"No, the Empire never considered this world worth anything, so we were never sent here. Nor did Nightswan ever have any operations set up here." Eli wondered if Thrawn had told Altair about Nightswan. A conversation for later, no doubt. He remembered how sad Thrawn had been when he found out Pryce's actions killed him too.

Thrawn had wanted Nightswan to go to the Chiss and aid them. Sometimes Eli couldn't help but ponder if Thrawn would have sent them both, or if he would have kept Eli at his side had Nightswan said yes. Certainly, the fact that Thrawn had sent Eli at all showed how highly Thrawn thought of him.

"My research says Jabba the Hutt runs out of this planet, so we'd best not get on his bad side."

Eli stepped out of the shuttle and into the port. The place was bustling with activity, though some couldn't help but turn their eyes towards the blue alien. Eli heard 'Pantoran' tossed around more than once in hushed whispers.

Exiting the space port, Eli had to put his hood up to shade his eyes. "Maybe we should start at the cantina."