The Water lily Pond

The Water lily Pond
Venus and Cupid
Vermeer girl with the pearl earring
virgin of the rocks
Near a far corner of the mass of flickering lights a technician leaned a little closer tohis own readouts before speaking into the pickup suspended near his mouth. "Squad leaders—attention; squad leaders—attention! We've picked up a newset of signals from the other side of the station. Enemy fighters coming your way." Luke received the report at the same time as everyone else. He began huntingthe sky for the predicted Imperial craft, his gaze dropping to his instrumentation."My scope's negative. I don't see anything." "Maintain visual scanning," Blue Leader directed. "With all this energy flying,they'll be on top of you before your scope can pick them up. Remember, they canjam every instrument on your ship except your eyes." Luke turned again, and this time saw an Imperial already pursuing an X-wing—and X-wing with a number Luke quickly recognized. "Biggs!" he shouted. "You've picked one up. On your tail…watch it!" "I can't see it," came his friend's panicked response. "Where is he? I can'tsee it!" Luke watched helplessly as Biggs's ship shot away from the station surface andout into clear space, closely followed by the Imperial. The enemy vessel fired