[ Pretty much par for the course, in Han's experience. The Empire cares when there's something they don't want to lose, or when they need to keep something away from someone else. The rule of law has always just been a convenient excuse. As long as there was an advantage they turned a blind eye to the syndicates. Always. It meant the syndicates did the dirty work for them. ]

Well... The thing about Kessel is, you can't chart a direct course there. They call the surrounding area the Maelstrom-- it's a mess of black holes, half-formed nebulae. Debris fields, asteroids... And a massive gravity well in the center.

We did that.