Death Star: episode #66 The Briefing
Previously: Luke, me, Han, and Chewie were having a great time while going over to see Luke�s ship and when Luke wasn�t paying attention to the people around us, he accidentally bumped into the Queen of the old Republic, Mon Mothma. This disgusted her, and when Luke bumped into her, it spilled coffee all over both of them. The problem is that it ruined an outfit that her late husband had given her. Luke tried to apologize to her, but she was just upset. Han got us out of the situation, and we walked away feeling guilty. You also know a little more about Mon Mothma. Bail Organa, and the other Rebel Leaders studied the technical plans to the Death Star. There has been a briefing called for all Rebels at the Base.
Bail nods, �um�you haven�t met Leia yet have you?� �No,� she says. �I�ll introduce you to her before the briefing.� �Thanks,� she says as people have heard the announcement and begin filing in. We have just walked away from the accident with Mon Mothma. We have reached Luke�s ship. Luke has been thinking about what just happened. He finally says, �I wonder who she was�she seemed to be a Rebel Leader of some importance. Maybe she�ll hate me and I�ll get no support form the Alliance.� (The Alliance is another name for the Rebellion.) Han glances at Luke, �I�m sure she was no one, kid. Just a rich Rebel. Don�t worry about it.� Luke barely glances at his ship. �I feel awful about it, though�I don�t know�I feel�weird.� Han looks at Luke strangely, but there is no time for questions because an announcement comes on, �Report to the briefing room, everyone. This is mandatory. The Death Star is rapidly approaching Yavin.� Luke kicks at a can on the ground. �Dang it, I didn�t even have time to look at my ship or talk to Blue Leader.� We all head for the conference/briefing room. As we approach, many people are standing outside the room, including my father (Bail), and. �And the lady we had bumped into. Han and Luke both see them. They don�t know that that is Bail. I wanted to introduce them to him, but with that lady there, it would be practically impossible. Han says, �This way, maybe she won�t see us�� He starts to grab Luke and me gently and push us behind other people, but Bail had also seen me. He had been waiting for me. Mon Mothma had seen us, and recognized us as the kids who bumped into her. She kind of groaned at the sight of us. Bail says, �Leia, please come her, I need to talk to you. Your friends too are welcome.� Han and Luke look at me for an explanation. �That�s my father,� I say quietly. �I wanted you to meet him, but that lady is there.� Han and Luke look at each other, and then follow me as I go over to them. When we are close to them, Bail glances at Mon Mothma and notices that she flinched a little. She whispers to him, �Those are the kids that bumped into me.� Bail nods, and then says, �Mon Mothma, this is my daughter, Leia.� Mon Mothma studies me for a short time, then smiles, to my surprise and says, �Hello, Leia.� �Hello�� I say. Bail then says, �This is Mon Mothma, Queen of the Rebellion, Queen of the Old Republic, and who was once Queen of Naboo, and is a good friend. She is an important Rebel, and since I am in charge of the rebellion, and you are my daughter, you will be working closely with her�possibly, at times.� I really don�t know what to say after that introduction, so all I says is, �It�s a pleasure to meet you.� Then I turn towards my father. �These are my friends�� I don�t have time to give their names because Bail says, �It�s nice meeting you boys, but we really have to get this meeting underway.� Han and Luke shake his hand. �Now you�d better get seated.� Han, Luke, Chewie, and I sit together. Mon Mothma and Bail took the floor. �I have called you all here to inform you that the Death Star is nearing here, but we have a chance of defeating it. We have a complete readout of the plans, provided by Princess Leia, and there is a weakness. The Empire obviously doesn't see this, but there is as small thermal exhaust port located here. (He points to it on the screen.) A one-man fighter should be able to get to it without much trouble. The Empire obviously don�t set think them to be much of a threat, or they�d have a tighter defense. This exhaust port runs directly into the main reactor system powering the station. It�s 2 meters across. A direct hit, and only ad direct hit, would cause a chain reaction to develop that would destroy the entire station.� (And he gives the exact details of the attack.) You have to use proton torpedoes.� The order we sat in was Chewie, Han, me, and Luke. There were people on Chewie and Luke�s other side. One of the pilots, the one that sat on the other side of Luke, Wedge Antilles, says, �That�s impossible, even for a computer. A two-meter target at maximum speed. There�s no way you could pull out in time.� Everyone heard his comments. Luke turns to Wedge and says, �It�s not impossible. I used to bulls eye womp rats in my landspeeder back home. They�re not much bigger than two meters.� Wedge laughed at him, �a landspeeder and womp rats. This isn�t just a game, a sport. We are up against that huge station, real ships, and real fire power.� Bail glanced at Wedge, then says,� We have to try. It is our only option. Man your ships and get ready fro the attack as soon as possible. May the Force be with you.�
Until next time!
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Death Star: episode #66 The Briefing