Meanwhile on Verdanth, Tyrhevius surveys a holographic map of the local star cluster. It is projected from a pedestal in the center of his private quarters, a room located in the heart of the Talon Striders’ base of operations. Sporadically-placed glow lamps illuminate various weapons, both blasters and blades alike, as well as mementos wrenched from the dying forms of his previous victims.
As he turns a globe in the palm of his hand, his door lets out a two-tone beep. Tyrhevius waves an idle gesture. The door slides open. A Gran underling enters the gloomily-lit room.
The servant tells Tyrhevius that their eyes and ears on Raxus Prime have sent back word of Dagman’s demise. The human Strider demands more details of the incident. The Gran proffers a vid-slate to his master showing the merchant’s body in an alley, one arm missing. Tyrhevius deduces from the clean, cauterized state of the wound that the assailant used a lightsaber. He knows this from his days as a mercenary under the late Darth Vader.