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Ord Cestus, a once‑prison world turned droid‑manufacturing hub, faces economic collapse as the Republic bans battle‑droid production during the Clone Wars. The Separatist Confederacy offers to buy the planet’s lucrative bio‑droids, prompting a diplomatic mission to halt the trade. Supreme Chancellor Palpatine sends Jedi Master Obi‑Wan Kenobi and clone soldiers to persuade the Ord Cestus government to abandon the Confederacy, while secretly stirring dissent among a struggling underclass. The mission’s success hinges on fragile diplomacy, as a full‑scale Republic assault could wipe out the bio‑droid factories and countless lives.
First publish date: March 1, 2005
Genre: Science Fiction/Space Opera
Authors: Steven Barnes
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