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{{Infobox Comic Book
 
 
|title=''Tales of the Jedi -<br />The Golden Age of the Sith 2''
|image=[[File:Tojtgas3cover.jpg|250px]]
 
|title=Funeral for a Dark Lord
 
 
|writer=[[Kevin J. Anderson]]
 
|writer=[[Kevin J. Anderson]]
 
|penciller=[[Dario Carrasco, Jr.]]
 
|penciller=[[Dario Carrasco, Jr.]]
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|colorist=[[Perry McNamee]]
 
|colorist=[[Perry McNamee]]
 
|cover artist=[[Russell Walks]]
 
|cover artist=[[Russell Walks]]
|editor=
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|editor=[[Bob Cooper]]
 
|publisher=[[Dark Horse Comics]]
 
|publisher=[[Dark Horse Comics]]
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|publication date=[[November 13]], [[1996]]<ref name="Marvel">{{Marvel|comics/issue/54591/star_wars_tales_of_the_jedi_-_the_golden_age_of_the_sith_1996_2|Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi - The Golden Age of the Sith (1996) #2|https://web.archive.org/web/20200218004236/https://www.marvel.com/comics/issue/54591/star_wars_tales_of_the_jedi_-_the_golden_age_of_the_sith_1996_2}} {{C|First printing}}</ref>
|publication date=[[November 1]], [[1996]]
 
|pages=24
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|pages=26
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|upc=761568954166
|isbn=
 
|era=[[Old Republic era]]
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|timeline=[[5000 BBY/Legends|5000 BBY]]
 
|series=''[[Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi &mdash; The Golden Age of the Sith]]''
|timeline=[[5,000 BBY]]
 
|series=[[Tales of the Jedi: The Golden Age of the Sith]]
 
 
|issue=2
 
|issue=2
|preceded by=[[Tales of the Jedi: The Golden Age of the Sith 1: Into the Unknown]]
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|preceded by=''[[Tales of the Jedi: The Golden Age of the Sith 1: Into the Unknown]]''
|followed by=[[Tales of the Jedi: The Golden Age of the Sith 3: The Fabric of an Empire]]
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|followed by=''[[Tales of the Jedi: The Golden Age of the Sith 3: The Fabric of an Empire]]''}}
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'''''Tales of the Jedi - The Golden Age of the Sith 2''''' is the second issue of the [[Star Wars Legends|''Star Wars'' Legends]] [[Star Wars comic books|comic book]] miniseries ''[[Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi &mdash; The Golden Age of the Sith]]''. It was written by [[Kevin J. Anderson]], illustrated by [[Dario Carrasco, Jr.]], and first published on [[November 13]], [[1996]] by [[Dark Horse Comics]].
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'''''Tales of the Jedi: The Golden Age of the Sith 2: Funeral for a Dark Lord''''' is the second (not counting the prologue issue 0) issue in the ''[[Tales of the Jedi: The Golden Age of the Sith]]'' series of comics. It was originally published on November 1, 1996 by [[Dark Horse Comics]], and has since been republished in both ''[[Tales of the Jedi: The Golden Age of the Sith (TPB)]]'' and ''[[Omnibus: Tales of the Jedi Volume 1]]''.
 
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The issue features the story "'''Funeral for a Dark Lord'''," in which [[Gav Daragon|Gav]] and [[Jori Daragon]] arrive on the [[Sith/Legends|Sith]] world of [[Korriban]] following the [[funeral of Marka Ragnos]].
   
 
==Publisher's summary==
 
==Publisher's summary==
[[Marka Ragnos]] ruled [[the galaxy]] with an iron fist. He was ''the'' [[Dark Lord of the Sith]] the most powerful of the most powerful. But now he is dead. And two innocent [[hyperspace]] explorers, [[Gav Daragon|Gav]] and [[Jori Daragon]], may follow suit if they get caught between the warring factions hoping to fill the Dark Lord void.
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''[[Marka Ragnos]] ruled [[The galaxy/Legends|the galaxy]] with an iron fist. He was ''the'' [[Dark Lord of the Sith/Legends|Dark Lord of the Sith]] -- the most powerful of the most powerful. But now he is [[Death/Legends|dead]]. And two innocent [[Hyperspace/Legends|hyperspace]] explorers, [[Gav Daragon|Gav]] and [[Jori Daragon]], may follow suit if they get caught between the warring factions hoping to fill the Dark Lord void.''
   
