Han turns toward the shuttle and opens the sublight drive to the maximum, hoping to jump the shuttle before its crew braces for his attack.
Two seconds later, the Falcon reaches firing range. The spacetrooper shuttle hangs against Mon Torri’s cream-colored disc like a stubby insect floating in a cup of Altorian milk-ale. It’s black body forms an ideal target-silhouette.
Han has to cripple the shuttle before the spacetroopers begin boarding operations. Once the Imperials have actually boarded the corvette, he will have no chance to rescue the crew. Spacetroopers are probably the best-trained and most heavily armed of the Emperor’s stormtroopers. Han’s blaster pistol, or even Chewbacca’s bowcaster, will prove little use against miniature proton torpedo hurlers or suit-mounted blaster cannons.
Han holds his hand over the weapon console. The laser cannon targeting computers are already locked onto the shuttle, but he does not know whether he wants to fire the concussion missiles. The concussion missiles are ideal for attacking a stationary target like the shuttle. But if they miss or are deflected by the shuttle’s armor, their targeting systems might lock onto the corvette. A hit from a concussion missile will easily breach the flimsy craft’s hull.
Of course, if he doesn’t use the concussion missiles, he has no guarantee the laser cannons are powerful enough to breach the shuttle’s shields.
The shuttle opens fire. Han observes red flashes from twin laser cannons and a bluish glimmer from a blaster battery; a hit from any one of the weapons will destroy the Falcon. The only reason he risks the attack is that the shuttle stands dead in space while he approaches on an erratic course. As the Falcon weaves through the shuttle’s barrage, Chewie barks an urgent question.
“I wasn’t! But now that you mention it…” Han contemplates a third option his co-pilot is dead-set against. Using the Falcon’s maneuverability to dodge the shuttle’s fire, he can attempt to sneak in close for a devastating point-blank attack with his laser cannons. If he manages to get close enough it will work. If he doesn’t – he prefers not to consider the number of pieces the Falcon will be blasted into.
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