BadSamaritan

Seryk watched from a distance as Karyn finished burying the dead. he had watched her the whole time, and hed felt her pain through the ripples of the force. He could tell he was becoming more and more attuned with the force as the days went by. He was concentrating on it, slowly learning how to use it. he knew that he would never become as attuned to it as other jedi. Even some children, just beginning their training as jedi, were able to do things he was just now beginning to understand. But he knew that eventually, he would have enough of an understanding of his abilities to use them effectively. Seryk turned his head as he hear someone walke up behind him. he turned his head, and saw Boba standing there, a smirk on his face. Seryk turned back to watchign karyn, and smiled. "She is doing well so far. She has only fallen down twice. And her gaurds haven't had to hit her in over an hour now." he said, and Boba nodded silently. Boba walked up to stnd next to him, and watched karyn for a moment. he then turned to Seryk, and sighed. "We have to get going. We have more planets to visit, and not much time." he said, and Seryk looked up to him. "But we havent managed to accomplish anything here yet. All we have done is brought suffering to these people. because of us, their security has been breached, and a number of their people are dead." he said, and Boba nodded in aggreement. "Yes, that is true. But at the same time, the sith showing up have done our work for us. On this world at least." he said, and Seryk looked up to him in confusion. Boba smiled, and motioned for Seryk to follow him. "Come with me. The high commander wants to see you. " he said, and he turned and walked away. Seryk turned to look back at Karyn, and saw her staring at him in the distance. he nodded to her, and she turned to go back to filling in one of the remaining few graves. Seryk shrugged, and got up, turning to follow Fett. As he turned, he felt something hit the back of his head. he turned suddenly to see Karyn staring at him, a smirk on her face. Seryk smiled, and turned to follow Fett back into the city. ********************************* Admiral Hirotek looked over the reports, his spirits falling slowly. His ship was heavily damaged. By he looks of it, it would take months to repair all of the damage. He had numerous hull breaches all over the ship, many of his weapon banks were either damaged or destroyed, and both of his hyperdrive systems required massive overhauls, if not complete replacements. He set the datapad he was studying down on his desk, and rubbed his eyes slowly. Once they arrived at Dresnak, he was going to have to find a way to convince the UDA to let his use their shipyards to begin repairs on his ship, and then find a way of contacting the GFFA command. He would have to then get his forces back into the war as soon as possible. As he sat there pondering his course of action, Lir'ka entered the room, and Saluted smartly. Hirotek waved her off, reminding her that such formailies were not welcome in his presence. That, and he hated being saluted by anyone. Lir'ka smiled, and looked at a datapad that she had in ther hands. "We have finally sealed uff some of the hull breached around weapon banks thriteen and twenty-two, so we will have those back on line soon. The rest of the hull breaches will have to wait until we are in a shipyard, however. We dont have the parts to fix holes that large." she said, and Hirotek nodded. At least some of his weapons were going to be back on line soon. he couldnt onyl hope that was the beginning of a long string of good luck. "What is our ETA for arrival at Dresnak?" he asked, and Lir'ka shok her head. "Unknown Admiral. We dont know how fast we are travelling though hyperspace, nor do we know what route we are following. So there is no telling how long this will take." she said. Hirotek nodded, adn as he did so, he felt the ship lurch as it fell from hyperspace. Hirotek looked up at Lik'ka, and then rose form his seat. They both exited his ready room, and walked out onto the bridge. Hirotek looked out the viewports, and saw in fornt od his ship a massive expance of shipyards. he walked over to the sensor station, and tapped a few buttons, and whistled at what he saw. The yards in front of them were just one cluster of what appeared to be a large system of shipyards, spread out over a massive area. By the looks of it, the yards here were large enough to rival what used to be at Kuat. And by the looks of it, most of them had ships in them. "Admiral, we are receiing a transmission form the yards." his comm officer yelled, out, and Hirotek nodded. The comm officer tapped a few buttons, and a hologram of a chiss appeared in front of him on the bridge. "I am commander Thelk of the Dresnak defence force. My scanners indentify your ship as beign a Ravager class Star Destroyer. Those are built by the GFFA. What are you doing here?" he asked, and Hirotek thought for a moment. These Chiss were direct, and to the point. he hated people like that. "I am Admiral Hirotek of the GFFA. My forces were caught in a battle with a Vagaari fleet over the world of Adumar, along with Commodore Athiens forces. We were heavily damaged, and were forced to retreat. I was under the impression that Commodore Athien ordered us to be brought here." he said, and the commander stared at him for a moment. "We have a large numbered of injured personel, and it would be appreciated if you would help us care for some of them. Our medical facilites arent capable of handling this many injured, nor do we have the equipment to handle some of the injuries." He added, and the commander finally nodded. "I will have to get premission form my commanding officers to allow you to dock for repairs, but I have the authority to give you emergency assistance with your injured. I will have shuttles with medical personel launched immediatly." he said, and the hologram faded. Hirotek looked over to Lir'ka, who simply shrugged. They both knew that the Chiss were a different people. "Admiral, Im detecting a launch a sereis of shuttles form a station towards the center of the yards," his sensor officer reported, and Hirotek nodded. "Im alose seeing a pair of UDA warships on approach vectors." he added, and Hirotek sighed. These Chiss were also cautious people. His ship was obviously in no condition to even damage the shipyards, let alone take on the defence forces that were here. But still these Chiss were cautious. "Allow the shuttles to land. Tell the dock bay crew to expect medical personal, and more than likely armed gaurds. Tell them they are to lead them straight to the midical bays." he said, and his comm officer nodded. Hirotek turned to Lir'ka, and nodded. "Lets go meet our saviors, shall we?" he said, and he Tunred to walk off the bridge. Lir'ka stood there for a moment, and then turned to follow him.

