The two Jedi pilots were joined by Ensign Udo at Lt. Gellian's order. Both the Corellian Navy and the Republic Navy granted graduates of the Jedi Academy a junior Lt.'s rank at the completion of officer training -- in the Republic's case, the top 10% of graduates from the Naval Academy at Anaxes, and people who entered the military through certain other programs, also managed to avoid ever holding an Ensign's rank. But an enlisted man kicked into officer candidate school after a short hitch of active duty was another matter entirely. On the other hand, Udo was an ex-Marine, and if any of Lt. Gellian's pilots were going anywhere dangerous their fighters -- a purely unnatural event as far as the Twi'lek was concerned -- he'd prefer that Udo be with them. Even if the girls had lightsabers and knew how to use them.
Two squadrons of marines and a medical officer accompanied Rosa, Storm, and Sarcia on Taelros' lone assualt shuttle. The fighters kept station on the shuttle, but it seemed like there was nothing in space except for Taelros', its fighter wing, the shuttle, and the oddly silent Nebulon C. Even when they flew right into the docking bay the quiet held. It seemed like there were no flight crews here. There were, though, a very high number of repair droids.