With cover from a spectacular local festival, the Aldhani mission reaches a point of no return.
Plot[]
Aided by Gorn, the rebels successfully infiltrate the garrison by posing as an escort squad for Commandant Jayhold Beehaz, Gorn's superior. They take Beehaz's family as hostages and force him to give them access to the garrison's payroll vault. While loading the credits onto an Imperial freighter, they are caught by Imperial forces and Taramyn and Gorn are killed in the ensuing firefight. Cinta is unable to make it onto the ship, so only Cassian, Skeen, Vel, and Nemik escape from Aldhani. During takeoff, Nemik suffers a severe spinal injury when he is crushed by an unsecured load of the stolen credits. They land on another planet to treat Nemik's injuries but he quickly succumbs. With Vel occupied looking after Nemik, Skeen proposes to Cassian that they leave Vel behind and split the payroll between them. Cassian kills Skeen, fearing for his life and disgusted by Skeen's selfishness. He tells Vel about the conversation and informs her that he plans to take a small portion of the payroll - the amount Rael had promised to him as payment - and leave everything else to her. Vel gives Cassian Nemik's manifesto, in accordance with his dying wishes. Back on Coruscant, the ISB agents are gathered to formulate reprisals to the heist, while Rael hears news of the theft and quietly celebrates.