Rembrandt The Jewish Bride

Rembrandt The Jewish Bride
Return of the Prodigal Son
Samson And Delilah
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"Check, Red Leader," came the other's reply. "We're going to cross theirequatorial axis and try to draw their main fire. May the force be with you." From the approaching swarm, two squads of fighters broke clear. The X-wingships dove directly for the bulge of the station, far below, while the Y-ships curveddown and northward over its surface. Within the station, alarm sirens began a mournful, clangorous wail as slow-to-react personnel realized that the impregnable fortress was actually under organizedattack. Admiral Motti and his tacticians had expected the rebel's resistance to becentered around a massive defense of the moon itself. They were completelyunprepared for an offensive response consisting of dozens of tiny snub ships. Imperial efficiency was in the process of compensating for this strategicoversight. Soldiers scrambled to man enormous defensive-weapons emplacements.Servodrivers thrummed as powerful motors aligned the huge devices for firing.Soon a web of annihilation began to develop the station as energy weapons, electricalbolts, and explosive solids ripped out at the oncoming rebel craft.