Editing Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic/Ahto West

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{{KotOR/Header|Ahto West|Map of Ahto West|map}}
==Ahto City Central==
You enter on the east side of Ahto West, with the door to the {{KotOR|West Central}} courtyard behind you. The corridor ahead turns southwest, leading to the northeast side of a courtyard. The optional {{KotOR|Ahto West|Sunry Murder Trial}}, {{KotOR|Ahto West|Republic Hiring Mercenaries}} and {{KotOR|Ahto West|Missing Selkath}} quests can be activated here, and completed as you return east to seek the Star Map on Manaan and continue your quest for the Star Forge.

==Sunry Murder Trial==
If you've returned from the [[../Upper Shadowlands#Star Map: Kashyyyk|Upper Shadowlands of Kashyyyk]] after Jolee Bindo joined your party, a woman named Elora awaits you as you enter the courtyard. If Jolee is not currently in your party:

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{{KotOR/Dialog||Elora:|I was told that you're a friend of Jolee Bindo... and that Jolee has returned to the sector. Please, I must speak to him. It's very urgent!|C=2}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||1.|Who are you?|W=50%}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||2.|Why do you need to speak to Jolee?|W=50%}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||Elora:|My name is Elora. My husband Sunry and Jolee are old friends. Now Sunry needs Jolee's help.|C=2}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||2.|Maybe I can help your husband.|C=3}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||Elora:|Someone is out to destroy my husband. I... I don't know who I can trust. I don't know you. But Jolee - he was always a true friend to Sunry.|C=3}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||1.|I shall tell Jolee immediately.|W=33%}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||2.|Maybe I can help your husband.|W=34%}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||3.|I don't have time for this.|W=33%}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||Elora:|Please, I beg you to bring Jolee to speak to me about my husband. Sunry's life depends on it!|C=3}}
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{{KotOR/Journal|Sunry Murder Trial|You have been approached by Elora, wife of Jolee's friend Sunry. She has begged you to bring Jolee to her so that she may speak to him.}}
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If Jolee ''is'' currently in your party:

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{{KotOR/Dialog||Elora:|Jolee! It *is* you! I... need your help.}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog|Jolee||Elora? Of all the people... How did you even know I'd left Kashyyyk?}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||Elora:|I didn't. Nobody knew where you were, not even Sunry! But I heard the Selkath mention you and your friends. The Force has brought you to help us!}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog|Jolee||Why? Whatever could be the matter, my dear?}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||Elora:|It's horrible, Jolee! Sunry has been arrested! The Sith have accused him of murder!}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog|Jolee||Murder? But how...}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||Elora:|It's all a mistake, Jolee! Sunry isn't a murderer - someone is trying to frame him.}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog|Jolee||Calm down, Elora. Where's Sunry now?}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||Elora:|Sunry's being held at the Selkath courts. They won't let anyone in to see him. Please, go to the courts, talk to the Judges. Maybe the Selkath will listen to you.}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog|Jolee||Don't worry, Elora. We'll get to the bottom of this and help Sunry... somehow.}}
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{{KotOR/Journal|Sunry Murder Trial|Elora has told Jolee that her husband has been imprisoned for the murder of a Sith woman. Elora is adamant that her husband is not responsible and has begged you and Jolee to help prove his innocence. She says that you can talk to the judges in the court to help get him released.}}
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Go to the {{KotOR|Ahto West|Ahto High Court}} to the south and speak to judge Shelkar to be appointed Arbiter in this case: you can do this without speaking to her with Jolee in your party, but you won't be able to question her until you've done so (although this isn't necessary, since you can speak to [[../Ahto West#Sunry's Story|Sunry]] instead).

===Elora, Sunry's Wife===
Once you have been appointed Arbiter in the Sunry murder trial by the {{KotOR|Ahto West|Ahto High Court}}, you can return to question Elora about her husband:

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{{KotOR/Dialog||Elora:|I hear you have been appointed as Arbiter in Sunry's trial. My husband is innocent - please don't let him go to jail for a crime he didn't commit!}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||1.|Can you tell me anything about Sunry?}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||Elora:|Sunry is... he's a cripple. There's no way he could have overpowered this Sith woman like they claim.}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog|Jolee||That's true... I'd forgotten about that. Let's not forget that he would have had to have been considerably older than the Sith woman.}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||1.|Are you saying someone your age couldn't overpower a woman?}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog|Jolee||Hmph. I'm a Jedi... and one who was living alone in the Shadowlands until recently. That keeps you in shape, damn it! We're talking about Sunry, here.}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||Elora:|And there's no way he would do something so dishonorable as hit her from behind. Sunry's a decorated war hero! He's a hero of the Republic!}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||3.|[[../East Central#Sunry Murder Trial|I have this recording showing Sunry killing Elassa.]]}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||Elora:|Lies! It... it must be! I knew the Sith would never let a Republic hero get away... You must find Sunry innocent!}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||2.|Your husband might not be so innocent, Elora.|C=2}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||Elora:|This is all a plot to discredit the Republic! Sunry is a victim of a Sith frame up!|C=2}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog|Jolee||It's possible. I haven't seen Sunry since I crashed on Kashyyyk... a man can change a lot in that time. The man I knew could never have done this crime, however.|C=2}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||1.|Don't worry, Elora. I'll save him.|W=50%}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||2.|Your husband might not be so innocent, Elora.|W=50%}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||Elora:|Find the real evidence, that's all I ask. The real evidence will prove Sunry didn't do this.|C=2}}
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{{KotOR/Journal|Elora, Sunry's Wife|Elora professes Sunry's innocence. She claims that this is some sort of frame-up by someone who wants to get revenge on him. Sunry was an old war hero against the Sith, so they might harbor him ill…}}
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However, this isn't necessary until you've learned about Sunry's alleged affair with the victim. Ask the Pazaak player Gonto Vas in the [[../Ahto West#Mercenary Enclave|mercenary enclave]] about the recent murder and he'll tell you about it if you ask him:

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{{KotOR/Dialog||2.|Do you know anything about the recent murder?}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||Gonto Vas:|What do you expect when a Sith spy and a Republic war hero are having an affair? Anyone could see it would end ugly.}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||2.|Anything else you can tell me?}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||Gonto Vas:|Don't know much else. If I did you can bet I'd be blackmailing either the Sith or the Republic to keep quiet.}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||1.|Affair? What are you talking about?}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||Gonto Vas:|Oh-ho! So, you didn't know about Sunry stepping out on his wife? Well it may have been a secret to some, but I'm not blind! I should have charged you for that juicy tidbit, but I figured anyone investigating the murder would have already figured that out by now. Okay - you got a freebie out of me. But that's all I know about Sunry and his hot Sith side dish.}}
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{{KotOR/Journal|Elora, Sunry's Wife|You have heard rumors that Sunry may have been cheating on his wife… Perhaps you should ask Elora about this.}}
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You can also hear the rumors if you investigate the crime scene, the [[../East Central#Visitor's Hotel|visitor's hotel]] in the East Central courtyard, and ask  [[../East_Central#Ignus_the_Hotel_Owner|Ignus]] the proprietor or [[../East_Central#Firith_Me_the_Pazaak_Player|Firith Me]] the Pazaak player about Sunry and Elassa. You ''could'' then ask Elora about this:

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{{KotOR/Persuade|Medium|2.|[Persuade] Was Sunry having an affair?}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||Elora:|[Failure] What?? Don't insult us both! Sunry is... Sunry is a just and honorable man. How dare you accuse him... us, of such a thing!|C=3}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog|Jolee||Now, now, Elora. We're not here to pass judgment, my dear. We do need to know everything if we're to help, yes?|W=33%}}
{{KotOR/Dialog|Bastila||Madam. I would remind you that I am a Jedi. Now, then... was he having an affair?|W=34%}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||Elora:|Find proof to set him free instead of bringing these baseless accusations against us.|W=33%}}
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Although she confesses even if persuasion fails if Jolee or Bastila is present, '''you''' need to succeed in order to update your journal, receive experience and, most importantly, use it in court:

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{{KotOR/Dialog||Elora:|[Success] Of... of course not! He... he... *sob*|C=2}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||Elora:|Yes... *sob* ...yes, he was having an affair. He was seeing that... that Sith woman. After all these years we've been together he just... just dropped me like that. Not publicly, oh no, but inside that's what it feels like.|W=50%}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||2.|Tell me about Sunry and Elassa.|W=50%}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||Elora:|He started seeing Elassa last year. I... I had my suspicions for a while, but he was careless. Pretty soon everyone knew. But... but... even though I'm sure that harlot was only using him, I know he couldn't have killed her. He came and confessed to the affair to me. He said he was going there to break it off - to end it. Maybe the Sith woman attacked him and he had to defend himself? But even though he cheated on me, inside he's still the man I loved... love... He is too kind and gentle to have killed her in cold blood.|C=2}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||1.|He is a soldier, though.}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||2.|He has killed many Sith before.}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||Elora:|That was a long time ago, in a war far, far away. He's changed now... settled down. Just please, prove his innocence.|C=2}}
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{{KotOR/Journal|Elora, Sunry's Wife|Under pressure Elora confessed that Sunry had been having an affair with the Sith woman Elassa, but that he had been going there to end the affair.}}
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{{KotOR/XP|Act|#=500|Elora confessed that Sunry had been having an affair with the Sith woman Elassa}}
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However, the same experience is received if [[../Ahto West#Sunry's Story|''Sunry'']] confesses to the affair instead, and he can always be persuaded to do so (after which Elora will just tell you about Sunry and Elassa when asked).

===Holding Cell===
A short corridor exits the courtyard to the south, at the end of which is a Selkath guard to the left of the door to Ahto City Prison in the west wall.

<center>'''[Manaan Holding Cells. Authorized personnel only.]'''</center>

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{{KotOR/Dialog||Selkath Guard:|Only the Arbiters are permitted into the prison cells, human.}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||1.|I am sorry. I will be going now.}}
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Once you've been appointed Arbiter in the [[../Ahto West#Sunry Murder Trial|Sunry murder trial]] by the [[../Ahto West#Ahto High Court|Ahto High Court]], the guard will unlock the door after you speak to him.

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{{KotOR/Dialog||Selkath Guard:|You may come and go as you please, Arbiter - you will find the door unlocked. If you wish to begin your trial, you must make the request with the warden. It shall then be passed on to the judges.}}
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Once inside, there's a prisoner caged in the northwest corner. If you speak to him:

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{{KotOR/Dialog||Prisoner:|*growl* *snarl* When I get out of here, you're dead! I'll gut your fishy little corpse, cut off your head and bathe in your blood!}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||Selkath Warden:|Be quiet, off-world scum!}}
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The Selkath warden stands behind a counter in the south wall. However, speaking to him isn't necessary until you want to begin the [[../Ahto West#Trial|Sunry murder trial]]:

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{{KotOR/Dialog||Selkath Warden:|So you are the Arbiter in the Sunry-Elassa murder case then. I hope you are as impartial as the office is traditionally supposed to be. You off-worlders have a tendency to ignore the rule of law in favor of some rather irrational causes.}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||Selkath Warden:|What is it that I can do for you now?}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||1.|Do you know anything about a Star Map?}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||Selkath Warden:|No I do not. And it is quite illogical to think that a being who spends his entire day locked in a room with insane people and murderers would know much about the outside world.}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||2.|[[../Ahto West#Missing Selkath|Have you heard about young Selkath going missing?]]}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||Selkath Warden:|Yes, actually I have. We find it very suspicious, but there are no signs of kidnappings. It is likely, though, that it has been perpetrated by out-worlders... ones such as yourself perhaps...}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||3.|I am here to see the prisoner Sunry.}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||Selkath Warden:|Yes, I am aware of this fact, human. He is in his cage over there and I am sure can hear you quite clearly.}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||4.|What do you know about the murder of Elassa?}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||Selkath Warden:|Sunry is from the Republic. Elassa was from the Sith. They kill each other all the time. What more is there to know? But as to the details, that is for the judges of our courts to decide.}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||5.|I want to begin Sunry's trial now.|C=3}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||Selkath Warden:|Are you certain, human? Once the trial has begun it cannot be stopped. And once judgment is given, the case can never be reopened. You must be certain your investigations are complete before you request a trial. This is the role of the Arbiter. Are you certain you wish to begin the trial now?|C=3}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||1.|Yes, let's begin the trial.|W=25%}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||2.|Are you deaf, flipper head? Let's get this trial over with!|W=25%}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||3.|Actually, I've reconsidered. I don't want a trial just yet.|W=50%}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||Selkath Warden:|[[../Ahto West#Trial|Very well, human. I shall advise the court and we will begin immediately.]]|C=2}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||Selkath Warden:|That is your right as Arbiter. When you are ready to proceed with the trial come speak to me.}}
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Otherwise:

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{{KotOR/Dialog||Selkath Warden:|Is there anything else you need?}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||6.|Nothing for now.}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||Selkath Warden:|Very well then. I will, of course, be here if you need something else.}}
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Sunry is caged in the southeast corner between the door and the warden.

