The server droids moved closer and began placing the first course in front of everyone. The dishes had just been settled on the tabletop when there was a jolt and then another.

“Oh my,” the Pantoran ambassador exclaimed. “A bit of debris, perhaps?”

Douglas grinned, but his smile evaporated too quickly. “Stars,” he breathed. He threw out his hands and Vernestra felt like she was being pushed into her seat. That was when she felt the disturbance in the Force.

It was like a blade slicing through her, a sharp edge made of fear and panic. But it wasn’t coming from her companions; it was coming from every other living thing on the ship. There were several large crashes, and then alarms began to blare just as the roof of the dining room ripped away to reveal the stars beyond.


Star Wars The High Republic A Test of Courage Chapter 4