[Han Solo Adventures] - 02 by Han Solo's Revenge (Brian Daley)

Author:Han Solo's Revenge (Brian Daley) [Revenge, Han Solo's]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2012-03-10T13:35:25+00:00

Part 7

“THIS vessel is a fraud, ” Spray announced, keying his next move into the gameboard in the Millennium Falcon’s forward compartment.

Chewbacca took just enough time from what he was doing-analyzing Spray’s unorthodox stratagem-to snarl threateningly.

Spray, who had grown more used to the Wookiee’s outbursts, didn’t flinch much at all. He was dividing his time between the compartment’s technical station and the game, board, giving the Falcon’s first mate a very difficult match. while running a combination inventory and inspection of the ship out of a sense of duty to Interstellar Collections Limited. Chewbacca permitted it more to keep the skip-tracer busy than anything else, but this slandering of the Falcon, if unchecked, could only lead to retribution.

Come to think of it, the Wookiee reflected, the Tynnan wasn’t a bad technical pilot. He had even assisted on the liftoff from Bonadan, once Chewbacca had judged that Han and Fiolla had won enough time to get offworld. Spray had copiloted and aided in hyperspace transition with a

fussy proficiency, though he’d been startled to learn that Han and Chewbacca habitually spaced by themselves, Han reaching back to his left to carry out navigator’s chores and the Wookiee leaning to his right to run the commo board when needed.

“The exterior is a deception,” Spray was continuing. “Why, some of the equipment you’ve installed is restricted to military use; are you aware of that? And her armament rating’s way too high, as is her lift/mass ratio. How did Captain Solo ever get a Waiver to operate within the Authority?”,

The Wookiee, cupping his hirsute chin in both hands, leaned down even closer to the gameboard, ignoring the question. Even if he had been able to communicate eloquently with Spray, he wouldn’t have explained about the Waiver, which had involved an amazing variety of lawbreaking and the total destruction of the covert Authority facility known as Stars’ End.

Miniature holomonsters waited on the circular gameboard,

throwing challenges to one another. Chewbacca’s defenses had been penetrated by a lone combatant from Spray’s forces. The question of external versus internal threat was a very subtle one; involving closely matched win/lose parameters. The Wookiee’s nose scrunched in thought. He reached a hairy finger out very slowly and punched his next move up on the game’s keyboard, then reclined on the curving acceleration couch, arm pillowing his head, his long legs crossed. With his free hand he scratched his other arm, which the somatigenerative effect of the flaking synth-flesh had made itchy.

“Uh-oh,” blurted Blue Max, who was following the contest from his habitual place in Bollux’s open thorax. The ‘droid sat on a pressure keg among the other clutter to one side of the compartment, amid plastic pallets, hoisting toggles and a rebuilt fuel enricher that Han hadn’t gotten around to installing yet. The computer probe’s photoreceptor swiveled to track on Spray as the Tynnan returned to the board and made his next move without hesitation.

Spray’s lone combatant had been a decoy. Now one of his supporting monsters slithered across the board and, after a brief battle, threw Chewbacca’s defenses wide open.

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