At Zanbar, the combined Death Watch and Black Sun forces are soon joined by members of the Pyke Syndicate, the leading spice suppliers of the criminal underworld. Lom, leader of the syndicate, throws in with Maul's growing cabal. Their next target will be Nal Hutta.

Inside the Hutt Council Chamber on Nal Hutta, Maul, Savage, and Vizsla stand before the Hutt leaders, proposing an alliance. Attending in hologram, Jabba considers the offer if it pays well. Maul's only offer is the lives of the Hutts in exchange for control of Hutt Space and all within its borders.

The council chortles at this outrageous demand. Jabba summons a cadre of bounty hunters -- Embo, Sugi, Latts Razzi, and Dengar -- to dispose of their guests. An intense firefight erupts, with the hunters chasing Maul, Savage, and Vizsla out of the council chamber.

The battle against the bounty hunters has pushed Vizsla and the Sith brothers to a rain-swept landing platform, where they are joined by a well-armed Bo-Katan and her Nite Owl warriors. Latts Razzi calls a retreat into the Hutt compound. The Mandalorians and Sith continue to fight back. Sugi and Embo manage to land impressive blows on Maul and Savage, but in the end, the hunters must retreat under cover of smoke grenades.

Maul allows them to escape, and returns to his true objective: the Hutt Council Chamber. All but one of the Hutts have escaped: an injured Oruba desperately calls for help. He sells out his fellow Hutts by revealing they have retreated to Jabba's palace on Tatooine, but that's hardly surprising or worthwhile information. At Maul's command, Savage cuts down Oruba.

Maul and Vizsla's forces arrive at Jabba the Hutt's sandblasted palace and launch another strike. Mandalorian warriors make short work of Jabba's Nikto and Gamorrean guards.

Entering Jabba's throne room, the growing coalition of criminals get new additions, as Jabba agrees to join.

Maul's master plan begins to coalesce. Vizsla can have control of Mandalore. Maul has a bigger objective: command of the entire galactic underworld. The mission to retake Mandalore is underway and Pre Vizsla intends to betray the Sith Lord once his home planet is secured.