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* CoversAlwaysLie: No,Count Dooku does not physically appear in this novel. However, his machinations do kickstart the Cestus affair.
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* CoversAlwaysLie: No,Count No, Count Dooku does not physically appear in this novel. However, his machinations do kickstart the Cestus affair.
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* WhatYouAreInTheDark: [[spoiler: Jangotat's sacrifice becomes even more meaningful when its revealed Asajj Ventress altered the Republic orbital strike coordinates to cause maximum civilian casualties. When Jangotat redirected the strike onto himself, he saved millions of lives. As Obi-Wan says, "He didn't even know the coordinates had been altered."]]
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* WhatYouAreInTheDark: [[spoiler: Jangotat's sacrifice becomes even more meaningful when its it's revealed Asajj Ventress altered the Republic orbital strike coordinates to cause maximum civilian casualties. When Jangotat redirected the strike onto himself, he saved millions of lives. As Obi-Wan says, "He didn't even know the coordinates had been altered."]]
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* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler: The climax reveals Dooku's overtures to Ord Cestus are the book's titular 'Deception'. Dooku never intended to purchase JK-13s and instead feigned interest to get the Republic's attention. Dooku knew the Jedi would be personally motivated to stop the JK-13 production and would send in Clones and Masters to try diplomatic and black ops solutions. Dooku ''wanted'' them on location so he could trigger a FalseFlagOperation. The Republic would take the blame and the ensuing death toll drive many worlds toying with seceding from the Republic to fully committ. The plan only fails began of the x-factor of Jangotat and his heroic sacrifice.]]
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* MartialPacifist:[[spoiler:The J-K droids go insane if they ever kill anyone]].
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-> Admiral Bakara had a distant sense that his lack of respect for the clones’ dignity and worth had decreased his own, but he couldn’t help himself.
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* BizarreAlienBiology: Ambassador Snoil’s species are unable to mate while they have an obligation from someone else that could be called upon. Therefore Snoil is eager to repay a debt that he owes Obi-Wan for saving his life.
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* BizarreAlienBiology: Ambassador Snoil’s species are unable to mate while they have an obligation from someone else that could be called upon. Therefore Snoil is eager to repay a debt that he owes Obi-Wan for saving his life. The Cestus natives, the X'ting as well. They shift back and forth between male and female every three years. It is also stated that some illegal drug concoctions can speed up the shift and alleviate the uncomfortable side effects some feel.
*CoversAlwaysLie: No,Count Dooku does not physically appear in this novel. However, his machinations do kickstart the Cestus affair.
*CoversAlwaysLie: No,Count Dooku does not physically appear in this novel. However, his machinations do kickstart the Cestus affair.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:At the end of the novel, Nate/Jangotat is trapped in the villain's hideout with a broken leg. He contacts the orbiting Republic cruiser and redirects their orbital bombardment onto his own position. This ensures the corrupt Cestus family heads perish in retribution for all the awful things they did.]]
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* InsaneAdmiral: Maybe not insane, but Admiral Baker is quite immoral and obsessed with glory, while disdain gin the clones and tossing them into the meat grinder.
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* InsaneAdmiral: Maybe not insane, but Admiral Baker Baraka is quite immoral and obsessed with glory, while glory. He also holds personal disdain gin for the clones and viewing them as little better than organic automatons, all while tossing them into the a meat grinder.
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* LoopholeAbuse: It’s illegal for Cestus Cybernetics to sell Battle droids to the Confederacy, but they can sell ‘’security’’ droids to individual planets inside the Confederacy.
* MartialPacifist[[spoiler:The J-K droids go insane if they ever kill anyone]].
* MilitaryBrat: Admiral Bakar comes from a dozen generations of soldiers.
* MartialPacifist[[spoiler:The J-K droids go insane if they ever kill anyone]].
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* LoopholeAbuse: It’s illegal for Cestus Cybernetics to sell Battle droids to LiarRevealed: Obi-Wan's seemingly miraculous locating and saving of the Confederacy, but they can sell ‘’security’’ droids five family heads is revealed to individual planets inside them, to have been a sham. This effectively ends his attempts at negotiation and forces the Confederacy.Republic to fully commit to plan B.
*MartialPacifist[[spoiler:The LoopholeAbuse: It’s illegal for Cestus Cybernetics to sell Battle droids to the Confederacy, but they can sell "security" droids to individual planets inside the Confederacy.
* MartialPacifist:[[spoiler:The J-K droids go insane if they ever kill anyone]].
* MilitaryBrat: AdmiralBakar Baraka comes from a dozen generations of soldiers.soldiers. Consequently, he is overly eager to achieve some personal glory.
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* TrainingFromHell: Baraka puts the clones through dangerous, live fire training which kills lots of them and refuses to let them stop early.
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* ToBeLawfulOrGood: [[spoiler:Nate chooses good. Even if he has to fight his clone brothers to be it.]]
* TrainingFromHell: Baraka puts the clones through dangerous, live fire training which kills lots of them and refuses to let them stopearly.early.
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: [[spoiler: Jangotat's sacrifice becomes even more meaningful when its revealed Asajj Ventress altered the Republic orbital strike coordinates to cause maximum civilian casualties. When Jangotat redirected the strike onto himself, he saved millions of lives. As Obi-Wan says, "He didn't even know the coordinates had been altered."]]
* TrainingFromHell: Baraka puts the clones through dangerous, live fire training which kills lots of them and refuses to let them stop
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: [[spoiler: Jangotat's sacrifice becomes even more meaningful when its revealed Asajj Ventress altered the Republic orbital strike coordinates to cause maximum civilian casualties. When Jangotat redirected the strike onto himself, he saved millions of lives. As Obi-Wan says, "He didn't even know the coordinates had been altered."]]