 
==Plot summary==
 
==Plot summary==
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===Opening crawl===
During a funeral procession on [[Korriban]] for Dark Lord of the Sith Marka Ragnos, [[Sith]] rivals [[Naga Sadow]] and [[Ludo Kressh]], both hopeful to become the next Dark Lord, engage each other in a vicious sword fight. They are interrupted by the ghost of Marka Ragnos, who explains that the [[Sith Empire]] will soon die if something is not done. On [[Empress Teta|Koros Major]], [[Odan-Urr]] explains to [[Emperor|Empress]] [[Teta]] that he has had a vision of an impending Sith attack.
 
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{{Opening_crawl
 
|name=Funeral for a Dark Lord
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|text=Five millennia before the birth of Luke
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Skywalker, at the height of the Republic,
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daring hyperspace explorers plunge through
  +
uncharted space, hoping to discover valuable
  +
commercial routes. Young Gav and Jori
  +
Daragon, brother and sister, attempt to make
  +
their fortune. Their supply-runner parents killed in
  +
Empress Teta's final unification wars, Gav and Jori
  +
have little left of a meager inheritance.
  +
  +
When their ship ''Starbreaker 12'' is damaged on a
  +
mapping run, Aarrba the Hutt offers his repair dock
  +
on Cinnagar, but he refuses to release the ship until
  +
Gav and Jori pay him. Though Aarrba is kind-hearted
  +
(for a Hutt), he has already trusted them one time too
  +
many. Adding to their misfortunes, the merchant lord Ssk
  +
Kahorr suffers financial ruin when he uses one of the
  +
brother and sister's mapped routes &mdash; and he takes out a
  +
contract for their lives&hellip;
  +
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Meanwhile, the Jedi scholar Odan-Urr is assigned to the
  +
Koros system to assist Empress Teta. The unification wars are
  +
over, and the seven worlds of her system are poised for
  +
prosperity. Odan-Urr becomes a close confidant of another Jedi,
  +
Memit Nadill, a personal adviser to the Empress.
  +
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The two Jedi rescue Gav and Jori from Ssk Kahorr's assassination
  +
attempt. The brother and sister know they are doomed if they stay in
  +
Cinnagar. They have only one chance &mdash; to steal the ''Starbreaker 12'' in
  +
one desperate plunge through hyperspace, hoping to discover a
  +
valuable new route no one else has dared to explore. Breaching
  +
Aarrba's defenses, they roar off in their ship, dodging Cinnagar
  +
security. Punching random numbers into their navicomputer, they
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vanish into the unknown&hellip;}}
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===Funeral on Korriban===
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On the planet [[Korriban]], the ruling [[Sith Lord/Legends|Sith Lords]] have opened a new [[Tomb of Marka Ragnos|tomb]] in the [[Valley of the Dark Lords/Legends|Valley of the Dark Lords]] for the fallen [[Dark Lord of the Sith/Legends|Dark Lord of the Sith]] [[Marka Ragnos]]. [[Ludo Kressh]], a powerful Sith Lord who wants to succeed Lord Ragnos, officiates over his predecessor's [[Funeral of Marka Ragnos|funeral]]. Marka Ragnos' remains and several [[Sith (species)|Sith]] [[Slavery/Legends|slaves]] are entombed inside his tomb.
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===Fugitives on the run===
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Meanwhile, the fugitives [[Gav Daragon|Gav]] and [[Jori Daragon]] bring their ship ''[[Starbreaker 12]]'' out of [[Hyperspace/Legends|hyperspace]]. Having picked out their coordinates at random during their flight from [[Empress Teta/Legends|Koros Major]], the twins stumble upon the uncharted world of Korriban. Seeking to make money from their work as hyperspace [[Navigator/Legends|navigators]], they decide to explore Korriban.
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Following Marka Ragnos' funeral, Kressh's rival [[Naga Sadow]] arrives in the Valley of the Dark Lords to contest the leadership of the [[Sith Empire/Legends|Sith Empire]]. Kressh rejects Sadow's challenge, deeming his rebellious actions and experiments a threat to the Empire. Sadow counters that the Sith Empire has grown stagnant and decadent. He reminds the assembled Sith that their [[Dark Jedi/Legends|Dark Jedi]] ancestors were banished for their beliefs.
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Hoping to open a new hyperspace route, Gav convinces his sister Jori that they should explore Korriban. He reminds Jori that they are to claim to be "emissaries" from the [[Galactic Republic]].
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===A leadership contest===
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Back on Korriban, Sadow and Kressh decide to resolve their rival claims through a vicious sword fight. With neither side able to gain an edge, they are interrupted by the [[Force ghost|ghost]] of Marka Ragnos. After recounting the origins of the Sith Empire, he warns that their empire will soon die if something is not done. He calls upon Kressh and Sadow to exercise wisdom and fight the right battles or else everything is lost.
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===Odan-Urr's vision===
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Back on [[Empress Teta/Legends|Koros Major]], [[Odan-Urr/Legends|Odan-Urr]] experiences a [[Force vision/Legends|Force vision]] of an impending Sith attack. He decides to warn [[Emperor/Legends|Empress]] [[Teta]] and his fellow [[Jedi Knight/Legends|Jedi Knight]] [[Memit Nadill]]. Arriving in the throne room, he finds [[Aarrba]] the [[Hutt/Legends|Hutt]] reports Gav and Jori's theft of the ''Starbreaker 12'' to Empress Teta, saying that they have repaid his kindness with treachery and damaged [[Aarrba's Repair Dock|his repair dock]].
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Empress Teta promises to deliver justice for Aarrna. Odan-Urr recounts his nightmare to the Empress and Memit. Memit vouches for his fellow Jedi and the Empress promises to raise the matter when she travels to [[Coruscant/Legends|Coruscant]] in three [[Standard day/Legends|days]].
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===First contact===
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Back on Korriban, Sadow and Kressh decide to make peace. They are interrupted by the arrival of Gav and Jordi's ship ''Starbreaker 12''. After landing, the two announce that they are from the Republic and offer a trade agreement. However, the Sith's [[Massassi/Legends|Massassi]] warriors grab them and take them prisoner. Kressh believes that the Daragons are precursors to an invasion but Sadow intends to interrogate them, believing that they are the key to "ripe new fields" for the Sith Lords to conquer.
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==Media==
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===Editions===
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*UPC 761568954166; [[November 13]], [[1996]]; [[Dark Horse Comics]]; First printing<ref name="Marvel" />
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*{{C|No UPC}}; [[November 10]], [[2015]]; [[Marvel Comics]]; Digital edition<ref name="Comicstore">{{Marvel|subdomain=comicstore|Star-Wars-Tales-of-the-Jedi-The-Golden-Age-of-the-Sith-1996-1997-2-of-5/digital-comic/38385|Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi - The Golden Age of the Sith (1996-1997) #2 (of 5)|https://web.archive.org/web/20200218004410/https://comicstore.marvel.com/Star-Wars-Tales-of-the-Jedi-The-Golden-Age-of-the-Sith-1996-1997-2-of-5/digital-comic/38385}} {{C|Digital edition}}</ref>
   
