Sins Of The Fathers

Hey, padawan3, you still there?


The Butler, kresie, TSL, you guys still there?

 

I'm here. I just read the whole story. It's great. I'm personally a fan of the little love story part. The Jedi and the fighting scenes remind me a little of I, Jedi, which I really loved. Keep writing the story please.

 

Gotcha.

 

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?Form up for attack run on that ImpStar, Rogues. Advanced Rockets, dual fire. Break by half-squads, I?ve got One-Six; Nine, you take Rogues Seven-Twelve.? General Tainer pumped cool confidence through his tone.

Hana smiled. ?Got it, Lead.?

The Imperial Star Destroyer was at its time the most advanced, most powerful ship in the galaxy. Now, vast technological advancements had made the ISD a big, hulking target for military forces. However, it could still pound the living crap out of a civilian ship.

Which is why we?re here, Hana thought.

Now, primarily of the back to back wars with the Imperials and the Yuzzhan Vong, the New Republic had decided that huge firepower had to be mounted on a small, fast, maneuverable, durable, and powerful platform. Thus, the T-97 Star Slayer and a brand new line of starfighters had been born.

Utilizing the Advanced Rocket as their secondary weapon, and powerful lasers as their primary, they were able to inflict serious damage to capital ships and take down heavily shielded starfighters in a dogfight. Moreover, the Star Slayer had an unheard-of 30-warhead magazine, with the speed and maneuverability of a TIE Defender, and the shielding of a B-wing.

So, as the Rogues neared the Imperial Star Destroyer, the squadron knew that the ship didn?t have a chance.

And, apparently, the commander knew that too.

The destroyer began a roll in space that pointed it away from the fight. When the Interdictor?s gravity field faded, both of them escaped into hyperspace.

?Good work, Rogues, stand down for the moment. Get your systems back on-line if they were damaged.?

Hana cut off the transmitter on her communications system, then turned to her astromech. ?Good job, Beep, we did it!?

The little droid hooted in joy.

Hana looked down at her translation screen, ?Yes, we probably will have to go into combat again. This business with the pirates is getting me thinking. We may be dealing with a precursor to an all-out invasion.?

What makes you say that? The words scrolled up on her screen.

?I dunno, Beep. Let?s just be thankful we made it through alive.?

Before any more conversation could be made on the subject, Tainer came back on the comm, ?Rogues, we?re escorting the survivors to Alfak Base. Form it up, and we?ll get outta here. Telemetry and the like are on the way to you.?

Hana keyed the comm, ?Copy, Lead. Three Flight is coming.?

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Like it! Keep it up, b'y.

 

Thank you, Shadowen.

 

New section's coming up.

It's a romance scene between Ceiran and Leina, just keep in there!

 

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Ceiran took Leina out on a long, nighttime, romantic stroll through the Naboo forests. Although the trial they covered usually took Ceiran about 15 minutes to walk, with the two of them walking around slowly, Ceiran?s arm slung around the Queen?s shoulder, holding her tightly, smiling and paying the up most attention to her every word, they took three times that number. And for Ceiran, it was the best 45 minutes he had ever spent. He wanted nothing more in life than to just stay here, drink in Leina?s sweet nectar perfume, gaze into her eyes, enjoy every curve on her face, and to keep that memory as vivid as the present.

He led her over to the boulder where he spent some long nights staring at the stars, and did the same here, foolishly forgetting about her for the moment, and opened himself to the Force. In a second, he was able to gain a ?news briefing? based on emotions, disruptions, and the like in the Force.

?Ceiran, you okay??

He swore at himself for letting go of Leina, and returned to the moment at hand. ?Sorry, Jedi thing.?

She smiled one of those that can melt one?s heart. ?I understand. What?s happening??

?There?s turmoil in the galaxy. The pirates are stepping up their attacks; there?s a hint of something dark and evil behind that. I?m still too untrained to go further than that. But, I think my time here is nearing an end.?

