Chapter 20 Summary

Han uses Threepio to transmit a message to Coruscant in Leia's voice. Leia's assistant Winter gets on the line and relays a coded message to Han about trouble brewing between Admiral Ackbar and Borsk Fey'lya. Han interprets the message to mean that Fey'lya is gathering forces to possibly push Ackbar out of the New Republic Council. In the meantime, Han and Lando leave the Falcon to meet with a fellow smuggler who is supposed to tell them the location of Talon Karrde's operations. They arrive at a spaceport casino and keep an eye out for their contact. Han sees their contact at a sabbac table in the back of the room. He approaches the table and joins the game.

After a scuffle involving aliens that try to pin him as a cheater, Han and the smuggler make their way out of the spaceport...