The Star Wars Page #28

180. DETENTION HALLWAY - SPACE FORTRESS - AQUILAE

Starkiller appears boldly at the end of the hallway, facing Valorum and the

troops.

VALORUM:

Get him!

The troops rush for Starkiller, swords drawn. They are no match for the

skilled Jedi. He makes short work of them, as Valorum frees the princess.

The trio then run into another hallway. The princess embraces Starkiller.

VALORUM:

We only have a few seconds before they find us. All of these hallways are

sealable...

Starkiller spots a small garbage chute on the corridor wall. He goes and

looks into it.

STARKILLER:

Is this pressurized?

Valorum nods yes, and they lift the princess into the chute and quickly

follow.

181. GARBAGE CHUTE - SPACE FORTRESS - AQUILAE

The trio slides through a series of chutes, until they end up in a large room

full of garbage. Starkiller spots a doorway and struggles to get it open.

VALORUM:

They're power sealed...We'll have to find another way, or some way to shut the

power off...

They search the smooth-walled room for another exit.

182. GOVERNOR'S QUARTERS - SPACE FORTRESS - AQUILAE

Governor Hoedaack watches General Vader as he supervises the hunt for

Starkiller and Valorum. They watch troops move through the detention area via

TV monitors. Seekers buzz through the hallways. The general gets a report

from an officer on another monitor.

OFFICER:

We've lost contact with the surface. There is a good probability of an

uprising. Even the IF links are out.

GENERAL:

Use a substandard relay and put all units on alert.

The officer disappears from the monitor and is replaced with the Captain of

the Guard.

CAPTAIN:

All sections D through P-12 are clear. We have reason to suspect they escaped

through the disposal system. We are checking....(he is interrupted by an

excited trooper who tells him something)....We've found them in Receptacle B-

29. You should....

A red light flashes on one of the other monitors.

GENERAL:

Hold on...

A controller appears on the second monitor.

CONTROLLER:

Starships approaching, three squads. Imperial design, but no clearance...

GENERAL:

Full alert. Battle stations....

The general turns back to the Captain of the Guards.

CAPTAIN:

You should have them on your screen.

Alarms sound throughout the fortress. Lights flash a warning.

182. [obviously an oversight - second 182] GARBAGE RECEPTACLE - SPACE

FORTRESS - AQUILAE

A floodlight switches on, revealing Valorum and Starkiller attempting to cut

open the door. The princess stands up and stares into the floodlight.

Vader's voice comes over an intercom.

VADER:

I'm afraid I have no more time to deal with you. A senseless and futile

attack by your friends has forced me to take a rather unpleasant course of

action. Your execution will have to be expedited.

The intercom clicks off, and a loud rumbling begins to shake the room. With a

loud shriek, the princess points to the far wall; which starts to move toward

the trio. The situation looks desperate.

183. SPACE - WOOKEE STARSHIPS - AQUILAE

Laserfire from the space fortress creates a wall of death, which the three

squadrons of Wookee starships miraculously emerge through undamaged. The

general barks orders to the Wookee craft, and Chewbacca and his squadron break

off and start an attack dive. Laser fire from Chewbacca's brightly colored

ship hits one of the prime power terminals on the fortress surface. It

explodes, creating weird electric arcs, as it goes.

Han and the general also concentrate fire on the distinctive black power

terminals. Two more are destroyed in an arcing spectacle. A chain reaction

is set off, creating a series of explosions leaping across the surface of the

fortress from power terminal to power terminal.

184. GARBAGE RECEPTACLE - SPACE FORTRESS - AQUILAE

The shock of the explosion can be felt over the rumbling of the trash masher.

The wall has moved within a few yards of squashing Valorum, Starkiller and the

princess. They are still frantically trying to somehow stop the relentless

wall, to no avail. The lights blink off, then on again, and the moving wall

rumbles to a halt. Leia breathes a sigh of relief.

STARKILLER:

They must have knocked the power out.

Valorum runs over to the door, and kicks it open. They rush out of the would-

be death trap.

185. SPACE - WOOKEE STARSHIPS - AQUILAE

One of the Wookee starships is caught in a crossfire and disappears in a cloud

of smoke. Another ship for some unknown reason dives headlong into the

surface of the fortress, creating a huge explosion.

186. MAIN HALLWAY - SPACE FORTRESS - AQUILAE

Starkiller, Valorum, and the princess are thrown to a hallway floor by the

explosion. They get up and start down the hallway again. A voice calls out

from a connecting corridor.

ARTWO:

Hey! Over here.

The trio turns and see little Artwo standing at the other end of the corridor.

He waves his claw arm at them, and wobbles toward them.

ARTWO:

The power core has exceeded the normal stress quotient by point eight. The

magnetic fusion pods have evaporated. There appears to be an immediate

danger.

VALORUM:

There is a lifepod station at the other end of this sector... Hurry.

The group, followed by Artwo, make a dash for the lifepod, but are knocked to

the ground by another explosion, which rocks the hallway. A hole is ripped in

one wall, sucking debris into space. Everyone holds on to wall fixtures for

dear life.

187. GOVERNOR'S QUARTERS - SPACE FORTRESS - AQUILAE

Aides and officers rush through the office, as Vader tries to keep things

under control. Governor Hoedaack remains calm, watching the progress of the

battle. Vader turns to the governor.

VADER:

They've pinpointed every terminal. It's impossible. What are they? Where

did they come from? An electromagnetic transfer has started....There's no

stopping it...

GOVERNOR:

Continue the fight...

VADER:

We've already lost control of the planet. We must abandon ship while there is

still time...Conditions are much worse than...

GOVERNOR:

Continue the fight...This fortress is invincible. I will not give up.

A giant explosion sweeps through the office.

188. SPACE - WOOKEE STARSHIPS

The tiny starships race the chain reaction explosions across the surface of

the fortress. Laserfire is everywhere. one of the starships skimming across

the surface, lags behind and is caught in an explosion and disappears.

GENERAL:

Han! Get everyone out of there. The whole thing's going to go....Return to

Gordon... Get them out.

Han relays the order to the Wookees, and then starships pull away from the

crippled fortress.

189. MAIN HALLWAY - SPACE FORTRESS - AQUILAE

The group has made its way past the hole in the wall and is climbing into the

lifepods. Starkiller helps the princess into one, while Valorum and Artwo get

into the other. Warning sirens scream throughout the hallways. Three troops

run toward the lifepods, firing laserpistols. Valorum returns the fire,

stopping the oncoming troops. Hatches are closed, and the lifepods eject into

space.

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