Jaina didn't exactly want to sit in on meetings about Galactic unification and could think of so many other things to do with her time, but the fact was that she was deeply invested in this outcome. Also, she was being forced to be here. It was held in the biggest room Jaina had ever been in in the Senate Building, and was filled about to capacity. Jag was there, of course, along with Chief of State Daala, Jaina's parents, many Jedi including Luke and Ben and Jaina herself. There were leaders and delegates from all over the galaxy, with the notable exception being Tenel Ka and the Hapans.

The leader of the talks was the same Bothan Senator Jaina had escorted to meet Jag, and after an aide whispered to him, he stood and took the lectern. "Only forty-five minutes late. Not bad for a Galactic Alliance event, yes?" That got a laugh from the crowd, because, well, it was true, and he continued. "I am Senator Tiurrg Drey'lye, chair of the Unification Preparations Committee, and the organizer of this event. Over the next several days, in both private and public sessions, we will be examining the relationship between the Galactic Alliance, the states of the Confederation, the Galactic Empire, and individual planet-states with the aim of restoring our great planetary union to levels of strength and security equaling, even surpassing, those it enjoyed before the recent war. This morning, we'll be hearing opening remarks from some of the session organizers and speakers offering a sense of what we hope to accomplish ..."

That part took two hours. Just the opening remarks. That did not bode well for the length of anyone else's speeches through this thing. Then it took forever to get everyone out of the building and into the outdoor plaza, and those from the Jedi table congregated together.

"I think I died a couple of times during the speeches," Han grumbled, stretching. "Leia kept poking me and starting my heart again. Some sort of dark side Force technique, I bet."

Leia smirked and gave his ribs a two-fingered jab. "Like that?"

"Ow. And yes. And I think maybe you should have let me stay dead. Because I just know there are more speeches to come, and I have to be at some of them."

"It wasn't that bad," Leia told him. "Neither the pokes nor the speeches."

Jaina pulled her comlink out to turn it back on, since she couldn't have it on while talks were actively happening. Luke was doing the same thing, and at once their comms began beeping with messages that had been left while they were in there. "Busy day to come," Jaina grumbled.

It took a second to realize something was off. She wasn't sure what, exactly, but when she looked up she saw four armored security transport speeders headed towards the entrance of the plaza, and saw that the Masters had already figured this out. Automatically Jaina grabbed her unlit lightsaber, knowing now what was happening.

"Ben," Luke said, keeping his voice low. "Drop back, blend with the crowd. Call Nawara Ven."

Confused, Ben looked around and spotted the transports. He didn't argue, but quickly slipped back through the people still making their way out of the event and disappeared.

The transports broke formation, easily slipping into place to block the Jedi from all four sides. Once they'd stopped, two full squads of Galactic Alliance Guard soldiers stepped out in full riot gear and carrying blaster rifles. There were also civilians who looked like they were probably bounty hunters, which was something Jaina hadn't expected. She could sense a lot of conflicting emotions: worry, anger, fear, curiosity from the bystanders, and Jaina tried to focus on that rather than her own urge to start knocking GAG soldier's heads together.

"Stay calm," Luke told the Jedi. "We've known for some time that this was coming."

One of the officers stepped forward. "Master Skywalker. I am Captain Savar, Galactic Alliance Security," he said, holding up a black datacard. "This is a warrant for your arrest. I now exercise it. Please do not offer resistance."

Jaina would have loved to punch the guy, but Luke just smiled. "I wouldn't think of causing you trouble, Captain. May I disarm myself?"

"Carefully."

Slowly, because quick movements were not a great idea with this many people with blasters around, Luke unclipped his lightsaber and handed it to Leia, who clipped it to her belt alongside her own.

"That, Master Skywalker, does not constitute full cooperation," Savar said sternly.

Leia turned on him. "I'll wager you a month's salary- yours, not mine, since I don't receive a salary- that your warrant doesn't mention his lightsaber. Warrants almost never do. You know why? I suspect not. It's because the damage each one does is indistinguishable from the damage of any other, so they are of almost no use as forensic evidence. Now, does your warrant specify his lightsaber?"

Jaina's mom was pretty cool.

Savar ignored the question, but dropped his insistence on getting the lightsaber. "Please turn around and place your hands behind your back. I have instructions to shackle you," he told Luke.

How Luke managed to stay cheerful, Jaina would never know. He turned around to have stun cuffs slapped on his wrist behind his back, which seemed wrong on so many levels. One of those levels was that if Luke wanted to do any damage to them, he didn't need his hands free, and everyone knew it. They had to be doing this because they were trying to humiliate him, or prove some kind of point.

It was Han who finally snapped, "Are you under orders to treat him like a common criminal, bantha-brain?"

Jaina didn't see what triggered it, because she didn't see Luke do anything wrong. But the Quarren bounty hunter yelled, "He's resisting!" and then the GAG soldiers drew their guns and the Jedi ignited their lightsabers, and one of the soldiers- a kid maybe Ben's age- fired a shot towards Luke. Luke just bent to avoid it, and Kenth Hamner caught the blaster bolt on his lightsaber and sent it harmlessly into the duracrete. Meanwhile, Han shot a bolt towards the kid's gun to destroy it without hurting him, and Savar was stuck getting things back under control.

Savar also had no problem getting in the Quarren's face about this. "Nyz, did you just not understand the words support role? Or are you stupid enough to violate my orders deliberately?"

"You stiffened. The only reasonable conclusion was that he used a Jedi technique on you," the Quarren said.

"The only reasonable conclusion is that you're an idiot. And I don't see you putting your weapon down."

The Quarren put his weapon down.

Luke nodded towards the Jedi, who all took his cue to disengage their lightsabers and put them away. Han stowed his blaster, and the GAG soldiers did the same.

Taking advantage of this moment, Savar led Luke to one of the transports. There was some more arguing as Leia insisted someone go with him, and Savar insisted that it not be a Jedi. So Han crowded into the transport with Luke, a bounty hunter, and several GAG soldiers, and together they started off to… wherever they were going.

Jaina just hoped that in preparing for this arrest to happen, they'd come up with some plan for what to do next.

[NFB, NFI, OOC is a cool thing to do. Dialogue taken from Outcast by Aaron Allston, bastardized as some bits are to shorten them.]