After losing fighters and pilots in a devastating attack, the rebellion decides to act on intel provided by another Fulcrum agent. They will send Sabine undercover as an Imperial cadet and extract defectors.

At the academy, Sabine is assigned a training simulation. Her partner for the exercise is a confident, gifted young pilot named Wedge.

After hesitating to destroy a defenseless rebel craft, the two are chastised by their instructor to always follow orders.

Shortly thereafter, Governor Pryce and Agent Kallus arrive. They believe that some of the cadets are ready to defect, and are conducting a full investigation.

Finally, Sabine talks with Wedge. He confides his disillusionment with the Empire, and Sabine reveals that she’s there to extract him and his friends.

The plan: on an impending space flight, Sabine will signal a rebel ship, which is standing by. Wedge and his friends Rake and Hobbie will follow.

The dogfight session underway, Sabine leads the fighters away toward a rebel ship. Pryce has her defectors; she remotely dismantles the ships’ wings, and orders one of the craft destroyed. Sabine and the cadets watch helplessly as Rake’s fighter explodes.

With the surviving cadets in Imperial custody, Pryce looks to find which is the rebel agent. Sabine volunteers the information to save Wedge, and then battles Pryce before escaping.

Sabine frees Wedge and Hobbie from their cell, and they get some unexpected help: Kallus informs them of the safest route through the base. “Tell Garazeb Orrelios we’re even,” he says.

The three make their getaway in a TIE bomber, surviving an Imperial pursuit thanks to Kanan and Ezra. Back at Atollan, Commander Sato welcomes Wedge and Hobbie to the rebellion.