Actually, if you read the comic book series detailing the resurrected emperors return, you can see ewoks fighting on Coruscant in a few of the panels. Apparently, ewoks became ground troops for the NR....

Ok, if anyone needs help, just PM me. Im on level 23 or so now. But if you are past the page that 500 or so people have seen, im stuck there, so HELP!!!!

You know, my roomate said that if I were in the star wars universe, I would either be a mandalorian, or a errand boy for a hutt. EDIT: Do the Ewoks have be wiped out? They are such cute little buggers, after all.

Seryk walked into the medical bay, and saw Karyn laying on one of the tables there. he could tell by the number of bruises he had on her that the Mandalorians had given her quite a savage beating. But she had survived, and was past the first step. And he was proud of her for that. But now, the second part of her punishment had to be done. he walked over, and stood next to her table. She looked up to him, and almost smiled. "Seryk, why didnt you warn me?" she asked, her voice rasping in pain. Seryl looked down at her, a lump forming in his throat. It pained him to see her like this. But he knew that it had to be done. "Because then, you would have drawn upon the force to dull the pain. It it would have ruined the first test. But you passed. But just so you know, that was the easist part." he said,. and Karyn nodded. Seryk looked over to the doctor, who nodded. Seryk looked back to Karyn, and smiled. "When did they say you will be ready to go?" he asked, and Karyn made an attempt at laughing, but only coughed. Seryk watched as her body rocked from the spasms, and then calmed down. "He said a few days, and I will be healed enough to continue on with my training." she said, and Seryk nodded. That meant it was time. he reached down, and wrapped his arms around her shoulders. He hoisted her up, and Karyn yelped in pain. Seryk stepped back, and stared ate her coldly. "Good, that means you will have time to bury the dead." he said, and karyn stared at him, disbelief in her eyes. She could baerly stand, let alone bury the dead. But she could tell by the look on his face that he wasnt joking. She hoisted herself off the bed, and gathered the force to her, to help her maintain her balance. "Well then, lets get on with it." she said, and she began to shuffle he way towards the door. Her two gaurds walked slowly behind her, not once moving to help her. Seryk wondered to himself how long she would last, and sighed. She had made her coice, and now had to live with it. He moved in front of her, and walked out the door, and began to lead her to the burail grounds. It would be a long walk, and once there, she would have to dig the graves, and then bury the dead. But he had a feeling she would make it through, somehow. ********************************** "Admiral, we have a contact coming out of hyperspace! bearing three-one-six!" an ensign yelled out, and Hiroteks head snapped to attention. "is it reporan?" He asked, and the ensign shook his head. Hirotek walked over to the sensor station, and looked the readouts of the vessel. It appeared to be some sort of Sekotan vessel, but it was armed with both conventional cannons, and with Vong plamsa cannons. Suddenly, the comm officer looked up. "Sir, unknown ship is trying to contact us. They are identifying themselves as the Jade Scimitar." He said, and hirotek looked out the viewport. He had forgotten that the short range comm system was still operational. He could see the small vessel in the distance, and wondered if it was who he thought it was. "Put them on speaker." he orderd, and the comm officer nodded. he bent over his station again, and within moments, the voice of mara jade flowed through the bridge. "Again, I repeat, this is the Jade Scimitar to the Star Destroyer Stormshore. Do you copy?" she asked, and hirotek sighed in relief. "This is Admiral Hirotek of aboard the Stormshore. And just let me say Jade, your ship is a sight for sore eyes." he said, and jade spoke again, her voice worried. "What happened to your ship Admiral? you look like you got into one hell of a fight. And why are your gravity wells on?" she asked, and hirotek sighed. "Adumar is under attack by a large vagaari force. i was forced to pull out or risk being destroyed. Our hyperdrive is broken, and our gravity wells are locked on." he said, and for a moment, there was silence. "Where is the rest of your fleet?" came a new voice. hirotek geussed it was Skywalker. "Still fighting at Adumar, I would assume. I left them