Laytron said, nodding. "Unfortunately, the Separatists have the same maps we do. They've got the Outlinks and their tunnels covered."

"Actually," Tories said, "they don't."

He lifted his eyebrows at Binalie. The other still wasn't happy about this, Tories could tell, but he'd made up his mind to go through with it. 'The fact is, Lieutenant, that the maps are wrong," Binalie said. "We've actually built a fourth Outlink, west and a little south of the plant and about two kilometers away. It's not quite ready yet, which is why it's not on any of the official maps. But the Outlink structure itself is built."

"More to the point, so is the connecting tunnel," Tories said "The only thing missing is the opening into the main complex itself."

"Which a lightsaber-equipped Jedi could easily remedy," Laytron said, sounding thoughtful.

"Exactly," Tories agreed. "If you can stage some kind of diversion to draw the roving patrols away from that part of the grounds, I should be able to slip in and get Roshton's people out without the Separatists being any the wiser."

"Interesting idea," Laytron agreed. "You have any particular diversion in mind?"

"We were hoping you could come up with something," Tories said.

"I'm sure you have a better grasp of the military situation than either of us do."

"Well, there's one obvious possibility," Laytron said. "With their control ship destroyed, they have to be running their droid army off the secondary control matrix they brought down here with them. If we threaten that, they'll have no choice but to respond."

"Good idea," Binalie grunted. "Question is, where is it?"

"It's not in one of the battle tanks or MTT transports," Laytron said.

'There's only so much miniaturization you can do with something like that. It therefore has to be in one of the landing ships."

"Unless it's not even in this area," Binalie pointed out. "There are about a million square kilometers of empty space out there where they could have hidden it."