SW0601 Legacy of the Force 09 Invincible (v5) by Troy Denning

Author:Troy Denning [Denning, Troy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

“Great,” Han muttered. “They ought to reach a decision about the time the battle’s over.”

“Don’t be so cynical,” Leia chided. “They’re Masters—they can hear you.”

Han winced and glanced over his shoulder at the circle. No one seemed to be looking in his direction, but Kyp did wag a finger at him.

The finger had not yet stopped when C-3PO announced, “The observation posts are reporting that the Anakin Solo and Megador have both launched their starfighter complements.”

That news brought the Masters’ debate to an early halt. Saba and the others stopped to glance over at the wall display, which showed the enemy starfighters as a stream of flickering dots streaming out to meet the Owools and blastboats.

“He’s not buying our act,” Han said. “We need to give him a reason to keep coming down the Throat—and clear out while we still can.”

Saba nodded her agreement, then turned to the other Masters—who also nodded, almost as one.

Saba turned back to Han. “Okay,” she said. “The Masterz agree. You can give the order.”

“Me?” Han asked. “But I’m not—”

“It was your idea,” Saba interrupted, tilting her head at him. “Do you not think it is a good one?”

“Don’t have a doubt,” Han said. He snapped the comlink from his pocket and opened a channel to the convoy commander. “Time to get out of here, Ben—but don’t send everyone at once. We’ve got to make it look good.”

“Okay.” Ben’s voice sounded uncertain. “Uh, this is Uncle Han, right?”

“Yeah,” Han said. “You got a problem with that?”

“No,” Ben said. “But Dad—er, Master Skywalker—said to wait for his order.”

Han glanced over at Luke, who was still staring at the floor with nothing in his eyes but his pupils, then looked at the wall display again. Caedus’s fleet had slowed, but it hadn’t stopped, and it would be only a couple of minutes before it could start firing on Uroro Station.

“Your dad’s busy right now,” Han said. “And the Megador is probably going to open up with her long-range turbolasers real soon. I kind of thought you’d want to be gone when that happens.”

“Oh,” Ben said. “I guess that makes sense. Initiating decoy operation at once.”

A few seconds later, a motley assortment of light transports began to shoot away from the station. The first part of their trajectory carried them directly up the Throat toward Caedus’s fleet. But within a minute or so, they started to arc around the bulge of Qogo’s amber-striped sphere, heading for the ice field where the Hapans lay in hiding. If all went according to plan, Caedus would pursue, Tenel Ka would ambush him, and the assault fleet would be destroyed.

But battles never went according to plan. As it grew more apparent that the transports were fleeing, the Remnant fleet did begin to accelerate down the Throat again, moving to pursue them into the ice field just as Luke and Tenel Ka had hoped. But the Solo and the Megador remained behind with a handful of escorts, moving down the Throat to fire on Uroro Station.

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