Chapter 2
The Manari mountains were impressive, as much as whole Coruscant was impressive.In the palace hangar, another dirty fixes was in motion.
"Chewie, get me the hydrospanner!"
"ggrrrawwwllll!"
"Okay try it now!"
Chewie started the newly installed rapid laser recharge, and after a second, a loud blast echoed throughout the Falcon.The blast was followed by Hans screams,
"Turn it off,turn it off!!"
With a quick punch, the machine was turned off. Chewie turned his chair around to flip some switches, when his nostrils catched a smell. Growling, chewie raised from his chair, and ran torwards the ramp.
"Where are you going,fuzzball?"
Chewie turned around, only to find Han, standing in the hallway,black in face and his hands on his hips.
"Chewie, i told you dozens of times that-"
"Hi Han."
Han turned around, only to find his brother-in-law, Luke climbing up the ramp of the Millenium Falcon.
"Hey kid, how's it going?"
"Not so good."
"Why?"
Chewie interuppted them by hugging Luke in a bonebreaking hug.
"cough, easy Chewie…"
"So kid, hows the academy going? What brings you here anyway?"
"The academy is fine right now, the students are learning fast."
"Good. So, what brings you here?"
"A rumor. You wont belive me. But word is that Thrawn is back."
"Youre right, i dont belive it. Pelleaon cant be that stupid to try to pull that off again. Not after the Camassi Document crisis."
"I agree, but this isnt any ordinary rumor. Artoo has intercepted a highly coded message last week, while we were passing past Nirauan. We sent it to Ghent, and he said all he could find out this far was that the sender was someone called Mitth'raw'nuruodo. Aside from that,i heard a few rumors about him."
"So?"
"Han, Thrawn's real name is Mitth'raw'nuruodo."
Han gulped for a second, then said:"So? I mean, it isnt hard to fake a message, or start rumors."
"It was highly coded, and it was sent to someone called…Kowas or something like that."
"Luke, did you say Kowes?"
"Hmm. Yes thats the name. You know it?"
"I know Kowes from the Imperial Academy, he's a top notch pilot. Always beated me in the simulator. Last thing i heard is that he was sent on some top secret mission."
"Apperantly, he was sent on a mapping mission in the Unknown Regions with Thrawn. I just checked it in the database here on Coruscant."
"Luke, i dont belive Thrawn could be back, but ive got a bad feeling about this."
"Youre not the only one. Leia went to contact vice-admiral Pelleaon."
"And Leia is done."
A female voice spoke, startling both Luke and Han, and Chewie.
"Hi darling." said Han.
"What happened to you?" said Leia
"Actually,me and chewie were fixing this hunk of junk," Han paused to look with sympaty at his ship, ",and the repairs sorta…exploded in my face."
"Same old nerfherder i love." said Leia
"Who's old?" Han said,giving the offended look to Leia.
"Ignore what i said. Anyway, Pelleaon says he doesnt know of this, and from what i could see from his behavior, he seemed interested, and he asked me where was Thrawn sighted."
"Why is he so interested in Thrawn?" said Han.
"Perhaps its that Pelleaon was a witness how Thrawn almost destroyed the New Republic. Perhaps its just curiosity. But i think its more like great respect for Thrawn." said Luke.
"Okay, any news of the Yuuzhan Vong?" asked Han.
"Usual, the Republic fleet battles them day and night, but they keep coming.The Fondor shipyards are recovered though." said Leia.
"How many losses?"asked Luke
"Much, but not as nearly as how much it could be considering that they attacked with a fleet half the size of their previous armada that attacked Fondor." said Leia.
"So, what do we do now?"asked Han
"We go to our place for lunch."
"Okay,me and chewie dont have much left to fix anyway…"
"Same old Han…"
"Who's old??"
The Manari mountains were impressive, as much as whole Coruscant was impressive.In the palace hangar, another dirty fixes was in motion.
"Chewie, get me the hydrospanner!"
"ggrrrawwwllll!"
"Okay try it now!"
Chewie started the newly installed rapid laser recharge, and after a second, a loud blast echoed throughout the Falcon.The blast was followed by Hans screams,
"Turn it off,turn it off!!"
With a quick punch, the machine was turned off. Chewie turned his chair around to flip some switches, when his nostrils catched a smell. Growling, chewie raised from his chair, and ran torwards the ramp.
"Where are you going,fuzzball?"
Chewie turned around, only to find Han, standing in the hallway,black in face and his hands on his hips.
"Chewie, i told you dozens of times that-"
"Hi Han."
Han turned around, only to find his brother-in-law, Luke climbing up the ramp of the Millenium Falcon.
"Hey kid, how's it going?"
"Not so good."
"Why?"
Chewie interuppted them by hugging Luke in a bonebreaking hug.
"cough, easy Chewie…"
"So kid, hows the academy going? What brings you here anyway?"
"The academy is fine right now, the students are learning fast."
"Good. So, what brings you here?"
"A rumor. You wont belive me. But word is that Thrawn is back."
"Youre right, i dont belive it. Pelleaon cant be that stupid to try to pull that off again. Not after the Camassi Document crisis."
"I agree, but this isnt any ordinary rumor. Artoo has intercepted a highly coded message last week, while we were passing past Nirauan. We sent it to Ghent, and he said all he could find out this far was that the sender was someone called Mitth'raw'nuruodo. Aside from that,i heard a few rumors about him."
"So?"
"Han, Thrawn's real name is Mitth'raw'nuruodo."
Han gulped for a second, then said:"So? I mean, it isnt hard to fake a message, or start rumors."
"It was highly coded, and it was sent to someone called…Kowas or something like that."
"Luke, did you say Kowes?"
"Hmm. Yes thats the name. You know it?"
"I know Kowes from the Imperial Academy, he's a top notch pilot. Always beated me in the simulator. Last thing i heard is that he was sent on some top secret mission."
"Apperantly, he was sent on a mapping mission in the Unknown Regions with Thrawn. I just checked it in the database here on Coruscant."
"Luke, i dont belive Thrawn could be back, but ive got a bad feeling about this."
"Youre not the only one. Leia went to contact vice-admiral Pelleaon."
"And Leia is done."
A female voice spoke, startling both Luke and Han, and Chewie.
"Hi darling." said Han.
"What happened to you?" said Leia
"Actually,me and chewie were fixing this hunk of junk," Han paused to look with sympaty at his ship, ",and the repairs sorta…exploded in my face."
"Same old nerfherder i love." said Leia
"Who's old?" Han said,giving the offended look to Leia.
"Ignore what i said. Anyway, Pelleaon says he doesnt know of this, and from what i could see from his behavior, he seemed interested, and he asked me where was Thrawn sighted."
"Why is he so interested in Thrawn?" said Han.
"Perhaps its that Pelleaon was a witness how Thrawn almost destroyed the New Republic. Perhaps its just curiosity. But i think its more like great respect for Thrawn." said Luke.
"Okay, any news of the Yuuzhan Vong?" asked Han.
"Usual, the Republic fleet battles them day and night, but they keep coming.The Fondor shipyards are recovered though." said Leia.
"How many losses?"asked Luke
"Much, but not as nearly as how much it could be considering that they attacked with a fleet half the size of their previous armada that attacked Fondor." said Leia.
"So, what do we do now?"asked Han
"We go to our place for lunch."
"Okay,me and chewie dont have much left to fix anyway…"
"Same old Han…"
"Who's old??"