Single Cell

Single Cell is a 12-page comic story that appeared in Star Wars Tales 7 and collected in Star Wars Tales Volume 2. The story was written by Haden Blackman, pencils by Jan Duursema, inks by Ray Kryssing, letters by Steve Dutro and colors by Dave McCaig. It takes place six weeks before the Invasion of Naboo in 32 BBY

Plot summary
Aboard the Trade Federation battleship Stockade, the incarcerated Feeorin Nym recounts the story of how he got there to his Neimoidian cellmate...

In orbit around Maramere in the Havoc, Nym, Kole and Jinkins waited for the mercenary Vana Sage and her 'buyers' (a group of high class bounty hunters) to trade experimental weapons for Stygium crystals.

Once on board the space station, Nym and his crew met the buyers to exchange goods. When Nym revealed that he had buried the power cells for the weapons as a safeguard, a fight ensues between the crew of the Havoc and the bounty hunters.

Under the threat of Droidekas, Sage captured the crew, sent Kole and Jinkins to Maramere in an escape pod, and took the Havoc as payment for delivering Nym to the Trade Federation.

Back in the cell, Merick and Bavo arrive to torture Nym who vows revenge on Vana Sage.

Behind the scenes

 * The events of Single Cell have been brought into continuity via references in the The New Essential Guide to Characters and The New Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology.

Characters

 * Nym
 * Vana Sage
 * Kole
 * Jinkins

Sentient species

 * Feeorin
 * Neimoidian
 * Chadra-Fan
 * Twi'lek
 * Bith
 * Zabrak
 * Trandoshan

Creatures

 * Mynock

Droid models

 * B1 battle droid
 * Droideka
 * R1-series astromech droid

Locations

 * Charros IV
 * Nar Shaddaa
 * Karthakk Sector
 * Karthakk system
 * Maramere

Vehicles and vessels

 * Lucrehulk-class battleship
 * Stockade
 * Havoc

Organizations and titles

 * Trade Federation

Weapons and technology

 * Merr-Sonn Scalphunter prototype

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