Star wars: Allegiance by Timothy Zahn

Author:Timothy Zahn [Zahn, Timothy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Science Fiction - Adventure, Science Fiction - Space Opera, Fiction - Science Fiction, American Science Fiction And Fantasy, Leia; Princess (Fictitious character), Skywalker; Luke (Fictitious character), Space Opera, Life on other planets, Star Wars fiction, Science Fiction - Star Wars, Solo; Han (Fictitious character), General, Science fiction, Adventure, Fantasy fiction, Media Tie-In - General, Fiction, Media Tie-In
ISBN: 9780345477385
Publisher: Del Rey
Published: 2007-01-30T00:00:00+00:00

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Chapter Thirteen

Mara's training had included a basic overview of starship operation, but most of that had been geared to military craft. Fortunately, Tannis seemed to know his way around civilian ships like the Happer's Way, as did the two men Colonel Somoril had sent with her.

Mara had dealt occasionally with ISB men and generally found them to be

rather cold fish. But even by that standard Brock and Gilling were exceptional. They were unbendingly formal, keeping to themselves and away from both her and Tannis as much as possible. Even when accepting and carrying out orders, they spoke no more than necessary, often completing

a job in complete silence. They asked no questions, made no comments,

indulged in no idle chatter. For all their companionship, Ozzel might as well have given her a pair of maintenance droids.

As a result, Mara focused on Tannis, spending as much free time with him as possible as she tried to learn everything she could about this nest of gundarks she was flying into.

The BloodScars had apparently been on Gepparin for only two years, having

taken over the big mining complex at that time. They had set up their base in one half, Tannis explained, leaving the other half still pulling out low-grade ore as a cover for their other activities. Most of their loot was taken directly to the base, where it was sorted and repackaged into ore crates and sent out either directly to buyers or to various warehouses like the Birtraub Brothers operation on Crovna.

“But there are a few cargoes that go directly to Caaldra,” Tannis added

as he sketched out a floor plan of the base. "This ship was supposed to

be one of them, actually. Taking it to Gepparin could get us in trouble.“ ”Blame it on Shakko for dying with that data instead of surrendering like I told him to," Mara said.

“Blame it on anyone you want, but it's going to be trouble,” Tannis

warned. “I hope your buddies back there are good fighters. And that they don't start blasting before they have to.”

“Captain Ozzel wouldn't have given us anyone but the best,” Mara assured him, wishing she actually believed that. Knowing ISB, it was more likely Somoril had picked a pair of expendables. “How many crew are typically at the base?”

“Depends on whether there are any ships there,” Tannis said. “There are only thirty or so full-timers, but a couple of unloading ships could double that.”

“Any idea how many ships might be there right now?”

Tannis shook his head. "With all these other gangs Caaldra and the

Commodore have been bringing into the nest, your guess is as good as mine."

Mara nodded. Apparently they would have to find out the hard way. “So what's behind all this, anyway? I assume Caaldra is smart enough to realize that creating a huge pirate gang just begs Shelkonwa and Imperial Center to come down on you.”

“Caaldra is mostly noise,” Tannis said contemptuously. "Well, noise and

credits."

“Any idea how much he's dropped on the whole operation?”

“Not really,” Tannis said. “But it's one

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