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* LockedOutOfTheLoop: It's shown that Tarkin is unfamiliar with Project Necromancer, and he and others out of the loop are annoyed with the extra funding Hemlock is getting.



** Surprisingly, Hemlock makes Emerie the new chief scientist with no hesitation when she asks for the position.

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** Surprisingly, Hemlock makes Emerie the new chief scientist with no little hesitation when she asks for the position.
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** Bane also takes a moment to warn Emerie when he picks up on her empathy for the children, telling her that her questions are giving away more than she thinks (in other words, to keep her trap shut or she'll get herself in trouble).

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* KarmaHoudini: Bane suffers no comeuppance for his successful capture of Bayrn. The villager who sold the baby out to Bane likewise goes unpunished, and even gets some credits tossed his way by the bounty hunter.

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* KarmaHoudini: Bane suffers no comeuppance for his successful capture of Bayrn. The Aqualish villager who sold the baby out to Bane likewise goes unpunished, and even gets some credits tossed his way by the bounty hunter.


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** Despite Bane's greed, he genuinely thanks the Aqualish villager who tipped him off about Bayrn's Force Sensitivity by throwing some credits his way.
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** Cad Bane is once again in the business of kidnapping innocent Force-sensitive children on behalf of Palpatine after doing so [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS2E3ChildrenOfTheForce back in early Season 2 of]] "[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars The Clone Wars]]".

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** Cad Bane is once again in the business of kidnapping innocent Force-sensitive children on behalf of Palpatine after doing so [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS2E3ChildrenOfTheForce back in early Season 2 of]] "[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars The Clone Wars]]".Wars]]''.
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** Ailish and Bayrn are Tarlafars, the species that [[Film/Solo Wamoth is part of]].

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** Ailish and Bayrn are Tarlafars, the species that [[Film/Solo [[{{Film/Solo}} Wamoth is part of]].

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* CallForward: Bayrn is placed in a hovering, closable crib by Bane like Grogu will eventually be put into in ''Series/TheMandalorian''.

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* CallForward: CallForward:
** Ailish and Bayrn are Tarlafars, the species that [[Film/Solo Wamoth is part of]].
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Bayrn is placed in a hovering, closable crib by Bane like Grogu will eventually be put into in ''Series/TheMandalorian''.



* WouldHurtAChild: While the test subjects aren't actually harmed due to being needed for the project, Scorch still stuns Jax mid-escape attempt to follow the spirit of this trope, insisting he was detaining the the Mirialan boy despite him being a child he could easily have restrained with less effort.

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* WouldHurtAChild: While the test subjects aren't actually harmed due to being needed for the project, Scorch still stuns Jax mid-escape attempt to follow the spirit of this trope, insisting he was detaining the the Mirialan boy despite him being a child he could easily have restrained with less effort.

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** Cad Bane and Todo return for the first time since Season 1's "Bounty Lost".
** Tarkin makes his first appearance of the season.

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** Cad Bane and Todo return for the first time since Season 1's "Bounty Lost".
"[[Recap/StarWarsTheBadBatchS1E9BountyLost Bounty Lost]]".
** Tarkin makes his first appearance of since the season.[[Recap/StarWarsTheBadBatchS2E16Plan99 Season 2 finale]].



* CallForward: Bayrn is placed in a hovering, closable crib by Bane like Grogu will eventually be put into in ''Series/TheMandalorian''.



** The baby alien is exposed as Force sensitive when it uses the Force in public view like Ahsoka in ''WesternAnimation/TalesOfTheJedi'' and Cal Kestis in ''VideoGame/StarWarsJediFallenOrder'', though this time it was pure instinct due to only being a baby without realizing what it was doing.

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** The baby alien Bayrn is exposed as Force sensitive when it uses the Force in public view like Ahsoka in ''WesternAnimation/TalesOfTheJedi'' and Cal Kestis in ''VideoGame/StarWarsJediFallenOrder'', though this time it was pure instinct due to only being a baby without realizing what it was doing.



