When Han killed the hyperdrive engines, he was already switching on the comm channel to report their approach and order medvacs for the wounded. Yavin 4 glowed emerald green on its dayside, but the base was a single cluster of lights several hundred kilometres into the night. Solo reported a summary of events on the subspace channel days before, so the New Alliance was expecting them. They sent warm but worried 'welcome home's.
Solo hit the ramp control with one hand and unbuckled his seatbelt with the other. By the time he, Lando and Kess came out of the cockpit, the Falcon swarmed with medics and ground crew, shouting out orders and demanding answers about the state of the wounded.
Kess meekly stepped aside as Councilor Leia Organa Solo was pushed out on a gurney. Solo frowned as he fo