Leina grew sad, and burst into tears. She buried her head in his arms, and he held her as warmly as he could. He kissed the top of her head, and whispered. ?Easy, easy. The future is always in motion. Nothing is set for certain, any variable action could alter the entire galaxy?s fate.?

She whimpered, ?Is there anything I can do to keep you here??

?You could issue a request to the Jedi Council for an indefinite prolonging of the mission. With the rate of Naboo?s reconstruction, I?d say we have a chance of them approving.?

?How much of a chance??

?Oh, if they?re not watching now, I?d say 65%, unless something really goes south with these pirates.?

?Oh, Ceiran!? Leina?s expression became joyful, and she hugged him fiercely. She kissed him hard and passionately, and in a second, they were tongue kissing and holding each other tightly.

Through the Force, he caught impressions of her fierce love, and what she had planned for the evening.

But, there was also a warning, a sudden sharp kick in the buttocks?

Paying no heed to what was going on, Ceiran broke off from the kiss, lit his lightsaber, and deflected a hail of laser blasts incoming to him.

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I'm still here. I was just left with nothing to say. A rarity I know but hey it happens.

 

I like it. Keep up the wonderful posts.

 

Thanks, guys.

 

Welcome

 

Same ol' padawan3...

 

More soon?

Kithera

 

Working on it now..

 

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The STAPS, Single Trooper Aerial Platforms, relics of an ancient era, but still capable of going up against the modern equivalents, and inflicting loads of damage on the enemy. They were quick, evasive, and light.

And they manned by the greatest force ever to harm Naboo.

Battle droids.

They were really nothing more than skeletal figures, with a standard blaster rifle slung over the shoulder, but were devastating in mass assaults. Battle droids were relatively low on the intelligence scale, but the large-scale attacks they were used in easily made up for that.

Against civilians, anyway.

For a Jedi, they were just targets.

Ceiran kept Queen Leina behind him, and opened himself to the Force. His ?sphere of responsibility? expanded out to 600 meters for definite knowledge, and about a klick for fuzzy definition. By the time the STAPs got in range of them, Ceiran knew how, where, and when the droids were going to attack.

His lightsaber swung wildly with no conscious control by Ceiran, it was fully controlled by the Force. It blocked the STAP?s scarlet red laser bolts, and deflected them back into the hull. Craft after craft fell down, and after a minute, the attacks ceased, and his lightsaber ceased moving uncontrolled.

Ceiran doused his saber, and turned to face the amazed stare of the Queen. He smiled, ?Haven?t done that in a while.?

She just stared. ?Really.?

He nodded. ?Not since the academy.?

?You fight like a master. I owe you a debt I don?t think I can repay.?

Ceiran shook his head. ?I?m merely doing my job. There is no need for that.?

Leina, innocent and caring as she was, shook her head. ?Ceiran, my culture demands that I repay you. I should have done this when you saved me at the audience chamber. But, now, I must but myself in your service. If you refuse, I must kill myself, for I am not worthy to repay my debt.?

?Uh, Leina, I??

Ceiran was saved from commenting by the roar of a starfighter and the flash of its explosion. Out of the explosion, a planetary defense X-Wing ripped through and looped back to Threed

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Wonderful. <giggles remembering where Ceiran got hit> So you're bringing back the Battle Droids are you? Well it's not like they shoot any better than Stormtroopers do. Great story. Keep it up.

 

Grest story. Thanks for the Promo thread.

 

What do you mean, JS. Where did he get hit?

 

Didn't he get hit in the rear? Maybe I'm wrong... Anyways, post some more story now that we can post.

 

Kinda at school right now, so I really can't help you out all that much....

 

Oh, wait, I did put it in that he got shot in the ***....


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Ceiran went into action. First, he brought out his multi-function comm-link and info service, shortened to comm-fo, and hit the tactical briefing function. A holographic image of a dogfight occurring a good 50 klicks away appeared before him.

?Damn, this is not good.? Ceiran said.

?Our forces are getting hammered. What are those enemy starfighters??