** The baby alien that Bane captures is placed in a hovering, closable crib like Grogu will eventually be put into in ''Series/TheMandalorian''.



* KarmaHoudini: Bane suffers no comeuppance for his successful capture of a Force-sensitive baby. The villager who sold the baby out to Bane likewise goes unpunished, and even gets some credits tossed his way by the bounty hunter.

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* KarmaHoudini: Bane suffers no comeuppance for his successful capture of a Force-sensitive baby.Bayrn. The villager who sold the baby out to Bane likewise goes unpunished, and even gets some credits tossed his way by the bounty hunter.



** Bane doesn't kill the abducted child's mother, as stunning her accomplishes much the same goal.
** Todo-360 gives the abducted baby his favorite toy to soothe him. Not out of kindness, but because a happy baby is less trouble to transport.

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** Bane doesn't kill the abducted child's mother, Ailish, as stunning her accomplishes much the same goal.
** Todo-360 gives the abducted baby Bayrn his favorite toy to soothe him. Not out of kindness, but because a happy baby is less trouble to transport.



* SpottingTheThread: Bane remarks that Karr's question about where the baby came from lets on more about her than she thinks, catching on to her budding empathy for the children. Luckily for Emerie, Bane doesn't care enough to mention it to Scorch or the TK Troopers.

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* SpottingTheThread: Bane remarks that Karr's question about where the baby Bayrn came from lets on more about her than she thinks, catching on to her budding empathy for the children. Luckily for Emerie, Bane doesn't care enough to mention it to Scorch or the TK Troopers.



* WouldHurtAChild: While the test subjects aren't actually harmed due to being needed for the project, Scorch still stuns Jax the Mirialan boy mid-escape attempt to follow the spirit of this trope, insisting he was detaining the specimen despite him being a child he could easily have restrained with less effort.

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* WouldHurtAChild: While the test subjects aren't actually harmed due to being needed for the project, Scorch still stuns Jax the Mirialan boy mid-escape attempt to follow the spirit of this trope, insisting he was detaining the specimen the Mirialan boy despite him being a child he could easily have restrained with less effort.
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** Bane is once again in the business of kidnapping innocent Force-sensitive children on behalf of Palpatine after doing so back in early Season 2 of "The Clone Wars".
** The baby alien that Bane captures is placed in a hovering, closable crib like Grogu will eventually be put into in ''The Mandalorian''.

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** Cad Bane is once again in the business of kidnapping innocent Force-sensitive children on behalf of Palpatine after doing so [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS2E3ChildrenOfTheForce back in early Season 2 of "The of]] "[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars The Clone Wars".
Wars]]".
** The baby alien that Bane captures is placed in a hovering, closable crib like Grogu will eventually be put into in ''The Mandalorian''.''Series/TheMandalorian''.



* ADayInTheLimelight: For Emerie as she is made chief science officer of Project Necromancer and becomes disturbed with its selection of test subjects.

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* ADayInTheLimelight: For Emerie Emerie, as she is she's made chief science officer of Project Necromancer and becomes disturbed with its selection of test subjects.



* WouldHurtAChild: While the test subjects aren't actually harmed due to being needed for the project, Scorch still stuns the escapee to follow the spirit of this trope, insisting he was detaining the specimen despite him being a child he could easily have restrained with less effort.
* YouAreNumberSix: The children of Project Necromancer are referred to by specimen number to dehumanize them further.

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* WouldHurtAChild: While the test subjects aren't actually harmed due to being needed for the project, Scorch still stuns Jax the escapee Mirialan boy mid-escape attempt to follow the spirit of this trope, insisting he was detaining the specimen despite him being a child he could easily have restrained with less effort.
* YouAreNumberSix: The children of Project Necromancer are referred to by specimen number numbers to dehumanize them further.
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About regaining from evil for pragmatic reasons. Pragmatic reasons for evil is the opposite.


