2 I. Trust me will you he told Chewie I've got a good feeling about this Han checked the navicomputer and prepared to make a course correction With the flick of a lever the Falcon dropped out of hyperspace A sea of sparkling stars stretched out in front of them It would have been beautiful if not for the flotilla of imposing starships that blocked their path It's an Imperial blockade Han shouted as he
H slammed on the reverse engines bringing the Falcon to an emergency stop What's the Empire doing here Three Imperial Gozanti-class cruisers formed a checkpoint between the Falcon and the planets beyond along with a Star Destroyer two frigates and countless TIE fighters that darted among the larger ships like angry wasps A light flashed on the comm A message was coming through 3
4 Unidentified cruiser this is Blockade Control crackled a clipped voice You are not transmitting your ID code There was a reason for that All ships were required to automatically broadcast an IFF code which identified them as a friend or a foe Han had deactivated the Falcon's transmitter long before after winning the ship from fellow smuggler Lando Calrissian in a game of sabacc Han liked to keep a low profile He clicked a button to reply Er that's an affirmative Control We have a fault in our transponder Been meaning to get it fixed Transmit your IFF now Han could almost feel the Imperial cannons locking on to his position Sure he agreed trying to sound cheerful Stand by for transmission Muting the comm he turned to Chewie Do we have any IFF codes Chewie responded with a growl You bought codes from Azmorigan Are you crazy The guy's a crook HRRAARH Yeah I know we're crooks but at least we're honest crooks
The same couldn't be said of Azmorigan Han had been double-crossed by the Jablogian more times than he cared to remember but he was running out of time There was no guarantee Azmorigan's codes would even work but it was either that or blast their way through the blockade WHAT SHOULD HAN DO IF YOU THINK HE SHOULD USE AZMORIGAN'S CODES TURN TO PAGE 10 IF YOU THINK HE SHOULD BLAST HIS WAY THROUGH THE IMPERIAL BLOCKADE TURN TO PAGE 13 5
