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Post by bruinfamer on Jun 9, 2007 14:48:44 GMT -5
When we arrived at the evacuation site, we saw dozens of ships being prepared for take off. Dozens of fighters were swarming like bees in the air. We later learned that they were X-Wings, one of the Alliance's best fighter ships.
There were 10 GR-75 transport ships. My men and I boarded one of them. I told Alpha, Gamma, Mike, and Yale to stay in their seats. I was going to go to the command deck and check on the current situation.
I walked to the command deck. It was fairly small, but there was room. I walked up to the captain."What's the situation, Captain?"
The captain turned around. "The Empire is closing in on our positions. We are about to begin evacutation procedures. The Empire has sent 5 Star Destroyers and they have just exited hyperspace. We are going to need some kind of diversion to sneak past them somehow."
"Have the transport ships, transported by X-Wings, fly on the surface, and go onto the other side of the planet. We sneak out on the other side of the planet."
"Okay, thing is though that the Star Destroyers are fast, and they might send enemy fighters our way."
"My men and I will take care of them. Just give me the coordinates to our rendevous point and we will see you there."
The captain sighed. "Alright, be careful out there. We will send a squadron to aid you."
I saluted the captain as I walked off the deck. I reached the crew quarters where my men were at.
"Pack your things, we're leaving."
My men slowly got up. They knew we were going back, but didn't know that they were going to be flying.
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Post by bruinfamer on May 24, 2008 17:26:51 GMT -5
I never been inside an X-Wing before, but Imperial intel had told us about these elusive fighters. We knew that they packed a pretty good punch into ships when fire was concentrated on a particular part, but against a Star Destroyer? Well, I guess there was a first time for everything.
Our 5 X-Wings that my men and I were about to use were in a "triangle" formation. I turned on my communications device and began giving out orders.
"Men, we'll be creating a diversion and allow the time the Rebels need to evacuate." I said, doing my preflight checks.
"What we going up against?" asked Mike.
"5 Star Destroyers and probably TIE Squadrons." I replied.
"Shit man, let's just hope we don't get shot down." Yale said jokingly.
I gave a slight smirk and waved my hand to my men, signaling them to take off. The controls of the X-Wing weren't that complicated. I took the lead as we began heading towards space. An unknown voice came across my headset.
"Captain, this is Charlie Squadron here to help." I looked behind me and noticed 12 other X-Wings following our lead.
"Roger that. I got 5 Star Destroyers on radar. Break off into two groups, trying to draw their fire."
I lead my men and a few of Charlie's X-Wings off to the right while the other X-Wings broke off to the left. The Star Destroyers fell for the bait, well 4 of them did. 2 went after each group, firing their turbolasers at us. I spun the ship to the right, watching the lasers explode right next to me. I swung my control stick to the right, making a sharp turn and approached the Star Destroyer from behind. My men followed and we began our attack run.
"Concentrate fire on the ships right engine." I locked onto the engine I had specified and fired 2 Proton Torpedoes, along with a barrage of heavy laser fire. The fighters following me did the same and then the engine began to smoke."Charlie leader, this is Don, how you doing over there?"
"Quite fine sir, just you know, drawing the enemy fire away from the transports, teasing with the enemy."
"Good to hear. Keep at it." I dove the ship down as a TIE fighter came flying at top speed right at me."Shit men, we got incoming fighters."
Multiple squadrons of TIE's came out of the Star Destroyer's hangar bays and began engaging our fighters. The Destroyers began forming a blockade to prevent our forces from escaping. Luckily, the ships were exiting on the other side. But did the Empire realize that?
On Imperial Star Destroyer Kamasuki...
"Captain, you were right. It was a diversion from the evacuation. They are leaving on the other side of the planet." said the sensor officer.
The Captain was standing at the bridge when his officer said this. He was quite familiar with the Rebel tactics."Hmph, of course they'd try this. These pathetic fools. It's stupid that they think I am dead. Tell the other Star Destroyers to plot a microjump to the other side of the planet. Order all fighters to return to their hangar bays."
