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Message: <blockquote data-quote="LostSoul" data-source="post: 2342213" data-attributes="member: 386">Revelations & InvasionEXT. DROID MOTEL - PRE-DAWNThe speeder lurches along as it pulls into a small, run down motel.  Lita, Six-Four, and Raynor step out and walk to the office.A run-down PROTOCOL DROID greets them.  Its grimy metal skin is scarred with rust.PROTOCOL DROID: "Greetings, gentlebeings.  Would you like a room?"Raynor looks at the droid in disgust.RAYNOR: "A droid-run motel?  What the hell is that?  I don't want to stay at any droid-run place.  They'll shoot you in the back!  What did you want to come here for?"SIX-FOUR: "Droids don't talk.  It's not in their programming."  He turns to the Protocol Droid.  "Yeah, give us a room for the day."PROTOCOL DROID: "Excellent, sir.  We have a room made up for you right now."  His arm creaks as he hands Six-Four a keycard.RAYNOR: "I don't like this..."WIPE TO:INT. DROID MOTEL ROOM - PRE-DAWNSix-Four has Padre Agos on a bed with washed-out sheets.  An IV is fixed to the wall with duct-tape.  Six-Four dries his hand with a towel, leaving deep red stains, and looks at Padre Agos.PADRE AGOS: "oohh..."SIX-FOUR: "Well, I think he'll be okay if we let him rest for a while.  Why don't we go collect our money now?"LITA: "I want to fix up that speeder first."RAYNOR: "Yeah, that thing is shot to hell.  Why would Quick Nines drive such a run-down piece of crap?"SIX-FOUR: "I think we should go get paid."RAYNOR: "We can wait a while.  What's the worst that could happen?"Six-Four shakes his head and takes out the data disk.  He plugs it into his security kit and begins fiddling with it.LITA: "What are you doing?"SIX-FOUR: "Might as well find out what's on here, if we're going to wait around."LITA: "I'll be outside, working on the speeder."WIPE TO:EXT. SPACEThe IMPERIAL STAR DESROYER RELENTLESS orbits the planet of Naldar silently.  Two TIE FIGHTERS scream through space, on the lookout for any ships brave enough to run the blockade.INT. IMPERIAL STAR DESTROYER RELENTLESS - BRIDGEThe bridge is quiet at this time of day, early in the "morning" cycle.  Only the most important terminals are manned.An alarm klaxon suddenly WHINES, and the communications terminal begins to flash.  A priority-one message is coming through.  The on-duty COMMANDER rushes over to the communications terminal, leaning over the COMM OFFICER working on it.COMMANDER: "What is it?"COMM OFFICER: "I'm decoding it now... priority-one, from the Emperor himself!  It's... sir, the Death Star has been destroyed."A screen shows a handful of rebel starfighters and one heavily-modified YT-1300 freighter fly by as the Death Star explodes in the background.COMMANDER: "Impossible!"COMM OFFICER: "Hang on... we're getting new orders.  All seige operations are to be terminated; our new orders are to launch an assault and take Naldar at any cost."COMMANDER: "I'll rouse the Captain," he says, standing up straight.  "Get in touch with the Army Colonel.  Tell him to begin powering up the garrison and to prepare for ground assault."COMM OFFICER: "Yes sir."The Commander walks out of frame.  The bridge is now teeming with activity.WIPE TO:INT. DROID MOTEL ROOM - MORNINGGolden shafts of light are streaming through the window, lighting up Six-Four.  He is sitting at a table, working on breaking the data disk's encoding.  The data disk is connected to a mass of equipment.He fiddles with the data disk, then leans back and puts down his tool.SIX-FOUR: "It's one in a million that this is going to work, but it's worth a shot..."Six-Four presses a button on the disk, and a red light flashes to green.SIX-FOUR: "Holy <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />.  I'm in."Raynor Onass comes in from the washroom.RAYNOR: "You did it?"SIX-FOUR: "Looks like it... let's hook this up to the holo-vid and see what we've got."Six-Four takes the disk and plugs it into a small screen on the wall.  The holo-vid blinks, coming to life, and begins displaying a list of names and numbers.  The display flickers, and Six-Four hits it.RAYNOR: "Nice work."Raynor lounges back in a chair.  Six-Four pages through the display.SIX-FOUR: "Have a look at this here..."The display shows the name "PATRIA LYDEN" quite clearly.RAYNOR: "Uh... isn't that the chick we were going to sell this disk to?"SIX-FOUR: "No, it's her twin sister," he remarks sarcastically.  "Of course it's her."RAYNOR: "Crap."The door opens and Lita Moren walks in.  Her face and hands are covered in grease, but she has somehow been able to keep it off her clothes.LITA: "What's up guys?"SIX-FOUR: "Miss Lyden is working for the Empire."LITA: "What?"SIX-FOUR: "Miss Lyden is working for the Empire."LITA: "Great, just great!  I needed that money.  Who are we going to sell it to now?  Maybe the general..."RAYNOR: "I don't think-"Raynor is cut of by the high-pitched SCREAM of the Naldar Emergency Warning System's AIR RAID SIRENS.LITA: "Oh great, what now?"Everyone moves outside.  The sirens die down and a VOICE comes over loudspeakers.VOICE: "This is the Naldar Civil Emergency System.  Imperial ships are making planetfall.  All citizens are advised to head calmly to their appointed civil defense shelters.  Repeat:  Imperial ships are making planetfall.  All citizens are advised to head calmly to their appointed civil defense shelters.  This is not a drill.  This is not a drill."In the sky, we can see a faint glow and some small, silvery lights trailed by thin lines of cloud.  The camera zooms in, and we see a number of TIE FIGHTERS, BOMBERS, and ASSAULT VESSELS racing through the atmosphere.  The camera zooms in again, and the Imperial ships BUZZ the camera, screaming like banshees.The camera moves back to the group, still watching the lights.  A group of the lights move off from the main pack.RAYNOR: "Uh, guys, I think those are headed towards the starport..."LITA: "My ship!" she screams, then jumps into the speeder.  She begins to power it up.SIX-FOUR: "What are we going to do with Agos?"RAYNOR: "Uh, we'll just leave him here.  Yeah.  He should be safe."Six-Four shrugs and climbs into the speeder, followed by Raynor.  Lita GUNS the engine and the speeder POUNCES into the air.</blockquote>

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