Star Wars : Knights of the Old Republic : Prophet Motive Prophet Motive is the eleventh story - arc in the " " series of comics . Plot Summary . Hierogryph opted to journey to the Core World of Metellos 3 , where planets were auctioned off to the highest bidder . There , Hierogryph hoped to scam market , which was run by the criminal Raff Syndicate . Carrick , however , wanted to see his family again , and told the Snivvian he would rendezvous with them on Metellos 3 . For accomplices , Hierogryph had Jarael and Rohlan Dyre to aid him . The Snivvian then sent Slyssk to Coruscant to buy a new form of transport , but to Hierogryph ' s disappointment , the Trandoshan returned with a dilapidated gem miner , the Hot Prospect . As punishment for Slyssk ' s incompetence , Hierogryph had the Trandoshan set about cleaning and restoring the ship . Reaching Metellos 3 , Hierogryph disguised himself as " Professor Gryphomarn , " and sought out a Chev , Cipiter , who was in the service of Nunk Plaarvin , the Chevin in charge of operations on Metellos 3 . Meeting Cipiter , " Gryphomarn " innocently inquired about the goings on , until the Hot Prospect entered the area . Hierogryph feigned disgust at its unattractive appearance , but he knew what it carried : Jarael , disguised as " Captain Brackel , " and Dyre . The pair entered the auction room with great fanfare , weapons drawn , and they confronted Cipiter . The pair then claimed that they had just returned from Italbos , a world recently auctioned on Metellos 3 . " Brackel " claimed that the disguised Dyre hailed from the world , which was , contrary to the belief of those present , occupied and settled . Hierogryph , feigning outrage , loudly declared that he would represent the pair in their inevitable legal battle with the businessmen of Metellos 3 , much to Cipiter ' s chagrin . The Snivvian suggested that a new auction take place , in order to purchase the world from the existing Italbosi , and Jarael claimed that the original resource projections for Italbos had been far below what was actually there . As the buyers grew excited at the prospect , Cipiter closed the auction until midday the next day . Moving to their quarters , Hierogryph , Dyre , and Jarael watched from a vantage point as Cipiter was privately reprimanded by Plaarvin . The group then planned to collect the money from Italbos ' auction the next day , take it to the Hot Prospect , and flee Metellos 3 . Once they reached their spacious quarters , they entered to find that the lights were not lit . Dyre eventually realized that they had company : Plaarvin ' s security force , armed with energy bolas . As he and Jarael battled them off , Hierogryph fled , only to be confronted by a set of Sentinel droids . Dyre and Jarael were subdued , but just before Hierogryph was pushed out of a window and into Metellos 3 ' s lack of atmosphere , Carrick arrived , and dispatched the attackers . Despite his arrival , Dyre and Jarael were captured , and brought before Plaarvin . Hierogryph and Carrick followed them covertly , and learned that they were being taken to the " Negotiating Room . " Plaarvin , his guards , and their captives boarded a dustskimmer , preventing Hierogryph and Carrick from following any further , and so the Snivvian decided that they would have to use the Hot Prospect . After Hierogryph gave Carrick a brief tour of his new ship , he was confronted by the Human about the morality of scamming honest traders , but Hierogryph reminded him that Plaarvin was working for the Raff Syndicate . Slyssk overheard this , and became concerned — he had once worked for the Raffs , and knew that the only thing that people within the Syndicate were afraid of were other people within the Syndicate . The Chevin had both Jarael and Demagol strung up in an observation tower whose glass was meant to magnify and increase the intensity of Metellos ' s already powerful sunlight and incinerate anyone in the room . Left to their fates by Nunk and his slaves , the companions watched as the sun began clearing the edge of the observatory ' s lens . As the heat built up , Demagol revealed his suspicion to Jarael that she might be Force sensitive . Having seen her spar with multiple Jedi , he encouraged her to reach out with the Force and break the chains that bound them . Despite an initial protest that she did not have the power , Jarael did her best to call upon the Force to break the chain and both her and the impostor Mandalorian believed she had broke it herself . Zayne and Hierogryph then made their way to the Negotiating Room , which was actually a large solar observatory . Barging their way into one of the lower levels , Carrick dispatched Plaarvin ' s sentinel droids , before Hierogryph lambasted the Chevin for fouling up a Syndicate operation . Slyssk , in his disguise as a Raff courier , then entered , and began threatening Plaarvin . Hierogryph then informed Cipiter , who was present , that he had been tasked by the Syndicate to see how easy it would be to scam Plaarvin ' s operation . Slyssk then accused Plaarvin of either being incompetent or skimming profits . The Chevin then began to blame his Chev servants , but Hierogryph cut him off , claiming that the Syndicate wanted to meet with him on Jebble . Plaarvin , not aware of the recent nuclear attack against Jebble , obliged , and prepared to depart Metellos 3 , leaving Cipiter to mind the operation . The Chev remembered Jebble ' s recent bombardment , but Hierogryph quickly pointed out that he was now free to run the trading on Metellos 3 by himself . Dyre and Jarael , who had been hung up in the solar observatory ' s tower to be killed , were able to escape thanks to Jarael ' s recently discovered affinity to the Force . Carrick proceeded to tell the traders the truth about Italbos , but the buyers didn ' t care , as they were more convinced by Hierogryph ' s earlier story . They bought the planet , resulting in a considerable profit for the Snivvian and his makeshift team .