Andor

Pre-Mor Enforcement put out a bulletin last night

for someone meeting Cassian's description.

The bulletin doesn't mention him by name.

It says they're looking for someone from Kenari.

Andor should be considered armed and dangerous.

He may not appear to be a formidable opponent,

but two of our men are dead having made that mistake.

Who are you?

I know all about you.

Yes, I want the box,

and I'll leave with that if it's all I can get.

I know you killed two Corpos at Morlana-One,

and I know they're coming for you.

Seems like such a waste to let them have you.

Waste of talent.

We have a warrant for Cassian Andor.

Brace yourself.

Let's go! There he is!

How many are you?

Twelve. Fourteen. I swear.

I'd like you to come with me.

Why would I go anywhere with you?

Don't you want to fight these bastards for real?

There's a medpac.

Blue. Bright blue.

The shelf behind you.

Take hold of something.

Anyone behind us? Set for Aldhani.

Calculating for Aldhani.

Are they coming? Do as I say.

Calculations complete.

What's powering this?

I've been in a Fondor Haulcraft.

I've flown them.

Never seen one do that.

Well, it's been a day of surprises for all of us.

You're bleeding on my floor.

Fix your arm.

What's Aldhani?

That depends.

I haven't agreed to do anything but save my skin.

Yeah, and here you are with your skin.

What's that? Med nog.

Just a sip.

Perhaps you got alternatives I'm not aware of.

Seems to me you have two choices.

Either I drop you somewhere and you start running

or you come with me and help with something important.

And, of course, you could try and kill me and take the ship.

Define "important."

Taking something of real value from the Empire.

I don't need you to steal.

Seeing how well you're doing on your own.

I'll take the drop-off.

And do what? Continue as you are?

They'll use the same rope to hang you

whether it's for a plasma coil or 20 million credits.

I'm offering you everything you want, all at once.

What is "everything I want"?

Since you know so much about me.

To put a real stick in the eye of the Empire

and get paid for it.

I wondered who you were.

Who am I?

Alliance, Sep, guerilla, Partisan Front.

One of them. Isn't it all the same?

It is to me.

So we agree.

No.

I think it's all useless.

Better to spit in their food and steal their trinkets.

It's better to live.

Better to eat, sleep, do what you want.

You don't know me.

I fought in Mimban when I was 16.

Two years of it.

Straight out of prison, into the mud.

I'm one of 50 that survived.

And who did it turn out we were fighting?

Ourselves.

So, please...

You were on the ground in Mimban for six months.

You came in as a cook.

You lived because you ran.

But you're right about one thing.

The Empire had you fighting each other,

which should make you hate them all the more,

and you do.

I said I know you.

I know the outside. I know what people tell me when I ask.

The rest, I imagine.

I imagine your hate.

I imagine that no matter what you tell me or tell yourself,

you'll ultimately die fighting these bastards.

So what I'm asking is this.

Wouldn't you rather give it all at once to something real

than carve off useless pieces till there's nothing left?

I didn't risk my ass for the Starpath unit.

I came for you.

What's the offer?

Five days.

Big stakes, big danger.

Prepped team, good plan.

You survive and deliver, I'll give you 200,000.

What would we be stealing?

The quarterly payroll for an entire Imperial sector.

With the next quarter's detention estimates

expected to increase across the Ryloth sector,

any further erosion in local authority

may require an increase in our blackline budget.

And where would you target these new resources, Supervisor Grandi?

Uh, increased surveillance, sir.

Looking for what?

Anti-Imperial activity as always.

Uh, are you being intentionally vague?

No, sir.

I'll expect specifics by the end of the day. Lagret,

what is this item from Arvala-Six?

A positive development, sir.

The dimensions of the conflict have diminished sufficiently

that mining has resumed on the occupied lands.

Storage issues with the displaced?

Ongoing.

As is your unfinished memorandum of recommendations regarding the problem.

My staff is awaiting an assessment from Arvala-Six's ministerial director.

Because they've done such an excellent job so far, hmm?

What do we do here? Sir?

What is our purpose, Lagret?

On Arvala-Six?

I open the question to the room.

What do we do in this building? Why are we here? Anyone?

We're here to further security objectives by collecting intelligence,

providing useful analysis, and conducting effective covert action, sir.

Very good, Dedra.

That is verbatim from the ISB mission statement, and wrong.

Security is an illusion.

You want security? Call the Navy.

Launch a regiment of troopers.

We are healthcare providers.

We treat sickness.

We identify symptoms.

We locate germs whether they arise from within or have come from the outside.

The longer we wait to identify a disorder, the harder it is to treat the disease.

Do you understand my meaning, Lagret? Yes, sir.

Don't trouble yourself writing the memorandum.

I'll reassign it.

Blevin, Morlana sector. This incident on Ferrix.

Corporate Security, sir. They're still in charge out there.

They tried to serve a warrant and ran into more trouble than they'd anticipated.

Trouble meaning what?

Several dead. Property damage.

Interruption of service.

A stolen Imperial Starpath unit was recovered at the scene.

Those responsible? Unknown, sir.

I'm heading out after this meeting. We'll speak before you leave.

Jung. Sir?

Elaborate on these added protection requests

for traffic to the Abrion sector.

Proactive measure, sir.

There's an increase in construction shipments going to Scarif, sir.

Think of a name.

Think of a name for yourself.

Clem.

For the next five days, you'll be Clem.

Who's that?

You'll be working for her.

I thought you were in charge.

I never said that.

She's gonna hate this idea to start.

She's gonna argue with me.

Think it's best you stay inside until I've had time to work it all out.

Take this.

What is it?

It's a down payment.

It's a Kuati Signet.

Blue kyber. Sky stone.

The ancient world.

Celebrates the uprising against the Rakatan invaders.

Don't take less than 50,000 for it.

Just know it will always be worth more to me.

I want it back when this is over.

If I live.

I want it back.

Against 200,000. Giving you my word.

Hello, Vel. We almost didn't get the message.