Kataddik passes Gaze and kneels before the body of the late Admiral.

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Arriving to their destination, Muu parks the speeder, " This is where the admiral told us to discretely meet for further information on the traitor. I'm ecstatic for us to be finally able to identify the Foerost collaborator who betrayed our beloved Republic " he says, cheerfully to the other padawans. As Muu quickly hops out of the vehicle, he joyfully waves to the others as Kai-wan, strangely, starts simultaneously running towards an adjacent building. Rushing to Oola's side for the details, the Iktotchi abruptly pauses at the startled sight of the former admiral. Staring at the scene, Muu's mind races with curiosity of ' Who could of known on such short notice? '.

Turning his head towards Oola, " We are by your side now. I am sorry I wasn't here sooner " he shares, sincerely.

Zoroku steps out of the Speeder shortly behind Muu and watches with his hands folded behind his back as the Chaos unfurls before him, then moves with haste to Oola. " What happened here?" He asks as he looks around at the scene of the crime.

Raithe arrives at the scene with her fellow Jedi padawans to find the body of one of the admirals on the ground.

Pity. This could have proven to be a promising lead, she thinks to herself. Raithe listens to Oola's story on the assassination.

The pain came back. Biting, gnawing, clawing at her head. Someone else was here! They must be here to take her again! She wouldn't go back in that room! They wouldn't take her again!

"GET BACK! YOU WONT MAKE ME DO THAT! GET AWAY!

She retrieved her Lightsaber, more for some small comfort than actual offence, and embraced the force to shield her. But all that came forth was filth and dirt. It mocked her and belittled her. No protection would come. She was alone and about to die. So she ran. Ran for her life after the Droid.

Catching a brief precognitive glimpse of Oola rushing towards the droid, Muu immediately says " Understood. I will join you! " speaking simultaneously as she does. Purely focused on discovering the assailant's identity, the Iktotchi quickly throws the left portion of his robe to the side, and withdraws his curved crossguard lightsaber. Rushing by Oola's flank towards the building in unison, he begins to question what exactly did 'you won't make me do that' was in reference too?

Zalen’s hand flew to his pistol, grabbing it and drawing it, aiming at the droid. However, a slip caused him to misfire, the shot missing as he cursed.

The others run off after the apparent assailant, Gaze turns to the body in the alley. He sighs to himself, and kneels down next to the Admiral's remains, and slowly begins checking her pockets and folds. Not much need to check for cause of death, that is readily apparent. After a few moments of methodical searching, he uncovers a datapad. He casually activates it, seeing the passcode request pop up. Not surprised by this, he shuts it down for now, and stores it in his robes. Finding nothing else of interest, he takes a few moments to gently arrange her body in a relaxed posture, hands across her stomach. He takes her hooded cloak, and gently drapes it over her body, covering her face from the elements. "I'm sorry." He said quietly, placing a hand on the side of her face that wasn't damaged from the shot. "I will try and make your sacrifice not be in vain." With that, he gets up and begins to head in the direction of the rest of the Padawans.

After a cursory observation of the crime scene and how the others have reacted to the attack, Zoroku decides to follow the others as they must have seen the assailant and are giving chase. He readies his lightsaber in his hand and begins to run after the group of Padawans in search for more answers and the assassin.

Kataddik too follows after the others as they pursue the assailant.

Kai-wan activates his staff and lunges forward, perhaps a bit too eager, and in doing so overextends himself. This buys the Mandalorian a few precious seconds, but it won't help him much. The Jedi can't be far behind...

Raithe follows the other padawans, unsheathing her yellow shoto as she runs. After she makes it up the stairs, Raithe finds Oola's mechanical companion doing battle with a Mandalorian. She edges closer, ready to strike.

As Muu runs in unison with Oola, he quickly leaps inside the adjacent building to spot Kai-wan lunging at an armed individual wearing Mandalorian armor. Noting the downward arc of combat swiftly approaching, he decides to maneuver himself with the intent of blocking the building's backdoor while still allowing Oola room to enter inside the primary entrance. Catching sight of the assailant's DL-19C, Muu without hesitance reaches through the Force towards the pistol, and telekinetically rips it from the Mando's grasp straight into his own off-hand. " You're under arrest for the assassination of a Republic Admiral! Place your hands up into the air and kneel down now! " he demands, focused on the Mandalorian's next move.

Gaze approaches at a quick pace, surveying the scene as it currently plays out.

Zoroku leaps into action and ignites his lightsaber seeing that the assassin wasn't listening to Muu's request to stand down he attempts to give the assailant a bit of a warning strike. The Mandalorian sees him coming and dodges the attack but in doing so causes themselves to trip. " I would suggest you stand down, you are outnumbered and in no position to retaliate." Zoroku says as he points the Lightsaber blade at the Mando's neck.

Raithe stares down at the Mandalorian. "Listen to him. This is your last chance, assassin."

Zalen’s head turned between the jedi before he raised his hands to his head, signalling he surrendered. Despite doing so, he was constantly on the lookout for a way to run.

" Slowly get on your feet and relinquish your weapons to my fellow Jedi." Zoroku says calmly in a serious tone while ushering in his compatriots to come forward to pick up the Mandalorian's remaining weapons. " Cooperate, and we can recommend the Republic go easy on your sentencing for your murder of an Admiral." He says as he keeps the blade close to the assassin's neck.

"Does this mean I can't crack him open like a crab?"

The droid sounds genuinely disappointed as he produces a set of binders.

Zoroku gestures to Muu to come join him in the interrogation of their new prisoner then looks to the Assassin watching them closely as they get up from the floor. " Let us begin with some questions, Who hired you to kill the Admiral?" He says his lightsaber still pointed to their neck though not as close when they were on the ground, watching for any sudden movements, A Mandalorian could still get out of bindings if they were practiced at it.

I have no other weapons

The mandalorian said, his voice metallic and deep from within the helmet, obviously using a voice changer to protect his true voice.

If you want information, you’ll have to give me what I want.

The male then said.

I can tell you everything you want. If you’ll follow my conditions.

"You have no other weapons?!" If it is possible for a droid to appear incredulous, Kai-wan's very limited expressions convey just that.

"I have heard some wild deceptions from the lips of Mandalorian prisoners, but none so outlandish and unlikely as this. Strip. No sudden movements."

As the Mandalorian surrenders, Muu begins to thinks " Hrmm, I don't believe this guy to be Taung based off the present behavior. Neo-Mandolorian? There might be hope for this situation yet ". Once Zoroku gestures him forward, he approaches cautiously with his unignited lightsaber still prepared to strike.

Upon the prisoner attempting to demand conditions, Muu flatly just shakes his head 'no'. The assassin just murdered one of the few remaining Republic Naval Admirals who had survived the war. Clearly, the individual just guaranteed themselves a hasty death penalty on Coruscant. His only hope is to immediately cooperate and remain a Jedi prisoner for any hope of humane treatment. Post-Foerost, this Republic lose of life was far more tragic than losing Governors for entire systems.

Coldly, " You're in no room to negotiate... I suggest you do tell us everything, now, to remain in Jedi custody. Or we shall have you simply confess in one of Admiral Ratchar Stewth's naval brigs under her command by personnel... " he harshly warns, standing by Zoroku's side. The Iktotchi keeps his eyes alertly focused upon the Mandalorian awaiting for the lengthy full confession.

Zalen stared up at the male before he shrugged.

I can give you the info... but let’s move to somewhere... less noticeable first.

Muu looks briefly around the isolated room surrounded by seven Jedi at the bottom of the stairs. " Kataddik, could you help our prisoner remove his helmet? I don't think he can hear me " he says, in a stoic manner.