The Endurance lurches in space, fire spilling from its shattered hull. The stoic Admiral Kilian shows no fear in front of the clone cadets, who he orders to evacuate the ship under the guise of it being a test of their efficiency.

Boba rejoins the cadets easily amid the confusion as the brigade breaks into smaller teams to board the escape pods. Boba shares a pod with Jax and some other cadets. After the pod blasts away from the Endurance, Boba sabotages it by deploying drag fins too early. The malfunctioning pod spins out of control, away from the others.

Anakin commands R2-D2 to prepare the Jedi starfighters for takeoff. He fails to convince Kilian to evacuate. The traditionalist officer refuses to leave, preferring to go down with the ship. Commander Ponds and a small crew of navigation officers join him on the bridge as the Endurance plunges towards Vanqor.

Mace and Anakin board their fighters and leave the ship. Sergeant Crasher reports to Anakin that he's missing a pod of cadets, and Mace suspects the saboteur may have gotten to them.

Boba's pod finally decelerates and sits dead in empty space. The cadets fret about their fate, but Jax keeps his cool. In deep space, the unmistakable Slave I docks with the lone escape pod, and bounty hunters Bossk and Aurra Sing enter the airlock. They welcome Fett aboard. Jax is shocked to see his fellow cadet is not what he seems.

Aurra -- who was Watcher -- tells Boba that the cadets are living witnesses, and are to be abandoned to the void. With regret, Fett leaves the cadets behind. The cadets begin to panic, and Jax tries to hold the team together.

Suddenly the piercing search lights of the Jedi starfighters enter the pod's viewports. Anakin and Mace report the pod's location to Sergeant Crasher for pick-up, and then focus on the next challenge. They have lost contact with Admiral Kilian. The Jedi need to enter Vanqor's atmosphere and see what has happened to the doomed Endurance.