THE FIFTH GATHERS: SCENE 13: THE ASTEROID FIELD

Thoreau climbs down into the engine, desperately trying to fix it.

	MR. THOREAU: Horizontal auxiliary thruster!

Drag Along growls.

	MR. THOREAU: Alluvial barrier.

Drag Along growls. Thoreau furiously tells him to bring him the right tools.

	MR. THOREAU: Incorrect. Add my water pressurizer!

Thoreau grabs the tool and contemplates his lot in life.

	MR. THOREAU: I don't know how many I don't know.

The Falcon is hit with blaster fire. Thoreau shouts in pain as the toolbox falls on top of him.

	MR. THOREAU: Chewie!

The Falcon is hit once again, but maybe not by lazer blasts.

	MR. THOREAU: Nana Geki Gokubaku. A little bit of things go.

	PRINCESS LEAH: Han, get up.

Mr. Thoreau runs back to the cockpit and shouts to Drag Along to follow along.

	MR. THOREAU: Ch Cheewie!

It turns out that the Falcon has entered an asteroid field.

	PRINCESS LEAH: A little star.

	MR. THOREAU: Chewie, 271.

Thoreau starts steering into the asteroid field. Leah is shocked and concerned.

	PRINCESS LEAH: are you there? Are you really not close to the star area?

	MR. THOREAU: Do you have any other questions?

	PRINCESS LEAH: You don't need soga to be serious.

Blow the Skin is utterly terrified, and starts stating the obvious.

	BLOW THE SKIN: Teacher, the possibility of successful navigation In comparison, 3,720 is 3,720.

	MR. THOREAU: Permanent unnecessary fees.

(Fun fact: This scene is completely unrealistic. Our asteroid belt might seem crowded from a distance, but those boulders are actually very far away from each other. Dodging them would actually be fairly easy.
In fact, when NASA sent a sond to an asteroid, they had to carefully calculate the course to ensure it would even end up on one.)

Anyway, the Falcon dives in, followed by TIE Fighters, and that seriously WONDERFUL music starts playing. :D

	MR. THOREAU: Soga is in chaos. this is possible.

Thoreau is getting a bit worried now. Leah is still extremely sassy.

	PRINCESS LEAH: I am sorry. I have been waiting for a long time.

	MR. THOREAU: The theory of injustice.

	PRINCESS LEAH: Kona broken?

	MR. THOREAU: One of them is very close to me.

Leah and Blow the Skin are both very shocked by this.

	PRINCESS LEAH: SaraKon?

	BLOW THE SKIN: SaraKon?

The Falcon flies down to a huge asteroid and flies along its' surface, (and MAN does it look gorgeous. Honestly, it's probably one of the best practical effects in the whole trilogy.) The two remaining fighters
crash into a cliff side and explode.

	BLOW THE SKIN: This is suicide! Left indefinitely.

Thoreau spots a cave entrance and points at it.

	MR. THOREAU: There. This is not a nurse.

	PRINCESS LEAH: What does not look different?

	MR. THOREAU: Ah. good looking.

(He's not wrong, you know. Leah definitely is though. Poor woman must be getting dizzy.)

	BLOW THE SKIN: No troubles, women, but where are the Tanga going?

The Falcon dives down into the cave. (Another great sequence.) Leah is still quite worried, and Thoreau shares her sentiment.

	PRINCESS LEAH: My hope is Kuchimichi.

	MR. THOREAU: Ah. So are we.

END OF SCENE 13.