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{{KotOR/Dialog||Sunry:|Jolee! What... what are you doing here?|W=50%}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||Sunry:|Who are you? What are you doing here?|W=50%}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog|Jolee||Elora sent me, Sunry. I'm here to get you out of this mess. The courts went and made us Arbiters for your case.}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||1.|Your wife asked me to come. I'm a friend of Jolee Bindo.}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||Sunry:|Just like old times, eh Jolee? You come swooping in out of nowhere to save my tail from the fire.}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||Sunry:|Jolee? What's he doing here on Manaan? Never mind - I'm just glad he's here. So is this some kind of prison break? If it is we won't get very far before the Selkath cut us down I can tell ya.}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog|Jolee||You saved my wrinkled butt more than a few times as well, friend, if I recall. But there'll be time for catching up later. Right now we need to focus on the case.|R=2}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||1.|I've been appointed as your Arbiter.}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||Sunry:|Well, I guess if you're going to be my Arbiter you'll need to hear what happened. I might as well start at the beginning.}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||Sunry:|The case is a complete frame-up. Anyone looking at the evidence could see that - or so I thought. But the Selkath seem to think, well that there's enough to go to trial. There aren't any witnesses. All that evidence against me is circumstantial... and completely flawed.}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||3.|There's a few things we have to clear up.}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||Sunry:|Go ahead, ask... ask what you need to. I've got nothing to hide.}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||2.|[[../East Central#|There was a Rodian who planted evidence at the murder scene.]]}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||Sunry:|A Rodian? I didn't know there were any Rodians on Manaan. Oh, except for Tyvark... and this one named Gluupor who was hanging around the hotel all the time. OK, so maybe there are a whole bunch of Rodians on Manaan, but what does that matter? If he planted evidence at the scene it's a clear sign of a frame-up. He probably took all the evidence of the real killer at the same time. The evidence of a Sith conspiracy keeps getting stronger, doesn't it? But I suspect there is still stuff you want to clear up.}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||4.|The judges said you left after the shot was fired.}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||Sunry:|How would they know? They weren't there! I heard some of the witnesses said that too, but I swear she was alive when I left! I wonder if the Sith have been putting pressure on people to get them to convict me... It wouldn't surprise me at all. They've had it in for me since the war... You should ask everyone about that... they might admit to helping the Sith under pressure.}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||5.|On second thought, I will ask something else.}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||Sunry:|Er... OK. What else do you want to know?}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||2.|I need to investigate the case some more. Any ideas where I should look?}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||Sunry:|I guess you could interview witnesses at the hotel where the murder happened. The Selkath already did that, but the fish folk don't have much rapport with off-worlders. Maybe one of them was holding something back. But I think you'd be better off investigating the Sith themselves. Maybe you could find some proof they planted evidence to frame me - though that might mean figuring out a way into the Sith Embassy.}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||Sunry:|Anything else I can help you with? I want my Arbiter to be well prepared before we go to trial.}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||1.|[[../Ahto West#Sunry's Story|Let's go over the evidence.]]}}
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Let's find out what Sunry has to say for himself...

====Sunry's Story====
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{{KotOR/Dialog||Sunry:|Well I was at the hotel, I admit. And I did meet Elassa there that night. But it's not what you think! I... I was working with Republic Intelligence. We were pretending to feed information to the Sith while I turned Elassa into a double agent working for us. It was going well, too... Until she turned up dead... Hm... maybe the Sith had found out I was turning her and had her eliminated...|W=50%}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||Sunry:|Well... you know I was having an affair with Elassa... I went there to break it off that night. I can tell you it wasn't easy. She is... was... young and beautiful. But I love Elora, and I knew I had to do it. I broke it off as quickly as I could and then left. I found out later she'd been murdered when the Selkath authorities came knocking on my door...|W=50%}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||Sunry:|But let's look at the facts they've given: Elassa was brutally killed. Think about that - she was a Sith, trained in battle and I'm just a crippled old man! My war injuries make it difficult for me to walk even to hold things. See how my hands are shaking! How could I kill a Sith warrior at close quarters? I ask you! Further: They say they found my Hero's Cross at the crime scene. Would I leave my war medal behind if I killed someone? Even I'm not that stupid. Obviously the Sith planted the Cross. And what about the lack of forensic evidence? Skin and hair samples, clothing fibers - why isn't there anything like that at the crime scene? Sounds like an obvious frame-up to me. I hope you can see how the Sith are manipulating the Selkath, and probably even you, to set up this against me! We need to get this over with quickly and clear my name.|C=2}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||Sunry:|Anything else I can help you with? I want my Arbiter to be well prepared before we go to trial.|C=2}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||4.|I'll be going now.|C=2}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||Sunry:|Very well. I suppose there is still much you must do before the trial. Once you've gotten enough evidence to go to trial just tell the warden we're ready. The sooner I get out of this cell the better.|C=2}}
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{{KotOR/Journal|Sunry's Story|Sunry claims that he's been set up by someone to take the fall for Elassa's murder. He claims that he was secretly trying to turn her into a double agent for the Republic and that the Sith most likely killed her as a result of that.}}
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If [[../Ahto West#Elora, Sunry's Wife|Elora]] cannot be persuaded to confess Sunry's affair with Elassa, Sunry always can:

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{{KotOR/Dialog||Sunry:|Jolee - coming to check in on an old man? I must confess, I... I would rather you were here to speak to the warden and begin my trial.|W=50%}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||Sunry:|Ah, I see you're back. Not that I don't appreciate the visit, but I had hoped you were going to speak to the warden so we might begin the trial.|W=50%|R=2}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog|Jolee||Soon, old friend. But we don't want to go to trial until we've got the whole picture.}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||Sunry:|I grow weary of staring at these four bare walls. But I suppose you know what you are doing. You know the role of Arbiter cannot be taken lightly.}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||3.|There's a few things we have to clear up.}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||Sunry:|Go ahead, ask... ask what you need to. I've got nothing to hide.}}
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{{KotOR/Persuade|Always|1.|[Persuade] Were you and Elassa having an affair?}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||Sunry:|[Success] We... I... Oh, no... what must this look like... Yes. Yes we were having an affair. I know it was wrong, but I'm a weak man. Elassa was beautiful and young - how was I to resist her charms? But I didn't kill her! I loved her! Please, I know I made a terrible mistake getting involved with Elassa, but I was going there to break it off with her. I did it, but found out later that she was dead. I don't deserve to go to jail just for having an affair, do I? You have to help me prove that I wasn't the killer!}}
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{{KotOR/Journal|Sunry's Story|Sunry has admitted that he was having an affair with Elassa, but that he was going there to end it. He said he truly loved and never would have harmed her.}}
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{{KotOR/XP|Act|#=500|Sunry admitted he was having an affair with Elassa}}
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After accessing the [[../East Central#Sunry Murder Trial|Republic Embassy's computer room]] in the East Central courtyard and slicing the Republic's system to access its restricted data archives, you can confront Sunry with the evidence of his guilt and move closer to the dark side of the Force by trying to [[../Force powers#Affect Mind|use to the Force]] to get him to confess:

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{{KotOR/Dialog||3.|I know you're guilty, Sunry. I've got the Republic's data recording.|C=3}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||Sunry:|So the truth is out. I never meant to kill her, you know. When I found out she was a Sith spy using me to gain information, something inside me just snapped. She didn't know I had found out, so I waited until she fell asleep and then I... I killed her. Simple, really. But once I realized what I'd done I... I panicked. I contacted those spies from the Republic to help me. They found the illegal monitoring device that the Sith had planted in the room, altered its recording to hide my part in it and cleared up the evidence. I figured that was the end of it.|C=3}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||3.|You're nothing but a cold blooded killer!|C=3}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||Sunry:|It's easy for you to judge me - but you weren't there! You don't know what it was like, realizing what I'd done. But it...but it doesn't matter anyway.|C=3}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||1.|But the Sith found out the truth, didn't they?|W=33%}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||2.|You should have known the truth would come out eventually.|W=34%}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||3.|You're nothing but a cold blooded killer!|W=33%}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||Sunry:|The Sith must have been spying on me and Elassa, trying to make sure she wasn't a double agent. They must have seen the Republic spies getting rid of all the evidence. And so they planted their own evidence. Elassa must have stolen that Hero's Cross from me long ago and given it to her Sith masters, like some kind of trophy. I just thought I'd misplaced it. But when the Cross turned up on her body, I knew the Sith had put it there. So now you know the whole story, what are you going to do?|C=3}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||1.|You're guilty, Sunry. Confess.|W=50%}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||2.|I don't know.|W=50%}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||Sunry:|You think I'm some kind of monster, don't you? All I did was kill a Sith! How many Sith have you killed? Dozens? Hundreds? Thousands?|C=2}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog|Jolee||That's different, Sunry, and you know it. We don't kill them in cold blood while they sleep.|W=33%}}
{{KotOR/Dialog|Carth||You're talking about acts of war. We're just defending ourselves! You murdered your girlfriend in her sleep.|W=34%}}
{{KotOR/Dialog|HK-47||Commentary: The meatbag has a point, master. Killing is often justified, if illegal in the eyes of many.|W=33%}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||Sunry:|I don't see how the two of us are any different. She was a spy! She was using me to get information so Malak's army could destroy the Republic! She deserved to die!|C=3}}
|}

{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||1.|Killing your lover while she sleeps is murder - even if she is a Sith!|W=50%}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||3.|If you confess the court might show mercy.|W=50%}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Sunry:|If I confess I'm looking at 20 years in prison! And the Ahto City officials might even place kolto sanctions on the Republic Embassy. Without kolto how can we treat the injuries to our soldiers on the front lines!|C=2}}
|}

|}

{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||2.|These are just excuses, Sunry. We both know you have to own up to your crimes.}}
{{KotOR/Force|Impossible|3.|[Force Persuade] You will confess your crimes. You WANT to confess your crimes.}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Sunry:|No. I can't do that and put the Republic's supply of kolto in danger. No I won't! Now look, I may have done something stupid, and it may only be worse for my standing by it, but I will not confess.}}
{{KotOR/Alignment|Dark|-2|Sunry:|[Failure] Oh, That's low - using a Jedi mind trick to extort a confession from me. You might as well beat it out of me, you'd have better luck!}}
|}

{{KotOR/Hide}}

{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||Sunry:|If you turn me in, the Republic will likely lose its kolto export privileges and then we'll lose the war for sure. Are you going to send all those thousands, millions - like on Taris - to their deaths, just for your sense of 'justice'?|C=2}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog|Jolee||Sunry... this is wrong, and you know it. I am a Jedi... what is it that you expect me to do to defend your actions?|W=50%}}
{{KotOR/Dialog|Carth||I hate to say it, but he has a point. The Republic needs that kolto.|W=50%}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Sunry:|You do whatever you have to, Jolee. I know what I did, but I also know what's at stake, here.|R=4}}
{{KotOR/Dialog|Bastila||And you would propose what? Letting a murderer free on the chance it will help the Republic?}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog|Carth||If need be. We are talking about a Sith, remember? I don't approve of what he did any more than you –}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog|Bastila||But you're willing to overlook it. Are the principles that the Republic stands on so very weak, Carth?}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog|Carth||The Republic's principles aren't worth a hill of beans if it falls, Bastila. I'll do whatever I can to save it.}}
|}

|}

{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||Sunry:|No, I'll rot in here if I have to, but I won't betray the Republic. Do what you have to, but know what the consequences will be.|C=2}}
|}

You can also move closer to the dark side of the Force by agreeing to keep his secret:

{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Alignment|Dark|-2|3.|I won't betray your secret. We'll go on with the trial.|W=50%}}
{{KotOR/Alignment|Dark|-2|2.|I suppose you're right. I won't expose you.|W=50%|R=2}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog|Jolee||But Sunry is a murderer. I'm sorry, old friend, but you are. I... I can't approve of this. You go ahead, however, if that's what you think is best.}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Sunry:|I'm glad you decided to see reason in this. If I'm convicted it could cause trouble for the Republic embassy here on Manaan. And none of us want that, now do we?|C=2}}
|}

{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Journal|Sunry's Story|Confronted with the evidence of the recording of him killing Elassa, Sunry admitted to his crime. He refuses to confess to the court, however. He says he will not betray the Republic or harm it because of what happened.}}
|-
{{KotOR/XP|Act|#=500|Confronted Sunry with the evidence of his crime}}
|}

===Ahto High Court===
On the southeast side of the courtyard is a walkway exiting to the south. A friendly Selkath stands to the right, in the southwest corner, with a traveler who can comment on significant events resulting from your quest for the Star Forge.

