Star Wars - 287 - New Jedi Order 12 - Enemy Lines 02 - Rebel Stand by Aaron Allston

Star Wars - 287 - New Jedi Order 12 - Enemy Lines 02 - Rebel Stand by Aaron Allston

Author:Aaron Allston [Allston, Aaron]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction, General, Science Fiction, Space Warfare, Life on Other Planets, Star Wars Fiction, Leia; Princess (Fictitious Character), Skywalker; Luke (Fictitious Character), Solo; Han (Fictitious Character), Skywalker; Mara Jade (Fictitious Character)
ISBN: 9780345428684
Google: 1qsiAAAACAAJ
Amazon: 0345428684
Publisher: LucasBooks
Published: 2002-01-01T08:00:00+00:00


C-3PO got into the line of visitors and slowly, meter by meter, approached the prison's service entrance. He spoke down into the bag around his neck, whispering: "Artoo, I am three from the front of the line." UNDERSTOOD.

The protocol droid looked ahead to the entrance. One human and a security droid stood there. The security droid was bulky, with black armor that suggested storm-trooper defenses, and a nearly featureless face with red-glowing eyes, a nightmare vision even for a droid. The human looked as though he were the droid's distant cousin, with similar armor and a similar build. He wore no helmet, and his eyes seemed to gleam redly in the light of dawn. C-3PO took another step forward. "I am now two from the front of the line." GOOD. THE TIMING SHOULD WORK. "What timing?" There was no answer. Now there was just one person in line ahead of C-3PO. The human guard, halfway into a brief interrogation of that person, scowled and held up a black enameled corn-link. He spoke for a moment into it, then exercised an even deeper set of scowl muscles and turned to the droid. "You take over for a minute," he said. "Payroll has to ask me a question in person." The droid nodded. When the human guard had gone, it accepted the next visitor's identichip, ran it through its own internal slot, returned it to the man, then gave him a shove sufficient to throw the visitor down the stairs.

"Refused," the droid said. "Next."

C-3PO moved up, irrationally feeling circuitry threaten to melt down in his vocal centers. "Good morning, sir, I wish to enter these-"

"Shut up. Identification,"

C-3PO handed over the chip that had, until just minutes before, been plugged into his datapad.

The security droid inserted it into the slot in its chest, then spat it out again and returned it. "Tadening Food-takers is authorized to enter," it said.

"Thank you, sir." C-3PO tried to move forward through the doorway, but the security droid's hand slapped into his chest, restraining him.

"Not so fast. Present possessions for search." Reluctantly, C-3PO held his bag up for inspection and opened its top flap. Clearly visible within the compartment were Leia's lightsaber, Han's modified DL-44 blaster pistol, vibroblades, a datapad, data cards. "This is the, um, requested fast meal for the Solos before their departure." The security droid peered at the items.

"Identify these."

"Um, well, the two large packages are Corellian meat-lump. The one with the trigger housing is spiced, of course, and the other not." Dismayed by the ridiculousness of his description, C-3PO pointed at the vibroblades and forged ahead. "Mealbread sticks." He indicated the other items. "Honey wafers for dessert."

"No vegetables?"

"No vegetables. I'm sure you know about Corellians." The security droid reached through its wireless datalink to the base computer and brought up three dimensional representations of the types of food C-3PO had named. The database offered recently updated visuals on those foods, which, in every particular, including coloration, structure, and surface defects, matched the items in the bag.



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