Star Wars - The Han Solo Trilogy - Rebel Dawn by A.C. Crispin

Author:A.C. Crispin
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2012-05-16T11:03:07+00:00

Durga the Hutt stared at the screen of his datapad and rejoiced. At last! Black Sun, in the person of Guri, Xizors personal assistant, had just provided him with conclusive proof that Jiliac the Hutt, most likely abetted by her nephew, Jabba, had planned Aruks murder- and Teroenza had carried it out.

Black Suns evidence was mostly in the form of records of purchases and payments that proved Jiliacs link to the Malkite Poisoners. The Desilijic leader had purchased enough X-1 from them to bankrupt a medium-sized colony. And that X-1 had then been shipped straight to Teroenza. There were also records of items that Jiliac had purchased and sent to the High Priest, valuable items that were now part of the tlanda Tils collection.

So I would not realize he was paid off Durga thought. Teroenza thought he could hide his pay by taking items fir his collection. The Hutt leader noted that most of those items were not only valuable, but in demand. Should Teroenza ever wish to sell them, he could readily exchange them for many credits on the antiquities black market.

Durga noted with interest that Teroenza had re-cently done exactly that, and with the proceeds from severa] of these sales, had purchased a used turbolaser. He is obviously preparing for a defense of Ylesia, Durga realized. Any time now, he is likely to declare his independence ....

Durga first impulse was to have Teroenza dragged back to Nal Hutta in restraints, but, with an effort, he made himself think out all the ramifications of such an action. The Sacredots, or Under-Priests, would be furi-ous with Besadii on behalf of their leader. Teroenza was popular... especially now that hed managed to have their mates brought to Ylesia.

If Durga had Teroenza dragged way, the Sacredots might refuse to perform the Exultation for the Pilgrims. And without the Priests to give them their daily dose of euphoria, the Pilgrims might refuse to work-they might even revolt! Either way, losing the Priests would be disastrous for production in the spice factories.

Regretfully, Durga realized that before he could have his revenge upon Teroenza, hed have to make some preparations. Find a new Hutt overlord for Ylesia, and a popular, charismatic tlanda Til to act as High Priest. The new High Priest who would announce bonuses for all the loyal tlanda Til. And, on second thought, perhaps it would be best to leave the tlanda Tils mates on Ylesia... at least for the time being. All of that would probably take a week to accore-plish. And until the Besadii ship carrying the new High Priest had landed on Ylesia, Durga couldnt let Teroenza know that he was being replaced. Besadii couldnt take the chance of precipitating a revolt until they had the troops in place to deal with it.

Durga decided to move cautiously . . keep Teroenza in ignorance until the last moment. Or, if Kibbick had been forced to have the High Priest ar-rested, theyd have to cover up Teroenzas absence. Perhaps a sudden

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