Saga Shifting Loyalties [challenge-vignette]

Title: Shifting Loyalties

Story type: OC Story Dueling Circle challenge-vignette
Time Period: Post-ANH

Challenge: Going about their daily lives, something happens to an OC that completely changes their view of the world and how they want to live that life.

Beta-er: Tyranus230

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The center of the security door started to glow a bright red as the remaining personal took whatever cover they could behind computer consoles. As they trained their weapons on the melting blast door, they prepared themselves for the inevitable. Each and every one of them knew there was no chance of escape, all they could do was bide time for their comrades and the valuable data that they carried. The Empire had been hunting them mercilessly since the battle of Yavin 4, tearing through every plant and safe haven the rebels had.

Burning a brilliant white, the durasteel door finally gave away, blasting into a million bright fragments of light and flooding the room with a thick grey smoke. Pulling back on the triggers, the rebel troops open a barrage of blaster fire on their assailants, but were quickly overpowered by the more numerous stormtroopers.

As the smoke settled, a single officer, by the name of Mira Kinree, entered the room. Stepping over the corpses of a rebel commander Mira felt a small twinge of satisfaction and, yet, remorse. This was a moment her life had been building up to, ever since she had enrolled at the Imperial academy on Gernova 5. Somehow, the glory of her first field assignment was not shaping up the way she had once imagined it from the simulations she had done: it wasn?t the same impersonal numbers and reports that had become so familiar to her during her time in the intelligence department on Coruscant. Out here, her entire view and reality was nonexistent. There were no statistics, only people.

Pull it together Kinree, she thought as the captain pulled a dead officer off a functioning terminal, leaving behind a smear of blood on the screen. Mira cringed as she saw her reflection, her trimmed brownish-red hair and hazel eyes taking on splotches of vivid red hemoglobin. Tapping on a key she watched with relief as her reflection was replaced with maps and statistics, something far more familiar to her.

Mira silently traced the numerous pathways with her eyes, hunting for anything within the layout that would suggested where the rebels were fleeing. Apparently that direction was downward, but that somehow didn?t seem right. Going downward was a seemingly dead end path, at least according to the map. But what wasn?t on the map? That was the question and answer to her next choice of action.

?What is our next move, Lieutenant?? The emotionless and mechanical voice of the stormtrooper captain asked.

?We?re going down.?

?Very well, Lieutenant.? The captain responded, with enthusiasm that somehow managed to be heard through the helmets speaker, as he locked a new energy-cell into his blaster rifle and addressed his troops, ?Load up boys, there?s rebels for the hunting.?

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Making headway through the large underground complex was more difficult than Mira had first assumed. As part of her training for this assignment, she had read up on reports from recent raids. The actual experience was far more complex than the writing had suggested. As it was, her small division had been bloodied in the nose by small pockets of resistance that had set themselves up to cover their retreating companions.

Firing her blaster she watched with that same mixed feeling as a trooper fell, causing the other trooper to be momentarily distracted as his friend slumped back against the wall. Taking advantage of the situation, Mira fired another shot from her position behind the doorframe. She watched as the energy bolt hit the rebel square in his chest, sen

 

Excellent story, SJ Your detail and all the other aspects are fantastic.

 

That was a cool story. I liked the characters, and the storyline. Mira was a believable character, with real doubts and second thoughts. Good job!

 

I agree with the other two. Wonderful storyline, lovely characters, with real emotions...an all-around wonderful story!

 

Loved it! Your characters were amazing! I'd really like to see more with them! Hint, hint...

 

Hmmm...curious aa to how this turned out.

Mira seems like she a very realistic, and potentialy complex character. Good job Sekotian_Jedi, and great submission to the challenge!

 

Chiming in to say I'm joining the "I like Mira" fan club.

Excellent answer to the challenge. This is probably how most had defected. The injustices of the Empire.

Marvelous writing talent you have. I look forward to reading more of your work.

 

Great story and character. I liked how you potrayed her doubts and emotions as she sees the Empire at work first hand.