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1 " In their armor they were all the same, and that was the point, he understood. But he took pleasure in the moments when he could see their variety and diversity—those moments when he could glimpse the people beneath the armor and see them as more than just faceless, nameless soldiers identified by letters and numbers and nothing more. "
― Greg Rucka , Star Wars: Before the Awakening
2 " So when she wasn’t sleeping or just sitting and listening to the storm or tinkering at her workbench, she flew. "
3 " She released his hand and sat back. That air of sadness had descended on her once more. His father had carried a similar melancholy after his mother had passed; Poe would see it descend on him like a shadow, settle over his shoulders like a blanket made of warmth and memory and longing and loss. Leia wore something made of the same material, and not for the first time Poe wondered how she had come by it and, perhaps more importantly, who had given it to her. "
4 " In that moment he understood it had never been a game. He understood that he was never going to be one of them. "
5 " The need to do what’s right, and maybe find a little adventure along the way.” Poe shifted in his seat. “You remind me of my brother,” Leia said softly. “Fly like him, too, apparently.” Poe looked at her, surprised and flattered at once. "
6 " It was, strangely, like coming home, as if this was the place Poe had meant to be all along. "
7 " Have you heard of the Resistance, Poe?” “Rumors, mostly.” “Such as?” “Such as there’s a splinter of the Republic military that…that feels the Republic isn’t taking certain threats as seriously as they maybe ought to be taking them. Specifically the threat posed by the First Order. "
8 " She listened intently, her chin in her hand, her elbow on her knee. Poe couldn’t remember ever having felt so heard by anyone in all his life. "
9 " I’m hoping Lor San Tekka knows where to find my brother, Poe. And Luke Skywalker may be the only hope we have left. "
10 " THERE WERE four of them in the fire-team, and because shouting out things like, “FN-twenty-one eighty-seven, watch your back!” was a mouthful, especially when the blaster fire was searing the air around them, they’d defaulted to shorter versions. "
11 " In front of the officers, in front of Captain Phasma especially, they always used their appropriate designations, "
12 " FN-2187 was simply Eight-Seven "
13 " Whatever the test, whatever the evaluation, FN-2187 consistently scored in the top 1 percent. "
14 " What he knew was what he had been taught, and what he had been taught was simple: the First Order stood against the deprivations of the Republic. The First Order brought law to a lawless galaxy. "
15 " The First Order brought law to a lawless galaxy. "
16 " That was, he thought, what he wanted most of all. Not to be alone. "
17 " It’s a big galaxy. The First Order is a remnant born of a war thirty years gone. Yes, they persist, yes, they continue, but by all accounts they do so barely. They are, at best, an ill-organized, poorly equipped, and badly funded group of loyalists who use propaganda and fear to inflate their strength and their importance. "
18 " The instructors demonstrated the use of each weapon, the vibro-axes and shock staffs and force pikes and resonator maces, elaborating at length on the respective strengths and weaknesses of each and when and how to employ them to best effect. They explained the composite alloys used to make the weapons, how some of the equipment was strong enough to block even a lightsaber. FN-2187 wondered about that—not whether it was true but whether or not they would ever be expected to fight someone who used a lightsaber. According to the First Order, the Jedi were extinct. "
19 " POE DAMERON’S first ship was his mother’s RZ-1 A-wing. "
20 " I can whitewash your little trip out to OR-Kappa-2722 for you. I can sweep it under the rug if you like. You can go back to leading Rapier Squadron and having your hands tied by Command, by Major Deso, by politicians who don’t recognize what’s happening right before their eyes. I can make it all go away, Poe.” She leaned forward. “Or you can join the Resistance and help us stop the First Order before it’s too late.” “Where do I sign up?” Poe asked. "
