The Dream Sisters regrouped the scattered Clone Troopers in Tipoca City and headed toward the factory district.
There, they found Master Shaak Ti and Master Plo Koon, both injured to varying degrees. Master Shaak Ti had even been placed on a stretcher and fitted with a respirator as she was being sent to the medical center.
Not only had she been shot by the Salarian special forces at the very beginning, but she had later been further wounded by Gabriel Tosh's bizarre voodoo doll during their battle. After that, the Speeder she was riding in had also been caught in the blast of a tactical nuclear bomb.
With injury piled upon injury, Master Shaak Ti's condition was extremely critical.
Although Master Plo Koon had been inside the factory at the time, he had acted decisively. Upon discovering the bombs and determining that they could not be defused, he had dived toward the newest Third Generation Clone Factory deep beneath the sea. In the end, he relied on the third-generation factory's immensely powerful defenses to withstand the nuclear blast.
When he saw the Dream Sisters approaching, Plo Koon nodded to them. "Prime Minister Lama Su's safety has already been confirmed. You did well. Where is Maris Brood?"
The sisters merely shook their heads. Walking to Master Shaak Ti's stretcher, Luna Dream crouched down and took the Master's hand. "While being pursued, Maris Brood fell to the Dark Side..."
"She ran too fast. We couldn't catch her," Luna Fantasy added.
Master Shaak Ti could no longer speak. She clasped Luna Dream's hand in return and nodded faintly.
Soon afterward, medical droids carried the floating stretcher aboard a ship.
Plo Koon came up behind the sisters and said, "You needn't blame yourselves too much... I know very well what the situation in Tipoca