The Lady of Shalott

The Lady of Shalott
The Broken Pitcher
The Jewel Casket
The Kitchen Maid
Even as Luke Skywalker replied, an explosion sprayed ice and snow around theofficer and his terror-struck men. The walkers already had them within range. Thetroopers knew their job was to divert attention while the transport ships were launched,but none of the Rebel soldiers was prepared to die under the feet or weapons of thesehorrible machines. Brilliant billows of orange and yellow flames exploded from the walker guns.Nervously the Rebel troopers aimed their weapons at the walkers, each soldier feelingicy, unseen fingers pierce his body. Of the twelve snowspeeders, four took the lead, soaring at full throttle as theymoved toward the enemy. One All Terrain Armored Transport machine fired, barelymissing the banking craft. A burst of gunfire blew another speeder into a ball offlaming oblivion that lit up the sky. Luke saw the explosion of his squadron's first casualty as he looked from hiscockpit window. Angrily, Luke fired his ship's guns at a walker, only to receive ahail of Imperial fire power that shook his speeder in a barrage of flak.