Desperate Measures

Desperate Measures is the twelfth installment in Sakaros's dishearteningly-still-Untitled New Sith Wars series. The second half of The Force of Desperation Duology, it is the sequel to Desperate Times. As Narasi Rican and Aldayr Nikodon struggle to escape the clutches and torments of the Sith, Tirien Kal-Di and Darth Alecto reluctantly join forces to track down the mad alchemist Kai Latra.

Segments

 * Prologue
 * Part 1
 * Part 2
 * Part 3
 * Part 4
 * Part 5
 * Part 6
 * Part 7
 * Part 8


 * Part 9
 * Part 10
 * Part 11
 * Part 12
 * Part 13
 * Part 14
 * Part 15
 * Part 16

Behind the Scenes
Both the first and last lines are shout-outs: Vice Chancellor Corruss's opening comment "I don't know how much sooner I can push the vote, my friends" is a play on 's first line in ', while Master Toldin's line that concludes the novel—"May the Force be with you, Tirien. Always."—is a play on Obi-Wan Kenobi's reassurance to Luke Skywalker in ' that "The Force will be with you.  Always." Meanwhile, Mali's congratulations to Narasi for making the shot that destroyed the Zygerrian turbolaser—"Great shot, kid! That was one in a million!"—is word-for-word Han Solo's congratulations to Luke Skywalker for blowing up the first Death Star in A New Hope.

Kai Latra's organ chamber is made of because, according to this website, it is "the Sorcerer's Stone".

Kai Latra's affectionate relationship with his acklay Sithspawn, Cuddles, was inspired by the Evil Overlord List; while Kai Latra flagrantly violates Rule 28, he compensates with Rule 48. Cuddles itself (a three-headed guardian of the deepest, darkest parts of the Palace of Happiness) was inspired by.

Sakaros watched clips of the battle from  repeatedly to reproduce, as accurately as possible, the various sounds made by an acklay via onomatopoeia.