Star Wars 432 - Millennium Falcon by James Luceno

Author:James Luceno [Luceno, James]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780345518675
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2008-08-17T23:00:00+00:00

“MOVE TO THE CENTER OF THE ROOM WITH ALL YOUR BELONGINGS and prepare to be scanned,” Carcel's Codru-Ji security officer ordered over the loudspeaker.

Jadak and Poste and a mixed-species group of two dozen other visitors moved deeper into the room. Positioning marks on the metal floor indicated where each of them should stand.

“You with the leg implants,” the Codru-Ji said. “Take two steps forward and raise your arms out to your sides.”

“Hope they don't find the laserfile you hid in the birthday cake,” Poste said as Jadak and a Gran separated themselves from the group.

“Just the human male,” the Codru-Ji said. “All right, you can rejoin the others,” he added a moment later.

Everyone waited while a quartet of archaic gatekeeper droids performed the scanning.

“Gather your belongings and report to visitor registration,” the guard said finally.

Having left their small packs in the prison's small hotel, Jadak and Poste were alone in being empty-handed; the rest of the visitors were bringing foodstuff, clothing, holozines, smokes of a wide assortment, and refresher flimsi to friends, family members, and former accomplices.

Carcel was the most miserable piece of rock Jadak had ever put down on, and perhaps the worst possible place for Poste to begin his galactic travels. Regardless, he was like a kid at an amusement park, soaking in every experience and elated to be away from Nar Shaddaa. Jadak had had himself fitted for a new identity and thoroughly scanned for locator implants. As a further precaution, they had booked passage on a merchant ship to Saleucami before hopping a passenger vessel to Roche and transferring to the dedicated shuttles that ferried visitors to and from Carcel. In their short time together, Poste had already shown himself to be a quick-thinking and amiable companion. Jadak had been mostly correct about the kid's criminal activities, but there was more to him than met the eye. Born in one of the Smugglers' Moon's deepest chasms, Poste had all but raised himself, learning the ropes of foraging, theft, and scamming early on. He had been jailed numerous times, and maintained a soft spot for kids growing up as he did, often to the point of sharing his meager pickings with them. Naturally inquisitive, he was full of questions, only some of which Jadak was able to answer, having spent the past six decades in dreamland.

The questions he couldn't answer for reasons that had nothing to do with the coma were where the treasure was hidden and precisely what part the Envoy would play in finding it. In the years he had flown for the Republic Group, Jadak had insisted on never being given the details of his missions. The less he knew, the less he could reveal if exposed as a spy and captured. But in the Senate Annex on that fateful day, the Senators had provided more than the usual information, and the phrase restore Republic honor to the galaxy was somehow a thread to unraveling their revelations.

Arrived at the visitor registration station, Jadak submitted their request.

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