Star Wars Hyperspace - Lando Calrissian - Idiot's Array by Rich Handley

Author:Rich Handley [Handley, Rich]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2008-05-23T23:00:00+00:00

Lando threw up his hands. “I can’t believe it. You still don’t know any more about gambling than you did when we met on Socorro! How can you manage a casino if you don’t even know what an Idiot’s Array is?” Lando’s laughter took the sting out of his words.

Mungo smiled, embarrassed. “Well, just because I own the place doesn’t mean I’m a patron.”

Leaning on Mungo’s shoulder, a slight, dark-haired woman with tannish skin, wide eyes and ears slightly longer than average stroked his arm affectionately. “It’s not his fault, Lando,” Mungo’s wife Auren said. “This resort is mostly for visitors to the Roon system. He’s usually too busy arranging Roonstone shipments to Sim’char’ser and other worlds along the Outer Rim. I keep telling him to take time to enjoy all the great things he has here — not the least of which is me — but you know the Wook when it comes to gem-finding. Sometimes, I’m amazed he even stopped to marry me.” She toyfully played with the tail he’d tied in his jet-black hair. He, in turn, bent over and kissed her gently on the lips.

Lando smiled at her use of the nickname he’d given Mungo years ago. When they’d first met, Mungo had worn his beard long and unmanageable despite Lando’s repeated advice to get it sculpted. He’d resisted for a long time. Auren Yomm (now Baobab), whom he’d met at the Umboo colony on Roon, had apparently liked the new look, and the two fell in love. Since then, Mungo had taken great pains to look presentable at all times. His resemblance to a Wookiee had greatly diminished, but the nickname still stuck.

Lando drained his mug and leaned on one arm. “An Idiot’s Array is a two of any suit, a three of any suit and the Idiot. Beats any hand. Raynor had one, so he won and I was broke. I didn’t even have a way home, since he had my blasted ship, but an anonymous benefactor handed me five million credits to continue. I bet all I had, including my starship lot on Nar Shaddaa, against his four million and Cloud City, and he accepted. This time, I won the game, the money and the city. He lost power, and he lost face. He was so furious, he left without the Cobra, so I, uh, re-appropriated her.”

A chime sounded from below table-level. “Speaking of that anonymous benefactor…” He detached the comlink from his belt and held it up to his mouth. “I’m here, Lobot. Go ahead.”

“It appears, sir, you were correct in your assumption that Thune would track you here after effecting repairs,” the cyborg responded crisply. “She landed a moment ago and is currently examining the ship. Apparently, she remains unaware of my presence beyond the outcropping.”

“I guess she wasn’t bluffing about that tracer.” Lando exhaled loudly. “All right, it begins. If she’s any kind of bounty hunter, she’ll check my communications logs. Since I conveniently neglected to purge them before heading into town, she’ll know exactly where I arranged to meet Mungo.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.