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===Cover gallery===
Back on Korriban, Gav and Jori Daragon arrive, having input random coordinates when fleeing from Koros Major. They offer a trade agreement, but the Sith's [[Massassi]] warriors grab them and take them prisoner.
 
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<gallery>
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File:Tojtgas3cover.jpg|First printing
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File:TotJ_TGAotS_2_Legends.jpg|Digital edition
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</gallery>
   
 
==Appearances==
 
==Appearances==
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{{Incomplete_list}}
 
{{App
 
{{App
 
|characters=
 
|characters=
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*[[Naga Sadow]]
 
*[[Naga Sadow]]
 
*[[Teta]]
 
*[[Teta]]
*[[Odan Urr]]
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*[[Odan-Urr/Legends|Odan-Urr]]
 
 
|creatures=
 
|creatures=
 
*[[Tuk'ata/Legends|Tuk'ata]]
*[[Koros butterfly]] {{1st}}
 
*[[Korriban segmented creeper]] {{1st}}
 
*[[Tuk'ata]]
 
 
 
|droids=
 
|droids=
 
 
|events=
 
|events=
 
*[[Funeral of Marka Ragnos]]
 
*[[Funeral of Marka Ragnos]]
*[[Hundred-Year Darkness]] {{Mo}}
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*[[Hundred-Year Darkness/Legends|Hundred-Year Darkness]] {{Mo}}
*[[First Unification Wars (Koros)|First Unification Wars]] {{Mo}}
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*[[Unification Wars (Koros)|Unification Wars]] {{Mo}}
 
 
|locations=
 
|locations=
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*[[Empress Teta/Legends|Koros Major]]
*[[Cinnagar]]
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**[[Cinnagar]]
**[[Aarrba's Repair Dock]] {{Mo}}
 
*[[Coruscant]] {{Mo}}
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***[[Aarrba's Repair Dock]] {{Mo}}
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*[[Coruscant/Legends|Coruscant]] {{Mo}}
 
*[[Korriban]]
 
