Into a Galaxy at War (Bounty Hunter Edition)

As Spike and Mako walked towards Fa'athra's palace, Spike asked, "You know, Nem'ro seems to really hate this Fa'athra guy. Any chance we can make Fa'athra 'disappear'?"

Mako looked at him like he was crazy, but then chuckled, "You really are a true hunter, not scared of anything, even killing a Hutt. If Nem'ro puts a bounty on Fa'athra, I'll make sure we're the first ones to know about it. By the way, a lot of Fa'athra's thugs have prices on their heads. We could easily collect the bounties from them."

Spike nodded, "Good idea, the more credits we have, the better equipment we'll be able to afford."

As they made their way towards the palace, Spike and Mako took out goons, and as they did, they got calls on their holo-communicator telling them that credits had been transferred to their account. Spike was surprised that they already knew they'd taken out the bounties, but didn't question it.

As they made their way into Fa'athra's palace, they shot out the security cameras so they wouldn't catch them on camera, as well as killing any security who was stupid enough to come at them.

Mako walked up to a terminal and started hacking into it, "Ok, our scientist is in the lounge on the second floor. While we're at it, the armory is down there too, we could definitely use some extra ammo and weapons, don't you think?"

Spike nodded, "Yeah, it wouldn't be much fun if we didn't stock up on weapons." before they started heading to the second floor. When they got to the armory, it was locked with an encryption lock. When Mako cracked it open, Spike was surprised at how many heavy-duty weapons. He picked out an upgraded version of his rocket launcher and a thermal detonator shoulder-mounted catapult.

After they stole a bunch of new weapons and ammo, they made their way to the lounge, where the Republic scientist asked them, "Wh-Who are you? What am I doing here?"

Mako told her, "You're being held for a bounty hunter who's going to turn you into the Empire, where you'll probably be tortured and killed. Lucky for you, we're after that hunter."

As Mako explained her predicament, the scientist cowered in fear, "Oh no, please no!"

Spike sighed as he heard growling, "Well, so much for the element of surprise." before turning around to see the Trandoshan hunter who had his sponsorship token. "Well, looks like you're here. You want this scientist? I can arrange that. Give me Nem'ro's sponsorship token, and you can have her."

The Trandoshan scoffed and said in his native language, "You're not particularly smart, even for a smooth skin. I'll just kill you now and be done with it." before pulling out his blaster.

Spike sighed, "Why must it always come to violence?" before launching a thermal detonator from his shoulder catapult. It killed the two thugs that were with the Trandoshan, but he managed to escape the blast. Spike then used his jet pack to rush at the Trandoshan before blasting him in the eye, blinding him in it.

As the Trandoshan tried to blast Spike, he couldn't see well enough, and hit a blaster resistant door, and the door ricocheted the bolt back at him, killing him when it hit him in the neck.

Spike took the sponsorship token from the dead Trandoshan, and the scientist asked them, "Thanks... but, you're bounty hunters too, right...? D-Does that mean?"

Spike shook his head, "No, I'm not going to turn you in. Get off Hutta and get home safe."

Mako smiled and pulled out a spare blaster and handed it to her, "Here, I always carry a spare, you'll need it more than I do."

The scientist smiled back and said, "Thank you, I'll never forget this, thank you so much!" before running out of the palace.

When Spike and Mako returned to Nem'ro's palace, Mako saw the guy who was following her, "That's him, that the bone masked guy who was following me!" before taking out her blaster, only for the guards to take out theirs.

Spike put a hand on Mako's shoulder and said, "Calm down Mako, let's see what's what first." before Mako put away her blaster.

The man, who was a Kaleesh said, "Forgive me young one if I startled you. I was hunting another quarry when our paths crossed. I was looking to see if Tarro Blood truly was cheating. I reviewed your recordings. While dishonorable, what Tarro did wasn't against the rules. Unless he kills a competitor, he cannot be punished."

Spike growled lightly, but kept his temper under control, "I understand. I don't like it, but I understand."

The Kaleesh nodded, "Since you have Nem'ro's token, you must be his sponsored hunter. Here, take these shuttle passes, they will get you to the Imperial Capital of Drommund Kaas. When you arrive, head to the Mandalorian Enclave in Kaas City, that is where you'll learn more details of the hunt. I will continue to watch over Tarro, and if he cheats, he will be punished."

Spike bowed respectfully, "Thank you." before saying to Mako, "Looks like we're in." before heading to the spaceport and getting on a shuttle to the Imperial Fleet.

And so, Spike has obtained sponsorship into the Great Hunt from Nem'ro the Hutt. Heading off to the Imperial Fleet, he readies to travel to Drommund Kaas to officially enter.