Saga Imperial Or Rebel

The Rebel alliance had been hunted by the empire ever since it had risen. The emperor had chased them from station to station, planet to planet. And now the only safe place the alliance had left was the remote planet of Hoth. Young Luke Skywalker had been with the alliance ever since his best mentor, Ben Kenobi was struck down by the evil Darth Vader. He had just merely finished his patrol on the ice planet of Hoth. He had rode on his Taun Taun for miles but still did not find any imperials. He pulled at the Taun Taun?s reins causing it to haul straight away. He opened a small computer-like device that was strapped on to his arm. As he brushed the snow and hail he shouted into the tiny speaker.
?Copy General Solo...Do you copy..? He waited for his comrade to answer. The computer gave off a small buzzing sound as it struggled to get a signal.As the buzzing grew louder he heard an echoed voice reply through the microphone. ?Read you loud and clear kid, what?s up?? Luke did not exactly know what to say. He had been told by Wedge Antillies that he missed ?one hell of a battle? when he was away on a mission on the outer rim sieges. Imperial attacks and ambushes were not surprising anymore. Every time there was one there was nothing but screaming, shooting, imperial walkers and TIE fighters flying around the place. He snapped out of his thoughts and turned his attention back to his friend Han Solo. ?Well I don?t know about you Han but I haven?t seen any imperial probe droids or spies anywhere...the only things I?ve seen so far were a number of dead stormtroopers and scrap metal from those imperial walkers. How about you?? Han chuckled when it came to his turn. If an imperial dared walk out in front of

Han he would be shot in a minute so there was not much to tell.
?Same here Kid, nothing except for scrap metal and imperial corpses.? As Luke was just about to turn his computer off he saw something in the distance. It looked like smoke...pure black smoke. Curiosity took over him as he switched the microphone back on. ?Han?? He once again waited for an answer to come through the small transmitter. ?Yeah?? the awaited reply answered in a hasted tone of voice. Luke kept his eyes on the rising smoke in the distance as he informed the transmitter that he could see smoke smothering the white, misty sky, turning it pure black. Han did not seem all that interested. He said that it could be another rebel bored to tears walking around ice mounds, so what the heck, why not light a fire? Luke on the other hand was not amused. He knew that his conscience would get the better of him and that he would end up going to check it out anyway.

Without saying another word, knowing that he would possibly get no help from Han in the first place he silently switched off the microphone and rode over to the smoke to investigate.
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It was not as far as he had thought, it only took a minute?s ride and then he was there. As he approached the sight even more he saw that the smoke had got thicker and he was finding it hard to breathe without chocking to death. He guided the Taun Taun over to the sight and as soon as he was in full sight of the spectacle he saw that it was nothing more than a crashed TIE fighter. He pulled at the creature?s reins as he gave a grunt in disappointment and turned to leave until something caught his eye. He looked down at the fallen craft and found that the door seemed to be wide open as if someone had just came along and opened it. The second thing he noticed was nothing to do with the ship but with the snowy ground. He made out what appeared to be footprints but it also looked like whoever it was seemed to have a limp. One of the footprints was trailed along as the individual walked.

To Luke it was all too weird all he wanted to do now was to leave and come back later but as usual he hated to leave something that he found. It was just typical of him. /It wouldn?t hurt to have on little look, would it? / He asked himself as he nudged the snow creature in the sides, making it walk.