Tahiri and Leia head out on speeder bikes and encounter Han and Droma.  They find a transponder and load the area with mines.  Tahiri then contacts the Vong and sends them coordinates right into the trap.

The kidnappers along with Jacen and Saba reach forbidding area full of boras plants.  The plants are touched by evil and have a tendency to become violent to those around them.  Senshi prepares to throw Jabitha to her death.

The Ferroans tell Luke that they found nothing on the moon, but Luke does not believe them and sends Yage to investigate.  The tie fighters do uncover a coralskipper making a break for it.  The Ferroans say the Sekot will determine its fate.  Luke tells them that Sekot should not destroy the ship for fear of the consequences it may bring.

At loss for how to handle the situation Jacen goes deep into the Force.  Not wanting to use violence, he reaches into the boras plants until he finds the angry spirits and convinces them they are friends.  After this feat was accomplished, Vergere appears next to Jacen.  The Vergere he sees is actually Sekot.  Jacen now understands that this entire episode was a test for him to see how he would react in this situation.  Sekot responds that he took the middle ground so both sides could be fortunate in the outcome.  Jason believes there should be a way to end the conflict without fighting although he admits he has yet to find that solution.

Pellaeon orders an all out assault on the Vong force that is heading and towards Tahiri's signal.  After dealing with a Vong craft that had crashed, the group notices that Eniknar is no longer with them and they believe that he may be the traitor.  Tahiri attempts to blow up the tower, but the detonator is not working.  Tahiri and Jag go back to do the job themselves.  Just as Jag is typing in the final keystroke two Vong warriors destroys the device.  A badly injured Eniknar returns and tells them that there is an override but there will be no delay to the explosion.  He's says that he will do since he is already in bad shape.  Despite Jag's feelings that Eniknar could be a spy, Tahiri trusts him and says to let him do it.  As they ride away, Tahiri sends out a Vong blessing on Eniknar as the transponder explodes.

Fearing something has happens to the base commander, Leia gains access to his office only to find that he's been tortured and the villip stolen.  She chases the traitor who turns out to be a Peace Brigade member.  Just as he is about to escape, Jaina appears and forces him back into the airlock he escaped from.

Sekot tells Jacen that she's tried both fighting and fleeing, and now has another choice to make.  Sekot says that's her living ships and weapons have many similarities with the Yuuzhan Vong, and very few of their weaknesses.  She asks them if she was to provide herself as a weapon against the Vong would he accept or not.

The same offer is made to Luke who accepts the offer, while Danni and Saba watch stunned as Jacen rejects it.  Sekot accepts Luke's proposal and will indeed assist in the defense against the Yuuzhan Vong as well as provide ships for the fight.  She explains that for the good of all species.  It's time for them to stop running and begin to look for a way for eventual peace.  Sekot also tells them that one Vong ship did in fact escape and is probably reporting their location as they speak.

As Pellaeon watches the transponder explode with satisfaction, a plethora of ships appear from hyperspace and began attacking the remaining Vong ships.  The Vong Commander, rather than be killed, blows up his ship's drives kills himself in a gigantic explosion.  Captain Yage asks Pellaeon who the mysterious group was that showed up to help them.  He says he isn't entirely sure but they call themselves the Ryn Network.  Later, Han learns that Tahiri helped Droma escape and the he is in fact the Network’s leader!

Ngaaluh gives Shimrra a further list of heretics that reach to all levels in the Vong society.  Shimrra is skeptical of her information and wants to interrogate her sources himself.  Knowing this cannot be happen, Ngaaluh commits suicide and is tossed into a pit.  Nom watched the incident through a villip and wonders if his fate will end the same way.

On Esfandia, Leia contacts Cal Omas and tells him of their successful mission.  He asks her to return to Mon Calamari as Vong ships have been seen in the area.  She then contacts Luke who tells her that Sekot will be jumping to Alliance space very soon.