{{KotOR/Hide|Selkath}}
;Greetings, off-worlder. While I do not have time to converse with you, I hope you find what you are looking for here on Manaan.

;[[../Ahto West#Innocent|The Sith have tried to manipulate our courts time and again, seeking power for themselves. I hope our government decides to do more against this.]]
;[[../Ahto West#Death|I find it shocking that a hero of the Republic - Sunry - could do such a thing. Perhaps I have been wrong in my judgment of the Republic.]]

;[[../Hrakert Rift#Toxin vented|Many say that the Republic has had something to do with the economic restriction our people have placed on all trade. I hope it is not true.]]
|}

{{KotOR/Hide|Traveler}}
;I don't know how much longer I can stay on this world... The Selkath don't make it easy for us off-worlders.
;Manaan may not seem very hospitable, but a surprising amount of trade runs through it because of the kolto trade.
;I heard the Sith are trying to work on a synthetic version of kolto. I wouldn't be surprised if the Republic was, too.
;The fighting between the Republic and the Sith is spreading farther. I wonder how long before Manaan becomes a battleground...
;There's a lot of credits to be made in the Republic in times like these. If we survive of course...
;I hear there's going to be a heavy meteor shower in the Coruscant system this year. Last time this sort of thing happened, they lost one of the orbital stations.
;A friend of mine recently got into Pazaak - you know, the card game. Now he can't stop! It's so addictive!
;The whole swoop racing circuit for this sector has been falling apart since the Sith bombed Taris.

;[[../Swoop racing#Round Three|Did I tell you I'm a fan? I saw recordings of some of your races and you're great! Maybe when they get the circuit back up we can really see what you can do!]]
;[[../Swoop racing#Round Three|Wow! Hey, you're the sector swoop champ, right? Too bad about the circuit being so small this year, but still!]]

;[[../Hrakert Rift#Toxin vented|The Selkath have clamped down on kolto exports all of a sudden. No one knows why. If someone did something to offend them, there's going to be trouble I think.]]

;[[../Hall of the Chieftain#Side with Freyyr|I hear the Czerka Corp. got kicked off Kashyyyk by the locals... Good for them! At least someone's getting something back from them.]]
<!--Unlocked after Korriban?
;I heard someone attack and killed a lot of the Sith leadership on one of their worlds. Maybe the Republic would actually have a chance... if it weren't for Malak.
-->
|}

The walkway leads to the Ahto High Court. As you enter for the first time, a Republic and Sith diplomat are arguing before five Selkath judges:

{{KotOR/Hide}}

{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||Republic Diplomat:|The Republic respects the peace of Ahto City, your honor. But the Sith are a violent people who leave violence in their wake. I have three soldiers in the infirmary!}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Sith Diplomat:|If the Republic soldiers were more capable, they would not have suffered such serious injuries. Are my soldiers to be punished simply because they won a fair fight?}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Republic Diplomat:|I hardly call six against three a fair fight! The Sith are cowards who attack only when they have the advantage of numbers!}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Judge Shelkar:|I am aware of the Republic's indignation. However, witness reports clearly state your Republic soldiers were as willing to engage in violence as the Sith in this case.}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Republic Diplomat:|They were provoked, your honor! The Sith goaded them into this fight!}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Judge Shelkar:|Taunts and threats are not sufficient provocation in the eyes of this court. Words can be ignored - which is what your men should have done. I find both the Republic and the Sith to be equally at fault for this breach of the peace. I should throw all parties involved into the Ahto City jail. But since no Selkath were harmed in this conflict I will show mercy and levy a fine of ten thousand credits to both sides. The court is dismissed, though I warn you that further disturbances will not be viewed with such leniency.}}
|}

If you speak to either of the diplomats:

{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||Republic Diplomat:|I'm sick of hearing about Manaan's neutrality! It sounds like a coward's excuse not to fight, if you ask me!|W=33%}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||Republic Diplomat:|If it weren't for the Republic, Manaan would already be under Sith control. But we haven't had one word of thanks from the Selkath!|W=34%}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||Republic Diplomat:|Why can't the Selkath see what the Sith are really like? They should ban them all from this planet.|W=33%}}
|}

{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||Sith Diplomat:|One day soon the Selkath will pay for the indignities they have inflicted on the Sith!|W=33%}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||Sith Diplomat:|They say everyone on Manaan is equal. But it seems the Republic is a little more equal than the Sith. Neutrality? Ha! That's a laugh!|W=34%}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||Sith Diplomat:|Manaan should treat us Sith better - their day of reckoning approaches. The Selkath have forgotten the lesson of Taris. Perhaps we should remind them.|W=33%}}
|}

|}

From left to right are judges Duula, Kota, Shelkar, Naleshekan and Jhosa. There's no point in speaking to any judge except Shelkar at this point, although even that isn't necessary:

{{KotOR/Hide}}

{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||Judge Duula:|I don't waste time on individuals who are not involved in my legal jurisdiction. Do not disturb me.|C=2}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Judge Kota:|Republic citizens are welcome on Manaan, but official inquiries should go through the proper channels.|C=2}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Judge Kota:|Judge Shelkar can answer questions of off-world visitors during normal hours.|W=50%}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||Judge Kota:|[[../Ahto West#Trial|Your function with the courts is complete. You should not interrupt our proceedings in this manner.]]|W=50%}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Judge Naleshekan:|Do not disturb me, off-worlder, I am busy.|C=2}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Judge Jhosa:|Only those on legitimate business should consult the judges personally.|C=2}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Judge Jhosa:|For additional inquiries, Judge Shelkar is available for consultation.}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||Judge Jhosa:|[[../Ahto West#Trial|Since your case is done, you should refrain from abusing your past familiarity.]]}}
|}

Judge Shelkar is more forthcoming:

{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||Judge Shelkar:|I am Judge Shelkar acting on behalf of the Selkath government of Manaan. It is my task today to answer the needs of off-world citizens of both the Republic and the Sith Empire. If you have legitimate grievances with another party then you should speak to me. You should first, however, consult with the Republic Embassy before pressing formal charges. Is there something you wish to bring to my attention?}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||1.|How did you know I was from the Republic?}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Judge Shelkar:|Your ship registry is originally from the Republic world of Transel. Therefore you are a Republic citizen. Or are you saying you STOLE your ship?}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||1.|No, no… perfectly legitimate.}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Judge Shelkar:|I see. Is there more you need?}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||3.|Is there a Star Map on this world?}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Judge Shelkar:|A Star Map? Hm... not precisely... but Manaan holds many wonderous and exciting locales and treasures, kolto not the least of them. Our many shops and boulevards cater to the whim of any species and provide a vibrant night-life that has to be seen to be believed. This and other tourist paraphenalia can be had from your local embassy... So do not waste my time with it.}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||4.|[[../Ahto West#Missing Selkath|What do you know about the young Selkath who have been going missing?]]}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Judge Shelkar:|The court is unaware of any missing beings reports. Should any substantial evidence come up in regards to such a disappearance, you should file it with us and an investigation will be launched. Is there anything else you require?}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||5.|I have no more questions, your honor.}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Judge Shelkar:|Then go and enjoy Ahto City. And do not break any laws that we would have to lock you up for.}}
|}

|}

However, once you and Jolee have spoken to [[../Ahto West#Sunry Murder Trial|Elora]], judge Shelkar can appoint you Arbiter in the murder trial of her husband, Sunry:

{{KotOR/Hide}}

{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||2.|I would like to investigate the murder case involving Sunry.|C=3}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Judge Shelkar:|That is acceptable, I believe. In Manaan legal tradition the defendant can have an Arbiter who tries to prove his innocence in court. This Arbiter is a neutral party that can investigate and present evidence in the trial, and argue on the defendant's behalf. As you are a Jedi, I believe you could fulfill this role adequately.|C=3}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog|Jolee||I suppose you're Sunry's only hope. We have to at least try to help him.|W=33%}}
{{KotOR/Dialog|Bastila||Jedi are renowned for being arbiters in times of need. We will investigate this matter as best we are able.|W=34%}}
{{KotOR/Dialog|Carth||We'll do our best. You can count on that.|W=33%}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Judge Shelkar:|So be it! You are now appointed Arbiter in the case of Sunry vs. The Sith Empire. Your name and position have been recorded in our files. I will now inform you of the pertinent facts in this case. You have a limited amount of time in which to investigate and organize a defense of your client, and I advise you to use it wisely.<br><br>Sunry was seen leaving a hotel, leaving behind a dead Sith woman - Elassa Huros. He has been charged with murder and is being held in the Ahto City prison facilities. Due to his crippled status he is being kept in a solitary holding cell. Witnesses claimed to have seen the killing and are being detained at the hotel in question pending the trial. The manager of the hotel has now been informed of your appointment. Elassa was found dead of a blaster wound with an incriminating Republic medal clutched in her hand.<br><br>This information has been uploaded to your datapad. It would be wise to review all information before the trial starts. You may question Sunry or the witnesses. The evidence in this case is heavily stacked against Mr. Sunry. I believe it will take some doing to absolve him of guilt.|C=3}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog|Jolee||Yes... but it almost seems too heavily stacked, doesn't it? Very suspicious.|C=3}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Judge Shelkar:|You may also interview the judges here, including myself, to get an idea of the pertinent factors in this case. Since this is also your first case, and you are an off-worlder, I feel compelled to add "good luck" as my final missive.|C=3}}
|}

|}

{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Journal|Sunry Murder Trial|You have spoken to the judges in the court and they have consented to appoint you Arbiter in this case. As Arbiter you will defend your client to the best of your ability before the judges.<br><br>They have given you the following information as well:<br><br>Sunry was seen leaving the scene of the murder after a blaster shot was heard. Sunry was noticeable, crippling injuries from his past experience as a war hero against the Sith, so it was definitely him. This is testified to by the proprietor of the hotel where this occurred, Ignus.<br><br>In the room that he had rented, a Sith woman, Elassa, was found dead, clutching a Republic war medal in her hand.<br><br>There were two witnesses besides the hotel owner. One is Gluupor, a Rodian who was staying in the next room. The other is Firith Me, a gambler who was also staying nearby. Their stories seem to corroborate Ignus'.}}
|-
{{KotOR/XP|Act|#=100|Spoke to judges in the court and appointed Arbiter in this case}}
|}

All the judges can now be asked what they think of Sunry, if there's anything suspicious about this case and what they think of the Republic and the Sith Empire, although this isn't necessary.

{{KotOR/Hide|Judge Duula}}

{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||Judge Duula:|I shall answer questions pertaining to the case and those questions only.|C=2}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||1.|What do you think of Sunry?|C=2}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Judge Duula:|I find the idea that some half-human cripple could murder someone as obviously competent as the Sith Elassa questionable at best. A man who can barely walk killed a Sith warrior in her prime? Preposterous! But I wouldn't put it past the Republic to try and arrange such circumstances to see her dead. The Sith are much more straight forward about their intentions. Is that all?|C=2}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||2.|Is there anything suspicious about this case?|C=2}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Judge Duula:|I find it presumptuous to assume that the cripple Sunry could kill Elassa. I think that there must have been another there who killed her. Perhaps one of the 'witnesses'. I do not know the reason for the medal clutched in Elassa's hand either, but it may have been that she fought them off even as she died. I think this may be the work of some Republic conspiracy and I am not afraid to say so! If the only means I have of hurting the Republic is through Sunry, then so be it! Is that all?|C=2}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||3.|What do you think of the Republic and the Sith Empire?|C=2}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Judge Duula:|I think the Republic is an institution in sore need of change. It has gone on too long and the Sith are the fresh wind of change blowing across the galaxy. I do not believe in the false stories of the evils of the Sith Empire. They are nothing compared to the oppression and stagnation that the Republic represents at its core. If I was given the power to decide, Manaan would join with the Sith, forcing the Republic to accept the new face of the future. But sadly, it would appear that I am wiser and more farsighted than my immediate superiors. I am relegated to civil judicial matters. I will judge this case. And I will find Sunry as guilty as he is charged to be.|C=2}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog|Jolee||So nice to meet an impartial judge, for a change.|W=50%}}
{{KotOR/Dialog|Carth||Hey! I thought you Selkath judges were supposed to follow the law! You can't already have decided that Sunry is guilty!|W=50%}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Judge Duula:|Impartiality is one thing. Blindness is another entirely.}}
{{KotOR/Dialog|Bastila||If you had listened, Carth, you would know that that *is* the law. Sunry is guilty until proven innocent.}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog|Jolee||You said it, not I.|R=3}}
{{KotOR/Dialog|Carth||That's a stupid law for any civilized world to have.}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog|Bastila||Angering the judge won't get us a more impartial decision, Carth.}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Judge Duula:|It is up to you off-worlders to prove the human's innocence. I simply doubt that you will be capable of doing so.}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Judge Duula:|Are you finished?|C=2}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||4.|I have no more questions for now.|C=2}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Judge Duula:|Do not bring frivilous topics to discuss. I deal only with trial information.|C=2}}
|}

