Fame and the Force

Chapter Ten

Chapter Ten

Coruscant

"We have a hit," the young human slicer told Turner as he entered the man's apartment. "Actually, we have hits on both Organa and Daysun."

The Holo-Net gossip reporter wasn't wealthy, so his apartment was located in the mid-levels of the apartment building and the view from his transparisteel window showed only a flashing advertising holo-screen, blinking day and night and forcing him to keep his window muted on dim. Turner always resented the rich beings that lived above his head, with their expansive views of the open sky and hover-lane traffic moving above and below. It wasn't fair. He wanted a fancy apartment, with vast amounts of space and top-of-the line appliances in the kitchen, even if he couldn't cook to save his life. Expensive appliances were a status symbol, and one that he desired.

"What did you come up with?" Turner asked eagerly.

"According to the DNA profile, Princess Leia Organa has a maternal relative located on Naboo."

"And?"

The hacker looked down at his datapad. "Her name is Sola Nabierre. Her parents were Ruwee and Jobal Nabierre. Both parents are deceased, but Sola Nabierre is still very much alive. The family is wealthy, and very political. In fact, they had a daughter named Padme Amidala Nabierre who was the elected Queen of Naboo until her untimely death, twenty seven standard years ago."

"Twenty seven years?" Tuner said thoughtfully. "Isn't that the age of Princess Organa?"

"I believe it is. Nothing has turned up on Organa's paternal side as of right now. The computers are still working on it, however."

"Interesting." Turner nodded. "Well done, my friend. Anything on Daysun?"

"Nothing duracrete." He paused, frowning.

"What is it?"

"Daysun's DNA has vague types of partial matches, but it's all very strange. It's like around a thirty percent match of multiple paternal Corellian connections, but only one maternal match, which comes from Alderaanian DNA stored inside old Imperial Medical records."

"That makes no sense," Turner said. "So you're saying his mother was an Alderaanian hooker that preferred Corellian customers? But only one sperm works with an egg to make a baby."

"Exactly," the hacker agreed. "The computer doesn't know what to make of it, either. And all three of the male matches are tentative, anyway. It's like a bizarre mixture of different Corellian human males that could be the father. Like I said, it's weird."

"Can you come up with a name for the Alderaanian woman?" Turner questioned.

"I'm having the computers working on it, but since Alderaan is gone, it's difficult."

"What about the partial matches for the paternal DNA?" Turner asked. "Any names there?"

The hacker shrugged. "That wasn't as difficult, if you can believe it. One of the men, Captain Skerris, was an Imperial TIE fighter pilot. He was considered one of the best, but he was killed in action. Another hit was a Corellian who was very wealthy. Owned major stock in the Santhe Shipyards, the company that builds the YT line of freighters. His name was Chelt Estes and he disappeared shortly after the end of the Clone Wars. He was arrested by Imperial Troops on suspicion of working against Palpatine, and it's assumed he's dead because he was never given a trial or found alive in prison after the Rebellion won the war. And the last partial match was the strangest of all. A Corellian Jedi named Neeja Halycon who died during a mission, right before the Republic became the Empire. Actually, the match on Halycon was about forty percent, a bit higher than the other two men."