At the Jedi High Council's request, Padmé investigates a Separatist conspiracy in the Senate.
The Jedi Council suspects Senator Rush Clovis of the Banking Delegation is working with the Trade Federation. They ask his former lover Senator Amidala to get reacquainted with him and act as a spy. When she accompanies Clovis on a trip to Cato Neimoidia, Anakin Skywalker goes along disguised as a Naboo pilot.—The TV Archaeologist