TheCorsair
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- Dec 17, 2013
Darth Vader strode through the halls of the Death Star, his son at his side and flanked by men in black space armor. Luke was almost jogging to keep up with the Dark Lord as they swept towards the hanger. "Father," he asked, still startled by the abrupt summons, "we count thirty Rebel ships, small enough to evade our turbo-lasers."
Darth Vader nodded, once. "We'll have to destroy hem ship to ship." The ebon helmet turned to face Luke. "Get the crews to their fighters."
Luke nodded. "As you command, father." He made a gesture. "Rogue Squadron. With me!"
Boots clattered as Luke led his command to their fighters. Vader paused by his own ship, gazing up towards the armored bulkhead above him. "Mara. Leia. What game are you playing?" Then, abruptly, he mounted his ship.
"All wings," the voice of mission control said, static from turbo-laser discharges washing through the words. We've picked up a new group of signals. Enemy fighters coming your way."
Leia's eyes flicked over her readouts before scanning space around her. "My scope's negative. I don't see anything." That wasn't a guarantee, of course. She knew how to fly, but Luke had always been better at combat piloting. Her strength was with people, seeing their weaknesses and manipulating. He had always been better with a lightsaber and behind the yoke of a fighter. If only he were here now, serving as her wingman instead of Mara...
Crimson tracer fire from a surface turret hammered past her ship, and she sent it rolling away in a desperate evasive turn. "Keep up your visual scanning," Red Leader chastised as he poured fire into the gun. "With all this jamming, they'll be on top of you before your scope can pick them up."
Finally, she saw them. Bulbous-bodied, flat-winged ships that rose in a deceptively gentle arc from the hull of the incomprehensible warship beneath. They flashed past, faster than she could follow, and suddenly her R5 unit was shrieking a warning in time with the proximity sensors of the battered T-65 she flew. Blaster fire flashed past as she spun and darted, calling on the Force to guide her.
"Leia!" Red Leader called. "You've picked one up... watch it!"
Tell me something I don't know... she snarled, harnessing the rage to reach out with the Dark Side. If she could find the pilot's mind, she could throw him off. Perhaps even turn him on his fellows. "I can't see it!" she shouted, voice shaking with the beginning of hysterical panic as blaster fire creased her ventral port engine. "Where is he?!"
Darth Vader nodded, once. "We'll have to destroy hem ship to ship." The ebon helmet turned to face Luke. "Get the crews to their fighters."
Luke nodded. "As you command, father." He made a gesture. "Rogue Squadron. With me!"
Boots clattered as Luke led his command to their fighters. Vader paused by his own ship, gazing up towards the armored bulkhead above him. "Mara. Leia. What game are you playing?" Then, abruptly, he mounted his ship.
"All wings," the voice of mission control said, static from turbo-laser discharges washing through the words. We've picked up a new group of signals. Enemy fighters coming your way."
Leia's eyes flicked over her readouts before scanning space around her. "My scope's negative. I don't see anything." That wasn't a guarantee, of course. She knew how to fly, but Luke had always been better at combat piloting. Her strength was with people, seeing their weaknesses and manipulating. He had always been better with a lightsaber and behind the yoke of a fighter. If only he were here now, serving as her wingman instead of Mara...
Crimson tracer fire from a surface turret hammered past her ship, and she sent it rolling away in a desperate evasive turn. "Keep up your visual scanning," Red Leader chastised as he poured fire into the gun. "With all this jamming, they'll be on top of you before your scope can pick them up."
Finally, she saw them. Bulbous-bodied, flat-winged ships that rose in a deceptively gentle arc from the hull of the incomprehensible warship beneath. They flashed past, faster than she could follow, and suddenly her R5 unit was shrieking a warning in time with the proximity sensors of the battered T-65 she flew. Blaster fire flashed past as she spun and darted, calling on the Force to guide her.
"Leia!" Red Leader called. "You've picked one up... watch it!"
Tell me something I don't know... she snarled, harnessing the rage to reach out with the Dark Side. If she could find the pilot's mind, she could throw him off. Perhaps even turn him on his fellows. "I can't see it!" she shouted, voice shaking with the beginning of hysterical panic as blaster fire creased her ventral port engine. "Where is he?!"