Minister Dell André shuffled his feet to the chair at the head of the table and sat down again, reviewing a datapad as the crowd piled back into the room and sat down in silence. He glanced once at Kess over the rim of his spectacles and tossed down the datapad on the table. "Climbed thirty-five stories up an elevator shaft." He chuckled quietly, "Young energy." "Yes, Minister," Kess whispered, not knowing how else to respond to the grandfather-like comment. The Minister brought another datapad to his sights and pulled on his shaggy beard. Seeing that everyone was seated and the door was shut again, he folded his fingers in front of his face and looked across the table. "Commander Skywalker, what is your understanding of the term: Usak?" "I think they are after a Jedi Apprentice," Luke