*[[Korriban]]
**[[Valley of the Dark Lords]]
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**[[Valley of the Dark Lords/Legends|Valley of the Dark Lords]]
 
***[[Tomb of Marka Ragnos]]
 
***[[Tomb of Marka Ragnos]]
 
 
|organizations=
 
|organizations=
*[[Jedi]]
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*[[Jedi/Legends|Jedi]]
*[[Navigators' Guild]]
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*[[Hyperspace Navigator's Guild]]
*[[Sith]]
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*[[Sith/Legends|Sith]]
**[[Sith Empire]]
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**[[Sith Empire/Legends|Sith Empire]]
**[[Sith Lord]]
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**[[Sith Lord/Legends|Sith Lord]]
 
 
|species=
 
|species=
*[[Draethos]]
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*[[Draethos (species)|Draethos]]
*[[Human]]
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*[[Human/Legends|Human]]
*[[Hutt]]
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*[[Hutt/Legends|Hutt]]
*[[Massassi]]
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*[[Massassi/Legends|Massassi]]
 
*[[Sith (species)|Sith]]
 
*[[Sith (species)|Sith]]
 
 
|vehicles=
 
|vehicles=
 
*[[Dark Jedi transport]] {{1st}}
 
*[[Dark Jedi transport]] {{1st}}
 
*[[Sith escort gunship]] {{1st}}
 
*[[Sith escort gunship]] {{1st}}
 
*''[[Starbreaker 12]]''
 
*''[[Starbreaker 12]]''
 
 
|technology=
 
|technology=
 
*[[Sith sword]]
 
*[[Sith sword]]
 
 
|miscellanea=
 
|miscellanea=
 
*[[Golden Age of the Sith]]
 
*[[Golden Age of the Sith]]
*[[Hyperspace]]
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*[[Hyperspace/Legends|Hyperspace]]
 
 
}}
 
}}
   
 
==Collections==
 
==Collections==
 
*[[Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi &mdash; The Golden Age of the Sith (TPB)|''Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi &mdash; The Golden Age of the Sith'' TPB]]
 
*''[[Star Wars Omnibus: Tales of the Jedi, Volume 1]]''
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==Notes and references==
 
{{Imagecat|Images from Tales of the Jedi: The Golden Age of the Sith 2: Funeral for a Dark Lord}}
 
{{Imagecat|Images from Tales of the Jedi: The Golden Age of the Sith 2: Funeral for a Dark Lord}}
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{{Reflist}}
 
*[[Tales of the Jedi: The Golden Age of the Sith (TPB)|''Tales of the Jedi: The Golden Age of the Sith'' (TPB)]]
 
*''[[Omnibus: Tales of the Jedi Volume 1]]''
 
   
 
==External links==
 
==External links==
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*{{DarkHorse|Comics/95-271/Star-Wars-Tales-of-the-Jedi---The-Golden-Age-of-the-Sith-2-of-5|Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi - The Golden Age of the Sith #2 (of 5)|https://web.archive.org/web/20200218004548/https://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/95-271/Star-Wars-Tales-of-the-Jedi---The-Golden-Age-of-the-Sith-2-of-5}}
*[http://www.darkhorse.com/profile/profile.php?sku=95-271 Dark Horse Comics: ''The Golden Age of the Sith'' #2]
 
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*{{Marvel|subdomain=comicstore|Star-Wars-Tales-of-the-Jedi-The-Golden-Age-of-the-Sith-1996-1997-2-of-5/digital-comic/38385|Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi - The Golden Age of the Sith (1996-1997) #2 (of 5)|https://web.archive.org/web/20200218004410/https://comicstore.marvel.com/Star-Wars-Tales-of-the-Jedi-The-Golden-Age-of-the-Sith-1996-1997-2-of-5/digital-comic/38385}}
   
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{{TOTJ}}
   
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Warning: This infobox has missing parameters: release date and unrecognized parameters: publication date Tales of the Jedi - The Golden Age of the Sith 2 is the second issue of the Star Wars Legends comic book miniseries Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi — The Golden Age of the Sith. It was written by Kevin J. Anderson, illustrated by Dario Carrasco, Jr., and first published on November 13, 1996 by Dark Horse Comics.

The issue features the story "Funeral for a Dark Lord," in which Gav and Jori Daragon arrive on the Sith world of Korriban following the funeral of Marka Ragnos.

Publisher's summary

Marka Ragnos ruled the galaxy with an iron fist. He was the Dark Lord of the Sith -- the most powerful of the most powerful. But now he is dead. And two innocent hyperspace explorers, Gav and Jori Daragon, may follow suit if they get caught between the warring factions hoping to fill the Dark Lord void.