|}

{{KotOR/Hide|Judge Kota}}

{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||Judge Kota:|Ah, the Arbiter. Since you have been permitted to defend Sunry against these accusations I shall assist how I can.}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||1.|What do you think of Sunry?}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Judge Kota:|Sunry was a great warrior in his time. He fought for the Republic against the Sith aggression and proved valorous. I have great respect for his accomplishments and find it tragic that he finds himself in his current condition. If the Republic had more individuals like him right now, I do not believe the Sith would be so great a problem for your people. Is there any other way I can assist you?}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||2.|Is there anything suspicious about this case?}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Judge Kota:|I find it questionable that a man with such a reputable past as Sunry would murder a Sith woman. Especially not from behind. But knowing the Sith, there was probably some deception involved. They seek to do the same thing to us here. There has been much pressure by the Sith on our government - and even on the judges themselves - to deliver a guilty verdict in this case. But the letter of the law is absolute, and we will not be compromised for Sith power-games. Is there anything else you need?}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||3.|What do you think of the Republic and the Sith Empire?}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Judge Kota:|I find this great battle being waged across the galaxy both disturbing and, ultimately, tragic. For all its faults, your tottering Republic has benefitted the vast majority of the galaxy for many millenia. To see it fall into ruin in such a short time... I do not like the Sith, that I make no effort to hide. I will even admit that if given the option, I would rule that we should join the Republic. But I must remain impartial and rule on this case as the law requires. But I must remain impartial and rule on this case as the law requires.}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||4.|I have no more questions for now.}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Judge Kota:|If there is anything else you require, feel free to inquire with me.}}
|}

|}

{{KotOR/Hide|Judge Shelkar}}

{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||Judge Shelkar:|As Arbiter of the Sunry murder trial you have the authority to question me on matters pertaining to this case.|C=2}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||1.|I have questions about the trial.|C=2}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Judge Shelkar:|You have the right, Arbiter, to ask me questions regarding the case.|C=2}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||1.|What do you think of Sunry?|C=2}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Judge Shelkar:|Sunry is known to us as a hero of the Republic in your perpetual conflicts with the Sith Empire. While he may have been severely injured in the line of duty, I personally hold him in quite high regard.|C=2}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog|Jolee||Speaking of that injury, has it been taken into consideration, your honor?|W=50%}}
{{KotOR/Dialog|Carth||Well, speaking of that injury... does that not make it seem unlikely that he killed anyone?|W=50%}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Judge Shelkar:|In no way does his disability hamper him, though. Rest assured that my personal regard for Sunry will not affect my judgment. While emotion may rule your Senate, the cold hard hand of the law rules here on Manaan. Is there anything else you wished to ask me, human?|C=2}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||2.|Is there anything suspicious about this case?|C=2}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Judge Shelkar:|Yes, there is something that has been bothering me: the medal that was found clutched in the Sith's hand. I find it most odd that such a blatantly incriminating piece of evidence would be left at the scene of the crime. We have analyzed the evidence and it does not appear to be a replica, but I still have my doubts. In the midst of the crime, though, Sunry could well have lost it. I have seen much more improbable things happen in my tenure to the courts.|C=2}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog|Jolee||Hmmm. Simply because it was real does not mean Sunry would have overlooked it being in Elassa's hand.|C=2}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Judge Shelkar:|Is there another matter you wish to inquire about, human?|C=2}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||3.|What do you think of the Republic and the Sith Empire?|C=2}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Judge Shelkar:|The governing bodies of both states seek to keep an amicable relationship with our world in order to facilitate the exporting of kolto. I do not delude myself into thinking that either of your states holds any great love for us, but we are necessary so you will let us hold our autonomy. I try not to concern myself with intragalactic policy. I find it stretches the letter of the law too much for my tastes. Is there something else that concerns you, human?|C=2}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||4.|I want to ask you something else.|C=2}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Judge Shelkar:|What is it you wish to ask?|C=2}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||4.|I have no more questions for now.|C=2}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Judge Shelkar:|Very well. When you feel you have gathered enough evidence, you may speak to the warden in charge of the prison where Sunry is being held. He will bring Sunry to us and the trial will commence.|C=2}}
|}

|}

{{KotOR/Hide|Judge Naleshekan}}

{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||Judge Naleshekan:|I suppose I must spend some time talking to you since you are here in an official capacity. What do you need?}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||1.|What do you think of Sunry?}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Judge Naleshekan:|Sunry was a Republic soldier, a hero even. Do you think his Republic masters would let someone so valuable go so easily? I think not. I think Sunry maintains his contacts with the Republic and seeks to escalate the situation here. Is there something else you require?}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||2.|Is there anything suspicious about this case?}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Judge Naleshekan:|I find this case to be fairly straight forward. Sunry is from the Republic, Elassa from the Sith. The great empires battling now live out their conflict through their minions too. Is that all?}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||3.|What do you think of the Republic and the Sith Empire?}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Judge Naleshekan:|I do not buy into the Republic line that this is some epic battle of the 'good' Republic against the 'evil' Sith Empire. The Sith empire is merely an expansionistic power, much like the Republic was early in its history. It is simply the turning of history, where the old is swept away by the better new. Is there anything intelligent you wish to know?}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||4.|I have no more questions for now.}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Judge Naleshekan:|Then go and do not disturb me unless you have trial business to discuss.}}
|}

|}

{{KotOR/Hide|Judge Jhosa}}

{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||Judge Jhosa:|Since you have been designated Arbiter in the Sunry case, I shall answer questions that you might have.}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||1.|What do you think of Sunry?}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Judge Jhosa:|Sunry is a former Republic officer who is highly regarded by your people. He is admired by your people here on Manaan, and even seems to maintain some sort of relations with them still. If he is as capable as some of the Republic citizens still believe him to be, he is certainly capable of actions that would result in this murder. Is there anything else you wish to ask in relation to this case?}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||2.|Is there anything suspicious about this case?}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Judge Jhosa:|Well I have often wondered, if Sunry were so innocent, why was he seen fleeing the scene of the crime? Why would he have been running if he had not committed the crime himself, or was at least aware of what had occurred? This case seems fairly simple and obvious to me. You Republic types stick together, however, and I assume you will go to lengths to defend him.}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog|Carth||The Republic believes in justice, as do you. We just want Sunry to be fairly treated, that's all.}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Judge Jhosa:|What else do you want to ask?}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||3.|What do you think of the Republic and the Sith Empire?}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Judge Jhosa:|Both empires are at fault for this current conflict. The Republic in the past for laying the foundations upon which the Sith Empire grew. And the Sith now, obviously, for starting the war. But no matter the wrongs that had been done in the past, the Sith now have no cause for renewing hostilities. It almost seems as if they just want to conquer everything!}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog|Bastila||'Almost seems'? They do wish to conquer everything, and will not stop at Manaan. Why the Selkath believe themselves invulnerable I have no idea.}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Judge Jhosa:|I believe the Republic has every right to defend itself and drive the Sith back where they came from. Unfortunately for them... and perhaps for us... they do not seem to be doing too good a job of it. Was there anything else you want to know?}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||4.|I have no more questions for now.}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Judge Jhosa:|Return if you have pertinent details about the case to discuss.}}
|}

|}

What ''is'' necessary (or at least highly recommended) is at a bare minimum to speak to [[../Ahto West#Elora, Sunry's Wife|Gonto Vas and then Elora]] or [[../Ahto West#Sunry's Story|Sunry]] in this courtyard, and ideally thoroughly investigate the [[../East Central#Visitor's Hotel|crime scene]] and [[../East Central#Sunry Murder Trial|Republic Embassy]] in the East Central courtyard to receive much more experience and make it easier to convince the court of Sunry's innocence, and possibly even get the Sith sanctioned for their actions.

It saves time to investigate before infiltrating the [[../Sith Base (Manaan)|Sith base]] on your [[../East Central#Mission for the Republic|mission for the Republic]], then begin the trial after exiting the base and being arrested, brought back to Ahto High Court and released here following the successful outcome of your own trial... or, you could wait until after the second one (you can get into ''a lot'' of trouble here; just try not to get sentenced to death or banished, because the only reason Sunry might not be left hanging is because they electrocute people on this planet).

===Trial===
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==Mercenary Enclave==
Two unfriendly Selkath stand on the northwest side of the courtyard by the ocean.

{{KotOR/Hide|Selkath}}
;Why are you disturbing me, off-worlder? I did not indicate I wished to converse with you.

;[[../Ahto West#Sith base|Why do you disturb me, off-worlder? Are you trying to recruit me to your cause? You should save your lung gas - this Selkath's neutrality is not for sale.]]

;[[../Hrakert Rift#Toxin vented|I have no wish to talk with your kind, off-worlder! I have heard the rumors. We Selkath know your kind are to blame for the poor kolto harvest.]]
|}

An Echani mercenary and Republic negotiator stand to the left of a walkway exiting the courtyard to the northeast. If you approach them, you overhear their negotiation:

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{{KotOR/Dialog||Republic Negotiator:|So do we have a deal?}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||Echani Mercenary:|That's an awful lot of money... is there something you're not telling me?}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Republic Negotiator:|Don't be so suspicious. The Republic is generous, we pay our mercenaries well.}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Echani Mercenary:|Makes sense, I guess. Alright, I'm in. When do I start?}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Republic Negotiator:|Just show up at the Republic Embassy tomorrow and speak to our Representative there. I'm sure he'll have some task he wants you to start on right away.}}
|}

|}

The mercenary then exits to West Central, but the Republic negotiator isn't interested in talking to you:

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{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||Republic Negotiator:|Do you mind? I'm in the middle of a Republic recruiting drive right now. I need to hire these mercenaries before they sign up with the Sith.|C=3}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||1.|Why are you hiring mercenaries?|W=25%}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||2.|Maybe you could hire me?|W=50%}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||3.|I'll be going now.|W=25%}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Republic Negotiator:|In case you hadn't noticed, there's a war on. If we don't hire these mercs, the Sith will. Now excuse me, I have to continue my recruitments.}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||Republic Negotiator:|I don't know if you've got what we're looking for... Jedi aren't generally suited to mercenary work. If you want, talk to Roland Wann at the Republic Embassy and see if he can find anything for you. It's north of here, then east past the first courtyard. It's just off the north end of the second courtyard. You can't miss it. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to continue my recruitments.}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||Republic Negotiator:|Good. The longer I spend talking to you, the less time I have to talk to the mercs.}}
|}

|}

The walkway leads to the mercenary enclave, which curves around to the southwest, with a bar on its northwest side and booths in alcoves set into the opposite wall. A Selkath named Nilko Bwaas standing to the left as you enter speaks to you. However, he may not want to continue if you've already found the Star Map on Manaan:

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{{KotOR/Dialog||Nilko Bwaas:|Human, I wish to speak to you if you have the time.|W=50%}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||Nilko Bwaas:|[[../Hrakert Rift#Toxin vented|Your kind is not welcome here anymore, human! Though we may not speak of it, we know what you have done! Begone!]]|W=50%}}
|}

If you can speak to him again, he asks you to look into the [[../Ahto West#Republic Hiring Mercenaries|Republic hiring mercenaries]]. Another traveler and the {{~|Pazaak}} player Gonto Vas stand just beyond him. Aside from wagering, playing a practice game or [[../Ahto West#Pazaak Rules|buying a deck]] from him if you don't already have one, you can ask him some questions:

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{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||Gonto Yas:|I hope you're here to play some Pazaak - I don't come here looking for sparkling conversation.|C=2}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||1.|[[../Pazaak#Gonto Yas|Sure, I'll play.]]|W=50%}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||1.|[[../Ahto West#Pazaak Rules|I don't know how to play Pazaak.]]|W=50%}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||2.|I want to ask you some questions.|C=2}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||Gonto Yas:|I prefer to make my credits gambling, but I never turn my back on an opportunity. Maybe this can be a profitable exchange for both of us.|C=2}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||1.|[[../Ahto West#Republic Hiring Mercenaries|Do you know why the Republic is hiring so many mercenaries lately?]]|C=2}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||Gonto Vas:|Hey, here's an idea - why don't you ask the mercs? Better yet, go down to the embassy and ask the Republic!|C=2}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||3.|What do you think of the Sith?}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||4.|What do you think of the Republic?}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Gonto Yas:|They don't bother me, and I don't bother them. Works all around.|C=2}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Gonto Vas:|You done wasting my time now, or you got some more questions?|C=2}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||6.|I think I'll be going now.|C=2}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||Gonto Yas:|So clear out already!|C=2}}
|}

|}

Questioning him about the [[../Ahto West#Sunry Murder Trial|recent murder]] can help provoke an important revelation from [[../Ahto West#Elora, Sunry's Wife|Elora, Sunry's wife]], while asking about the [[../Ahto West#Missing Selkath|missing Selkath]] gives you an opportunity to move (much) closer to the dark side of the Force, once you've gone beyond the mercenaries and been approached by the Selkath Shaelas to find out what happened to them. The Iridorian mercenary is also worth questioning about them, but the mercenary standing by him merely comments:

