As the image shows, the Handmaiden lies dead on the floor. Let me walk you through what happened:
I asked her for training, new combat moves. It was the fight of the final tier of the Echani martial arts. As the fight begins, she charges at me, as expected. But unexpected was when she pulled away from a Power Attack and spoke - Enemies surround us - now is not the time to speak! - Instantly afterwards, she goes back to her starting position but she was still marked as an enemy. I go into the inventory and equip my Sith Master Robes and then I attacked her. After 3 strikes, she died and gave me 125 EXP. points.
She was also not appearing in my Party Selection screen, even after I exited the ship and travelled to other places. She basically died permanently. Luckily, I had saved just before speaking to her.
I could not find anything regarding this; I may have looked in all the wrong spots but I ask if anyone knows of some Forum posts anywhere regarding this, please link them. This is my first playthrough of version 1.8.3 of TSLRCM and I am unaware if this has happened before or if there is some fix to it.
P.S. I don't know if there could be a connection but I have used cheats on this save for the simple reason of fun factor.
