However, the scavengers’ shared hatred for the Empire’s polluting presence on their world leads them to help the fugitives instead, providing them with a ship.
The Imperial officers attempt to board him, but Luthen utilizes a series of hidden countermeasures.
On Ferrix, the Imperial presence is suffocating. , now working a desk job on Coruscant, receives a tip about Maarva’s death from his contact on Ferrix, Sergeant Mosk. Driven by his obsession with Cassian, Syril steals credits from his mother and heads to Ferrix, desperate for a second chance at "justice."
They are cornered by two local Narkina scavengers, the , who initially intend to turn them in for a bounty.