in command of Commodore Athien of the UDA." he said, and he moved to sit back down. As he did so, a thought crossed his mind. "Your niece Jaina is one the planet itself now, I think, atempting a rescue operation." he said, and he heard a sharp intake of breath over the comm. He wondered if he had made a mistake in telling them that, but they had a right to know. "Alright, thank you. Do you want us to relay your position to the GFFA?" Luke asked, and Hirotek thought for a moment. "No. I dont want to risk the repora intercepting any transmissions about our position. We wouldnt even be able to hold off an attack from a TIE squadron right now, let alone an attack from a Repora vessel." he said, and he could almost hear Luke noddind. "Again Admiral, we thank you. But we must get to Adumar, and try and help. May the force be with you." Mara said, and Hirotek watched as the small ship turned , and began to fly towards the outer ring of the gravity well. After a few moments, the ship turned, and rocketed back into hyperspace. hirotek sat there for a moment, and then looked over to Lik'ka. "Status report on the gravity wells? When are they coming down. I dont want to risk pulling an enemy ship out of hyperspace." he said, and Lir'ka looked to a small data pad at her station. "At last report, they were almost ready to cut power to the gravity wells, sir. They should be off within 10 minutes." she said, and Hirotek nodded. The sooner those wells were offline, the safer he would feel. Suddenly the senso officer looked up again. "Admiral, we have a UDA vessel dropping out of hyperspace sir! our gravity well pulled them out!" he called, and Hirotek rose from his seat, and quickly ran to the sensor station. he sighed in relief as he studied the ship. it was one of Athiens vessels, probably sent to find him. Maybe having the gravity wells on wasnt such a bad thing afterall. A few moments later, a voice came over the battle comm. "Stormshore, this is the Star Hauler Free Will and Life, please respond." the voice said, and Hirotek spoke out, his voice relaying how happy he was to see them. "This is Admiral Hirotek. Captain Greshk, is it?" he asked, and he heard the other vessles captian chuckle. "Correct Admiral. Your memory is astounding. Thats a good idea, raising your gravity wells. it made it a lot easier for us to find you." Greshk said, and Hirotek shook his head. "That wasnt on purpose, they are stuck on. We cant seem to de-activate them." he said Sheepishly, and the other captian chuckled. "Ah, I see. Well, get them down as quickly as possible. We are to help you on your way to Dresnak to affect repairs." he said, and Hirotek nodded. "We are working on it as fast as possible captain. They should be down any minute now." he said, and he watched as the other vessel manuvered in closer to attach its tractor beams to his ship. He felt a shudder as the tracotr beams caught his ship, and slowly began to move. "Captain, what was the state of the battle when you left?" Hirotek asked, and for a moment, there was silence. "The Vagaari were manuvering back to engage the Commodores forces. Thast when we made the jump. That all we know." he said, and Hirotek nodded slowly. he hoped that Athien wouldnt so anything foolish. Even he knew she wouldnt be able to take on teh Vagaari fleet for long. "Admiral, the gravity wells are losing power. We should be able to make a jump to hyperspace now." Lir'ka said, and hirotek nodded. "Captain, anytime you are ready. But please be gentle. I dont know how much stress this ship can take right now." Hirtek said, and he heard the other captain chuckle. "Dont worry Admiral, we will be carefull. We cant aford to lose you, or your ship right now." he said, and hirotek smiled. He looked out of the viewport, and watched as his ship was dragged into hyperspace. he didnt knwo how long it would be before they arrive at Dresnak, but he knew it would be a while. Dragging a ship the size of the Stormshore through hyperspace wasnt easy. But it wasnt like they had any real choice. Hirotek looked over to Lir'ka, and smiled. "Lir'ka, you havwe the bridge. Im going to my ready room. I have work to do." he said, and Lir'ka nodded. Hirotek walked off the bridge, and into his ready room. he walked over to his desk, and sat down. After a few moments, he leaned back in his chair, and closed his eyes. He was tired, and decided to take a nap. He knew Lir'ka could handle everything for now. But he knew once they arrived at Dresnak, he would have to take command again, and begin repairs on his ship.

