Star Wars: The Padawan Menace

Lana Thorne

Rebel leader Mon Mothma stands in a corner of the conference room of the Rebel Star Cruiser Home One. She's deep in conversation with Admiral Ackbar and Princess Leia, and none of them look happy. Lana is pretending to play holochess with the son of one of the pilots, a kid a little younger than her named Asher. Neither are actually playing, but rather listening intently to the conversation.

" ... ever since the cargo got stolen," Mothma mutters, rubbing her temple intently. "I don't know, Leia. It's... well, it's quite the plan."
"It's not that we don't like your plans," Admiral Ackbar says as gently as possible, which is hard for someone as gruff as he is, being a Mon Calamari, and all. "It's just that... well..."

"You don't trust any of my ideas after the Tantive IV was boarded. Right?" Leia guesses.

Both of them nod wordlessly, and Leia turns away. "Apparently an Imperial agent on a Star Destroyer called Colossus has taken the plans back. We don't know where they're headed, but someone on that ship has the plans."

Suddenly Lana stands. "What did you say the Star Destroyer was called?" She asks, heading over to the three leaders. All of them look surprised that she had been sitting there the whole time.

"Colossus," Leia repeats. "The ship was called Colossus." Lana doesn't know how she knows. Probably it's through the Force, but she feels a connection to that name.

"I have to go to that ship. I'll get the plans back," Lana says. "Send me."

"Hold on, Lana," Mon Mothma says. "What's going on?"
"Don't ask me how I know this, but," Lana says, looking each of them in the eye and then sighing heavily. "Colossus is the ship my brother is on."