A tremendous jolt shakes the entire ship.
“What is that?” Han yells. He does not really need to ask. He knows they have suffered a hit in their unprotected rear sections.
Someone aft screams. Air rushes toward a great hols where the belly gun well once was.
“Seal it off!” the pilot orders. Chewbacca unbuckles and jumps to determine the extent of the damage. Han activates the emergency cabin pressurization system.
The TIE fighter closes for another shot. The Falcon’s top gun well blazes, creating a blue halo around the wildly dodging fighter. An energy bolt touches the TIE’s starboard solar panel. The Imperial pilot fires once more in desperation, then spins off toward Aldo. The freighter shudders as the last bursts glance off her already wounded belly.
Cabin pressure continues to fall. It grows difficult to breathe. Han rips his harness off, leaving his seat to help seal the hole. But before he can exit the cockpit, the Falcon begins to spin wildly. The twist sweeps Han’s feet from beneath him. He slams into the ceiling, then smashes back to the floor. The breath escapes his lungs, but somehow he struggles back to the pilot’s seat.
His worst nightmare has come true. The Millennium Falcon has started a two-million kilometer nosedive toward Spach. He shakes the growing drowsiness from his head and tries to pull the nose up. It is hard to breathe…
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