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Post by Bacon on Apr 21, 2005 19:40:16 GMT -5
Just before he was swallowed by starlines, Paolie thought he saw a flicker of pseudomotion somewhere in the distance. Somebody entering the Hoth system?! Must be an Imperial raid. But trapped en route in hyperspace to Tatooine now, there was nothing he could do about it.
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Post by Kengplant on Apr 22, 2005 14:17:55 GMT -5
Aliam jammed down the hypersapce button (it had been sticky as of late. Yea, she does need a new ship.) She didn't notice anything unusual on the exit. Just saw the stars blur before her and transform into silvery trafic line.
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Post by samman322 on Apr 22, 2005 15:04:15 GMT -5
Ren sat down and relaxed in his seat as the three ships zoomed through hyperspace. By this time, he had been through hyperspace travel enough to no longer get sick when he moved into it.
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Post by Bacon on Apr 22, 2005 15:50:52 GMT -5
Nothing much happened during the trip to hyperspace. Paolie spent the time counting all the droid types he knew of. He had to start over several times. Finally he looked it up on his ships computer. He knew of exactly 169 types of droids. Too bad now he had nothing to do but wait.
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Post by samman322 on Apr 22, 2005 15:57:06 GMT -5
About a half an hour later, Ren exited hyperspace and saw the planet of Tatooine. He winced when he saw an Imperial Star Destroyer in orbit of the planet. The Empire was here alright...
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Post by Kengplant on Apr 23, 2005 21:12:19 GMT -5
Do to some faulty equipment Aliam exited a few seconds later, and, as a result, was a few hundred thousand meters ahead of them. (not to big of a distance by space standards).
"That was close. Much longer and I could of been in the planet." Then she noticed the star destroyer, "Oh shoot.."
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Post by samman322 on Apr 24, 2005 6:31:17 GMT -5
Once all three were out of hyperspace, they were hailed by the Star Destroyer. "Attention spacecraft," said a voice. "One of your ships is a Rebel class A-Wing. The other two are suspected as rebel craft. All three of you report to the main hanger of the Star Destroyer. You will not be harmed if you cooperate." Yeah right, thought Ren. He quickly turned on the Comm channel, but tried to isolate it to only Poalie and Aliam. "Don't answer 'em, just keep moving," he said quickly, then turned off the Comm channel before the Star Destroyer could pick up the transmission.
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Post by Kengplant on Apr 24, 2005 9:10:44 GMT -5
"No arguments here." muttered back Aliam, also keeping the conversation private. Though her attention was focused mainly on her ship. It seemed to of been jostled up on it's way through hyper space and the controls were more than a little touchy. "R22, try to fix up what you can. Make sure we'll be able to land this thing" then under her breath she mumbled about lazy mechanics and lack of parts.
Of course the empire was not going to let them pass that easily. Behind her she heard an all to familiar, and highly unwelcomed sound. It was the sound of tie fighters.
"A-wing. Please dosk at the main hanger of the star destroyer. If you refuse to co-operate, you will be shot down."
"Oh crypt.." was her reply, but luckily it wasn't into the com. Of course more bad news was on the way. R22 sent some readings down. She would not be ale to make an efficient escape. She could try hyperspace, but, that was in bad condition too. But maybe she could use this to her advantage.
"Guys, I have to responde. I've got at least one, wait no, two TIEs on my tail. And I'm not gonna be able to high tail it. Not to mention if we shoot we're doomed."
"A-wing, please dock at the stardestroyer main hanger or you will be shot."
She, for the time being, at least stopped moving closer to the planet. In a rather unsmooth motion.
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Post by samman322 on Apr 24, 2005 12:01:57 GMT -5
"The TIE fighters we sent will escort you three to the main hanger," reported the voice.
Ren cursed to himself. They were out of range of the Destroyer's front guns and side turrets, but he knew that the TIEs would open fire soon. Not just that, but there was a whole fleet of TIEs onboard.
Ren opened up the Comm channel back to Aliam. "Respond. Tell 'em you have no idea what they're talking about. That you're not a Rebel." Ren knew it was useless, but they were desparate at this point.
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Post by Kengplant on Apr 24, 2005 12:43:51 GMT -5
"Sure, it's worth a shot." she then switched to the same com. wave as the ties.
"Sorry about that lack of response. I'm afraid my craft is damadged and everything keeps malfunctioning. And I am not a rebel. I may be fool enough to try flying this broken down piece of junk, but I'm not crazy enough to challenge the empires rule. Can't think of any reason to either. And with the state my ship is in I may have to remain in orbit for a short while so my droid can fix up the ship enough to provide a safe landing."
Well, some of it was true anyway. If she tried landing now she was liable to crash and create an explosion. The ship was in worse shape than she thought it was upon leaving Hoth.
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Post by samman322 on Apr 24, 2005 14:40:10 GMT -5
"I apologize for the inconveniance," said the voice. "However, I must still ask you three to report to the main hanger. The craft you are piloting shows up as an A-Wing on our scanners."
Great, thought Ren.
He opened the Comm channel with the Star Destroyer. "Sorry for not answering, I just thought my faulty Comm unit was picking up signals and you were talking to someone else. You were talking to us, right?"
"Yes," said the voice, sounding slightly annoyed. "Report to the main hanger at once."
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Post by Bacon on Apr 24, 2005 15:06:24 GMT -5
"Admiral Drisc? Haven't heard from you in a while. This is Leiutenent Rydbuck."
"Then you are rebels, you defecting scum."
Paolie then switched to a private channel to the Star Destroyer. He only had one chance to save the three of them... "They said I joined the Rebels to cover up my secret mission. I was unfortunate enough to have to rely on these fringe scum for support, but it seems to have worked, we stole these three fighters and ran. Now I am here with the location of the Rebel base." He just hoped he was right about seeing Imperial ships come out of hyperspace, in which case it wouldn't matter if this Admiral found out.
"Fringe scum, you say?"((That's like smugglers and pirates in case you didn't know...)) Drisc asked, a little suspicious still.
"But surprisingly good fighters. I already arranged for them to head to the Imperial Academy."
"Very well, we will not act hostile towards you, and you, Rydbuck, you will be debriefed by me."Admiral Drisc cut off the transmission, and Paolie continued to guide his T-Wing into the Star Destroyer.
He switched to a private channel with the other two. "Okay guys, You are from now on pirates of some sort, as far as the Admiral and his crew know."
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Post by Kengplant on Apr 25, 2005 11:52:46 GMT -5
"Pirate eh? Alright. I can dance to that. Oh, and I wasn't lying when I said I'm not going to be able to land this thing. I don't know what on earth those mechanics have been doing, but they sure as heck haven't done any repairs on this ship. I'll have to get as many repairs done here as I can."
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Post by samman322 on Apr 25, 2005 17:23:35 GMT -5
"I can act as a pirate," Ren assured him.
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Post by Bacon on Apr 25, 2005 19:42:34 GMT -5
"Good."
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