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  Chellaine nodded.

  "Only one thing to do about it," Florn said.

  "What's that?"

  "The rebs have their own watering holes and their own walls," he said. "All pilots do. Make sure you put two of theirs up for every one of ours. Then you can come back here with your head held high, and raise a glass to the ones who didn't."

  GLOSSARY: SELECTED PILOT SLANG

  Dupe: a TIE bomber

  Fangs out: eager for a dogfight

  Furball: a hectic dogfight

  Goo: a planet's atmosphere

  Hop: a mission

  Impstar: an Imperial Star Destroyer

  In the black: operating in space

  In the blue: operating in a planetary atmosphere

  Sitrep: situation report

  Skull: a Z-95 Headhunter fighter

  Splash: shoot down

  Stitched: hit by enemy fire

  Suicide sled: a starfighter with weak or no shields

  Zero angle: the position behind an enemy's stern

  From Star Wars Insider 156 (04-2015)

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