Dofine is picking up lommite ore from the planet Dorvalla with the Trade Federation Battleship Revenue. Pirates led by Caption Cohl attack the Revenue from their hiding position in a cargo container brought up from Dorvalla. The support ships for the pirates are lead by the Hawk-bat(Cohl's personal ship).
Cohl's team fights their way to the bridge. They are after aurodium, not the lommite ore. Dofine called in reinforcements and the Acquisitor arrives while Cohl is talking to Dofine about where the auradium is.
Qui-Gon and Obi-won were also hiding in a cargo pod that was brought up from Dorvalla. They plant a homing device in Cohl's getaway pod. Cohl's makes it back to his pod with the aurodium.
Caption Cohl and crew leave the Revenue followed by the Jedi. Cohl's pilot notices they are being followed by another container. The Jedi realize this and activate a thermal detonator that Obi-Won had also planted on the pod.
Captain Cohl manages to escape using the Revenue's explosion for cover. Dofine contacts Nute Gunray and is given control of the Acquisitor.
Supreme Chancellor Valorum meets with Senator Palpatine. The result of their discussion is to tax trade routes and let Trade Federation increase their defenses.
Qui Gon meets with the Reconciliation Council to be debreifed on all of the events.
Nute Gunray, Hath Monchar, and Rune Haaku talk with Darth Sidious about the current events and future plans.
Palpatine talks with senators at the Opera. Qui-Gon talks with Luninara Uniduli.
Captain Cohl finally leaves the space wreckage for the planet. The ship crashes, all but 3 die. The Hawk-bat picks them up.
Valorum tells the Senate it should tax the trade routes. Big discussion. Palpatine suggests that they have a Summit.
Cohl and Rella get paid by Havac and Cindar for the job they did. They are offered another job, but they decline at this time. Nute Gunray, Hath Monchar, and Rune Haaku see prototypes for droid army at Darth Sidious's request.
Palpatine meets with Havac. They plan to use the Auradium to bribe senators.
Qui-Gon and Master Ada Gallia go to meet with Valorum. There is an assassination attempt on Valorum that the Jedi stop.
Palpatine visits with Valorum. They decide to ask jedi to help at the summit. Sate Pestige plants information in Senator Orn Free Taa's computer.
Qui-Gon talks to council. Captain Cohl is chased from one of his bases.
Valorum asks Mace and Yoda to go with Justice Department to Asmeru to keep Nebula Front from going to the summit. Havac and Cindar on Asmeru get Cohl to assemble assassins for summit on Eriadu.
Qui-Gon, Obi-Won, Yaddle, Ki Adi Mundi, Saesee Tiin, Vergere, and Depa Billaba on Prominece and Ecliptic; they are attacked at Asmeru.
Jedi crash in lake, make it to an island. Are told they are trapped by some guys in boats. They escape island only to be caught on shore again.
Jedi Council is sending half the jedi from Eriadu to Asmeru.
Jedi, slaves, and Jedi reinforcements win battle on shore. Cohl is on Karfeddion assembling team. Cindar lies to Qui-Gon, says he is Qui-Gon's contact's friend.
Valorum shows at Eriadu. Lieutenant Governor Wilhuff Tarkin is his host. Orn Free Taa finds the planted information in his computer and gives it to Bail Antilles. The information is that Valorum relatives would profit from the trade route taxation.
Qui-Gon and Obi-Won learn of Cohl's plans. Cindar turns on them but they take him out. Race to Eriadu to stop the plan.
Rella, Boiny and Cohl capture a customs detail that boarded their ship. Then used that ship to get on Eriadu and meet Havac.
Havac double crosses Cohl, Boiny, and Rella... leaves them for dead. Valorum will not let the Jedi protect him for symbolic purposes.
Palpatine chats with Senator Bor Gracus of Sluis Van. Trade Federation babble.
Havac details plan to the hired guns that Cohl brought in. Havac told them that Cohl left. An anonymous tip about Cohl's ship being on the planet.
Cohl and Boiny are alive, Rella is dead. They figure out that it is a setup and leave. Qui-Gon gets to the wharehouse, figures out that Havac is setting up the hired guns to be a diversion.
Qui-Gon, Obi-Won, Ki-Adi Mundi, and Vergere capture the hired guys from the information Havac left behind.
Palpatine and Senator Orn Free Taa talk about Valorum. Cohn and Boiny are trying to get into the summit to stop Havac. Darth Sidious had Havac deliever assassin droid to Nute Gunray. Nute brings the droid into the summit.
Havac is positioned in the media area. Qui-Gon finds Cohl inside the summit and teams up with him.
Qui-Gon, Cohl, and Boiny get jump on Havac. Qui-Gon goes off to find the remaining sniper. Nute Gunray is called out of the summit because of "security concern" with his ship.
Qui-gon gets the sniper, but Havac had a different plan. The Trade Federation turned on their shield because of the commotion with the sniper. The shield triggers the assassin droid which controls the other droids. The droids kill all of the Trade Federation delagetes.
They disect what happened. Palpatine and Valorum talk of the events.
The taxation of trade routes passes in the Senate. Valorium is charged with corruption and illegal enrichment.
Valorum hears charges against him by Bail Antilles. Senators are plotting on how to get Palpatine elected to replace Valorum.
The Jedi talk, they support Valorum.
Darth Sidious tells Nute Gunray to blockade Naboo.
The End/Beginning