, it is gone. 

After frantically trying to hold off the various attacks eventually the Alliance ships are overwhelmed and each of them are caught in tractor beams including Jag.

They returned and find Malinza guarding Harris and Salkeli.  As they try to find a way out, to their surprise Prime Minister Cundertol walks into the room.  After an exchange of words, he kills Harris and grabs Malinza putting a gun to her head. He reveals his true identity by calling out to any Ssi-Ruuk that are searching for them.  The Keeramak enters and tells them that if they cooperate, he promised that once they are enteched, they will be put to good use.  Leia and Jaina both ignite their lightsabers in response.

A Bakuran captain contacts all the forces in space and tells them they must stand down or the Ssi-Ruu will begin bombardment of the planet.  Jag wants to ignore the order, but is told they have Jaina in custody.

At the side of the Ssi-Ruu, Lwothin raises a pistol and shoots the Keeramak! A P'w'eck revolt against the Ssi-Ruu begins!  With the help of the Galactic Alliance they take back the area.  Lwothin tells them to instruct the ships in orbit to allow themselves be captured.

Overhead, Jag realizes that the tractor beams are slowly being shifted from them, allowing them to regain mobility a little bit at a time. Using a coded message, the Galactic Alliance ships begin to attack along with Bakuran and P'w'eck assistance!

The news of the attack reaches Jaina, but at the same time she realizes that the Prime Minister has escaped.  She catches up to him and the two fight.  He is using super human strength, but she is able to cut off his arm with her lightsaber.  As he eludes her again, Jaina sees that his arm is synthetic and he is actually a Human Replica Droid.  The real Cundertol has been enteched! 

They began to receive word that most of the Ssi-Ruuk are surrendering.  Jaina asks about Jag and Leia tells him that he's currently leading the attack.  She worries for him, despite Leia's best efforts to convince her otherwise.

Cundertol arrives on an out of the way station to meet his handlers.  His droid body is discarded and his handlers reveal themselves to be Yuuzhan Vong and kill him!

Deep in the Chiss library, Jacen and the others discover the location of Zonama Sekot!