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- Doctor Aphra
- DRAMATIS PERSONAE
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There is no known temple there. If this is some manner of trick, I will know who is responsible. And you were correct…I would find you.
APHRA:
Un…understood.
APHRA (narration):
Yessss, back in the game, Chelli! See what happens when you take initiative and keep your eyes on the prize instead of moping around with your feelings? I knew you could do it.
Okay, fine: I totally didn’t know that.
But I sensed I’d really impressed him this time.
And I was still piecing together all the information I’d gathered into something more solid. The picture was hazy…but it was there.
There was so much more to his interest in this kid than he was letting on. It was that very slight change in body language I’d noticed—that barely perceptible stiffening of shoulders that happened the first time I heard him say the name Skywalker…the fact that he hadn’t killed me simply because I knew where the boy was…the stuff he’d muttered to himself on Tatooine…it all added up to an obsession that went way beyond professional.
That kid was the key to unlocking everything about Darth Vader.
And if I could find out why…well, maybe that was the key to making myself safe—and to finding my endgame.
Whatever it was I was supposed to get out of this epic quest.
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INT. THE ARK ANGEL.
APHRA (narration):
Of course everything ended up going horribly wrong. While I stayed in range on the Ark Angel, Vader used his own ship to enter the space above Vrogas Vas. I tried to give him a little extra intel on his destination…
APHRA:
Vrogas Vas is a barren world with no known native life-forms. Though more than its share of gaseous surface emissions. Sounds like our target found himself a lovely little place to hide.
DARTH VADER (on comm):
The boy cannot hide from destiny. Or from me.
APHRA:
Skywalker’s on Vrogas Vas all right. The Ante was quite certain of it.
Said he’d bet his life on it.
DARTH VADER (on comm):
The Ante no longer has a life with which to wager.
APHRA:
Then I guess I’m betting my life on it. You’ll find your rebel there, Lord Vader.
DARTH VADER (on comm):
I had better, Doctor Aphra. Coming out of hyperspace now.
APHRA (narration):
Unfortunately, a nasty surprise awaited the Dark Lord…
DARTH VADER (on comm):
They were on maneuvers. They weren’t expecting me.
APHRA:
What? Who wasn’t expecting you?
DARTH VADER (on comm):
The three squadrons of rebel starfighters I see before me. If this was a trap, Aphra, you had— kzzzt—hope it kills me.
APHRA:
A trap? Vader, I would never…I wouldn’t cross you! I may love danger, but I’ve never been big on suicide. But three squadrons? That’s dozens of fighters. You’ve gotta get outta there!
DARTH VADER (on comm):