With outside forces led by Commerce Guild president Shu Mai secretly influencing things, the planet Ansion is considering seceding from the Republic. A rather unassuming planet that is primarily made up of prairies, Ansion is actually at the center of many alliances with other planets. If Ansion were to secede, there would be a domino effect of other planets leaving the Republic.
Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker, Luminari Unduli, and Barriss Offee are dispatched by the Jedi to the planet for negotiations. Their goal is to get the inhabitants of Ansion to vote to remain in the Republic. However, they must get the nomadic and city dwelling inhabitants to agree to remain. The city dwellers pledge to remain in the Republic if the Jedi can secure a deal with the nomads.
Thus begins a quest by the Jedi to find the nomads in the prairies and arrange the treaty. Along the way they must face dangerous creatures, strange nomadic people, and assassins sent by Soergg the Hutt to kill them. With a quickly lapsing timetable pushing them, it will take all their Jedi skills to survive much less secure the treaty. |
