Theyrestartingtosearchthespaceportcentral,theCommanderdeclared,havingtoalternatelyrunacoupleofstepsandthenwalktokeeppacewiththelongstridesofDarthVader。TheDarkLordwasdeepinthoughtashestrodedownoneofthebattlestationsmaincorridors,trailedbyseveralaides。
- M) m$ ^3 h) n1 I: V Thereportsarejuststartingtocomein,theCommanderwenton。Itsonlyamatteroftimebeforewehavethosedroids。Sendinmoremenifyouhaveto。NevermindtheprotestsoftheplanetaryGovernorImusthavethosedroids。Itsherhopeofthatdatabeingusedagainstusthatisthepillarofherresistancetothemindprobes。Iunderstand,LordVader。UntilthenwemustwasteourtimewithGovernorTarkinsfoolishplantobreakher。Theresdockingbayninety-four,LuketoldKenobiandtherobotswhohadrejoinedthem,andtheresChewbacca。Heseemsexcitedaboutsomething。Indeed,thebigWookiewaswavingovertheheadsofthecrowdandjabberingloudlyintheirdirection。Speedingtheirpace,noneofthefoursomenoticedthesmall,dark-cladthingthathadfollowedthemfromthetransporterlot。
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Dockingbayninety-four,Lukenoted,wasnodifferentinappearancefromahostofothergrandioselynameddockingbaysscatteredthroughoutMosEisley。Itconsistedmostlyofanentrancerampwayandanenormouspitgougedfromtherockysoil。Thisservedasclearanceradiifortheeffectsofthesimpleantigravdrive,whichboostedallspacecraft,clearofthegravitationalfieldoftheplanet。
9 ]7 z8 g6 K9 s7 Z ThemathematicsofspacedriveweresimpleenougheventoLuke。Antigravcouldoperateonlywhentherewasasufficientgravitywelltopushagainstlikethatofaplanetwhereassupralighttravelcouldonlytakeplacewhenashipwasclearofthat& Theyrestartingtosearchthespaceportcentral,theCommanderdeclared,havingtoalternatelyrunacoupleofstepsandthenwalktokeeppacewiththelongstridesofDarthVader。TheDarkLordwasdeepinthoughtashestrodedownoneofthebattlestationsmaincorridors,trailedbyseveralaides。3 Y" \* z, o( U
Thereportsarejuststartingtocomein,theCommanderwenton。Itsonlyamatteroftimebeforewehavethosedroids。Sendinmoremenifyouhaveto。NevermindtheprotestsoftheplanetaryGovernorImusthavethosedroids。Itsherhopeofthatdatabeingusedagainstusthatisthepillarofherresistancetothemindprobes。Iunderstand,LordVader。UntilthenwemustwasteourtimewithGovernorTarkinsfoolishplantobreakher。Theresdockingbayninety-four,LuketoldKenobiandtherobotswhohadrejoinedthem,andtheresChewbacca。Heseemsexcitedaboutsomething。Indeed,thebigWookiewaswavingovertheheadsofthecrowdandjabberingloudlyintheirdirection。Speedingtheirpace,noneofthefoursomenoticedthesmall,dark-cladthingthathadfollowedthemfromthetransporterlot。2 z' h8 G& r' ~! n3 D
Thecreaturemovedintothedoorwayandpulledatinytransmitterfromapouchconcealedbyitsmultifoldrobes。Thetransmitterlookedfartoonewandmoderntobeinthegraspofsodecrepitaspecimen,yetitsmanipulatorwasspeakingintoitwithsteadyassurance。0 c. r( g' T- P' t" E% W
Dockingbayninety-four,Lukenoted,wasnodifferentinappearancefromahostofothergrandioselynameddockingbaysscatteredthroughoutMosEisley。Itconsistedmostlyofanentrancerampwayandanenormouspitgougedfromtherockysoil。Thisservedasclearanceradiifortheeffectsofthesimpleantigravdrive,whichboostedallspacecraft,clearofthegravitationalfieldoftheplanet。# f, \" y' A. m. T
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Thepit,whichformeddockingbayninety-four,wasasshabbilycutandrun-downasthemajorityofMosEisley。Itsslopingsideswerecrumblinginplacesinsteadofbeingsmoothlyfashionedastheywereonmorepopulousworlds。LukefeltitformedtheperfectsettingforthespacecraftChewbaccawasleadingthemtoward。; O% U% k7 F, L+ d! d0 X3 {
Thatbatteredellipsoidwhichcouldonlylooselybelabeledashipappearedtohavebeenpiecedtogetheroutofoldhullfragmentsandcomponentsdiscardedasunusablebyothercraft。Thewonderofit,Lukemused,wasthatthethingactuallyhelditsshape。Tryingtopicturethisvehicleasspaceworthywouldhavecausedhimtocollapseinhysteriawerethesituationnotsoserious。ButtothinkoftravelingtoAlderaaninthispatheticWhatapieceofjunk,hefinallymurmured,unabletohidehisfeelingsanylonger。Theywerewalkinguptherampwaytowardtheopenport。Thisthingcouldntpossiblymakeitintohyperspace。Kenobididntcomment,butmerelygesturedtowardtheport,whereafigurewascomingtomeetthem |