** Kidnapping children to use as test subjects isn't just for cruelty's sake; with few Force-sensitive adults known to have survived the Clone Wars and Order 66 (and those few being either in hiding or in Imperial service), children are simply easier to obtain and to keep in line.

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* JurisdictionFriction: Tarkin calls Hemlock to complain about the extra funding sent to him for Project Necromancer, evidently unaware of how Palpatine has personally shown investment in the operation.

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* JurisdictionFriction: Tarkin calls Hemlock to complain about the extra funding sent to him for Project Necromancer, evidently unaware of how Palpatine has personally shown investment in the operation. When Hemlock makes that interest clear, Tarkin still can't help trying to assert his authority by warning Hemlock of the consequences of failure.



* WouldHurtAChild: While the test subjects aren't actually harmed due to being needed for the project, Scorch still stuns the escapee to still follow the spirit of this trope.

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* WouldHurtAChild: While the test subjects aren't actually harmed due to being needed for the project, Scorch still stuns the escapee to still follow the spirit of this trope.trope, insisting he was detaining the specimen despite him being a child he could easily have restrained with less effort.
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** Cad Bane and Todo return for the first time since Ssason 1's "Bounty Lost".

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** Cad Bane and Todo return for the first time since Ssason Season 1's "Bounty Lost".
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* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Nala Se prioritized protecting Omega over the other Force-sensitive children when questioned by Emerie. According to Nala Se, Omega's blood is what could generate the M-count necessary for Project Necromancer, so as long as Omega is out of reach from Hemlock, Project Necromancer is effectively dead in the water. It won't save the other children, but Nala Se figured it was too late for them.

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* AssholeVictim: X-2 refers to "pulling information" out of Cid in a tone which implies that the interrogation was neither delicate nor painless.



* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: At her own request, Emerie is promoted to take Nala Se's place as chief scientist on Project Necromancer, only to quickly find herself horrified by what the project entails.



* ButForMeItWasTuesday: When Emerie asks him how many children he's produced for the Empire, Cad Bane snarks that all he can say is that he's good at his job.

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* ButForMeItWasTuesday: When Emerie asks him how many children he's produced procured for the Empire, Cad Bane snarks that all he can say is that he's good at his job.



* CrypticBackgroundReference: Without going into detail, Emerie alludes to having been "discarded" by Nala Se and accuses her of being willing to do the same to the children now being used as test subjects for Project Necromancer.



* ItIsDehumanizing: Hemlock refers to the child test subjects as scientific matter for Project Necromancer and nothing more.

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* ItIsDehumanizing: Hemlock refers to the child test subjects as scientific matter for Project Necromancer and nothing more. He insists that Emerie not engage with them on a personal level, though she finds herself empathizing with them regardless.



* KarmaHoudini: Bane suffers no comeuppance for his successful capture of a Force-sensitive baby.

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* KarmaHoudini: Bane suffers no comeuppance for his successful capture of a Force-sensitive baby. The villager who sold the baby out to Bane likewise goes unpunished, and even gets some credits tossed his way by the bounty hunter.



* PetTheDog: Surprisingly, Hemlock makes Emerie the new chief scientist with no hesitation when she asks for the position.
* SpottingTheThread: Bane remarks that Karr's question about where the baby came from lets on more about her than she thinks, catching on to her budding empathy for the children.