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{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||Mercenary:|For a while, the Republic were hiring anyone they could get their hands on. Now they don't have any use for us mercs. It's too bad... I could have used the work.}}
|}

|}

The Mandalorian mercenary, whom Canderous will recognize, can also be questioned, but this isn't necessary:

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{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||Mandalorian Mercenary:|Canderous! I haven't seen you since the Republic broke our ranks at the battle of Malachor!}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog|Canderous||Ergeron, I see you've got some new guns to add to your collection. Times must have been profitable for you since the war.}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Mandalorian Mercenary:|Very profitable. When the Republic defeated our fleets, I learned a valuable lesson: it's far better to be a freelance mercenary in a war than to be a soldier for the losing side.}}
|}

{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||Mandalorian Mercenary:|If you're here to offer me a job, I'm not interested right now. I've got so many offers I can't keep up as it is. Maybe that Iridorian skullslacker at the bar, or the Echani nerfherder cowering in the corner is available.}}
|}

{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||Mandalorian Mercenary:|[[../Hrakert Rift#Ahto High Court|All of a sudden the Republic isn't hiring mercenaries anymore. And now the kolto harvest is at an all time low. More than just coincidence, if you ask me.]]}}
|}

{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||1.|Can I ask you some questions?}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Mandalorian Mercenary:|Normally I'd charge you for information, but times are good right now and I'm feeling generous. So ask your questions, free of charge.}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||1.|[[../Ahto West#Sunry Murder Trial|Do you know about the murder of Elassa?]]}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Mandalorian Mercenary:|Not really. They say some Republic war hero killed her. Maybe you should check out the Republic Embassy.}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||2.|Do you know anything about ancient ruins or a Star Map?}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Mandalorian Mercenary:|If there ever were any ruins on this world, they've long since disappeared beneath the oceans.}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||3.|Don't you hate the Republic for defeating your people?}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Mandalorian Mercenary:|I'm a realist. It was war, after all. And even though the Republic destroyed my people, the leaders of the armada were Revan and Malak, so I hate the Sith just as much. And with this war, there's plenty of opportunity to take bloody vengeance against both sides and make a nice profit along the way. We Mandalorians are always practical. Not like those blood-thirsty Iridorians, or those honor-bound Echani. Is there anything else you want?}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||4.|[[../Ahto West#Republic Hiring Mercenaries|Why is the Republic hiring so many mercenaries?]]}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Mandalorian Mercenary:|They ain't saying, but the price sure is right. Of course, I haven't heard of anyone coming back, so I'm guessing the job ain't easy.}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||5.|[[../Ahto West#Missing Selkath|Do you know anything about the young Selkath who have gone missing?]]}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Mandalorian Mercenary:|Not really. I have no interest in the Selkath other than the fact that they are charging me an exorbitant amount to stay on this world. The Iridorian over there, however... He, I believe, may know more. He has been seen with several of them before.}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||2.|What do you have against the Echani and the Iridorians?}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Mandalorian Mercenary:|Nothing, except the Echani are a bunch of fey dancers, prancing into battle with tiny weapons not fit for Mandalorian children. They hardly wear any armor because it slows them down when they run away. But the Echani are better than the Iridorians. Those savages keep hacking at fallen foe even after death, mutilating the corpse out of pure blood lust. But the Echani are better than the Iridorians. Those savages keep hacking at fallen foe even after death, mutilating the corpse out of pure blood lust.}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||4.|I'll be going now.}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Mandalorian Mercenary:|So why are you telling me? If you're going, go. I don't need a status report.}}
|}

|}

Beyond Shaelas at the southwest end of the enclave, you can overhear a Sith negotiating with an Echani mercenary:

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{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||Sith Negotiator:|We might have a position within the Sith organization for one such as you.}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Echani Mercenary:|Your offer is pretty good. But I've heard some nasty things about you Sith. Is it true you bombed Taris into dust?}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Sith Negotiator:|This is war. In war certain distasteful acts cannot be avoided. But ask yourself this - when we win the war, would you rather be against the Sith, or with us?}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||Echani Mercenary:|You make a good point. And I've never turned down a job that pays up front.}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Sith Negotiator:|Excellent. Report to the Sith Embassy tomorrow for your assignment.}}
|}

Neither wants to speak to you:

{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||Sith Negotiator:|I have no desire to speak to you. I know you have links to the Republic.}}
|}

{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||Echani Mercenary:|You hiring for the Republic or the Sith?}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||1.|Neither.}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Echani Mercenary:|Then why are you wasting my time? There's big money to be made here - I can't risk missing a job offer 'cause I'm yapping with you!}}
|}

|}

Two Sith are by the bar along the northwest wall: the female Duan at the south end and the male Vilgo to the north can be questioned by a character of the opposite sex, but this isn't necessary:

{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||Viglo:|Hey, man, clear out. You're cramping my style with the ladies.}}
|}

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{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||Viglo:|Say, you must be new around here. My name is Viglo. You don't look like those Republic scum, and you aren't one of us Sith. So, what brings you to Manaan?|C=3}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||1.|I'm [[../Character generation#Name|Name]]. I'm just here to check out the swoop races.|W=33%}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||2.|I'm just passing through.|W=34%}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||3.|I'm searching for some ancient ruins, or maybe a long forgotten Star Map.|W=33%}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Viglo:|Some of the other soldiers like to go and bet on the swoops on their days off, but this planet is bad enough without mingling with the locals.}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||Viglo:|Well, you picked a real stinkhole to stop at. Republic soldiers are everywhere, those arrogant Selkath treating us Sith like we're second-class citizens. I wish we could bomb this ocean world into a desert, but we need that kolto for our Sith troops. Man, I hate this place.}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||Viglo:|You some kind of historian? You should look to the future, not the past. That's why I joined the Sith. And then I get stuck on Manaan - worst post in the galaxy!}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Viglo:|It isn't easy here, you know. Not with all the Republic soldiers walking the streets while we sit and do nothing. Malak should send a fleet in and conquer this whole sector, kolto or no!|C=3}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||4.|[[../Ahto West#Sunry Murder Trial|I'm investigating the recent murder.]]|C=3}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Viglo:|I hope the Selkath fry that Sunry for what he did. Elassa was a real looker, and nobody kills a Sith and gets away with it!|C=3}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||5.|[[../Ahto West#Missing Selkath|Why are the Sith so interested in the Selkath youth?]]|C=3}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Viglo:|We Sith are interested in lots of stuff. You'd be smart to keep your nose out of Sith business.|C=3}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Viglo:|But I don't really want to talk about that right now. I'm just here to have a couple drinks and try to unwind, you know?|C=3}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||6.|I'll be going now.|C=3}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Viglo:|Oh... I get it. I get a little too forward and you want to hold it against me. Hey, I just thought of something! If I said you had a great body, would you hold it against me? Ha ha ha! Barkeep, I sense I've offended my lady friend. Bring me another round so I can drown my sorrows in the sweet nectar of the Selkath people.|C=3}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Viglo:|Oh, you're back. You going to stick around this time? Or did I offend you? I probably should cut back on the drinking, but it's a good way to relax. There's a lot of tension here on Manaan.|C=3}}
|}

|}

{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||Duan:|Look, lady - we Sith aren't here to make friends. So let me enjoy my drink in peace.}}
|}

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{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||Duan:|You're new around here, aren't you. My name's Duan. Care to buy a Sith girl a drink? That is, unless you're one of those simpering Republic soldiers.|C=3}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||1.|I'm [[../Character generation#Name|Name]]. I'm just here to check out the swoop races.|W=33%}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||2.|I don't have much use for the Republic.|W=34%}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||3.|I'm searching for some ancient ruins, or maybe a long forgotten Star Map.|W=33%}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Duan:|Some of the other soldiers like to go and bet on the swoops on their days off, but this planet is bad enough without mingling with the locals.}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||Duan:|I couldn't agree with you more. Just the sight of a Republic uniform makes me want to vomit. I can't wait until we crush them all like the pathetic vermin they are! Sorry - I tend to get a little worked up. I think I've been stationed on Manaan too long. This place can make you crazy.}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||Duan:|You some kind of historian, or something? You should forget about the past and look towards the future. That's why I joined the Sith - the Republic is old news. And then I get stuck on Manaan, the worst post in the galaxy!}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Duan:|It isn't easy here, you know. Not with all the Republic soldiers walking the streets while we sit and do nothing. Malak should send a fleet in and conquer this whole sector, kolto or no!|C=3}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||4.|[[../Ahto West#Sunry Murder Trial|I'm investigating the recent murder of Elassa.]]|C=3}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Duan:|What is there to investigate? Obviously Sunry is guilty. But the Republic is doing everything they can to keep him out of a Selkath prison.|C=3}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||5.|[[../Ahto West#Missing Selkath|I hear you Sith are taking an interest in the Selkath youth.]]|C=3}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Duan:|We Sith are interested in a lot of things. If you're smart you'll stay out of Sith business.|C=3}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Duan:|But I don't really want to talk about that right now. I'm just here to have a couple drinks and try to unwind, you know?|C=3}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||6.|I'll be going now.|C=3}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Duan:|Oh... I get it. I get a little bit wild, and you want to hold it against me. Come on, what's the matter? Afraid I'll drink you under the table? Hey, if you're not man enough to keep up, who needs you? Seems I'm not lady like enough for some men... well, I may be a woman, but I'm still a soldier! Barkeep, bring me another round!|C=3}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Duan:|Oh, it's you again. I didn't think I'd see you around here. I probably should cut back on the drinking, but it's a good way to relax. There's a lot of tension here on Manaan.|C=3}}
|}

|}

The Selkath bartender isn't as forthcoming, but will show you the {{~|Stimulants|stimulants}} in his [[../Ahto West#Inventory|inventory]].

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{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||Selkath Bartender:|Greetings, human. There are few places in Ahto City where off-worlders are welcome, but here they are at least tolerated.|W=33%}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||Selkath Bartender:|[[../Sith Base (Manaan)#Ahto High Court|Greetings, human. While the Sith have suffered setbacks here on Manaan and their goods are in short supply, you can rest assured that I will always have what you need.]]|W=34%}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||Selkath Bartender:|[[../Hrakert Rift#Toxin vented|You will find my prices have increased dramatically, human. Kolto production is faltering, and the Manaan government has raised all taxes on goods sold to foreigners.]]|W=33%}}
|}

{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||1.|[[../Ahto West#Inventory|I'd like to see what's in stock.]]}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||2.|I want to ask you a few questions.}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Selkath Bartender:|I am far too busy to spend my time conversing, human. I must reserve my time for paying customers, not idle gossip.}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||3.|I think I'll be going now.}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Selkath Bartender:|Until next time, human.}}
|}

|}

===Republic Hiring Mercenaries===
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{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||Nilko Bwaas:|Greetings, human. My name is Nilko Bwaas. I hope you are enjoying yourself here in Ahto City. Our floating city is beautiful, is it not?|C=3}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||1.|It's truly a wonder to behold.|W=33%}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||2.|Eh - I've seen better.|W=34%}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||3.|You're a lot more friendly than most of the Selkath here.|W=33%}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Nilko Bwaas:|You are too gracious, human.}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||Nilko Bwaas:|I suppose tastes vary widely across the galaxy, human. And yet, the planet is beautiful to me and my people.}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||Nilko Bwaas:|I am afraid you speak the truth, human. My people are suspicious of outsiders, they fear the destruction of our beautiful planet.}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Nilko Bwaas:|The beauty of Manaan is delicate. Our ecosystem is complex and fragile, and I fear for the preservation of my planet.|C=3}}
|}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||4.|Cut the small talk. What do you want?|W=50%}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||3.|I think I'll be going now.|W=50%}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Nilko Bwaas:|You are blunt human - but that is perhaps what I require.|C=2}}
|}
{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||4.|Cut the small talk. What do you want?|W=33%}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||1.|What are you talking about?|W=34%}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||3.|I think I'll be going now.|W=33%}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Nilko Bwaas:|There is a task I would ask, human... Jedi. I fear there is nowhere else I can turn.|C=3}}
|}
{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||1.|What do you want me to do?|W=50%}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||2.|Sorry, I'm not interested.|W=50%}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Nilko Bwaas:|Rest assured, there will be ample reward for this human. I only require information, nothing more. The Republic has been hiring mercenaries - many more than usual.|C=2}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Nilko Bwaas:|[[../Sith Base (Manaan)|With the incident at the Sith base so recent, one cannot help but wonder...]]|C=2}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Nilko Bwaas:|As an official of the Selkath people, this is of great concern to me. I only seek the reason for this change in Republic policy.|C=2}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||1.|Forget it - I won't spy on the Republic!}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||2.|Why do you need me for this?}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Nilko Bwaas:|I am no enemy of the Republic, human. I only seek assurances that there is no harm being done to Manaan. The Republic may be bringing ruin onto us all without even knowing it!}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||Nilko Bwaas:|I cannot trust anyone else. The Republic obviously wants to keep their secret - I have inquired often as to their purpose and been rebuffed. The Sith cannot be trusted to give me an accurate report of events - they will twist the truth so that it furthers their own goals. And the mercenaries are well aware of the high wages the Republic is paying - they would not report anything that might slow the flow of credits into their accounts.}}
|}

