（外文电子版资料）Zahn, Timothy - Hero of Cartao 3.pdfVIP

file:///G|/Program%20Files/eMule/Incoming/Timothy%20Zahn%20-%20Hero%20of%20Cartao%203.txt Hero of Cartao. Episode III. Heros End. by Timothy Zahn. The streets of Foulahn City were dark and deserted as Kinman Doriana picked his way through the litter of broken droids, small missile craters, shattered buildings, bodies, and the general clutter of war. The military comlink hed borrowed from Commander Roshton had allowed him to listen in on the Republic side of the battle, and hed known the fighting here and at the Triv Spaceport had been fierce. But even that knowledge hadnt prepared him for the actual carnage the soldiers had left behind. A half dozen craters overlapped each other across the street in front of him, half filled with rubble from the buildings the missiles had destroyed and a few mutilated bodies of the civilians whod been caught in the crossfire. The fighting here must have been particularly bad, he decided, with a higher- ranking officer directing the Republic side of the attack. Maybe here hed finally find what he was looking for. He hoped so. It was well after midnight, he was achingly tired, and the new Separatist masters of this part of Cartao undoubtedly had a curfew in place for the citizenry. The first patrol that spotted him would be trouble, and he wasnt in the mood for arguing with combat droids. Despite the dramatic events and reversals of the past few hours, things were still adhering reasonably closely to Lord Sidiouss plan, but that didnt mean Doriana himself had to enjoy the situation. Hed had his fill of battles a long time ago, and very much preferred to stay at his desk in Supreme Chancellor Palpatines office and handle his schemes and manipulations long-distanc