Ohnaka, playing the helpful type, offers Dooku transport to the nearest planet, Florrum, six parsecs away. Dooku accepts, concealing his lightsabers from the pirates. Ohnaka orders his men to return to the ship; they are heading home with their new "guest." When the Weequay craft arrives at Florrum. Dooku realizes his lightsabers have been snatched by the pick-pocketing talons of Pilf Mukmuk, a green-furred Kowakian monkey lizard loyal to Ohnaka.

Dooku is unarmed, and surrounded by dozens of pirates. Over thirty rifles point at Dooku's back as Ohnaka relishes in his prize: the leader of the clanker army, in his possession! He hopes to ransom the Sith Lord to the Republic.

Inside the Vanqor cave, Anakin and Obi-Wan continue using the Force to build a barricade between them and the gundark. A collapse of rock opens a fissure in the cave, and noxious green gas begins filling the cavern. The Jedi try to dig their way out of the collapsed opening, but the gas is overwhelming them.

They collapse just as the cavern entrance explodes from outside. Ahsoka Tano and her clone forces have blasted the cave open. They also take care of the angry gundark by collapsing the entrance once more.

On Coruscant, Chancellor Palpatine and his staff review a holographic message from Hondo Ohnaka. The Weequay pirate chief makes his demands: a million credits worth of spice delivered by an unarmed diplomatic ship. Padmé Amidala realizes that this may be their only chance to get Dooku. She suggests that the Republic dispatch two Jedi to confirm Dooku's capture. Ohnaka agrees, if the Jedi arrive unarmed.

Ohnaka graciously greets the Jedi, Obi-Wan and Anakin. Ohnaka goes on about the great battle that saw Dooku defeated, inflating the tale of his pirates' performance. Anakin isn't listening -- he's surprised to spot his lightsaber in the claws of a Kowakian monkey-lizard.

Ohnaka arranges a meeting between the Jedi and Dooku, so the Republic can confirm the count's capture. Suspended splayed in a containment field is the count. Kenobi and Skywalker grin at the Sith Lord's turn of misfortune. Dooku remains defiant, confident that he won't remain a captive for long. He also chides the Jedi for their naivety, for he warns them that the devious Weequay may overstep themselves and target the Jedi next.

At the Weequay party, revelry abounds, with drunkenness, food, dancing and merriment. Kenobi and Skywalker are still on their guard, but Hondo insists they have a drink. It is tradition. Skywalker still doesn't understand how these pirates could have pulled off the capture of Dooku, but Obi-Wan asks him to not question such an unexpected gift.