Spoiler alert! This story gallery contains plot details from "War-Mantle".
15 Images
They make their way through the base, but when Tech enters a clone code at a terminal to redirect the Empire's forces, it instead triggers an alarm. "Clone codes don't work here!" Gregor says. Troopers close in on their position, but the Bad Batchers fight them off. As they prepare to head upwards to leave, however, Tech notices something about the Imperial troopers...
They're not clones. "That's what I've been trying to tell you," Gregor says. "These are our replacements, if you can believe that."
The Bad Batchers and Gregor race through the base's corridors, stunning those in their path. They finally reach a lift and head to the roof. But when the group reaches the top..
...they find troopers waiting.
Forced back down, the Bad Batchers and Gregor must again blast their way through. A shot tags Gregor, but he survives. Meanwhile, Tech devises an escape plan: They will leave through the thermal exhaust port and contact the Marauder.
As they walk, Gregor tells Hunter that he was sent to this base with other commandos by the Empire. But he quickly realized he wanted out. "It turns out the Empire doesn't take too kindly to desertion," he says laughing.
Hunter contacts the Marauder and requests a pickup. Omega and Wrecker ready the ship.
Gregor and the Bad Batchers reach the port, but Imperial troops spot them and open fire. Wrecker and Omega manage to get Tech and Gregor out, but gunships chase the Marauder off, leaving Echo and Hunter behind.
After fighting off the Imperial swarm, Tech brings the Marauder back for another pass. Echo makes the jump onto the ship...
...but Hunter can't hang on. He plummets thousands of feet downward and lands on the planet surface.
When Hunter wakes, he orders Tech to leave. "I'll find another way back," he says.
Omega pleads with Hunter to change his directive, but he refuses. Hunter lowers his weapons as Imperial troops surround him.
On Kamino, Rampart visits Lama Su. He raises "a disturbing matter" -- Nala Se has been gathering medical personnel to flee Kamino.
But Rampart claims to have use for a scientist with her skill. He does not, however, require a politician. "I'm afraid your services are no longer needed," he says to Lama Su. Rampart departs, as troops stalk toward the prime minister.
Hunter sits in his cell when, suddenly, a visitor arrives: Crosshair. "I was hoping for the whole squad," he says. "But you'll do."
