Black Fleet Crisis Book 1: Before the Storm by Michael P. Kube-McDowell (1996)
Before the Storm How do I write these again? After whining about kid's books for a couple months, back to trying to do these properly. I'm not sure if Black Fleet Crisis can actually sustain a blog entry each, but I wanted to do one so here we go. Summary: Leia is doing negotiations with obvious bad guys. (They have a secret Imperial fleet.) Lando chases after some weird alien space ship. Luke goes to try to find his mom since Padme doesn't exist yet. Introduced: The Yevetha: They kinda look like the Tarkata from Mortal Kombat . They can learn super quick and manage to steal a fleet from the Empire. They're negotiating with Leia, but not really cause conspiracy? They drive "thrust ships" which look kind of like Battletech dropships. "The Vagabond": A giant space ship that talks in DNA. The White Current and The Fallanassi: I think this is our first "they do The Force different", save for a little stuff way back in Splinter of The Mind...