Into a Galaxy at War (Bounty Hunter Edition)

After Spike had gotten his credits for bringing Nem'ro Huttsbane's head, he walked out of the palace and started heading towards the Rust Yards on a speeder. When he got there, he saw lots of Fa'athra's goons. "This won't be easy. Sneaking around them would be too difficult, so I guess I have to go through it with brute force. I'll have to find those generators though."

Spike walked through the Rust Yards, blasting anyone stupid enough to come too close to him. He took out the generators and then headed inside one of the buildings. He felt sorry when he saw all the slaves being forced to clean the floors, but he couldn't do anything about it unless he accepted a side quest. Maybe before he left Hutta, he would do some side quests, if not for saving the slaves, then at least for the credits.

As Spike blasted the goons guarding Yalt, he found him cowering in fear, "Please, don't kill me! I never meant to betray Nem'ro, but Fa'athra offered me so many credits! Then he didn't pay me, he threatened to kill my wife if I didn't work my accounting magic for him! Please, I'll do anything!"

Spike raised an eyebrow and sighed, "Truth be told, I don't want to do what Nem'ro asked me to. He wants me to bring your head to your wife. I may be a mercenary, but I ain't that sick. Maybe we can make a deal."

Yalt smiled lightly, "Of course, please, I'll crash Fa'athra's accounts and leave Hutta for good! Nem'ro will be so happy, he won't care what happened to me!"

Spike thought for a moment, "This still only benefits you, what do I get out of it?"

Yalt gulped, thinking that if he didn't offer Spike something in exchange for letting him live, he'd kill him, "I have access to Fa'athra's accounts, I can transfer some credits to your account, I'll transfer as many credits as the restrictions allow me."

Spike nodded, "You've got a deal." before letting Yalt crash the accounts and transfer some into Spike's account. "Now, you need to disappear, leave Hutta and never look back."

Yalt nodded, "Thank you so much!" before running off, most likely to the spaceport.

As Spike returned to the cantina, he saw a woman run past him like she was fleeing for her life. That was probably Yalt's wife. When he came into Nem'ro's private room, a Rodian girl stopped him and said, "Tarro Blood doesn't want you in the Great Hunt. A smart person would take the hint. You're obviously not smart."

Spike didn't let her go on with the grand speech he was expecting and shot her point blank, right in between her eyes. He continued walking to Nem'ro, who laughed like crazy when Carnus told him about the fact that Spike had crashed Fa'athra's accounts. "Well done hunter, well done! My spies tell me Yalt's wife was running as if all the Akk Dogs on Hutta were chasing her, AND that you got Yalt to crash all of Fa'athra's accounts before you killed him! Well done indeed, going above and beyond my expectations!"

Spike smiled, "Then sponsor me in the Great Hunt."

Nem'ro stopped laughing and said, "There is one last thing you need to do. The traitor in my own palace is my beast master. He plots against me and thinks I know nothing. Go down to the beast pens and take care of him."

Spike raised an eyebrow, "Don't try anything funny you overgrown slug." before walking back to Juda to get the credits from his last job. As he headed down to the beast pens, he saw all sorts of fierce looking beasts, Akk Dogs, a Gundark, and some things he didn't even recognize. He walked over and hit the alarm to summon the beast master.

The beast master ran over and said to Spike, "You're here like Nem'ro said. So stupid. Nem'ro promise me big reward if I kill you."

Spike growled, "Is that so? Come out from behind those bars and see if you can claim that reward."

The beast master laughed, "You think I not prepared? So stupid. Free the beasts!" before pulling a lever and releasing some of the beasts.

As the beasts ran out of their pen, Spike shot blaster bolts, rockets, and electro-darts at them. When he killed the last beast, the beast master ran out, only to get shot in the crotch, and falling over in agonizing pain, before Spike shot him in the head.

Spike returned to Nem'ro who said, "Well done. I apologize for the deceit, but it was the only way I could have the beast master killed without causing chaos."

Spike laughed, "No worries, that was the most fun I've had on this planet!"

Nem'ro sighed, "Savor that moment for now. You may not like what I have to say."

Carnus looked at Spike, "I heard about small hunter's killing spree in Rust Yards!"

Nem'ro nodded, "I should have trusted you Carnus. Either way, what's done is done. I already gave the sponsorship token to another hunter. You'll have to kill him to get it."

Spike growled, "I can do that, but this isn't over."

Nem'ro rolled his eyes, "If you kill him and take the token, I win. If he kills you, I still win. Either way, the strongest hunter on Hutta goes to the Great Hunt with my sponsorship. Talk to Juda for your payment and apologies for the beast master business."

Spike walked over to Juda, who said, "I can't believe Nem'ro did that to you. I've got a huge payout, not sure what it's for though, but it's for you. One large sum of credits for unknown services."

As Spike started walking out of the palace, he saw Mako run up to him and say, "Hey hunter, we've been played. Nem'ro's already sponsored another hunter!"

Spike nodded, "That's old news Mako. Any idea on how to find this other hunter?"

Mako nodded back, "Already got it, but it'll cost you."

Spike sighed, "Name your price and I'll pay it."

Mako shook her head, "Not credits. Take me with you on this hunt, and whatever comes after. I want to be there when you catch Blood."

Spike nodded, "Sure thing, you deserve it."

At first Mako didn't realize Spike agreed, "I'm good with a blaster and Braden was like a father, you can't- wait, did you just say yes? Thank you so much! You have no idea how much this means to me."

Spike smiled, "Well then, let's get down to business. Where do we find this other hunter?"

Mako nodded, coming to her senses, "Fa'athra is holding a Republic scientist with a bounty on her head for a Trandoshan, lizard people. The Trandoshan is our rival hunter. We need to break into Fa'athra's palace, find the scientist, and take the Trandoshan's token when he comes to collect her."

Spike nodded, "Then let's get going."

And so, Spike has done enough work for Nem'ro to convince him to sponsor him. That is if he hadn't already sponsored someone else. Now with Mako at his side, Spike heads to Fa'athra's palace to face his rival hunter and take the token, by any means necessary.