Chapter 8

For a long time, the Utapauan Skyforce’s frontline equipment had been sourced from Bupper Torsckil Abbey Devices. To Utapau, BTAD was what Corellian Engineering Corporation was to Corellia.

And precisely because BTAD held that kind of strategic weight, the Utapaun Committee did not want the company falling under outside ownership.

In recent years, Feethan Ottraw Scalable Assemblies had repeatedly tried to acquire and absorb BTAD, which put the Utapaun Committee on high alert.