Star Wars Outbound Flight (Star Wars) by Timothy Zahn

Author:Timothy Zahn [Zahn, Timothy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, General, Science Fiction, Science Fiction - Adventure, Fiction - Science Fiction, Adventure, Science Fiction - Space Opera, Space opera, Life on other planets, Science Fiction And Fantasy, Media Tie-In - General, Star wars fiction, Skywalker; Luke (Fictitious character), Science Fiction - Star Wars, Media Tie-In, Solo; Han (Fictitious character), Leia; Princess (Fictitious character), Space flight
ISBN: 9780345456847
Publisher: Del Rey
Published: 2007-01-30T01:57:51.710000+00:00

They were six standard days out of Yaga Minor and had stopped for a routine navigational

check in Lonnaw system when the trouble started.

A crowd had already gathered in the Dreadnaught-2 aft pas-senger section when Obi-Wan

arrived. "Let me through, please," he said, starting to ease his way through the mass of people.

"Look—there's another one," a Rodian voice muttered.

"Another one what?" Obi-Wan asked, turning in that direc-tion.

"Another Jedi," the Rodian said, looking him square in the face.

"Easy, Feeven," a man nearby cautioned. "Don't start point-ing blame."

"Can you tell me what happened?" Obi-Wan asked.

"What happened is thieves in the night," the Rodian bit out. "Thieves with robes and lightsabers."

"Feeven, shut up ," the man said. He looked at Obi-Wan, lowered his eyes. "They came for

someone's kid, that's all."

"In the middle of the night," Feeven insisted.

"What night?" the man scoffed. "This is space. It's always night here."

"The family was sleeping," Feeven countered. "That makes it night."

"Thank you," Obi-Wan said, easing away from them and continuing on through the crowd.

Middle of ship's night or not, perhaps he ought to give C'baoth a call.

There was no need. He reached the open area in the center of the crowd to find that C'baoth

was already there. "Master C'baoth," he said, taking in the rest of the scene with a glance. Standing in the

doorway to one of the rooms was a hulking figure of a man, his hands gripping the sides of the doorway

as if daring anyone to pass. Behind him in the room was a frantic-eyed woman kneeling on the floor

clutching a young boy tightly to her. The child himself looked frightened but also oddly intent.

C'baoth half turned to frown at him. "What are you doing here?" he demanded. "You should be

sleeping."

"I heard there was some commotion," Obi-Wan said, cross-ing to the doorway. "Hello," he said

to the man.

"You're not taking him," the other said flatly. "I don't care how many of you there are, you're not

taking him."

"You have no choice," C'baoth said flatly. "As Jedi Master Evrios explained to you nearly a

week ago. Your son is a poten-tial Jedi, and he's agreed to enter training. That means he comes with us."

"Says who?" the man retorted. "Ship's law says decisions about children are made by their

parents. I looked it up."

"Ship's law wasn't written to cover this situation," C'baoth said. "It therefore doesn't apply."

"So now you just throw out the law when it doesn't suit you?"

"Of course we don't throw it out," C'baoth said. "We merely rewrite it."

"Who does?" the man demanded. "You Jedi?"

"Captain Pakmillu is the final legal authority aboard Out-bound Flight," Obi-Wan put in. "We'll

call him and ask—"

"He may be the final legal authority," C'baoth said, cutting him off with a warning glare. "That

remains to be seen."

Obi-Wan felt an uncomfortable tingling across his skin. "What do you mean?"

"Outbound Flight is first and foremost a Jedi project," C'baoth reminded him. "Jedi requirements

therefore supersede all other authority."

Obi-Wan took a careful breath, suddenly aware of the people silently pressing around them.

"May I see you for a moment, Master C'baoth? In private?"

"Later," C'baoth said, craning his neck over the crowd.

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