The Bacta War by Michael A. Stackpole (X-Wing Series, Book 4)

Young Gavin Darklighter

   Gavin came in through the doorway and paused in the foyer near the droid detection unit. He twisted left and right, shaking a cloud of Tatooine's fine dust from his tan cloak. Beneath it he wore what was once a white shirt, a black vest, dark brown pants, and knee-high boots. Around his middle he had strapped on a blaster and had tied the lower end of the holster around his right thigh.
   "Looks the fair pirate, our friend." Mirax raised a hand. "Gavin, over here."
   Corran agreed with Mirax's assessment, though Gavin's sloppy grin kind of marred the image. 

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I'll be doing a lot of traveling in June, so I'm going to go on hiatus with this blog for the next month or so.

The Krytos Trap by Michael A. Stackpole (X-Wing Series, Book 3)

Qlaen Hirf, a Vratix, talks to Wedge and Mirax

  While I'd love to illustrate some the lovely space battles featuring the ships for which this series is named... well, I didn't. Instead, here, have an insectoid alien!

Oooh, here, also have a lovely little world-building quote (I eat this stuff up!):

 Mirax reached out and brushed a hand over the flesh of Qlaern's right foreknee. "The Vratix find both sound and vision to be deceptive senses. As Qlaern reports it, both sight and sound are things that are of the past the moment you perceive them. Only touch reports information that is concurrent with the gathering."

Wedge's Gamble by Michael A. Stackpole (X-Wing Series, Book 2)

Today I give you... wilder-nerfs! Which, to be honest, has very, very little to do with this book, except for one brief mention: "Wedge smiled as he watched a herd of wilder-nerfs spread out over a far hill like an inky black stain on the golden carpet." Do nerfs have any significance to the story? No, not really. Why did I choose to sketch them? Because... nerfs! Why would I not want to draw them?