"ETA five seconds till we drop out of
hyperspace." The Corvette Spiral lurched out of hyperspace, and beheld
the bulk freighter Taurus escorted by eight TIE-Fighters. Captain James
Gadan sat in his chair watching the agile TIE-Fighters abrubtly change
their course to intercept the corvette. "Launch the Raider. Have it dock
and board in the cargo section of the Taurus so as not to encounter any
stormtroopers." "Uh, sir. We cant. There is a launch from the Taurus. Its
a stormtrooper transport. Anything we would try to launch would be easy
prey." "Very well. Have the bow turbolaser batteries concentrate fire on
it." The turbolaser batteries lashed out and struck the transport. The
transport spun out of control, finally stopping its spin as it rammed a
TIE-Fighter franticaly
trying to evade the hurtling transport. The
transports shields collapsed, and another turbolaser fire vaporized it
in a second. "Hmmm. Launch the shuttle." The shuttle launched just as the
last turbolaser bolt lashed out and struck its target, a TIE-Fighter trying
to flee the rebel forces. Gadan collapsed into his chair as the shuttle
docked and began
the seizure of the the Taurus with its all-important
cargo: the first X-Wing prototype and its design team.
"Has the bridge of the Taurus been taken?"
Hours after the minor, but crucial battle, he hoped it was finally
over. "Uh...yes sir. The captain has surrendered the vessel." "Good. set
a zig-zag route back to Ruruul." "Aye aye. Sir! An unidentified class of
ship and a Victory-Class Star Destroyer have entered the system...we
cant jump into hyperspace! The unidentified ship is producing an
artificial gravity well!" "Take evasive action!Launch those X-wings
with the pilots we carried in! Have them head towards the edge of the system
and then jump into hyperspace!" "Aye sir. But...how can they jump?
And what about the crew?" Fear crept into the young officers voice.
"Were going to ram the interdictor cruiser. Lock in the coordinates of
the interdictor." "Aye...aye sir."
The the corvette surged forward straight towards
the interdictor. As the interdictor began to loom large, the ship tried
to manuever out of the way, but it was too late. The corvette hit the hull
of the cruiser and Gadan felt incredible heat, and would never know how
much his sacrafice would change the course of the war against the galactic
empire.
By- SWG_Wampa