Well, when it comes to anakin, we need to find one of the emperors cloning facilities, and clone about a thousand anakins. Then, the war will be won with ease. And dont worry about Karyn, im not going to hurt her that badly. But what a coincidence, that the two mandalorians gaurding her cell, were relatives of some of the mandalorians that died fighting Malice. And will also be the ones training Karyn. Im a sick twisted little puppet.

Alright. Im on level 11 now. man, this game is crazy. There are 35 levels in total. Im wondering what the final prize is? Edit: make that level 15

*looks at stellars last post, blinks, and falls to his kness* I AM NOT WORTHY!! I AM NOT WORTHY!!! *blinks again* But yah, anyways. Since the gravity well projectors are stuck on, would cutting all power to them kill them? Or would that end up cutting power to the whole ship? And the Star Hauler, will it follow the path of my ship, or just jump randomly to try and finr me? If it follows my path, odds are my gravity well will yank them out of hyperspace. And the shywalkers, should I send them on to Adumar? Or should I let them have a choice to follow me?

Quite possibly. But i fugured that more people would try it out if it were here.

Seryk walked along the halls of the massive detention center. Unlike most centers he had either seen or occupied, this center was dark, and cold. The walls looked old, and Seryk guessed that they weere probably older than the city itself. An ancient military base perhaps? But he knew that his questions about this city would have to wait. For now, he had a choice to give karyn. And it wasnt one he was prepared for. he ha expected something like a savage beating in public, horrid psycoligical torture, or something along those lines. he hadnt expected karyn to have to choose between deat, or becoming a mandalorian. But Seryk was fairly certain that death was by far the easiest of the two choices. After a while, he came to a cell gaurded by two armor clad warriors. he could tell that these weren't standard security, but fully trained mandalorians. They obviously were not going to risk her escaping to wreak more death upon their city. he walked up to them, and they both nodded silently. They stepped aside, so that Seryk could see into the cell. He looked in, and saw Karyn huddled in the corner, her arms wrapped almost protectively around her knees, and her face semi-buried in the thin prison uniform she had been given. After a few moments, Karyn looked up to him, and a hint of a smile appeared. "So, when am I to be executed?" she asked coldly, and Seryk shook his head. She had already condemned herself to death. For a fleeting moment, he had the notion that Karyn would choose death over her other option, but it vanished just as quickly as it had appeared. he could tell that she wanted to live, and make ammends for what she had done. "Your time of execution is up to you Karyn. High Commander Verice has given you that choice." he said, and Karyn nodded. She slowly stood, and walked over towards the from of the cell. She wrapped her hands around the cold metal bars, and smiled. "Kill me now then, and be done with it. It is what I have earned." she said softly, her smile never wavering. Seryk stood there for a moment, and then shook his head. karyn slunk to the back of the cell, and shook her head. "You have taken my choice away then. So why did you ask me to begin with?" she asked, and Seryk lowered his head for a moment, and then looked back up at karyn. "Because you have two choices for your punishment. Your first choice is ht eone you know of, execution. And knowing the mandalorains, it wont be pleasent." he said, and Karyn nodded slowly. "And the other choice?" she asked, her voice portraying her confusion. "You can bury the people that Malice has slain here. And then, begin training as a mandalorian warrior." Seryk said, and karyn just stared back at him, disbelief in her eyes. Seryk watched her for a few moments, and then spoke again. "Trust me when I tell you this, though. The training will not be easy. You may have wished you had chosen death before it is done. And you can expect no mercy for failure. Whichever choice you make, is final." he said, and Karyn slunk back into the corner. She slowly slid down, and stared at the wall. After a few moments, she looked back to Seryk. "why would they give me that option? After all that has happened here?" she asked, and Seryk smile underneath his helmet. "Because i spoke in your favor Karyn. That, and I think the High Commander Knows that you were acting under the orders of someone else, and that you wish to redeem yourself somehow." he said, and Karyn stared at him in disbelief. She slowly stood, and walked back over to the metal bars. "You spoke in my favor? After all that I have done?" she asked, and Seryk nodded. Karyn looked down to the floor, and then back up to Seryk. Seryk was happy to see a fire burning in her eyes again. He knew then what her choice would be. But he wondered if she would regret it n the coming minutes. "I will bury the dead, and become a mandalorian Seryk. If it gives me the chance to kill just one repora, it will have been worth while." she said coldly. Seryk nodded, and then stepped back from the metal bars. The two mandalorain warriors put there weapons on the ground, and then turned to Karyns' cell. "You have made your choice then Karyn. But before you go to bury the dead, you will have your