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* PetTheDog: PetTheDog:
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Surprisingly, Hemlock makes Emerie the new chief scientist with no hesitation when she asks for the position.
** Nala Se, even if she prioritized Omega's safety, did what she could for the children held by Project Necromancer and encourages Emerie to do the same, advice Emerie follows by giving Omega's makeshift doll to Eva.
* PragmaticVillainy:
** Kidnapping children to use as test subjects isn't just for cruelty's sake; with few Force-sensitive adults known to have survived the Clone Wars and Order 66 (and those few being either in hiding or in Imperial service), children are simply easier to obtain and to keep in line.
** Bane doesn't kill the abducted child's mother, as stunning her accomplishes much the same goal.
** Todo-360 gives the abducted baby his favorite toy to soothe him. Not out of kindness, but because a happy baby is less trouble to transport.
* TheReveal:
** The vault, which Hemlock and Palpatine were previously shown entering, is revealed to contain Force-sensitive children who are being used as test subjects for Project Necromancer.
** Omega's importance to Project Necromancer isn't just about her own M-count, but because she's the key to ''replicating'' M-counts, something previous cloning methods have failed to do.
* SpottingTheThread: Bane remarks that Karr's question about where the baby came from lets on more about her than she thinks, catching on to her budding empathy for the children. Luckily for Emerie, Bane doesn't care enough to mention it to Scorch or the TK Troopers.
* VillainEpisode: With Omega and the Bad Batch absent, this episode focuses on AntiVillain Emerie Karr as she, like Crosshair before her, is exposed to the ugly aspects of Imperial service and finds herself increasingly uncomfortable with it.
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* OutOfFocus: None of the Batch themselves make an appearance in this episode, with Emerie Karr instead serving as protagonist.

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* FriendToAllChildren: Emerie is immediately taken back by Project Necromancer using children as test subjects, and Eva quickly begins whittling away at her with her innocent, friendly nature.

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* FriendToAllChildren: Emerie is immediately taken back aback by Project Necromancer using children as test subjects, and Eva quickly begins whittling away at her with her innocent, friendly nature.



* YouHaveFailedMe: Tarkin is quick to threaten Hemlock that his life is in danger if Project Necromancer turns out to be a bust, eager to regain the extra funding that's been going to him. In response, Hemlock orders X-2 to not fail him again and to not return unless he has Omega.

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* YouHaveFailedMe: Tarkin is quick to threaten Hemlock that his life is in danger if Project Necromancer turns out to be a bust, eager to regain the extra funding that's been going to him. In response, Hemlock orders X-2 to not fail him again and to not return unless he has Omega.Omega.
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* PetTheDog: Surprisingly, Hemlock makes Emerie the new chief scientist with no hesitation when she asks for the position.
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* YouHaveFailedMe: Tarkin is quick to threaten Hemlock that his life is in danger if Projext Necromancer turns out to be a bust, eager to regain the extra funding that's been going to him. In response, Hemlock orders X-2 to not fail him again and to not return unless he has Omega.

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* YouHaveFailedMe: Tarkin is quick to threaten Hemlock that his life is in danger if Projext Project Necromancer turns out to be a bust, eager to regain the extra funding that's been going to him. In response, Hemlock orders X-2 to not fail him again and to not return unless he has Omega.
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* DisproportionateRetribution: Crossed with EvilIsPetty and AxCrazy. When Hemlock refuses to divulge Project Necromancer to Tarkin, the latter responds by quickly threatening his life if he fails.


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* SpottingTheThread: Bane remarks that Karr's question about where the baby came from lets on more about her than she thinks, catching on to her budding empathy for the children.

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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Emerie quickly says that she doesn't have the power to do anything to save the children, but Nala Se firmly silences her with two words.
-->'''Nala Se''': Don't you?



* AxCrazy: Tarkin as usual can't help himself and quickly threatens Hemlock's life if Project Necromancer fails and the extra funds it's been getting go to waste.



* CardCarryingVillain: Bane as ever is

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* CardCarryingVillain: Bane as ever is very relaxed about his job and smugly boasts about how good he is at it.



** The baby alien is exposed as Force sensitive when it uses the Force in public view like Ahsoka in ''WesternAnimation/TalesOfTheJedi'' and Cal Kestis in ''VideoGame/StarWarsJediFallenOrder'', though this time it was pure instinct due to only being a baby without realizing what it was doing.



** The baby alien that Bane captures is placed in a hovering, closable crib like Grogu will eventually be put into.

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** The baby alien that Bane captures is placed in a hovering, closable crib like Grogu will eventually be put into.into in ''The Mandalorian''.



