by Jay-Jay » Sat Feb 12, 2011 12:09 pm
“Don’t worry,” Pilot said. “Just a small fuel leak.”
“Fuel leak?” Riley asked. The beeping suddenly shifted to a loud siren.
“Oops, worry,” Pilot said. He shut off the indicator. “I must exit hyperspace and land on the nearest planet to our location.” Swiftly, he entered information into the navi-computer. “Not a problem,” he continued, whistling through his teeth.
The ship shuddered as it reentered normal space. Immediately, the comm unit came alive.
“Identify yourself!” a loud voice demanded.
“Ah,” Pilot muttered. “This world is unfriendly
“What planet is it?” Riley asked.
“Closed to outside ships,” Pilot muttered.
“Identify or be destroyed!” the voice thundered.
“So find another planet!” Riley suggested sharply, beginning to lose his patience.
“emergency.” Pilot leaned into the comm unit. “we have an emergency on board. And Jedi! It is a Jedi emergency! Asking permission to land –“
“Permission not granted! Repeat: permission not granted!”
Riley peered through the viewscreen. “Were are we, Pilot? We must be close to Gala. This should be a populated system. There has to be somewhere else to land!”
“Not so!” Pilot cried as he maneuvered the ship with a lurch to the right.