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* AmbiguousSyntax: [[spoiler:When the heads of the five families die in a bombing it’s mentioned that Debbikin is among the fatalities but is vague as to whether that means Debbikin the Elder -patriarch of the family- or Debbikin the Younger, the most involved in the company’s runnings.]]
* BizarreAlienBiology: Ambassador Snoil’s species are unable to mate while they have an obligation from someone else that could be called upon. Therefore Snoil is eager to repay a debt that he owes Obi-Wan for saving his life.
* DefeatMeansRespect: When Nate and a fellow clone discuss the skills of the Jedi, they simultaneously state “They beat Jango.” Viewing the fate of their genetic template/trainer as significant.
* GoodStepmother: Sheeka to the children of her late husband, saying she married him partially to be with them.
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-> Admiral Bakara had a distant sense that his lack of respect for the clones’ dignity and worth had decreased his own, but he couldn’t help himself.
* InsaneAdmiral: Maybe not insane, but Admiral Baker is quite immoral and obsessed with glory, while disdain gin the clones and tossing them into the meat grinder.
* KlingonPromotion: Trillot killed his way to the top of the local underworld.
* LoopholeAbuse: It’s illegal for Cestus Cybernetics to sell Battle droids to the Confederacy, but they can sell ‘’security’’ droids to individual planets inside the Confederacy.
* MartialPacifist[[spoiler:The J-K droids go insane if they ever kill anyone]].
* MilitaryBrat: Admiral Bakar comes from a dozen generations of soldiers.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The JK-Droids, given that JK stands for Jedi Killer.
* OldFlame: Complicated with Sheeka, an old flame of Jango Fett who falls in love with the clone Nate.
* SomeoneToRememberHimBy: [[spoiler:Sheeka is pregnant with Nate’s baby when he dies]].
* TrainingFromHell: Baraka puts the clones through dangerous, live fire training which kills lots of them and refuses to let them stop early.
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A ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'' novel by Steven Barnes, '''''The Cestus Deception''''' stars Obi-Wan Kenobi and his fellow Jedi Knight Kit Fisto, who are sent to the planet Ord Cestus in order to halt, through whatever means necessary, the production of the deadly bio-droids nicknamed "Jedi-Killers" by the criminal underworld. The two Jedi split forces, with Obi-Wan attempting a political resolution while Kit, with the aid of a small group of clones, trains the natives in case a more violent solution is required.
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A ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'' novel by Steven Barnes, '''''The ''The Cestus Deception''''' Deception'' stars Obi-Wan Kenobi and his fellow Jedi Knight Kit Fisto, who are sent to the planet Ord Cestus in order to halt, through whatever means necessary, the production of the deadly bio-droids nicknamed "Jedi-Killers" by the criminal underworld. The two Jedi split forces, with Obi-Wan attempting a political resolution while Kit, with the aid of a small group of clones, trains the natives in case a more violent solution is required.
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A Franchise/StarWarsLegends ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'' novel by Steven Barnes, ''The Cesus Deception'' '''''The Cestus Deception''''' stars Obi-Wan Kenobi and his fellow Jedi Knight Kit Fisto Fisto, who are sent to the planet Ord Cestus in order to halt, through whatever means neccesary, necessary, the production of the deadly bio-droids nicknamed "Jedi-Killers" by the criminal underworld. The two Jedi split forces, with Obi-Wan attempting a political resolution while Kit, with the aid of a small group of clones, trains the natives in case a more violent solution is required.
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A StarWarsExpandedUniverse novel by Steven Barnes, ''The Cesus Deception'' stars Obi-Wan Kenobi and his fellow Jedi Knight Kit Fisto who are sent to the planet Ord Cestus in order to halt, through whatever means neccesary, the production of the deadly bio-droids nicknamed "Jedi-Killers" by the criminal underworld. The two Jedi split forces, with Obi-Wan attempting a political resolution while Kit, with the aid of a small group of clones, trains the natives in case a more violent solution is required.
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A StarWarsExpandedUniverse Franchise/StarWarsLegends novel by Steven Barnes, ''The Cesus Deception'' stars Obi-Wan Kenobi and his fellow Jedi Knight Kit Fisto who are sent to the planet Ord Cestus in order to halt, through whatever means neccesary, the production of the deadly bio-droids nicknamed "Jedi-Killers" by the criminal underworld. The two Jedi split forces, with Obi-Wan attempting a political resolution while Kit, with the aid of a small group of clones, trains the natives in case a more violent solution is required.
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A StarWarsExpandeduniverse novel by Steven Barnes, ''The Cesus Deception'' stars Obi-Wan Kenobi and his fellow Jedi Knight Kit Fisto who are sent to the planet Ord Cestus in order to halt, through whatever means neccesary, the production of the deadly bio-droids nicknamed "Jedi-Killers" by the criminal underworld. The two Jedi split forces, with Obi-Wan attempting a political resolution while Kit, with the aid of a small group of clones, trains the natives in case a more violent solution is required.
But the Republic, slowly turning to a darker path as the Clone Wars escalate, is prepared to launch a full scale orbital attack on the production facilities if the Jedi fail, disregarding the countless lives that would be lost were such a strategy enacted. Facing a crisis of conscience, the two Jedi must find the wisdom and strength to prevent such a bloodbath and safe-guard the Republic, while abiding by the ancient code to which both have pledged their lives.
But the Republic, slowly turning to a darker path as the Clone Wars escalate, is prepared to launch a full scale orbital attack on the production facilities if the Jedi fail, disregarding the countless lives that would be lost were such a strategy enacted. Facing a crisis of conscience, the two Jedi must find the wisdom and strength to prevent such a bloodbath and safe-guard the Republic, while abiding by the ancient code to which both have pledged their lives.