* FriendToAllChildren: Emerie is immediately taken back by Project Necromancer using children as test subjects, and Eva quickly

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* ADayInTheLimelight: For Emerie as she is made chief science officer of Project Necromancer and becomes disturbed with its selection of test subjects.
* FriendToAllChildren: Emerie is immediately taken back by Project Necromancer using children as test subjects, and Eva quickly begins whittling away at her with her innocent, friendly nature.



* TheLastDance: Nala Se is implied to realize her life is likely on the chopping block sooner than later now that Emerie is replacing her as chief scientist, so she makes sure to needle Emerie about the survival of the children for their sake.



* WouldHurtAChild: While the test subjects aren't actually harmed due to being needed for the project, Scorch still stuns the escapee to still follow the spirit of this trope.



* YouHaveFailedMe: Tarkin is quick to threaten Hemlock that his life is in danger if Projext Necromancer turns out to be a bust, eager to regain the extra funding that's been going to him.

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* YouHaveFailedMe: Tarkin is quick to threaten Hemlock that his life is in danger if Projext Necromancer turns out to be a bust, eager to regain the extra funding that's been going to him. In response, Hemlock orders X-2 to not fail him again and to not return unless he has Omega.
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* ButForMeItWasTuesday: When Emerie asks him how many children he's produced for the Empire, Cad Bane
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** Cad Bane is once again in the business of kidnapping innocent Force-sensitive children on behalf of Palpatine.

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* ButForMeItWasTuesday: When Emerie asks him how many children he's produced for the Empire, Cad Bane
Bane snarks that all he can say is that he's good at his job.
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CardCarryingVillain: Bane as ever is
* ContinuityNod:
** Cad Bane is once again in the business of kidnapping innocent Force-sensitive children on behalf of Palpatine. Palpatine after doing so back in early Season 2 of "The Clone Wars".
** The baby alien that Bane captures is placed in a hovering, closable crib like Grogu will eventually be put into.
** Cid is alluded to as having given Phee's name to Clone X-2.



* JurisdictionFriction: Tarkin calls Hemlock to complain about the extra funding sent to him for Project Necromancer, evidently unaware of how Palpatine has personally shown investment in the operation .

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* JurisdictionFriction: Tarkin calls Hemlock to complain about the extra funding sent to him for Project Necromancer, evidently unaware of how Palpatine has personally shown investment in the operation .operation.
* KarmaHoudini: Bane suffers no comeuppance for his successful capture of a Force-sensitive baby.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Bane's smug indifference to his job trafficking children for Project Necromancer only helps Karr's increasing uneasiness with the operation.



* YouHaveFailedMe: Tarkin is quick to

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* YouHaveFailedMe: Tarkin is quick toto threaten Hemlock that his life is in danger if Projext Necromancer turns out to be a bust, eager to regain the extra funding that's been going to him.
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* AsYouKnow: As Emerie knows, Hemlock reminds her that a specimen's M-count cannot be directly replicated by the cloning process.
* TheBusCameBack:
** Cad Bane and Todo return for the first time since Ssason 1's "Bounty Lost".
** Tarkin makes his first appearance of the season.
* ButForMeItWasTuesday: When Emerie asks him how many children he's produced for the Empire, Cad Bane
* ContinuityNod:
** Cad Bane is once again in the business of kidnapping innocent Force-sensitive children on behalf of Palpatine.
* FriendToAllChildren: Emerie is immediately taken back by Project Necromancer using children as test subjects, and Eva quickly
* ItIsDehumanizing: Hemlock refers to the child test subjects as scientific matter for Project Necromancer and nothing more.
* JurisdictionFriction: Tarkin calls Hemlock to complain about the extra funding sent to him for Project Necromancer, evidently unaware of how Palpatine has personally shown investment in the operation .
* YouAreNumberSix: The children of Project Necromancer are referred to by specimen number to dehumanize them further.
* YouHaveFailedMe: Tarkin is quick to

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