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Message: <blockquote data-quote="LostSoul" data-source="post: 2342221" data-attributes="member: 386">Wee!  TIE FightersEXT. NALDAR STARPORT - DAYNaldar City's starport is the location of the first wave of the Imperial Assault.  TURBOLASERS on the starport fire off barrage after barrage at the TIE Bombers that are making attack runs.  The sky above is full of fire as TIE fighters and Naldar ships twist and circle each other.One of the bombers drops a glowing orb, and it impacts in a huge explosion on the starport's shields.  Another bomber follows up with a salvo of missiles, some of which hit the shields, the rest making it through to the starport itself.  Huge EXPLOSIONS rock the starport, and one of the docking bays collapses into itself.CUT TO:EXT. NALDAR STARPORT - DOCKING BAY - DAYLita Moren's speeder skids to a stop beside her ship, the Outlaw Star.  Debris is falling all around.  A large spire of metal CRASHES into the top of the Outlaw Star, sending sparks flying.LITA: "Oh no!"TREVOR, a non-descript man, and his modified R2 droid A1 are busily scurrying around the ship, trying to disconnect power cables.  He looks up and waves at Lita.LITA: "Trevor, what are you doing here?" she says, getting out of the speeder.TREVOR: "I was hoping for a ride."LITA: "Get in," she says, shaking her head.  She swipes her keycard in the Outlaw Star's lock and enters the ship, stomping up the gangway.  Trevor follows close behind.  A1 beeps loudly.TREVOR: "I don't care about that right now, A1!  I just want to get off of here."Raynor and Six-Four get out of the speeder as Lita comes back out of her ship.  The Outlaw Star's exterior cargo bay doors are opening slowly.Lita walks past them and into her speeder.RAYNOR: "Where are you going?" he asks Lita.  "Maybe you should be powering up the ship."TREVOR: "I can do that."RAYNOR: "Who are you?"  He looks to Lita, who is piloting the speeder into the Outlaw Star's cargo hold.  "Lita," he yells over the crashing sound of combat, "who is this gearhead?"TREVOR: "I'm Trevor, and this is my droid A1."  A1 beeps a greeting.RAYNOR: "And why do you think you're coming with us?"TREVOR: "Why do YOU think you're coming with US?"LITA: "Just get on the ship, or I'm leaving without you!" she yells as she runs past Raynor and Trevor and into the ship.  Everyone follows her.CUT TO:INT. OUTLAW STAR - COCKPIT - DAYIn the crowded cockpit of the Outlaw Star, Lita is furiously flipping switches and pressing buttons.  A HUM begins somewhere in the bowels of the ship and lights start flashing.  Raynor, Six-Four, Trevor, and A1 are watching her.Through the cockpit, we see two TIE Bombers race by.  Lita flinches as a proton bomb lands on the starport and shakes the ship.LITA: "Don't just stand there!" she yells to everyone else.  "Someone help me lock in auxiliary power!"A1 beeps and flicks out a scomp link that he plugs into the ship's controls.LITA: "Raynor, Six-Four, go man the turrets.  Trevor, see if you can get those shields up."Raynor and Six-Four leave.  Trevor sits down at a nearby control bank.TREVOR: "Tell me what to do," he mutters under his breath.  "You get those shields up."LITA: "Trevor, shut up or get off the ship!"TREVOR: "Okay, okay, calm down there, 'captain.'  I'll get right on it.  Let's get one thing straight though - if I'm going to be part of your crew, you better start treating me nice."LITA: "Shut up!  I don't have time for this.  Mother space..."Lita pulls back on the steering column and the Outlaw Star rises into the air.  She rams forward the throttle and it LEAPS out of the starport like a frightened womp rat.CUT TO:EXT. SKY - ABOVE STARPORT - DAYThe Outlaw Star races into the air.  Behind it, two TIE FIGHTERS fall into tailing positions.INT. OUTLAW STAR - COCKPIT - DAYTrevor is cross-wiring some switches.  Suddenly, a warning beeping starts.TREVOR: "You've got two TIEs coming up behind you, 'captain.'"LITA: "Angle the deflectors double-back!"  She keeps pressing on the throttle, already at maximum, thinking that she can outrun the TIE fighters.She's wrong.  The TIE fighters keep pace with her, and four beams of green energy narrowly miss the Outlaw Star.In the Outlaw Star's port gun turret, Six-Four is strapping himself into the gunner's chair.  He flips a switch and the blaster cannon comes on-line.  A small, red-and-yellow 3D targetting reticle appears.  It shows two TIE fighters behind him, and he spins the chair around to face them.He lets out a blast of red at one of the TIEs, but it goes wide.RAYNOR: "Nice shot there," he shouts from across the narrow length of the ship, where he is seated at the starboard gun turret.SIX-FOUR: "It's this targetting system.  I bet it predates the old republic!"RAYNOR: "Come on, what's not to like.  You've got a double 3D grid, these arrows, a circle..."  Raynor lets out his own blast.  He misses as well.SIX-FOUR: "Nice shot."RAYNOR: "You're spoiling my concentration!"SIX-FOUR: "Excuses."They trade shots with the TIE fighters, but are unable to hit the nimble fighters.  The same can't be said for the Imperials; they land one blow, then another, both of which hit the shields.  One more laser blast hits, and the shields fall.  Fire explodes across the Outlaw Star.In the cockpit of the Outlaw Star, Trevor and Lita both flinch with the last impact.TREVOR: "That last blast hurt us!  A few more like that, and we'll end up like a droid brain with no power buffers!"LITA: "I can't outrun them... we can't hit them..."  She suddenly gets a flash of inspiration.  She banks the ship and dives towards the starport.  The sky in front of the Outlaw Star fills with the turbolaser fire and explosions from TIEs and bombs hitting the starport.TREVOR: "What are you doing - you'll kill us in that crossfire!"Lita ignores Trevor and focuses all her attention on piloting.  She slips in and out of the huge beams of energy coming from the starport.  She dodges the remains of a TIE bomber's solar wings.  Behind her, one of the TIE fighters is hit by a turbolaser and EXPLODES in a shower of sparks.She looks at her sensor display and sees the remaining TIE fighter close on her tail.  She throws the Outlaw Star into a dangerous dive, bringing it down to street level.EXT. NALDAR CITY - DAYThe Outlaw Star races through the buildings of Naldar City, windows shattering as it flies by.  The ship's engines kick up dust and trash and melt the street as it comes only a few feet away from a deadly crash.  Following right behind it is the last TIE fighter, which SPITS out rays of green that barely miss the Outlaw Star and instead tear great holes into the city street.The Outlaw Star's engines suddenly change their orientation, pointing straight at the ground, turning the street beneath it into a pool of tar.  The ship loses its forward momentum and makes a cut up into the air at a nearly 45-degree angle.As the Outlaw Star races up, it reveals a large statue to the camera.  The TIE fighter races onto frame and tries to avoid the statue, but the two collide and one of the TIE's solar wings is shorn off.  It spins in a tight circle until it crashes into the base of a building, EXPLODING in flames.</blockquote>

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