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Chardot:
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Is this really an Imperial shuttle and are you sure you can fly it?
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Gris:
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Relax. I used to pilot jump-ships, which are very similar to Imperial shuttles in most respects. - except for this knob. Anybody know what this knob does?
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Alexis:
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Humor. In our situation. That's very comforting.
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Chardot:
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When I take the Final Jump, I don't want to be in an Imperial shuttle. |
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Gris:
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Don't worry, flyboy. They made some "special modifications" to this bucket before we took off. We'll be all right. |
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Harn:
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(over comlink from escape pod) Well, I don't know what good a couple of extra guns and some shielding are going to do against an armed Imperial transport. |
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Gris:
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Think about it. We're flying an Imperial shuttle. We'll just slide up close to them, all friendly like, and then -
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Alexis:
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We're Rancor chow. Nice plan, very simple.
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Gris:
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So the odds aren't so hot. The Admiral didn't have the time or the resources to come up with anything better. We're his only hope. |
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Chev:
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That's right. Think of the consequences if we can't destroy Elusive before she gets to an Imperial base. |
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Chaar:
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We heard the speech. If we don't stop that transport, the entire Alliance underground network in the surrounding sectors will be compromised.
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Harn:
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I can't believe Dankayo's base personnel left those databanks intact. What were they thinking? |
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Ulric:
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They were probably busy saving their lives. That's what I'd be doing if my base were under Imperial attack.
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Chev:
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That still leaves us in this predicament. I just hope the transport is still in orbit when we get to Dankayo.
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Alexis:
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We'll find out soon enough. Strap yourselves in. I'm cutting in the sublight engines.
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The Imperial shuttle emerges from hyperspace in the Dankayo system. The Elusive has just begun moving away from the planet in preparation for a hyperspace jump.
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Chardot:
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There she is! And by the looks of that trail of garbage, she's about to go to lightspeed.
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Chaar:
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Isn't it nice how Imperial procedure never varies. So what do we do now?
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Ulric:
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Now we do what we came to do.
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