first lesson now. And the lesson is simple. To be a mandalorian, you must have the heart to survive." he said, and he turned and began to walk away from the cell. He could hear the mandalorians enter the cell, and he winced as he heard them begin the training. He had been given a quick lesson on how sshe would be treated during her training. And he knew that this was the first step in what was going to be a long process. But if he was right, and Karyn survived her first lesson, she would survive everyhting esle they put her through. ******************************** Hirotek watched as the lines of hyperspace flew around his ship. They had entered hyperspace almost twenty standard minutes ago, but his engineers had said they had to make sure that the ship would survuve a re-entry into real space. So they had stayed the course, far longer than he would have liked. he gripped the armrest of his chair tightly, waiting for the signal that they could drop out of hyperspace. He looked to the rest of his bridge crew, and saw that they to were wating aprehensivly. Thay all knew he had taken a large risk in making a blind jump, but it was a risk he had to take. Then, he saw a light flash on, and Hirotek sighed in relief. "Helm, bring us out of hyperspace. begin a scan, and pinpoit our position. Communications, get word out that we are safe for now, and are beginning preperations to make a jump back to safer territory." he said, and he let his head roll forward. He was exhausted. the constant battles over the past few days had begun to wear him down. But he knew that even though Adumar had fallen, he had scored a small vicotry in gaining knowledge about the reporan mines. He also had held some in reserve, so that GFFA engineers could study them, and they could begin producing them for the fight against the repora. It would be a muchneeded boost to their arsenal. "Admiral, our communications seem to be down, sir. I think they may hav ebeen damaged during or right before the jump." an ensign said form the communications center. Hitoek put a hand over his eyes, and rubbed them slightly. he should have know that something like that would happen. He knew they were lucky to still be alive. "Alright. We will have to get the emergency comm tower up then. Prepare an engineering team immeditaly. I want communication back up within half an hour." he ordered, and the ensign nodded. hirotek looked up, and saw Lir;ka walking towards him, a worried look on her face. "Admiral, I just got word from engineering. Our primary hyperdrive is fryed, and the backup is questionable. I dont know if we can make it back to GFFA space." she said quietly. Hirotek nodded slowly, adn his mind began to race. If they couldn;t make it back to GFFA space then they would have to find another place to head to. The imperial secotors were out of the question, as most of their shipyards were either destoryed, or had been moved. but more importantly, he had a lrge number of severely injured crewers, that were in dire need of medical help. Help his ship couldnt provide. hirotek slowly stood, and walked over to the sensor station. "Have you pinpointed our postion yet?" he asked, and his captain nodded. A holo of the unknown regions appeared, and a small blip flashed on, pinpointing the ship. By the looks of it, he was no where near any place that could hold his ship. but something sprung to his mind, something he had learned from Athien during one of their planning sessions. "Birng up the Urlurian cloud, in relative position to the unknown regions." he orderd, and slowly, the holo shifted slightly to show the UDA controlled cloud. While it wasnt much closer than the nearest GFFA controlled part of space, he was willing to bet that the info he had on the UDA worlds would be correct. He had no idea what systems were still under GFFa control, and he wasnt ready to risk jumping to a world with a Reporan fleet in orbit. he thought for a moment, and weighed his options. he didnt have many, and none of them were good. So he decided on the fastest route to both a shipyard, and hopefully, a place to treat his injured. "Begin immediate repairs on our backup hyperdrive, and then our primary. Forget the emergency comm array, it can wait for now. Heml begin plottign a course for a system by the name of Dresnak. It will be in the nav computer. its the closest place for us to make an attempt at." Hirotek said, and Lir'ka looked over at him. "Admiral, do you think it is wise to go there? How d you knwo we wont be destroyd upon arrival?" she asked, and Hirotek shrugged his shoulders, "I dont. But, given the fact that we have no clue what the state of the GFFa is, nor what planets they still control are, it is, in reality, a dangerous, but safe place to try. Better to explain ourselves to the Chiss, than to accidently drop in on top of a Reporan fleet, correct?" he asked, and Lir'ka nodded. Hirotek walked back to his command chair, and sat back down. He knew he was taking a raisk, but it had to be done. That, and if the hyperdrive failed on the way there, he was fairly certain that he would rahter drop out in the middle of deep space, then in the middle of reporan controlled territory. "Inform me when we are ready to make the jump captain." he said, and his captain nodded. hrotek leaned back in his chair, and sighed. it was going to be a long wait, followed by an even longer jump in hyperspace. He just hoped that he was making the right decision.

