Safe

Life, Crime

A tedious investigation of a kidnapping resolves itself far too easily; this is the prologue to

• a sniper attempt
• rescue of Jedi Master Yoda
• hostile imprisonment of Admiral Angelo d'Arcy
• even more hostile imprisonment of Master Sergeant Yeager Lexics and Mentat KitKat
• the three prisoners being scheduled for transport to a terrible fate before Darth Sidious in the Mentis System

For four days, Gregor's minions have been searching the planet Drasen for Alexandria Vorstepanov the kidnapped daughter of Count Sebastian Vorstepanov -- who, in turn, owns the last fully functional shipyard in Alliance-controlled Tapani space. Despite holorecordings from neighborhood businesses of the actual kidnapping, and long hours of exhausting work, no useful leads have turned up. The investigators meet at a local bar to compare their scanty notes and brainstorm new approaches, when suddenly the kidnapped girl runs by, being chased by her captors -- obviously a nearly-successful escape attempt!

Gee, that was easy, wasn't it? Anybody else have a good feeling about this? No? Hmm.

Khun saved all our asses from a deadly sniper, because Khun is simply that tough.

— conclusion of "Safe", Star Wars: Shards of Honor