{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||1.|Forget it - I won't spy on the Republic!|W=33%}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||2.|Why do you need me for this?|W=34%}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||3.|What's in this for me?|W=33%}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Nilko Bwaas:|Uncover the truth behind the Republic's actions, and I will pay you 500 credits.|C=3}}
|}

If Carth and Bastila are both present:

{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Dialog|Carth||I'm uncomfortable with spying on the Republic... but if we could assure the Selkath that they mean no harm, then perhaps it might be worth it.}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog|Bastila||And what if the Republic does mean harm, Carth? Will you tell them?}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog|Carth||If the Republic did mean harm to the Selkath, then I want to know what the Selkath did to provoke it.}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog|Bastila||How very noble of you.}}
|}

Otherwise:

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{{KotOR/Dialog|Mission||I don't know if I like this. Aren't the Republic supposed to be the good guys?|W=33%}}
{{KotOR/Dialog|Bastila||I doubt the Republic would be involved in anything illegal. Still, if this Selkath has concerns we could look into it for him.|W=34%}}
{{KotOR/Dialog|Juhani||We could look into this to calm this Selkath's fears, though I doubt the Republic would be involved in anything illegal.|W=33%}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog|Jolee||Be careful here, kid. Start poking your nose in places it doesn't belong and you might not like what you find.|C=3}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Nilko Bwaas:|Please - see if you can find the answers I seek. Find why the Republic is hiring so many mercenaries, find where they are going. Find why they do not return.|C=3}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||1.|I'll look into it for you, Nilko.}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||2.|I'll do it, but only for the money.}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||3.|Forget it, I'm not interested.}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Nilko Bwaas:|Once you discover some information, please come speak to me. Believe it or not, I am a friend of the Republic. Whatever the truth, I shall do my best to protect the Republic's interests - and those of the Selkath, of course.}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||Nilko Bwaas:|Once you have the answers I seek, I will gladly pay you the 500 credits I promised.}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||Nilko Bwaas:|If you discover any information and you change your mind, please come speak to me. I will be here waiting for you.}}
|}

|}

{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Journal|Republic Hiring Mercenaries|The Selkath Nilko is suspicious about the Republic hiring mercenaries. He claims to be a friend of the Republic and is merely seeking to find out if something is wrong. He says he will reward you if you find out why they've been hiring so many lately.}}
|}

{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||Nilko Bwaas:|Have you news for me, human? Have you discovered why the Republic is hiring mercenaries?}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||1.|No, I'm still looking into it.}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Nilko Bwaas:|Once you have the answers I seek, I will gladly pay you the 500 credits I promised.}}
|}

Once you've spoken to Roland Wann of the Republic Embassy in the East Central courtyard and agreed to complete a [[../East Central#Mission for the Republic|mission for the Republic]], then infiltrated the Sith base to [[../Sith Base (Manaan)#Mission for the Republic|retrieve  the encrypted data module]] and returned it to him, you'll discover why the Republic is hiring mercenaries:

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{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||Nilko Bwaas:|Have you news for me, human? Have you discovered why the Republic is hiring mercenaries?|C=2}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||2.|Yes - they're sending them down to a secret base on the Hrakert Rift.|C=2}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Nilko Bwaas:|The Hrakert Rift? It is as I feared - though the Republic is fortunate I was the one assigned to investigate this case. Human, allow me to be blunt with you. If I report this violation to my superiors the Republic will be banned from Manaan - but I do not wish to do this. I see the Sith for what they truly are: ruthless and evil. The Republic has always respected our independence, but if they fall the Sith will be quick to send an invasion fleet to conquer Manaan. But I cannot simply ignore what the Republic has done. The Hrakert Rift is the source of Manaan's kolto, and I fear the science station may damage production of the delicate resource.|C=2}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog|Carth||The Hrakert Rift is the source of kolto? Why would the Republic risk so much to send troops there? I don't get it.|W=50%}}
{{KotOR/Dialog|Jolee||Hmmm. You think the Republic is trying to steal the kolto, perhaps? An odd thing for the Republic to do, no?|W=50%}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Nilko Bwaas:|You must tell the Republic to stop this madness at once. Make them shut down the facility and recall their people before they do something we all regret.|C=2}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||1.|They can't. The Republic has recently lost contact with the science facility.}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||1.|They couldn't. They had lost contact with the science facility.}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Nilko Bwaas:|Of course, I should have realized. Doubtless they were hiring the mercenaries to investigate the situation. But I fear mercenaries alone may not be enough to save their station. There are ancient mysteries within the Hrakert Rift that even we Selkath do not comprehend. I fear the Republic has awakened something that was best left undisturbed.|C=2}}
|}

{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||1.|I am going to investigate the Hrakert Rift.|W=25%}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||2.|It sounds like you know more than you are telling me.|W=50%}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||3.|What do you suggest we do?|W=25%|R=2}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Nilko Bwaas:|As you wish. Perhaps you will find the answers the mercenaries could not. I will keep our conversation secret so that the vile Sith will not gain from the Republic's foolishness.|R=2}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||Nilko Bwaas:|Had I any information, human, I would share it with you willingly. You have done the right thing, informing me of this... but I must ask something more of you.}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Nilko Bwaas:|I fear the mercenaries will not find the answers the Republic is looking for - they prefer blasters to brains. But you have shown yourself to be resourceful. Perhaps you can succeed where the others have failed. Investigate this facility, human - and I promise to keep my silence so that the vile Sith do not gain from the Republic's foolishness.|C=2}}
|}

{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||1.|They awoke a creature which fed on the kolto.|C=4}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Nilko Bwaas:|A creature? Feeding on the kolto? There are many mysteries of the Rift that we have never known... and that would be one of them. The Republic building disturbed it no doubt. What has happened to this creature?|C=4}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||1.|The creature is alive.|W=25%}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||3.|The creature is dead.|W=25%}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||2.|[Lie] The creature is alive.|W=25%}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||4.|[Lie] The creature is dead.|W=25%}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Nilko Bwaas:|It is a most... unexpected development. But one that will warrant investigation at a later time. Perhaps the Republic and we Selkath may eventually solve.|C=2}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||Nilko Bwaas:|[Success] It is a most... unexpected development. But one that will warrant investigation at a later time. Perhaps the Republic and we Selkath may eventually solve.|C=2}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Nilko Bwaas:|I will keep our conversation secret so that the vile Sith will not gain from the Republic's foolishness.|C=4}}
|}

{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||2.|I have cleared the facility.|W=50%}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||3.|The Republic's harvesting has stopped.|W=50%}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Nilko Bwaas:|That is most reassuring, perhaps the situation is not as bad as I had thought. I will keep our conversation secret so that the vile Sith will not gain from the Republic's foolishness.|C=2}}
|}

|}

{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||Nilko Bwaas:|I only hope my silence does not lead to disaster for Manaan. Here is the payment I promised you. And now I must take my leave, human. My superiors are expecting a full report from me, and there is much I must do to ensure they cannot uncover the Republic's actions.}}
|-
{{KotOR/Journal|Republic Hiring Mercenaries|You told Nilko about the Republic facility in the Hrakert Rift. He thanked you and said he would try to cover for the Republic's actions. It seems that some Selkath, at least, are definitely on the Republic's side.}}
|-
{{KotOR/Credits|500}}
|-
{{KotOR/XP|Act|#=500|Told Nilko about the Republic facility in the Hrakert Rift}}
|}

It may save time to go down to the Hrakert Rift before completing this quest since you'll be brought back to Ahto High Court on the other side of the courtyard upon your return, but he may refuse to speak to you if [[../Hrakert Rift#Toxin vented|your action]] down there moves you closer to the dark side of the Force...

===Pazaak Rules===
Although you can buy a {{~|Pazaak|Pazaak deck}} from Gonto Vas for half the price offered by [[../West Central#Pazaak Rules|Jolan Aphett]] in West Central, it still isn't recommended as you can pay even less elsewhere (or even get one free if you're persuasive enough).

{{KotOR/Hide}}

{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||Gonto Yas:|So why are you wasting my time? Look - I'll give you a break. Every player needs their own Pazaak deck, and I just happen to have an extra one on me. I'll sell it to you for 100 credits, and I'll throw in a free lesson cause I'm in a generous mood.|C=2}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||1.|It's a deal.|W=50%}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||3.|Can you go over the Pazaak rules for me?|W=50%}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Gonto Yas:|Okay, pay attention cause I ain't gonna go over this twice.|C=2}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||1.|{{~|Pazaak|[Play Pazaak Tutorial]}}|C=2}}
|}

|}

{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Credits|100|L}}
|-
{{KotOR/Container|Gonto Vas|
*Pazaak Deck}}
|}

===Missing Selkath===
The Selkath Shaelas will speak to you as you move deeper into the enclave, beyond the mercenaries. However, he may not want to continue if you've already found the Star Map on Manaan:

{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||Shaelas:|[[../Hrakert Rift#Toxin vented|Your actions beneath the surface have shown that you are no friend to my people. I wish nothing to do with you.]]}}
|}

{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||Shaelas:|Greetings, human. My name is Shaelas. I have heard it said that you are no friend of the Sith. Is this true?|W=50%}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||Shaelas:|[[../Sith Base (Manaan)#Elevator to Ahto City|Greetings, human. My name is Shaelas. I have heard that you may have had some part in the incident at the Sith Embassy recently. Is this true?]]|W=50%}}
|}

If you tell him you ''like'' the Sith and don't tell him you were kidding, he'll end the dialog and refuse to do business with you until you can persuade him otherwise:

{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||3.|Actually, I kind of like the Sith. They've got style.}}
|}

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{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||Shaelas:|You like the Sith? You are obviously not the person I am looking for to complete this task.|C=2}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||2.|What task?|C=2}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Shaelas:|I am sorry, human. You have made your relationship with the Sith quite clear. I have no further business with you.|C=2}}
|-
{{KotOR/Persuade|Medium|1.|[Persuade] I was only kidding!|W=50%}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||3.|Whatever…|W=50%|R=2}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Shaelas:|[Failure] I do not believe you! Go. We have nothing more to speak of.}}
|}

Otherwise:

{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||1.|I'm just kidding.|W=33%|R=2}}
{{KotOR/Persuade|Medium|1.|[Persuade] I was only kidding!|W=34%}}
{{KotOR/Force|Low|2.|[Force Persuade] It was a joke.|W=33%}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Shaelas:|[Success] I do not find that form of humor amusing, human!}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||Shaelas:|[Success] Yes... A joke. I was mistaken.}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Shaelas:|Your words are strange, human. You claim one thing, then the exact opposite. Perhaps this is what your species calls humor. If so, its appeal eludes me. However, I believe you now speak the truth about your dislike of the Sith.|C=3}}
|}

|}

{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||2.|My allegiances are my own business.|C=5}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Shaelas:|You are wise to be so guarded, human. But my sources are rarely wrong, and they have informed me that you are no friend of Malak's people.|C=5}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||1.|The Sith are a blight upon the galaxy!|W=20%}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||2.|My allegiances are my own business.|W=20%}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||1.|I'm just kidding.|W=20%}}
{{KotOR/Persuade|Medium|1.|[Persuade] I was only kidding!|W=20%}}
{{KotOR/Force|Low|2.|[Force Persuade] It was a joke.|W=20%}}
|}

