The Starfighter Trap by Star Wars

Author:Star Wars
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Science Fiction
Publisher: Bonadan Books
Published: 2004-04-04T23:00:00+00:00

“There’s no winning this one, Essara. Stand down before it’s too late.” Dren continued to pursue Echo One. Even while dodging Essara’s continued barrages of fire, he managed to remain on the less experienced pilot’s tail.

Echo One continued to scream and wail. Other voices would occasionally cut in, but Essara couldn’t make out what they were saying.

Dren launched his torpedoes and banked right.

“Ell-one, target Bravo Eight’s torpedoes!” Essara yelled, letting Dren escape for now. The droid obeyed instantly, and flashing brackets appeared around the triangular icons on her screen that represented the missiles. She steadied her course, briefly letting the droid starfighter pummel her rear shields with its lasers. She pressed the trigger on her cannon and kept it down, holding her breath as the missiles and the brilliant arc of laser blasts crossed paths. One torpedo exploded harmlessly, but then her cannon stopped firing. She glanced at the power gauge. The laser was drained. The 60 percent recharge rate! I forgot about it!

Dren’s second torpedo struck the Police Cruiser. The explosion spread across the energy barrier like colored water poured onto a stone. Then, a secondary explosion ripped through the fighter’s hull as its shield generator overloaded. The remains of the shattered astromech unit were ejected through the loading hatch as the fighter’s secondary systems started to malfunction.

“Cut all power, Echo One,” Essara said. “Stop that cascade overload before it gets out of hand!”

Echo One’s only response was a ragged sob, but the girl followed Essara’s order. The blue glow of her ion engines winked out, and the Police Cruiser’s icon turned into an outline on Essara’s tactical display.

“Tap your maneuvering thrusters to stop that forward momentum,” Essara said, swinging her fighter right to maintain her pursuit of Dren. “We’ll get you out of there soon enough.”

“Echo Ten to Flight Leader,” a harried voice came. “Those tiny fighters are cutting us to ribbons!”

“Echo Flight, ignore the rest of the Z-95s for now,” Essara said. “Take out those fast fighters.”

“If you pups you want to live, power down like Echo One did,” Dren said.

“Says the guy who killed Echo Two!” Echo Eight’s voice had an edge to it that hadn’t been there before.

“Yeah,” Echo Five chimed in. “What about Bravo Eight, Flight Leader?”

“Dren’s mine. You have your orders,” Essara replied. Switching to the tight-beam channel, she said, “Tell those droid ships to get off my tail and then you and I can settle this, one on one.”

“I think not,” Dren said. “You’re a better dogfighter than I am. Surrender, now.”

Shields at 100 percent. Resetting laser recharge to full. I’ve got a pair of torpedoes loaded. Locking onto Bravo Eight.

“All I need is a split second,” Essara said.

Target acquired.

Essara pushed the launch button. Two torpedoes streaked toward Dren.

Dren cursed, and his voice was drowned out by a burst of overlapping signals as Echo Flight’s pilots once again began talking over one another. Essara stole a quick glance at her command telemetry display and found that it was still offline. “Ell-one, can

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