Ceiran tapped a key, the handheld device beeped a bit, and the map decreased in size to make room for two more holos. One was a relic from the past: a Trade Federation Droid Starfighter. The other, a symbol of the past, but renovated to be a deadly enemy: a TIE model craft. This craft had triple wings in a hexagonal shape spread over the spherical cockpit by 120 degrees each. On the wings, there were two lasers in the vertical, and twin ion cannons under the cockpit.

The scanner revealed no life forms in either craft.

Ceiran hit his caller beacon. ?Runner, lift off, rendezvous here.?

Leina looked confused. ?What will that do??

?It?ll get our ride.?

?What??

The roar of engines and the blinding light of an approaching ship cut off Ceiran?s answer. The Star Runner leveled off next to the cliff face, and with a snap-hiss the cockpit opened. Ceiran helped Leina into the aft seat. ?Can you fire a gunnery turret and arm a flare launcher??

?Been a while, but yes.?

Ceiran hopped into the pilot seat, and closed the cockpit. ?Good, you?re going to need to.?


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This is coming out great. And I would like a very long post if you could manage it. This going to be one of your best i think.

 

<grins happily> I was right. Hehe. Good post. I want more!

 

Ask and you shall recieve:

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The Star Runner shot into the thick of the fur ball, opening up with a massive salvo of laser fire on the thickest concentrations of enemy fighters. The enemy did possess something of a hive mind, and the enemy did improve by calculating improvements in attack patterns, but the sudden ferocity of Ceiran?s attack reduced the enemy?s numbers far too much for that to be any good.

?Star Runner, Defender Leader. Looks like you came here just in time.?

?Appears so, Defender Leader. Keep it formed up, and let?s take ?em all down.?

?Copy, Runner.?

?Defender Leader, this is Queen Leina. As of now, I?m ordering you to turn over all command of Naboo planetary defense forces to General Halcyon here.?

What? Ceiran almost turned back to face Leina, but the fire of a TIE took him off that. The new General opened up on the TIE, and looped around to take out another wave.

?Copy, Highness. All Naboo armed forces are under command of General Halcyon. Orders, sir??

?Uh, hold a moment.? Ceiran blasted apart a droid fighter pursuing an X-wing, then caught his breath. ?Continue to engage, but keep your eyes out for a possible ground assault.?

?Copy, General.?

Leina blew apart a TIE, and said. ?They?re changing tactics.?

Indeed they were. The droids were changing from simple dogfighting to evasion.

?They might be running. Keep up the fire, boys.?

The fur ball continued for a good five more minutes. Ceiran was able to counter the droids? evasion, take off a flank, and pound the crux of the formation before the droids split off again a few times; each repetition devastated the enemy.

On the final repetition, the droids just split for space.

?They?re running!? Someone yelled over the comm.

?Keep at ?em boys. But once they hit outer atmosphere, let them go.?

?Why?s that, General??

?Because they could have another wave ready for you up there. Those droids don?t have hyperdrives, so there has to be a carrier ship in space, Defender One.?

?Copy, Lead.?

?General, picking up something on my scopes, a droid army on the outskirts of Threed.?

Ceiran sighed. So, this was a full-blown invasion not seen since the Trade Federation attack nearly a century ago. In fact, they were using the same methods and weapons as the Trade Federation. Who could have the means financially to launch this kind of bold attack? The pirates Ceiran knew of did have Star Destroyers, but that was due to a raid on a shipyard a month ago. No one had the money in the amounts required by this kind of attack.

Unless the group got incredibly lucky and stumbled on a reserve of Trade Federation forces...

But, that was beside the point, and was not needed here. Ceiran quickly got back to the moment: ?Defenders, feed us the coordinates, and form it up. We?re going to do a quick strafing, and do as much damage as we can. Get any bombers that you can up and pounding this army. Understood??

Ceiran heard a wave of ?Copy, General,? on his comm, and added, ?May the Force be with us all.?


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More coming up...

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