"MOESTA, KEVIN J. ANDERSON REBECCA - SHADOW ACADEMY" - читать интересную книгу автора (Moesta Rebecca)

"Pretty impressive, huh, Lowie?" Jaina asked, flashing a lopsided grin
at the ginger-furred young Wookiee. She pointed at the luminescent
sphere drifting above their heads that represented the gas-giant planet
of Yavin.

Lowbacca pointed to the image of a small green moon that hovered just
above his left shoulder, in orbit around the big orange planet. He gave
an interrogative growl.

"Ahem," the miniature translator droid Em Teedee said from the clip on
Lowie's belt, as if clearing its throat. Em Teedee was roughly oval in
shape, rounded in the front and flat on the back, with irregularly
spaced optical sensors and a wide speaker grill at the center. "Master
Lowbacca wishes to know," the miniature droid went on, "if the sphere he
indicated represents the moon Yavin 4, where we are now."

"Right," said Jaina. "The gas planet Yavin has more than a dozen moons,
but I haven't managed to program them all in yet. What I mainly wanted
to see," she continued, "was the trajectory we're going to follow when
Lando takes us to his gemmining station in the upper atmosphere of
Yavin."

Lowie growled a comment, and Jaina waited impatiently while the prissy
translator droid interpreted for her.

"Of course it's a bit dangerous," she responded, rolling her brown eyes
in exasperation, "but not much. And this is too good an opportunity to
pass up. Lando's going to let us help with some of the mining
operations, not just watch," Jaina said, pointing to a spot just above
the glowing surface of Yavin.

Lowbacca reached for the holoprojector's input pad and pressed a few
buttons. In a moment a tiny metallic-looking object appeared near the
surface: GemDiver Station.

"Show-off," Jaina said, chuckling at the speed with which Lowie had
programmed the holo map.

"Tell you what, from now on I build 'em, you program 'em-fair enough?"

Lowie pretended to preen, rumbling his agreement as he smoothed his hand
along the black streak that ran through his fur from his forehead down
his back.

Just then Jacen bounded through the door.

"They're here," he said breathlessly. "I mean almost here. They're on
approach. I was in the control room and I heard that the Lady Luck was
coming in." Twin pairs of eyes-each the color of Corellian brandy- met
in a mixture of excitement and anticipation.