The Final Prophecy (Star Wars: The New Jedi Order, Book 18) by Greg Keyes

Author:Greg Keyes
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Fiction - Science Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction - Star Wars, Fiction, Science Fiction, Science Fiction - General, General
ISBN: 9780345428752
Publisher: Del Rey
Published: 2009-12-25T20:00:00+00:00

PART THREE

TRANSFIGURATION

NINETEEN

"No, not again," Han snapped as the Falcon dropped suddenly from

hyperspace. "This is really starting to get old." How many times was he going

to get pulled out by Yuuzhan Vong interdictor analogs? There weren't even

supposed to be any Vong here.

He threw the ship into a series of evasive maneuvers.

"Okay, where are you scar-faced clowns?" he growled.

"It's not Yuuzhan Vong," Leia said. "Look."

He did look, and had to resist the temptation to rub his eyes. For there,

silhouetted against the bright stars of the Core, was an Imperial interdictor.

He noticed the comm was buzzing for attention. "Put 'em on," Han managed.

A moment later, a terse voice filtered into the cockpit. "Unidentified

vessel, this is Captain Mynar Devis of the Imperial cruiser Wrack. Identify

yourself immediately."

"Some things don't change," Leia murmured.

"Easy, honey. I think it's kind of romantic. Takes me back. Anyway, it

has to be part of Pellaeon's bunch." He keyed to answer. "Wrack, this is

Millennium Falcon. Looks like you're a little lost. The Imperial Remnant is

about twenty parsecs from here. Do you mind telling me whose or-ders you're

under?" There was a gravid pause. Then the voice returned.

"Captain Solo, I presume. You're every bit as insolent as I'd heard."

"Now, listen..." Han began, but the captain cut him off.

"And it's a great pleasure to meet you." Devis suddenly sounded very

young. "I thought I recognized Millennium Falcon from the holos, but I

couldn't be positive. How can I be of service?"

"Ah..." For a rare moment, Han was speechless. "Well, nice to meet you,

too," he said. Not exactly what he'd been expecting, even with the recent

alliance. He had a fan in the Empire? "But I suppose I still need an answer to

my question before we continue this little love fest."

"Of course, sir. I'm here under orders from Grand Ad-miral Pellaeon."

"In connection with Operation Trinity?"

"Yes. I-ah-wasn't informed you were involved, sir."

"I just got drafted. In fact, I'm on the way to meet with the Grand

Admiral. What are you guys doing, watching the back door?"

"Excuse me? I-o h, I see. Yes, sir. The Grand Admiral placed interdictors

on all the major routes leading to the fleet's location."

"Smart," Han said. "Someone comes along and you yank them out of

hyperspace and send a warning to the fleet. Dan-gerous position. What happens

if a whole Yuuzhan Vong flotilla jumps in here?"

"We're to delay any forces that arrive here as long as we can, then jump.

Unfortunately, our mission has been impacted by some sort of trouble with the

local HoloNet relay. We can't get a message through to Grand Admiral Pellaeon.

"

"It's not just the local relay," Han informed him. "The whole thing's

going down. Some sort of new Vong weapon, we think. Communication has been

lost between the fleets-that's why we're here. Have you sent any couriers?"

"Yes, Captain Solo. We had an incident not long after we lost

communication. We sent a courier to report it and re-ceive orders."

"Incident? What sort of incident?"

"We pulled a ship out of hyperspace. We gave pursuit, but it launched

some sort of weapon that disabled our for-ward gravity-well generator."

"Vong?"

"I don't know. What sensor readings we got made it as organic, but it

didn't match any known profiles of Yuuzhan Vong ships.

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