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The Trouble With Squibs
Troy Denning
The Trouble With Squibs
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Princess Leia has learned that Ludlo Lebauer has a complete collection of boasas, an ancient Alderaanian art work. She and Han Solo have taken a small vacation to the casinos of Pavo Prime with the express purpose of obtaining those pieces for the Alderaanian people. They discover that there is more to the situation when they encounter 2 of the 3 Squibs who made their mission so unbearable on Tatooine. It turns out that Sligh and Emala are behind several of the tips that NRI have received regarding Imperial prototype weaponry, and they have another tip they will give up as long as Leia and Han buy a piece called "Second Mistake" from Ludlo as well. Leia and Han meet with Ludlo and discover that what he wants from them in exchange for the boasas is salvage rights to New Republic war debris. He is unwilling to give up "Second Mistake" because it holds a personal meaning to him; it is the Squib, Gree, frozen in carbonite. Leia refuses to do business with him, and they retreat to their hotel room. They do some research and learn that Ludlo is the acting chair of something called the Invisible Shell and that the true chair is Ludlo's uncle who is currently in prison for the deaths of thousands of people from when he tried a scam with bacta. They learn that the Squibs were selling artwork to the Imperials for information, which they then sold to NRI through the Invisible Shell. Leia and Han confront Ludlo in front of the board for the Shell and offer to release his uncle in exchange for the artwork. Ludlo agrees, and then decides to kill them in secret so that his uncle doesn't get released. Leia explains that she had no intention of releasing a man who is responsible for thousands of deaths, and so Ludlo lets them go and gives "Second Mistake" to the Squibs who take it and disappear before they can give up the promised information. Ludlo explains that the Imperials discovered what was happening and started feeding the Squibs false information. Gree tried to pull a con on Ludlo so he was frozen in carbonite as punishment. He gives Han and Leia a final bit of advice, "Never trust a Squib".