A mysterious epidemic has engulfed the capital world of Coruscant, and it threatening to bring the Republic to a standstill.
In order to counter this threat to galactic stability, Minister Cip Whyteleafe has commissioned the galaxy's most powerful conglomerate, the MANDALORE HOLDINGS GROUP, led by Lord Koraetor Mandalore, to develop a vaccine.
Little do the Senate know that Mandalore is using the opportunity to secretly develop a bioweapon known as BLACK ROT, which is capable of destroying a planet's entire ecosystem. To ensure there are no delays to his plans, Mandalore has sent his personal troubleshooter, Japhta Fett, to the remote fungus planet of Despayre where the Rot is being manufactured...
