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STAR WARS: DARK FORCES
Rebel Agent
BY
William C. Deets
Ezra Tucker
CHAPTER ONE
Morgan Katarn was afraid. Afraid that he had missed something important, afraid that the
which hung just beyond the transparisteel view port would prove unsuitable, and afraid that in spite of his
considerable efforts, the Imperials would find the three hundred and forty-seven men, women, and
children under his care and transport them to slave labor camps from which few, if any, would return.
All because they had exercised that most basic of human liberties - the right of free speech. First in
meetings held within the privacy of their own homes, then in anized gatherings, and finally in
Baron's Hed, Sulons principal city. Because the demonstration was over before Imperial forces had time
to react, the colonists escaped without arrest, much to the mandant's embarrassment.
However, thanks to the holos that had been taken and a traitor in their midst, it was only a matter of
time before the "agitators" would be identified and punished.
Even though Morgan Katarn admired the philosophy of nonviolent resistance, which the
demonstrators espoused, and believed the strategy would work in the long run, he feared the "long run"
might last a thousand years - a period of time during which millions might suffer and die. That being the
case, he had elected to stay home. Some of the demonstrators had labeled him a coward and pointed out
that nonviolent resistance often required more courage bat, but Morgan stuck to his convictions.
Armed resistance had weakened the Empire's grip and armed resistance would bring it down.
The Imperials could have responded to the demonstration in anynumber of ways - including show
trials, transportation to slave labor camps, or out-and-out murder. But the demonstrators considered that
unlikely . . . until three families were massacred in one night, their homes burned to