Plot summary

Opening crawl

Funeral for a Dark Lord
Five millennia before the birth of Luke
Skywalker, at the height of the Republic,
daring hyperspace explorers plunge through
uncharted space, hoping to discover valuable
commercial routes. Young Gav and Jori
Daragon, brother and sister, attempt to make
their fortune. Their supply-runner parents killed in
Empress Teta's final unification wars, Gav and Jori
have little left of a meager inheritance.

When their ship ''Starbreaker 12'' is damaged on a
mapping run, Aarrba the Hutt offers his repair dock
on Cinnagar, but he refuses to release the ship until
Gav and Jori pay him. Though Aarrba is kind-hearted
(for a Hutt), he has already trusted them one time too
many. Adding to their misfortunes, the merchant lord Ssk
Kahorr suffers financial ruin when he uses one of the
brother and sister's mapped routes — and he takes out a
contract for their lives…

Meanwhile, the Jedi scholar Odan-Urr is assigned to the
Koros system to assist Empress Teta. The unification wars are
over, and the seven worlds of her system are poised for
prosperity. Odan-Urr becomes a close confidant of another Jedi,
Memit Nadill, a personal adviser to the Empress.

The two Jedi rescue Gav and Jori from Ssk Kahorr's assassination
attempt. The brother and sister know they are doomed if they stay in
Cinnagar. They have only one chance — to steal the ''Starbreaker 12'' in
one desperate plunge through hyperspace, hoping to discover a
valuable new route no one else has dared to explore. Breaching
Aarrba's defenses, they roar off in their ship, dodging Cinnagar
security. Punching random numbers into their navicomputer, they
vanish into the unknown…

Funeral on Korriban

On the planet Korriban, the ruling Sith Lords have opened a new tomb in the Valley of the Dark Lords for the fallen Dark Lord of the Sith Marka Ragnos. Ludo Kressh, a powerful Sith Lord who wants to succeed Lord Ragnos, officiates over his predecessor's funeral. Marka Ragnos' remains and several Sith slaves are entombed inside his tomb.

Fugitives on the run

Meanwhile, the fugitives Gav and Jori Daragon bring their ship Starbreaker 12 out of hyperspace. Having picked out their coordinates at random during their flight from Koros Major, the twins stumble upon the uncharted world of Korriban. Seeking to make money from their work as hyperspace navigators, they decide to explore Korriban.

Following Marka Ragnos' funeral, Kressh's rival Naga Sadow arrives in the Valley of the Dark Lords to contest the leadership of the Sith Empire. Kressh rejects Sadow's challenge, deeming his rebellious actions and experiments a threat to the Empire. Sadow counters that the Sith Empire has grown stagnant and decadent. He reminds the assembled Sith that their Dark Jedi ancestors were banished for their beliefs.

Hoping to open a new hyperspace route, Gav convinces his sister Jori that they should explore Korriban. He reminds Jori that they are to claim to be "emissaries" from the Galactic Republic.

A leadership contest

Back on Korriban, Sadow and Kressh decide to resolve their rival claims through a vicious sword fight. With neither side able to gain an edge, they are interrupted by the ghost of Marka Ragnos. After recounting the origins of the Sith Empire, he warns that their empire will soon die if something is not done. He calls upon Kressh and Sadow to exercise wisdom and fight the right battles or else everything is lost.

Odan-Urr's vision

Back on Koros Major, Odan-Urr experiences a Force vision of an impending Sith attack. He decides to warn Empress Teta and his fellow Jedi Knight Memit Nadill. Arriving in the throne room, he finds Aarrba the Hutt reports Gav and Jori's theft of the Starbreaker 12 to Empress Teta, saying that they have repaid his kindness with treachery and damaged his repair dock.

Empress Teta promises to deliver justice for Aarrna. Odan-Urr recounts his nightmare to the Empress and Memit. Memit vouches for his fellow Jedi and the Empress promises to raise the matter when she travels to Coruscant in three days.

First contact

Back on Korriban, Sadow and Kressh decide to make peace. They are interrupted by the arrival of Gav and Jordi's ship Starbreaker 12. After landing, the two announce that they are from the Republic and offer a trade agreement. However, the Sith's Massassi warriors grab them and take them prisoner. Kressh believes that the Daragons are precursors to an invasion but Sadow intends to interrogate them, believing that they are the key to "ripe new fields" for the Sith Lords to conquer.

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