After skipping out on another meeting with scientists, Nom Anor looks over his handiwork. He has dug several passages using insects that were later discarded. Their carcasses became the driving force behind Duro’s rehabilitation. He has sabotaged many areas including his own workspace should the time come to destroy it.

Tsavong Lah contacts Viqi Shesh. She asks for peace. He inquires about the current project of disabling Centerpoint, even though he has already set plans in place to destroy it.

Jacen and Jaina have a bad feeling about the situation at the colony. Jacen investigates the mysterious infestation started by Nom Anor that discovers it will soon devour the entire settlement. They contact Han and then Gateway to begin an evacuation. As they arrive at the decontamination area, Leia arrives! She greets her husband in disguise to surprise him. The two did not last leave each other on the best of terms, but they are able to reconcile.

The next day Leia asks Jacen to go on mission to investigate a stolen shipment. She knows he is trying to get away from typical Jedi tasks.

Nom Anor has planted a villip in Randa’s quarters. Randa is uneasy, but uses it to communicate with Lah. Randa reiterates that he can deliver a Jedi. Lah tells him he had better make good on the deal or he would regret it. He hopes to lure others into his plan to protect him in case things don’t go as planned. He contacts Shesh and tells her about the Vong agent hiding on Duro. He will also give the villip to Leia and let her deal with it. Shesh, on the other hand, contacts Lah and tells him of Randa’s plot. She is hoping to eventually spare her homeworld from the Vong invasion.

Mara pilots her new ship with Luke and Anakin on board to one of Duro’s floating cities. They are disguised. They encounter an individual spouting anti-New Republic propaganda. Luke thinks there is something familiar about the speaker. He reminds him of Nom Anor who they believe died on Rhommamool. They get word of the evacuation of Han’s settlement and that Jacen is also in the city. Anakin isn’t happy about this. Mara reiterates that they are there in search of the missing apprentice and to gather intel on the situation there.

Luke and Anakin, dressed as Kubaz, meet with the CorDuro shipping vice-director. Jacen arrives to meet the vice-director to discuss the stolen shipment. Luke reaches out to Jacen so he can aid with their plan. The vice-director is weary of Jacen’s motive, but when Jacen makes an interesting offer, he is allowed to stay.

Mara slices her way into the Duro systems. She discovers a code that had been used on Rhommamool! She leaves to visit Gateway.

Elsewhere, Jaina uncovers Randa’s deception and takes the villip away from him.

Mara tells Leia of her discovery. Leia tells her that she has suspicions of Cree’Ar. Mara takes Jaina and they head off to investigate the doctor’s lab. Once they encounter Dr Cree’Ar they realize that they cannot sense him through the Force! He must be a Yuuzhan Vong! A battle ensues as Cree’Ar’s disguise disappears. They realize it is indeed Nom Anor! He tells Mara that he was responsible for infecting her with the virus on her visit to Monor II. He runs towards another tunnel and the booby trapped chamber collapses with the women inside. Relatively unharmed, they use a Force bubble that allows them to move to safety down the long tunnel.

Mara updates Leia on their discovery, but they are cut off. Jaina is upset that Leia didn’t ask about her well being. Mara reunites with Luke and tells him Nom Anor was alive and he was the one that had poisoned her. R2 pulls information that leads them to believe the Peace Brigade is behind much of the trouble. Luke says they need to get Jacen away from the CorDuros. It appears that Duro may be the next Yuuzhan Vong target. They wonder whether it will be the orbiting Duros or the refugees on the planet.

Jacen receives a datacard from a waiter along with a warning that he may be in danger.

Luke returns to his search for the missing apprentice, but discovers that she has been killed for information she found! CorDuro had indeed sold out the refugees, but they themselves will be killed as well.

With Han’s help, Leia is frantically attempting to set up the evacuation before the attack.