Chapters (57)
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- Doctor Aphra
- DRAMATIS PERSONAE
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But you won’t be getting off this ship quite so easily. Not unless you’ve got a lot more than a single blaster up your… Whuugh!
The ship is hit by an explosive blast and shakes violently.
PRINCESS LEIA:
Holding cell to bridge! What in the blazes is going— aah!
SANA STARROS:
Gravity’s knocked out…
APHRA:
Yeah, obviously. Let me guess. You let that idiot Solo be your pilot.
Rebel Alliance. Hmph.
APHRA (narration):
We may have been floating, weightless—but I kept a firm grip on my blaster. And I was so focused on holding on to that one precious thing, the key to my escape, my door…that I didn’t see Sana’s arm coming down on the back of my neck.
APHRA:
I don’t know how Vader hasn’t already wiped you guys off the — WUHH!
APHRA (narration):
And to add insult to injury, that was the moment the gravity came back on.
Aphra goes down—just as the ship’s gravity is restored.
APHRA:
Guuuuh…
SANA STARROS:
Learned that little move from a k’Jtari pirate. That just cost you extra, Princess.
PRINCESS LEIA:
Whatever you say, Sana—at least the gravity’s back. What’s happening? Who’s shooting at us?
SANA STARROS:
Your rebel friends, I’m guessing. If they put so much as a scratch on my ship…
PRINCESS LEIA:
I know! It’s gonna cost me extra! Why didn’t you transmit the clearance codes I gave you?
SANA STARROS:
’Cause I was busy cleaning up your mess!
PRINCESS LEIA:
Does it still cost me extra if you get us all killed?
SANA STARROS:
No. But you yelling at me will definitely be on the bill. I sure hope your little doc here is worth all this.
PRINCESS LEIA:
Believe me, she is.
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INT. SUNSPOT PRISON.
Leia and Sana escort Aphra into the prison.
APHRA (narration):
Back in the binders again. Hmph. Turns out, Sana and the princess were taking me to Sunspot Prison, an orbital facility that was flooded with constant bright, blinding light from a nearby sun. It was like being under the hot floodlights of an interrogation room all the time.
Atmosphere: While this is a badass, high-security prison, there is also something undeniably sad about it—oppressive, forgotten. All that heat surrounding it. A sense of danger permeates the air—but not the fun kind of danger Aphra prefers. The day-to-day existence here is excruciating.
PRISON WARDEN:
Greetings, Princess. Welcome to Sunspot Prison. The biggest, baddest penitentiary the Alliance has to offer. May your stay here be a short one.
PRINCESS LEIA:
It will be, Warden. For all but one of us.
PRISON WARDEN:
As you can tell, we’re a bit touchy about security. Can’t risk the Empire finding out about this place. Most people in the Alliance don’t even know it exists.
We’ve got war criminals. Imperial spies. Mercenaries. Even a moff or two.