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{| {{prettytable}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Shaelas:|Though I suspect we have little in common, human, I share your dislike of the Sith. They have brought grief to my family. I am not a fool, I know the Sith do not respect our laws as the Republic does. Were it up to me, I would do everything in my power to aid the Republic in the war against Malak. But intergalactic politics stay my hand. Still, I know the Sith are evil - and I fear what they will do to my people. And what they may be doing now.|C=2}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||1.|What are you talking about?|W=50%}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||2.|Just get to the point, Shaelas.|W=50%}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Shaelas:|Many of the Selkath have vanished, human. Most who have gone missing are on the cusp of adulthood, the youth who will someday lead this planet. My own daughter, Shasa, is among those who have disappeared. These disappearances coincide with the arrival of the Sith, and I cannot dismiss the connection. The Sith are up to something, human. Something sinister - I can feel it!|C=2}}
|}

{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||1.|You want me to investigate these disappearances?|W=33%}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||2.|What's in this for me?|W=34%}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||3.|Sorry, I'm not interested.|W=33%}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Shaelas:|I will give you 500 credits if you can uncover the fate of my daughter and the other missing Selkath youth. Not much, but all I can afford. I have no official authority in this matter, and my personal wealth is not vast. There is no one else I can turn to, human. The Republic agents are too closely watched by the Sith, and the Ahto City authorities cannot act without proof of Sith involvement.|C=3}}
|}

{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||1.|I shall look into the disappearances for you, Shaelas.|W=50%}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||2.|I've got better things to do than look for missing tadpoles.|W=25%}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||3.|I've decided I've got better things to do than be your errand slave.|W=25%}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Shaelas:|I cannot imagine where to begin the investigation, though I suspect the Sith did not act alone. Perhaps the off-worlders in the mercenary enclave know something. If you learn anything, human, report back to me at once. If you uncover the fate of my daughter and the other missing Selkath youth, I will reward you as promised.}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||Shaelas:|I see, human. Despite your rebuff, my offer still stands - I have nowhere else to turn. Return to me if you obtain information on my daughter and the other missing Selkath youth, and I will reward you as promised.|C=2}}
|}

|}

{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Journal|Missing Selkath|You have been approached by a Selkath named Shaelas. He claims that many young Selkath have been going missing, including his daughter Shasa. He wishes to hire you to find out what has been happening to them.}}
|}

{{KotOR/Hide}}

{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||Shaelas:|Human, you return. Have you information for me? Have you discovered the fate of the missing Selkath youth? Have you news of my daughter, Shasa?|C=2}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||1.|Not yet. I shall investigate further.|W=50%}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||1.|Sorry, nothing yet.|W=50%}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Shaelas:|If you learn anything, human, report back to me at once. If you uncover the fate of my daughter and the other missing Selkath youth, I will reward you as promised.|C=2}}
|}

|}

You can now ask many inhabitants throughout Ahto city about the missing Selkath, although few have anything useful to reveal.

====Gonto Vas====
Questioning the Pazaak player Gonto Vas gives you the opportunity to waste some credits (more or less depending on whether an attempt to persuade him results in failure or success) or move (much) closer to the dark side of the Force:

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{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||5.|Why are the Sith so interested in the Selkath youth?|C=3}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Gonto Vas:|Ah... I might know a little bit about this. But telling you might put my life at risk. And that don't come cheap. See, I can give you a leg up on investigating what the Sith are up to - but it'll cost you 200 credits.|C=3}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||1.|Here's 200 credits. Now start talking.|W=25%|R=3}}
{{KotOR/Persuade|Medium|2.|I'll give you 100 credits.|C=2}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Gonto Vas:|Pretty cheap price for my life, if you ask me. But I guess it's better than nothing, so I'll take it.|W=25%|R=2}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||Gonto Vas:|You think I'm some kind of space scum, to sell myself off for a measly 100 credits! You got a real attitude problem, and it's gonna cost you. 300 credits or I don't say nothin'!|W=50%}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||1.|Here's 300 credits. Now start talking!}}
|}

|}

{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Credits|200|L|W=25%}}
{{KotOR/Credits|100|L|W=25%}}
{{KotOR/Credits|300|L|W=50%}}
|}

{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Persuade|Medium|3.|How about you tell me what I want to know, and the Manaan authorities don't find your body washing up on shore?|C=2}}
|-
{{KotOR/Alignment|Dark|-2|Gonto Vas:|You've got a lot of guts, threatening me on this planet! Everyone knows breaking the peace is punishable by imprisonment. But I think you just might be crazy enought that you don't care. Okay, I don't need no trouble, so here's the scoop..|W=50%}}
{{KotOR/Alignment|Dark|-2|Gonto Vas:|Ah - save your threats! Everyone knows breaking the peace here in Ahto City is punishable by a long stretch in the Manaan prisons. You must be really desparate, to threaten my life for some lousy information. You want it that bad, maybe I'm undercharging you! 300 credits or I don't say nothin'!|W=50%}}
|-
{{KotOR/Force|Low|4.|[Force Persuade] But I'm your friend – you want to tell me what you know.|C=2}}
|-
{{KotOR/Alignment|Dark|-2|Gonto Vas:|[Success] Yes... yes, I suppose I do. I want to tell you everything I know.|C=2}}
|}

If you have little or no chance of [[../Skills#Persuade|persuading]] him, you can threaten him repeatedly to move closer and closer to the dark side of the Force. Otherwise:

{{KotOR/Hide}}

{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||Gonto Vas:|I don't know what the Sith are actually up to, but I know who could tell you. The Iridorian Mercenary. Spends all day in the mercenary enclave, and everyone gives him a wide berth. The Sith were cozying up to him real good a while ago. Go speak to him about this. But be careful - them Iridorians have a nasty reputation.|C=2}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||1.|That's not very helpful.|W=50%}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||2.|Thanks for the tip.|W=50%}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Gonto Vas:|That's all I know. You want any more info on the Sith and their schemes, go talk to the Iridorian.|C=2}}
|}

|}

However, the Mandalorian mercenary also suggests the Iridorian mercenary standing between them is involved, and neither is necessary for you to speak to him.

====Iridorian mercenary====
{{KotOR/Hide}}

{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||Iridorian Mercenary:|I am not for hire. Perhaps the Mandalorian or the Echani can help you - though they lack the stomach for certain jobs.|C=2}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||3.|A mercenary who's not for hire. That's strange.|C=2}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Iridorian Mercenary:|Why do you care? There are other mercenaries you can hire. Though I suggest you act quickly - the Republic seems to be in desperate need of mercenaries right now. Though not so desperate they have asked for my help as of yet. They prefer the simpering, submissive type - like the Mandalorian and the Echani.|C=2}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||2.|What do you have against the Echani and the Mandalorians?|C=2}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Iridorian Mercenary:|They lack the resolve to do what needs to be done. The Echani believe in a non-existent warrior code of honor, and the Mandalorians prize credits above bloodshed. But I am Iridorian. Honor comes from slaying your opponent, and the true reward of any job is the taste of your foe's dying blood on your tongue.|C=2}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||1.|I want to ask you some questions.|C=2}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Iridorian Mercenary:|Ask whatever you wish - though you may find some of my answers distasteful.|C=2}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||1.|[[../Ahto West#Republic Hiring Mercenaries|Why is the Republic hiring so many mercenaries?]]|C=2}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Iridorian Mercenary:|Perhaps you should ask them. The Republic prefers not to deal with my kind... though maybe they need an Iridorian to finish the job. The mercenaries they hire must be failing, as they are never heard from again. That is all I know. Is there more you wish to ask?|C=2}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||3.|[[../Ahto West#Sunry Murder Trial|Do you know about the murder of Elassa?]]|C=2}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Iridorian Mercenary:|On my world those too weak to defend themselves deserve to die. A murder is justified if you have the strength to kill your victim. Is there anything else you would know?|C=2}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||4.|I am seeking an ancient Star Map or some alien ruins.|C=2}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Iridorian Mercenary:|Manaan has no such things, unless the Selkath have them hidden away at the bottom of the ocean. Is there more you would know?|C=2}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||4.|I'll be going now.|W=50%}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||5.|On second thought, I don't really want to talk to you.|W=50%}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Iridorian Mercenary:|I am not surprised. There are few on this watery world who feel comfortable in my presence.|C=2}}
|}

|}

Although he can be asked questions on a number of subjects, he only has something meaningful to divulge about the missing Selkath:

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{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||2.|Have you heard anything about young Selkath going missing?}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Iridorian Mercenary:|Perhaps - but my business with the Selkath is my own.}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||2.|Maybe the Selkath would be interested in your activities?}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Iridorian Mercenary:|I have no fear of the fish people or their laws. There is no evidence I have done anything wrong. You will not learn my business this way.}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||3.|How many credits would it take to make your business my business?}}
|-
{{KotOR/Persuade|Medium|Iridorian Mercenary:|This is the way of this water world, is it not? Pathetic creatures bargaining with credits for what they cannot seize through strength. My people are warriors, not snivelling merchants.}}
|}

If persuasion is successful, the dialog cannot continue and you must quit the game. Otherwise:

{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||Iridorian Mercenary:|I am of sterner stuff, human. I seek blood and death and my reward is the taste of my enemy's fear. Take your credits elsewhere... my price is too high for the likes of you.}}
|}

|}

He needs to be persuaded to tell you what's going on, although if this fails then you or Bastila can [[../Force powers#Affect Mind|use the Force]]:

{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Persuade|Medium|4.|[Persuade] Maybe I'll just gut you like a Selkath preparing an Orchana ray for lunch.}}
|}

{{KotOR/Hide}}

{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||Iridorian Mercenary:|[Success] You speak the blunt and brutal language of my people. We share the love of death and bloodshed. But we are a rare breed on this planet. Even the Sith here are as weak as the cowardly fish people.}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||Iridorian Mercenary:|[Failure] Your threats are mere words, nothing more. Here on Manaan such bloodshed is not permitted - as I have been told time and time again.|C=2}}
|-
{{KotOR/Force|Low|1.|[Force Persuade] But I am your friend. You want to tell me what's going on.|W=33%}}
{{KotOR/Dialog|Bastila||[Force Persuade] But we are not your enemies... we are your friends. Tell us what you know.|W=34%}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||Iridorian Mercenary:|I tire of this conversation and I tire of your company, human. In fact, I tire of this entire weakling world - the air reeks of sea salt and the fawning cowardice of the fish people!|W=33%|R=2}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Iridorian Mercenary:|[Success] An Iridorian has no friends! Though I feel a strange kinship with you - you do not seem like the others of this world. Even the Sith here do not understand our kind.|C=2}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Iridorian Mercenary:|The Sith sought to buy my loyalty with credits... as if wealth could somehow quench my burning bloodlust! They would have been better off hiring an Echani for the errands they had me running.|C=3}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||1.|What were you doing for the Sith?|C=3}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Iridorian Mercenary:|The task paid well, but was boring and beneath me. I was told to lure the Selkath youth to the Sith Embassy, nothing more. I lied, I threatened, I promised... and I brought the most promising youth of the fish people to the Sith.|C=3}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog|Carth||What then? What happened to the youths?}}
{{KotOR/Dialog|Bastila||So you brought these youths to the Sith. And then what did you do to them?}}
{{KotOR/Dialog|Juhani||So you tricked these innocents into going to the Sith base. And then what did you do with them?}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Iridorian Mercenary:|And there I left them. To what purpose I neither know, nor care. Perhaps when the Sith learn I have betrayed their secret they will try to kill me. I would welcome the excitement.|C=3}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog|Canderous||Sounds like a recruiting drive to me. We used to use it on planets we had conquered. Get 'em while they're young and impressionable.}}
{{KotOR/Dialog|Jolee||Sounds like the Sith are trying to win this planet by corrupting the Selkath youth. Much more subtle than their usual methods.}}
{{KotOR/Dialog|Mission||I bet they're twisting the minds of those Selkath youth, trying to trick them into joining the Sith!}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Iridorian Mercenary:|Is there more you would ask of me, human?|C=3}}
|}

|}

{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Journal|Missing Selkath|You have discovered that the Sith have been hiring mercenaries to lure the young Selkath into their base for some questionable purpose. More answers would seem to lie inside the Sith Embassy.}}
|-
{{KotOR/XP|Act|#=150|Discovered the Sith hired an Iridorian mercenary to lure the Selkath youth to the Sith base}}
|}

You can return to Shaelas with this information...

