As Jack pulls back on the controls to lift the Horizon Chaser off the landing pad, Doc pulls up the local alerts, and Avox run to the turret controls. Bo, already at her station in the upper turret sees stormtroopers begin to pour out the transport, but holds her fire.
The ship lifts and banks, and Jack notices that the landing ramp is still down so keys the control to retract it. He and Doc can hear the protocol droid calling something from the cargo hold, but both are focused on their tasks and ignore him for the moment.
As the ship leaps toward the welcoming vastness of the atmosphere, it is rocked by an explosion. For a moment, billowing smoke blocks the view of the docking bay, but then it clears and Bo and Avox are able to see that the remaining pile of crates that they had pilfered from the warehouse have been replaced with a blackened crater, bodies scattered all around.
Jack focuses on keeping the ship steady as it rockets out of the bay, and Doc is riveted by the alerts flashing across his screen:
NOTICE – CRIMINALS HAVE ATTACKED AN IMPERIAL FACILITY. THEY ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND SHOULD NOT BE APPROACHED. NOTIFY THE AUTHORITIES IMMEDIATELY IF YOU SEE ANY OF THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS.
There are three faces that appear rotating on the screen that are very recognizable: two Human males and a Rhodian female…three fifths of the crew of the Horizon Chaser.