I found this game a few days ago, and have been trying to make progress in it ever since. http://deathball.net/index.php?cat=info&pid=12 I got to level nine, and got stuck. And no, the hints they give you are of no help whatsoever.

Personally, I almost never use the ISD, even late in the game. I wqill normally stick to the CSD, and later on, the VSD II as the main vessels in my fleets. I usually have a thee ISDs in orbit of coruscant as soon as I can get them, but they eventually get replaced by cheaper VSDs. As for support ships, I have it so all the smaller rebel ships, such as the corvette, the nebulon-b, and the bulk cruiser can be built by the empire, as the game makes more sence that way. And nornally, I stick with the Corvette as a support ship early on, then switch up to a nebulon-b/assault transport combo for support, as the Nebulon-B can handle larger ships, while the assault transport has the firepower to ravage enemy fighters. As for the carrack cruiser, I use them as a medium capitol ship early on, and then later, use tham as search and destroy vessels, or as emergency support ships if need be. Their speed allows them to traverse the rim quickly, and still be able to defend themselves from small enemy forces.

True. Now, what about karyn, and her punishment?

Hirotek grabbed the console he was holding on to as his ship rocked from another hard salvo from the vagaari ships. he was taking a lot of damage now, but he was also dealing out just as much. And the enemies flank was falling apart. So far, it seemed that he was holding on. He didnt know how long it would last for however. "Admiral! Starboard shields are at 15 percent!" a lieutenenat yelled, and Hirotek nodded. The shileds wouldnt take much more of this. He looked down to his boards, and was dismayed to see that most of the Admuarian defense ships had been destryed or disabled. But thier flagship and one of thier destoryers was holding on, ripping into a trio of enemy dreadnaughts. "Steal power from all nopn-essentail systems to shore up the shields!! Take energy from life support if you have to! We have to hold for a while longer!" he yelled, and he was thrown from his chair as another volley of plasma bursts skipped off of his sheilds. he loooked to his boards, and nodded as he saw Sabre squadron take after a squadron of Vagaari fighters that was getting to close to his ship. They had held up well this fight, having only lostone fighter to engine problems. These Vagaari still hadnt realised that plasma weapons werent going to kill them. "Order all ships to form up! get them all close enough to cover each other! Order all ships to link their weapons banks for maximum effectiveness!" he barked, and he watched as the remains of his fleey came closer together, dealing out lethal amounts of fire as they did so. He cursed to himself as he watched the bothan cruiser Courageous plow uncontrollaby into a Vagaari cruiser, destorying both vessels. "Have all ships turn 25 degrees to port, and move forward, we have to get out of thier lines!" he ordered, and Lir'ka nodded. Hirotek knew that i his lfeet stayed here much longer, they would be ripped apart. His captain looked up, a concerened look on his face. "Admiral, new contacts coming in, vector three-forty-seven! They look Reporan, but have vagaari weapons." he said, and Hirotek nodded. he must be scaring them, they were brining in re-enforcements now. So it was time to lay on the pressure. He checked his boards, and found a pair of E-wing squadrons that didnt look to busy. "Have Eagle and Dragon squadrons prepare for a run on the pair of cruisers and point fifteen-twenty-one. I want both of those cruisers to be dead in space. Order the Admurarian forces concentrate thier fire on the enemy starfighters. We need to get the odds in our favor!" he yelled, and his captain nodded. He watched for a moment as the two squadrons began to move on the cruisers, and then Lir'ka looked up. "Admiral, Commodore Athien