"Aye aye, Captain."
As the Star Destroyers began to pull into formation, the TIE's began retreating from the battle.
"Hey, where they going?" asked Mike.
"Not sure. Let's hope-" Don was interrupted by the Rebel Command on Tatooine.
"This is Base 1, the Eagle has left the nest. We are plotting our coordinates. Sending coordinates to you."
The coordinates appeared on my computer then suddenly, the Star Destroyers blasted into hyperspace. The men gave out a cheer of victory. My ear rang with a loud noise; it was the commanders.
"Calling Charlie and Tide Squadrons, we have been amubushed by 5 Star Destroyers and swarms of fighters. Our command ship and 3 other evacuee ships have escaped but the others have been destroyed. Don, we want you and your men to stay on Tatooine for the time being. We have a special mission for you. Captain, check your compartment."
I reached into my compartment and found a file, showing what we were supposed to do."You'e got to be kidding me...is this really it?" I asked."How in hell are we supposed to get out of here!?"
"Calm yourself, trooper. Yes, this is really it. This person is of vital importance to our cause. His name is Wedge Antilles. He's been captured by Imperial troopers and is being held in their base. He has information that is important to us. We want you to retrieve him." said the Commander.
"I understand that sir but how are we supposed to leave the planet ?"
"We will send a transport to you once your mission is completed. Good luck." the transmission ended and I was furious. The leader of the other fighter squadron said he was going to make the jump into lightspeed along with his squadron. After saying our goodbyes, they made the jump. It was just us and Tatooine.
"Men, we are to land on the outskirts of the city. Sending coordinates." I dove the X-Wing down towards the planet as my men followed suit. Our base was remotely away from the city life of Mos Eisely. Luckily, our Rebel friends left us some goodies.
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Post by bruinfamer on Jul 7, 2008 14:38:41 GMT -5
[glow=red,2,300]Chapter 48: The Dark Knights[/glow]
It was night time on Tatooine. We had rested up and loaded up on weapons and ammo. The objective was being held in a well held Imperial outpost inside Mos Eisley. The outpost was rather small but it ran below the ground. It even had a hangar bay for the resupply ships. Rebel Command gave us a secondary objective if we could manage it. Destroy the base was its words.
I gathered my men onto our land speeder that would take us into town. We had an informant there who would give us the current situation. Although the Rebels gave us loose clothes as our armor, we refused to wear it. Instead, we wore dark armor that would conceal us in the night.
Loading up into the speeder, the 5 of us began our drive towards Mos Eisley on a rescue mission.
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Post by bruinfamer on Nov 9, 2008 20:07:42 GMT -5
We arrived about 20 meters from the Imperial Compound. Boy were the Imps well on guard. This Wedge character was probably that important that the Imps had a high level of security.
The outpost was surrounded by a 20 foot wall, fully armed of course with sentries patrolling on top. Luckily it was dark out, and even though the Imps had search lights, we could avoid them. In fact, we knew something that would distract them for a while.
"Sir, I'm in position. Whenever you're ready." said Mike. Mike would be supporting us from afar with a sniper rifle. Luckily the gun had night vision.
"Good. The rest of you, with me." Mike was separate from us, a place with high elevation and good view of the outpost. The rest of us, besides Yale, had these weapons that we have never seen before, the KX-80 Repeating Blaster Rifle. These would help us on our infiltration into the compound. Yale had a Z6 Rotary Cannon.
The 4 of us used the cover of darkness to come up against the wall where the sentries were walking above us. We both took out our grappling devices and threw them up to the ledge. Then we began walking up the wall. I took the first look and had my sidearm in my hand. I peeked over the ledge and no one was around us. The 4 of us crawled over the ledge and began walking to the left side of the wall. The first part of this was to disable the electricity. We knew they had a back up generator but we'd be done before it could be online.
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