Chapter 11
"With Friends Like These..." (Part III)
General Summary
Nammee Vei had a vision. She foresaw that Kirana was in intense danger, and that unless she acted, the Captain would die. So Nammee acted swiftly. Using a pressure vat and droid assistence, she tinted a vat of thermal paint "light red" and swiftly painted and refueled The Freighter when Zel, Zimex, and the new guy Zachade came back. Then she called for volunteers to help her. Vraxak Vrepa and the Wookiees were first in line. With her muscle set, she asked for Cademe Sepicala, Ieta Shulma, and S-1R The Gentleman Droid to help save the Captain.
The eight of them took the pink freighter and flew at insane speeds to Corulag and blew past the Academy's security checkpoints. Cademe, with Ieta's help, flew the massive freighter with grace through a slew of turret fire and slipped into the Academy Hangar at the far side. With Wrren as their gunner, they began a chain of destruction. As each of the shots blew up a TIE, the neighboring TIEs took damage, and when the ammunition from the readied TIEs cooked off, they took even more. Wrren's last shot opened the hatch and the ship flew out flipped vertically.
As the Freighter dipped and swung around the battlefield, with Wrren shooting at turrets and troops and tanks, Wrratcheun lowered the cargo loaders. With the Elevators down, Vraxak used his skills to shoot a troop transport bringing in recruits. His shot skewered the engine and the entire transport blew up, flipping to block the gate. The recoil coupled with the freighter's maneuvers pitched Vraxak overboard, and he landed in a three-point crouch, with only a minor nick on his face to show for the fall. Vraxak was threatened by a recruit wielding a lightsaber, and he threatened right back. The "recruit" backed down and he went about his business killing Stormtroopers.
Not to be outdone by a Zabrak, Wroshk leapt from the freighter and drew his ryyk blades, slaughtering a whole squad when he landed. Ailorr, not wanting to be thought unworthy as a warleader, leapt from the freighter as well. However, the Troopers had just seen what one Wookiee could do and scattered. Ailor landed facedown in the dirt and just lay there a moment, reflecting on why he shouldn't've done that.
As the Troopers surrounding the Wookiees and start focussing their fire, S-1r leaps into the fray and challenges stormtroopers to a duel. Meanwhile grenades fly out of nowhere and devastate the squads surrounding Ailorr, who gets up with a groan and readies his bowcaster. As the groups are focussing on destroying the troopers, a familiar voice rings out with her usual commanding presence, ordering them all to focus their fire on...a sith? That can't be right. But as usual they obey and see a Mirialan flying towards the ship with a double-bladed red lightsaber. So they start shooting, because the Captain ordered it, but also because...damn! A Sith?! They knock her off course and when she falls in the mud, Cademe does her part and sets the freighter down on top, forcing her down but not killing her. The Captain calls a retreat and everyone boards the freighter and breaks atmosphere bound for Last Hope.
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