The Navy called them "Griffins", "Vulture" is a word for journalists. And where were you at that moment, that you saw everything? On the bridge?
- No, near the reactor," he answered honestly. And then I got better: - I mean, at first. Then one of the turrets was hit by a gunner, and I helped the second number to fire. It's a good thing their energy torpedoes are recharging so slowly, otherwise our transport would have been covered.
- I understand," said the girl. And, as usual, after that word, I started talking about something else. She must have decided not to take military memories. Although Quinn himself believed that you shouldn't be ashamed of participating in the war, on the contrary, it does honor any man.
- About Mont-Kalamari," he said. - At the time, it was a very strict secret, but now I think we can tell. Senator Amidala was evacuating the planet from Naboo on our transport.
- Did she?" Anadi looked at him with such keen eyes that Ray, inspired by the Senator, told us both about him and how he drank in a bar with Jar Ja Binks, the second person in the Naboo Senate. Especially since almost everything was true. For example, he met Amidala twice, at Pakvalys and the Centropoint station in the Corellia system. Well, who would be worse off if Ray reversed the old events a little bit?
- You're absolutely right," Anadi nodded sadly. - Senator Amidala is an amazing woman. I always admired her, maybe even more than... whatever. I still can't believe she's gone.
The landing went the same way as the whole flight - calm and smooth. When Quinn knocked on her cabin, Anadi Vickara was just pulling out her camping cape from her bag.
- Leaving? - He asked.
- Yes, we need to look for a companion to Rhen Var.
- The Antelope will stay in port for more than 24 hours. You could have left things here for now.
- Oh, no, no, no, you shouldn't be embarrassed. What if I or you need to leave immediately?
- Do I accompany you?
- Yes, let's go.
Quinn walked the girl to the port office, but took his time to say goodbye. Together they made a request and talked to the truck owners looking for freight. The results were disappointing: so far, no one had flown to Rhen Var.
- Well, in any situation, we should look for the bright side," Ray smiled with an encouraging smile.
- Undoubtedly. And what do you see as the bright side under the circumstances?
- We have a little more time. I suggest we sit somewhere and repeat the evening.
They saw the restaurant with its panoramic windows hanging almost immediately after they passed the market square and turned into one of the busiest shopping streets. On the sides of the entrance doors, made in the ancient Empire style, hung imperial flags, then - the standards of the army of the Old Republic and its fleets. The sign above the windows, duplicated by the High Alphabet, reads: "Fields of the past days. Of course, it was about the battlefields.
- Shall we go in? - offered Anadi.
- Yes, - Quinn hastily agreed. - They probably have the best cuisine in the sector. And the music... is alive.
In fact, he didn't really like Field. It wasn't because the restaurant was adored by his former boss, former Antelope captain Gull Yates, of whom Quinn still has unpleasant memories two years later. And fed here, really, very well. Ray did not like the fixation of the organizers of the institution on the war trophies. The armor of the clone army and modern storm troopers, real equipment, holography of weapons and equipment, military awards - all this looked great and solemn. With trophies, the owners went a little too far. In the transparistille showcases along the walls there were remains of destroyed droids of the Confederation, uniforms of the Neumodian and Muun guards, Skokian commandos, Yetran guardsmen, things that belonged to broken officers and sep generals, even the head of one of the mechanical commanders on a high stand. And in the back of the hall, along the dark far wall - the memory of more ancient military conflicts. Captain Yates told Ray that they had been set up so freely recently. There used to be other trophies stored there, the Sith Empire, which was defeated a thousand years ago. For obvious reasons, it was not customary under the New Order to remember that war.