is sending down a team to help rescue the president. She is requestion our assistance." she said, and Hirotek sighed. He didnt want this to turn into a forced ground battle. But obviously, that wasnt going to happen now. "Launch assault shuttles seven through twelve, have them fly support. And launch troop ships one through four to help pick up survivors." he ordered, and Lir'ka nodded. Almost as an aterthought, Hirotek shook his head. "And laod up and many YVH droids as we have onto the assault shuttles, and dumo them into the city as ground support. I have a feeling they will need them." he added, and Lir;ka nodded. Hirotek hated throwing away valuable droids like that, but he knew that they were for a worthwhile cause. Hirotek tuned back to his consoles, and noticed that his ships and now formed up, and were moving to exit the enemy lines. Suddenly a harsh burst of plasma rounds crashed into his shileds, and they finally fell. Hirotek was thrown from his chair as another salvo ripped into the hull of the ship. "Damage report!" he yelled, as he stood back up. He looked out his viewport, to see a huge gash n his hull. "We have hull breaches on decks fifty-six through seventy-four!! Those areas have been sealed off! Sheilds are down along our starboard side, 30 seconds to backups!" an esign yelled, and Hirotek cursed. this was not good. Without those shields, the ship was a sitting duck. "Get those shuttles launched, now!" Put all auxilar power into engines, get usout of here!" he bellowed, and he felt the ship lurch as its massive engines came tp full power. he grabbed his chair as yet another salvoe pucnhed holes into his hull, and he cursed. He knew his ship coulsnt handle much more of this. "Shuttles launched Admiral!"Lir'ka yelled, and Hirotek nodded. It was time to leave. "Contact Commodore Athien, tell her she has command of my forces, and that we are pulling out! As soon as we clear the enmy forces, jump us out of here!" he yelled, and the captain looke dup to him. "Admiral, we dont have jump coordinates! We cant risk a blind jump!" he yelled, but Hirotek waved his hand. It was thier only chance. he wasnt going to pull his froces closer just to save his ship. it was to risky. Hirtek watched as yet another slavo crashed into his hull, and cursed as the bridge lights flickered. "Commodre Athien says she will take care of your fleet, and wishes us luck, Admiral." Lir'ka said. Hirotek nodded, and watched as his flagship sleared the enemy lines. he took one last look at the battle, and saw the re-enforcements finally arrive, but at the far flank of the battle. he hoped Athien knew what she was doing. "Helm, get us out of here!" he yelled, adn Hirotek watched as the stars became lines, and his ship vanished into hyperspace.

Well, its a good thing you remembered. i was almost ready to turn Adumar into the biggest rout in history.

Sounds lijke a massacre wrapped in a headache. I cant wait.

Im am not in there.... And frankly, thats a good thing. You people dont want to know anything about me. *continues hiding the bodies*

I cant remember what book it was in, but an Imperial Admiral complained about the high manuverability of the TIE-Interceptor, saying that even a seasoned pilot could send it into an uncontrolled tumble, and that the TIE was manuverable enough. And frankly, I have to agree with him. The standard TIE is more than manuverable enough, its what kept the pilots alive. If the interceptor had come with onyl two laser cannons standard, instead of four, I think it would have been to manuverable for even vetern TIE pilots to handle.

What does that mean, anyways?

Im still waiting patiently for the next session involving Hirotek and Athien....

Read the book tals of Mos Eisly, I think it is. Stormtroopers arent clones. That book proves it.

Oh yah,. I suppose I should describe the mandalorian cruiser, should I? Ill see If i can get AutoCAD 2004 to work again, and see if I can design a picture of one.

