Death Star: episode #56 Weapon Malfunction and Reactor Leak
Previously: Han, Chewie, Luke, Ben, and the droids hid in Han�s smuggling compartments on the ship. Obi-wan and Vader sensed each other�s presences. Han and Luke disguised themselves as stormtroopers.
The guy in charge leaves the room empty to go to the transmission center to let them know about what he thought was a bad transmission problem. The companions (the following people are the companions: Luke, me, Han, R2-D2, C-3PO, Chewie, and whoever we�re with, in this case it�s everyone except me) (You could say it�s compatible with The Pineapple People) make it to the control room, Han killing all stormtroopers in the way. As soon as they get to the room, Luke and Han take off their helmets. �Between you�re blasting everything in sight, it�s a wonder the whole station doesn�t know we�re here,� says Luke. �Bring them on, I prefer as straight fight too all this sneaking around,� Han says. Ben just smiles. C-3PO says to Ben, �there appears to be a computer terminal over here. My counterpart may be able to access the entire Imperial network.� Ben nods, �Plug him in then>� Luke stands by Ben, trying to catch his breath. He looks up as C-3PO says, �Well he seems to have found where the place where the ship�s being held down. The power terminal to the tractor beam is divided into 7 sections. A power loss at the terminal would result in disabling the tractor beam. Artoo is going to have it appear on the screen.� The image appears on a computer screen close to the terminal. Ben nods, �Boys, I don�t� think you can help me. Stay here.� Han says, �Great, we just wait around until we�re captured. � Ben is just at the doorway when Luke goes over to him, �Ben, I want to come with you.� �You can�t, Luke. You must stay and look after the droids besides the fact that you�re sick. Your destiny lies along a different path than mine. Luke, the force will always be with you.� With that, Ben turns to leave to try to get the tractor beam out of commission�and for another reason. Suddenly C-3PO shouts, �he found her, he found her.� �Well who has he found?� Luke asks. �A Princess�� �A princess?� �Yes sir, Princess Leia of Alderaan.� Ben abruptly turns around. �Leia�s here?� �Who is she?� �Bail Organa�s daughter. Bail�s a main Rebel Leader.� Ben looks away. �How long has she been here.� �A couple hours, sir.� Ben nods, then leaves, knowing that Luke and Han will probably go after Leia�(of course he doesn�t know it�s me.). C-3PO continues, �I�m afraid she�s scheduled to be terminated.� �Oh no�� says Luke. �We gotta do something.� �On no�what do you mean, we? I�m going to stay here.� �What�s wrong with you, a few minutes ago you said you wanted to do something, and now all you want to do is wait around.� �Marching into the detention area is not what I had in mind.� �But they�re going to kill her!� �Better her than me.� �Listen, she�s a princess�the reward would be�� �The reward would be what?� �Well more wealth than you could ever imagine.� �I don�t know, I can imagine quite a bit.� Luke sighs. �Well, I�m going to rescue her.� Han says, �Your crazy, kid. What about your asthma.� �I don�t care. I�ll live, and if we don�t� rescue this princess, then she won�t.� C-3PO says, �Sir?� Luke turns, �What?� �There is one other prisoner here. Owen Skywalker.� �My uncle! I�m going.� Luke, we need a plan. I can�t have you take all the reward, plus I have to look out for you because you�re sick. Do you have a plan, kid?� �Threepio, hand me those binders over there, will you?� Luke goes over to Chewie. �I�m going to put these on you.� Chewie roars and knocks Luke backward. �Okay, Han, you put these on.� Han says, �Don�t worry, Chewie. I think I know what he has in mind.� Han puts them on Chewie and the 3 of them start to leave. C-3Po says, �Pardon me for asking, but what are R2 and I supposed to do?� �Lock the door and hope they don�t have blasters,� says Luke. �That isn�t� very reassuring,� says C-3PO. Luke and Han put on their helmets again. �I can hardly see in this thing,� says Luke. They make it to the detention area. As soon as they get inside, the commanding officer says, �Where are you taking this thing.� (Pointing to Chewbacca). �Prisoner transfer from cell...� Luke starts to answer, but then starts coughing. Han shoots an officer. Then Luke takes out his blaster (another one he had at his house since his other as crushed) and shoots other guards. They unfasten Chewie�s binders. Chewie starts shooting them, too. The officers start shooting at them, too, but then, Luke, and Chewie get them all first. Luke says, �I�ll go get my uncle and the princess.� Han says, �all right.� A voice from the com in the room asks, �What�s going on in here?� �Everything�s fine. Situation: normal. Oh we had a slight weapon malfunction, sir. Everything is under control now,� Han replies. �How are you?� �I�m sending a squad of stormtroopers up there to check it out.� �Negative negative. We had a reactor leak. Very large and very dangerous. Give us a minute to lock it down.� �A weapon malfunction, a reactor leak, who is this. What is your operating number?� Han takes out his blaster and shoots the thing. �It was a stupid conversation anyway.� Then he shouts, �Luke, we�re going to have company!�
Until next time!
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Death Star: episode #56 Weapon Malfunction and Reactor Leak