The four Jedi boarded, and Trennis and Ceret headed in search of the flight deck while Jedi Master Sskeer and Terec, Ceret's bond-twin, searched the ship. Amidst the clouds of toxic gas unleashed by the Nihil, the sniper was able to ambush Sskeer and Terec, firing a barrage of blaster bolts at the two which injured Terec. Sskeer did not sense the assailant because he was having some difficulties with his Force powers, and opted to use his Trandoshan sense of smell to locate the sniper, who was bleeding heavily. Noting the sniper's blaster had been dropped, Sskeer surmised that the assailant did not have long to live. The sniper attempted to attack Sskeer with their sword, leaping at him from above and behind, but Sskeer instead bisected the pirate with his lightsaber. Going into a strange rage about why he had not sensed the attacker, Sskeer then hacked the pirate's body into bits, something seen only by Trennis when she came to assist, having been alerted to the attack by Ceret. Later, after Sskeer and Ceret had been dispatched to Sedri Minor to investigate the origins of the freighter's cargo, Trennis showed Marshal Avar Kriss the Nihil's body, and Kriss realized and admitted that she should not have sent Sskeer on a mission.