{{KotOR/Hide}}

{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||2.|I have information for you, Shaelas.}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Shaelas:|Excellent. You have done well. What have you learned?}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||1.|The Sith hired an Iridorian mercenary to lure the Selkath youth to the Sith base.}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Shaelas:|I see. This information is useful, for a start. But it does little to explain the truth of this matter. We must know what purpose the Sith have for these youth. Are they prisoners of the Sith? Are they even still alive? I must know more, human. I must know what has happened to my daughter!}}
|}

{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||3.|Does this mean I don't get paid?|C=3}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Shaelas:|This information is mere bait - the catch yet awaits, human. Once you discover the ultimate fate of my daughter, I will gladly give you the 500 credits I promised.|C=3}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||1.|I will look into this further.|W=33%}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||2.|What do you suggest I do?|W=34%}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||3.|Does this mean I don't get paid?|W=33%}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Shaelas:|I cannot officially ask you to enter the Sith base, human. That would be a violation of Ahto City's strict neutrality laws. However, I fear such a brazen act may be the only way to learn the truth. But entering the base will not be easy. And should you be captured or killed, I will have to disavow any knowledge of your actions.|C=3}}
|}

{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||1.|I'll infiltrate the Sith base, Shaelas.|W=50%}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||2.|Forget it - I'm not about to break into the Sith base looking for your web fingered offspring!|W=50%}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Shaelas:|I wish I could be of more help, human. I will wait here. Return to me when you have something more to report.}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||Shaelas:|You shall have no reward from me until I learn the fate of my daughter, human! If you change your mind and discover her fate, you can report to me here to collect your reward.}}
|}

|}

However, you still need to infiltrate the {{~|Sith Base (Manaan)|Sith base}} to learn the fate of his daughter...

====Sith base====
Once you've spoken to Roland Wann of the Republic Embassy in the East Central courtyard and agreed to complete a [[../East Central#Mission for the Republic|mission for the Republic]], you can infiltrate the Sith base and [[../Sith Base (Manaan)#Missing Selkath|find the missing Selkath]] in the dormitory of its training annex: upon exiting the base you're arrested and brought back to Ahto High Court on the other side of this courtyard, which is your first and best opportunity to complete this quest upon your release: if you wait until you've gone down to the Hrakert Rift and found the Star Map there, he may refuse to speak to you if [[../Hrakert Rift#Toxin vented|your method]] moved you closer to the dark side of the Force...

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{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||2.|I have information for you, Shaelas.}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||Shaelas:|Excellent. You have done well. What have you learned?}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||3.|Maybe a few credits could refresh my memory.}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||Shaelas:|I am confused, human. How will credits facilitate your cognitive functions? Oh... I believe I understand. This is what you off-worlders call a shakedown, is it not? I am not wealthy, human. I have offered 500 credits for information on my daughter and the other missing Selkath. Is this not enough?}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||1.|Very well. I'll tell you what I know.}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||Shaelas:|I am pleased you have not chosen to exploit my loss for your personal greed, human. What have you discovered?}}
|}

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Move closer to the dark side of the Force by insisting on extra credits:

{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Alignment|Dark|-2|2.|If you want news on your daughter, find a way to get those extra credits.}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||Shaelas:|Very well, human. You prey upon my grief and concern over my missing daughter, but I am desperate. Here is another 100 credits - that is all I have.}}
|-
{{KotOR/Credits|100}}
|}

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{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||Shaelas:|I have already given you an additional 100 credits! I have nothing more to give, human! Have you no heart, no compassion?|C=2}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||1.|Fine. I'll tell you what I know.|W=50%}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||2.|Sorry - no credits, no info.|W=50%}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||Shaelas:|I suppose I should thank you, human - though you have already exploited my grief well enough for your own gain. What information do you have for me now?}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||Shaelas:|I... I have nothing more to give, human. The 500 credits I promised you for the fate of my daughter are all I have left. I suppose I can do nothing more but wait here, in case you change your mind. I can only hope you find find it in your heart to take pity on a grieving parent.}}
|}

{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||1.|The Sith are training the Selkath youth in the ways of the Dark Jedi.}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||Shaelas:|Yes... this makes sense. It is a wonder I did not see this before. Manaan's greatest strength is our neutrality. If Malak brainwashes our youth and indoctrinates them in the ways of the Sith he will have a strong following among the Selkath people - strong enough to seize control of Manaan and our kolto! My daughter, Shasa - she too has been indoctrined into the Sith camp?}}
|}

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If his daughter is dead:

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{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||1.|Your daughter is dead, Shaelas.}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||Shaelas:|No! Say it is not so, human! No - not Shasa! The Sith will pay for this! If it is the last thing I do they will pay!}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||1.|[[../Sith Base (Manaan)#Training room|Perhaps this datapad will help.]]}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||Shaelas:|A datapad? Let me see. Of course - this details the entire Sith plot! With this evidence I can go to the Ahto City authorities! The Sith will face severe fines and export restrictions for their actions - a poor substitute for my daughter's life, but with any luck the kolto embargo will weaken the Sith war effort.}}
|}

{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||1.|Perhaps this datapad will help.|W=50%}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||2.|I hope so.|W=50%}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||Shaelas:|I... I thank you for what you have done here, human - though I wish my daughter's fate had been otherwise. Here are the credits I promised you.|C=2}}
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Move closer to the light side of the Force by telling him to keep his credits:

{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||1.|I'm sorry it had to be this way, Shaelas.|W=50%}}
{{KotOR/Alignment|Light|+2|2.|Keep your credits, Shaelas. I wouldn't feel right about taking them now.|W=50%}}
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{{KotOR/Credits|500}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||Shaelas:|I... I thank you once more, human. I wish all your species were as kind and noble as you.}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||Shaelas:|Please, excuse me now, human. I desire no company but my own.|C=2}}
|}

Alternatively, move closer to the dark side of the Force by threatening to kill him as well:

{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Alignment|Dark|-2|2.|I killed your daughter, Shaelas. Just as I'll kill you if you tell anyone about this. Now give me those credits!}}
|}

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{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||Shaelas:|You... you are a monster! I came to you for aid, and you betray me and slaughter my innocent Shasa! You are no better than the Sith!}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||1.|Blah, blah, blah - give me the credits if you want to live.}}
|}

If one of your party members speaks, one of the remaining five can speak as well:

{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Dialog|Jolee||Nice. Real nice. Maybe later we could find some insects to pull the legs off, huh?|W=50%}}
{{KotOR/Dialog|Mission||I know you're supposed to save the galaxy and all, but could you try being less of a scummy core slime while you're doing it?|W=50%}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog|Bastila||We should guard and protect those weaker than ourselves... not bully and exploit them!}}
{{KotOR/Dialog|Carth||This isn't right! We should be helping people, not making their lives miserable.}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog|Juhani||You are a representative of the Jedi Order. When you behave this way you disgrace us all!}}
{{KotOR/Dialog|Zaalbar||Your actions disturb me. Among my kind, those who take pleasure in the suffering of others are considered dangerously unstable.}}
|}

|}

{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||Shaelas:|Take your blood money, human! May it bring you as much grief and misfortune as you have brought me!}}
|-
{{KotOR/Credits|500}}
|}

{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Journal|Missing Selkath|You have told Shaelas that you had to kill his daughter. He is most upset, but understands that you did what needed to be done. He is sure to report to the Ahto City authorities what the Sith are doing.}}
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{{KotOR/XP|Act|#=300|Told Shaelas that you had to kill his daughter}}
|}

If she's alive but you tell him she's still with the Sith, or she joined the Sith after you expressed support for them:

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{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||1.|Your daughter is still with the Sith, Shaelas.|C=2}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||2.|Your daughter has joined the Sith.|W=20%}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||Shaelas:|Shasa, my daughter, what have those Sith monsters done to your mind? I will report this to the authorities, though I fear without proof there is little they can do to get my daughter back.|C=2}} 
{{KotOR/Dialog||Shaelas:|Shasa... No! This is most terrible! Most terrible indeed! I must go now, human, to inform the Selkath authorities of what is transpiring. Here is the money I have promised you.|R=5}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||1.|[[../Sith Base (Manaan)#Training room|Maybe this datapad will help.]]|C=2}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||Shaelas:|A datapad? Let me see... Yes! Of course! This details the Sith plot to brainwash the Selkath youth! With this proof the Ahto City authorities will have to take action! My daughter will surely be returned to me now, human!|C=2}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||1.|Maybe this datapad will help.|W=40%}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||2.|I hope so.|W=40%}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||Shaelas:|I thank you for all you have done, human. Here are the credits I promised you.|C=2}}
|}

|}

{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Journal|Missing Selkath|You have told Shaelas that his daughter has gone over to the Sith. He is very distraught at this news, and is sure to report this to the Ahto City authorities.}}
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{{KotOR/XP|Act|#=400|Told Shaelas that his daughter has gone over to the Sith}}
|}

If you convinced her to turn her back on the Sith and leave their base:

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{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||1.|I've convinced your daughter to turn her back on the Sith ways.|C=2}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||Shaelas:|Human, if you speak the truth I am forever in your debt! And yet, my joy is tempered by the knowledge that the Sith still walk freely about Manaan. Hopefully the testimony of my daughter will be enough proof of their actions, to make the Ahto City authorites take action.|C=2}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||1.|[[../Sith Base (Manaan)#Training room|Maybe this datapad will help.]]|C=2}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||Shaelas:|A datapad? Yes, I see! This datapad has all the details of the entire Sith plot! With this the Manaan authorities will be forced to take action! I doubt the Sith will be banned from Manaan, but at the very least they will face harsh restrictions on their kolto exports!|C=2}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog||1.|Maybe this datapad will help.|W=50%}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||2.|I hope so.|W=50%}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog||Shaelas:|You have done much for me, human. Here are the credits I promised you - I only wish I had more to give.|C=2}}
|}

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{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Journal|Missing Selkath|You have told Shaelas what had been happening to Shasa and the other Selkath youths. He has thanked you profusely. He will report the criminal activities of the Sith to the Ahto City authorities and they will decide what sort of punishment the Sith Empire will receive.}}
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{{KotOR/XP|Act|#=600|Told Shaelas what had been happening to Shasa and the other Selkath youths}}
|}

Either way, if she's alive and you take his credits:

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{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||1.|Thank you, Shaelas.|C=3}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||3.|Give me my money and get out of here.}}
|-
{{KotOR/Dialog|Mission||Wow, sometimes helping people feels pretty good, you know?|W=22%}}
{{KotOR/Dialog|Carth||I'm glad to see we're still the good guys here. Sometimes I think we forget that.|W=23%}}
{{KotOR/Dialog|Juhani||This is how we Jedi should always act: with honor.|W=22%}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||Shaelas:|I would not have expected such rudeness from a Jedi... but you have rendered a valuable service. Here is your money.|W=33%}}
|}

|}

{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Credits|500}}
|}

Alternatively, move closer to the light side of the Force by telling him to keep them:

{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Alignment|Light|+2|2.|Keep your credits, Shaelas. A Jedi has no need of such rewards.}}
|}

{{KotOR/Hide}}

{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||Shaelas:|You refuse my reward? Truly you humans are a noble breed! Perhaps my species has underestimated your kind.}}
|}

If one of your party members speaks, one of the remaining seven can speak as well:

{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Dialog|HK-47||Statement: Oh, master. I'm so very disappointed in you.|W=50%}}
{{KotOR/Dialog|Canderous||Mighty generous of you. A little too generous, if you ask me.|W=50%}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog|Zaalbar||I am proud to call you my friend, [[../Character generation#Name|Name]]. You have a noble and generous spirit.}}
{{KotOR/Dialog|Jolee||Hey, kid, that was a good thing you did there. Almost brought a tear to this old man's eye.}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog|Bastila||That was a truly noble act. The Jedi Council would be pleased.}}
{{KotOR/Dialog|Mission||Wow, sometimes helping people feels pretty good, you know?}}
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{{KotOR/Dialog|Carth||I'm glad to see we're still the good guys here. Sometimes I think we forget that.}}
{{KotOR/Dialog|Juhani||This is how we Jedi should always act: with honor.}}
|}

|}

{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||Shaelas:|Please excuse me now, human. I must go speak to the Manaan authorities about this Sith plot and what they have done to my beloved daughter.}}
|}

===Inventory===
{| {{prettytable}}
{{KotOR/Dialog||Selkath Bartender:|I am certain you will see that all of my inventory is of superior quality.}}
|}

{{KotOR/Merchant|Selkath Bartender}}
|align=left|{{KotOR|Stimulants|Hyper-Battle Stimulant}}||200||2
|align=left|{{KotOR|Stimulants|Battle Stimulant}}||100||2
|-
|align=left|{{KotOR|Stimulants|Hyper-Adrenal Alacrity}}||100||2
|align=left|{{KotOR|Stimulants|Adrenal Alacrity}}||50||Infinite
|-
|align=left|{{KotOR|Stimulants|Hyper-Adrenal Stamina}}||100||2
|align=left|{{KotOR|Stimulants|Adrenal Stamina}}||50||Infinite
|-
|align=left|{{KotOR|Stimulants|Hyper-Adrenal Strength}}||100||2
|align=left|{{KotOR|Stimulants|Adrenal Strength}}||50||Infinite
|}

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