Shadows of the Empire (Star Wars) by Steve Perry

Author:Steve Perry [Perry, Steve]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Fantasy, Science Fiction & Fantasy, General, Science Fiction, American fiction, Space opera, 20th century, Skywalker; Luke (Fictitious character), Solo; Han (Fictitious character), Leia; Princess (Fictitious character)
ISBN: 9780553504729
Publisher: Bantam Books (Transworld Publishers a division of the Random House Group)
Published: 1997-03-01T01:57:55.649000+00:00

what made it so interesting. Anyone could juggle with fewer items; it took a master to do what he was

doing.

"You sure this thing is going to work?" Leia asked.

Chewbacca, busy working on the doorjamb with a small power wrench, said something. It sounded

snide.

Threepio quickly translated: "He says that if it doesn't, it won't be because it was improperly in-stalled."

Leia turned and looked at Lando, who shrugged.

"The guy who sold it to me said it was top-of-the-line," he said. "Got the latest doppraymagno scanner,

full-range sensor, a self-contained power supply good for a year. It better work, it cost me enough."

"Hardly a dent in your winnings, I would think," Leia said.

"Oh, it was a dent. I hope it's worth it." So do I, Leia thought.

Chewie gargled something.

"He says it is ready for testing," Threepio said.

Leia walked to the desk and sat behind it. The com-puter inset into the desk was off, and she switched it

on.

"The unit is under the file 'Bioscan,' " Lando said.

Leia opened the program. A hologram appeared over the desk. "Nonholographic mode," she said.

"Flatscreen only." The image vanished. She looked down at the desk.

The words "Scanner offline" appeared on the screen. It would be invisible from the chair opposite the

desk.

"Bioscan on," she said.

The screen lit up with an image of an eye, an ear, and a nose. Oh, how cute.

"Okay, everybody out. Let's test it." Threepio, Lando, and Chewie trooped out into the hall.

"Close the door." They did.

"Okay," Leia yelled. "Lando, you come in first." The door opened and Lando sauntered in. He turned

around as if modeling the latest fashions. "Here I am.

Enjoy." Leia grinned. He was endearing for a rogue. She looked down at the screen.

The scanner newly inset into the frame of the door picked up Lando's image, and it appeared on the

screen. An infocrawl moved up the side of the image as the sensors examined Lando and fed the result to

the computer: Human, male, armed with a blaster and a small vibro-shiv in his pants pocket on the left

side, heartbeat, respiration, muscle tone index, height, weight, body temperature. Even a refractive index

indi-cating how old his skin was, plus or minus a standard year.

Lando, according to this device, was a little older than he looked.

No bombs or poison gas or commactive material hidden upon his person. No hidden holocams or recording devices.

"Seems to be working on you. Chewie, come on in." Again the device scanned and reported. She didn't

know what the normal readings for a Wookiee were, but the program that came with the scanner

apparently did, and it told her that Chewie was within normal limits for one of that species.

She was sure Chewie would be happy to know that.

Finally she called Threepio in. The program had no trouble at all recognizing him as a droid.

"Well. It seems to be working just fine," she said.

"Why don't we test it on you?" Lando offered.

"I don't think that will be necessary," she said. "You were plenty." Lando's comlink bleeped. He pulled it

from his belt.

Leia looked at him.

"I've got an eye at the port," he said.

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