Allies (Fate of the Jedi, 5) by Christie Golden

Author:Christie Golden [Golden, Christie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Star Wars, Science Fiction, Fiction
ISBN: 9780099542759
Publisher: Del Rey
Published: 2010-01-02T08:00:00+00:00

ABOARD THE STARSTALKER

“SIR,” SAID THE COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER TO HOLPUR, “THE ELDERS are attempting to contact us, telling us to stand down and surrender ourselves for punishment for blasphemy.”

Holpur chuckled. “So amusing,” he said.

There was what amounted to a palace close to the Fountain, on the far west side. This was where the Elders, the governing body of Klatooine, dwelt. Holpur knew they arose every morning and looked east, to the sun’s first rays striking off the Fountain. They were no doubt seeing a quite different view now.

He called up an image of the Elder’s palace on the small screen by his chair and regarded it thoughtfully. It had no defenses. Anyone could simply march right up and bang on the entrance. What were these people thinking? He could, with the Starstalker’s weapons alone, blast it to rubble. He toyed with the idea, but he was too amused at the thought of these beings, like ants he was about to step on, yapping at him to cease and desist.

“Patch it through,” he said.

“Copy, sir.”

“… repeat, stand down! You are in violation of sacred space! We will not tolerate this!”

“Sir,” said his communications officer, “They’re sending out a distress signal. They’re trying to contact the Hutts to come protect them.”

“Let them,” said Holpur. “I know what the situation is. The Hutts have not cared much for this planet since the war with the beings known as the Yuuzhan Vong. It will be days, or at the very least, hours, before the Hutts deign to send a response unit, and we shall be long gone.”

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