Hirotek watched the battle unfold, and scowled. His forces were far to outnumbered. He knew he wouldnt be able to hold on for very long, not without being surrounded. He sighed, and then stood up from his chair. He walked over to the central command center, and looked to the sensor screens. He wtahed as the stolen mines fired salvos at the Vagaari cruisers, and was happy to see that they were doing thier job for now. But he knew the battle was already lost. "What is the current status of the evacuation?" he asked calmly, and an ensign looked over to him, worry on his face. "It is nearing 60 percent now Admiral. But a large number of people are refusing to leave, and are stating they are going to stay behind to fight the invaders." he said, and Hirotek nodded. he had heard of how stubborn he people of Adumar could be. But, it was their home, and they had the right to defend it. He could not blame them for wanting to try. he did notice that a large number of Adumarian fghters were harassing the landing ships, and they were putting up an impressive, if futile, fight. he looked back to the battel in orbit, and studied it. But he knew there was no point. It was already over. "Contact all ships, and order them to fall back at half speed. Pull the mines back also, we want them to keep hitting the same ships we are. Order the Victory of Endor to move and support the Pride of Adumar, it looks like the Vaagari are planning to make a run at it." he ordered, and he watched as one of his Bothen cruisers moved in close to the Adumarian flagship, and began to pour fire into the vagaari fighters flying towards it. Hirotek nodded, knowing that the Pride would survive this battle. "Admiral, we are seeing fire coming up from the planet surface now. It looks like older defence cannon fire." the captain said, and Hirotek nodded. he watched as the guns tore into the landing groups, and he smiled. Whoever was running those guns was intelligent enough to hide them until they could be used most effectively. At least someone on the planet had been thinking. "Admiral, we are receiving a cmmunication from the Freedom. Commodore Athien suggests we make an assualt on the port flanks of the group attacking us, sir." his comm officer called out, and Hirotek looked at his sensors again. Thie rstarboard flanks did appear to be weakened severly, mosrty from the efforst of the UDA ships. "I believe she may be right. Order our group to move closer to the Adumarian vessels, and then, order all ships to helt in their positions. Have the mines move to cover our flanks." he ordered, and he watched as his fleet began to move. he noticed that a few of the Vagaari vessels in the rear flanks began to move in to support their threatend flank, and Hirotek smiled. Standard move, standard countermove. The opposing commander knew his tactics. But Hirotek doubted that he knew the full capabilites of the UDA vessles. "Contact the UDA ships, and release them to begin screening the enemy sheild modulations. As they find them, order them to begin a push forward. Then, have the rest of our ships Push forward from our current positions." he ordered, and he looked back to the sensors. Vagaari landing ships were now on the surface. Hirotek knew after this, a retreat was in order. Adumar was lost. he turned back to his sensors, and watched as Athiens forces began their push forward, and his ships slowly followed suite. *********************************** Seryk followe High Commander Verice into her chambers, and waited for her to sit down at her desk. She then stared up at Seryk, an unhappy look on her face. "Seryk, you are a newcomer here, and therefor, we are forced to let the rules slide from time to time, until you have come to understand them all. But asking to see me in private during an interregation comes very close to to much. This had better be good." she said, and Seryk took a deep breath, and released it slowly. he would only have one chance at this. "High commander, I may not know of all of the rules here. I may not know of all of the customs. But what I do know is this. In the entire time she was with Malice here, she did not harm a single on of your people. I know, i watched the tapes myself. And you saw what happened, malice turned on her, and then she killed him. She has already dold out revenge on the one who did all the killing here." he said, and Verice nodded slowly. She looked down the her desk, and then back up to Seryk. "While your arguements are true, Seryk, i cannot just look away, and let her leave. She must be punished. She may not have killed anyone, but she was an accomplice. Adn for that alone, our laws call for death." she stated coldly. Seryk thought for a moment, and nodded. He had heard of many lawas like that across the galaxy. Guilt by association. And they were some of the most unfair laws in existance. "High commander, when she arrived here, she was under the control of someone else. She had no say in her actions. She had been twisted from who she truelly was. But when we had captured her, she was no longer the same person that she was when she arrived here. I fully belive she regrets having ever been forced to come here." he said, and the high commander slowly nodded. She sat there for a few moments, and then stood. She looked back to Seryk, and sighed. "What you say may be true Seryk, but once again, i cannot ignore our laws," she said, and Seryk felt his shoulders slump slightly n defeat. But then the High commander smiled slightly. "But I am at liberty to alter them, if the situation calls for it." she said, and she moved to walk out of the door. Seryk stood there for a moment, wondering what she was going to do, and then turned to follow her out.