Governor Saxon plays a recording of the attack to Grand Admiral Thrawn, showing how the weapon targets Mandalorian armor and vaporizes the individual wearing it. The Grand Admiral, however, is disappointed in the weapon's range. He wants Sabine Wren to complete it.

Bo-Katan charges Sabine. How could a Mandalorian create something like this? Sabine explains that she saw the weapon as a challenge and destroyed her work when she realized what the Empire planned to do with it.

Sabine devises a plan: they will infiltrate Saxon's ship to destroy the weapon and erase all data related to it. Bo-Katan is impressed with the young Mandalorian's leadership.

Aboard the Star Destroyer, Sabine and Bo-Katan reach the weapon. Saxon activates it, demanding that Sabine set it to full power or die. Sabine acquiesces and programs the machine.

Without warning, the weapon targets Imperial armor. Saxon and his stormtroopers crumble in pain.

Bo-Katan implores Sabine to stop. This is not the Mandalorian way. "Hope or fear? The choice is yours," she says.

Igniting the Darksaber, Sabine destroys the weapon. "For Mandalore," she says. The power core ruptured, they escape the ship before it blows.

"You have the wisdom of a ruler," Sabine tells Bo-Katan. The clans pledge allegiance to Bo-Katan; she accepts the Darksaber, uniting Mandalore.