the polish rider

departure. But as they neared the corner they found the entrance to the hangarcompletely blocked by ice and snow. Han knew they would have to find some other route to Leia's escape ship—andquickly. He began to lead them back down the corridor, careful to avoid falling ice,and snapped on his comlink as they hurried toward the ship. "Transport C OneSeven!" he yelled into the small microphone. "We're coming! Hold on!" They were close enough to the hangar to hear Leia's escape vessel preparing forlift-off from the Rebel ice base. If he could lead them safely just a few meters more,the princess would be safe and— The chamber suddenly quaked with a terrible noise that thundered through theunderground base. In an instant the entire ceiling had crashed down in front of them,creating a solid barrier of ice between them and the hangar docks. They stared inshock at the dense white mass. "We're cut off," Han yelled into his comlink, knowing that if the transport wereto make good its escape there could be no time wasted in melting down or blastingthrough the barricade. "You'll have to take off without Princess Organa." Heturned to her. "If we're lucky we can still make it to the Falcon."