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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dr Midnight" data-source="post: 1246390" data-attributes="member: 69"><img src="http://www.dr-midnight.com/starwars/images/SWheader2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />This will be the sequel to my four-session campaign STAR WARS: WRATH OF THE REBELLION. You can read that campaign writeup here: <a href="http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=10582" target="_blank">http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=10582</a>or read the entire thing without ENworld commentary here: <a href="http://www.dr-midnight.com/starwars/wotr.htm" target="_blank">www.dr-midnight.com/starwars/wotr.htm</a>----------------------------------------PROLOGUE General Madine took a breath and said it. “No.”Across the table, Luke Skywalker blinked. “What?”“I said no. Permission denied.”Luke gritted his teeth. “General, with all due respect, this man is as responsible for the destruction of the Death Star as I am. Without his support, I would have died in that trench, and all the rebels on Yavin would have died only minutes afterward.”Madine ran a hand through his hair and structured his argument in his head. “He was well-paid for that support, if you recall. He bled our resources dry with his ‘reward money’.” He looked at Luke and saw only hurt. “Han Solo is a mercenary.”“He’s a good man,” Luke replied. “and he’s of great use to the Rebellion.”The general agreed. “Absolutely. And if things were different, I would fully endorse sending you, Organa, and Calrissian in to save him, as you suggest. However, I have to consider certain things. The Rebellion needs you, first and foremost… and this ‘Jedi Training’ leave time you’ve been taking has genuinely hurt us here. I like to think we’ve been very lenient in that regard: allowing you months at a time off on some hidden planet, training to be a ‘Jedi’, using one of our ships as transport.” Luke opened his mouth to retort, and Madine went on. “Furthermore, a man like Solo would be of much greater use to us if he didn’t demand compensation for every little deed. He’s not an enlisted man, like yourself. He works for us. At this time, we don’t feel that his rescue is worth sending you, three other high-ranking Rebels, and two serviceable droids to Tatooine. Han’s criminal background caught up to him, and he’s paying the price.”Luke remained calm. “I won’t leave my friend in the clutches of a gangster.”The general had had enough. “You WILL follow orders, soldier,” he growled. “Have you forgotten that we’re fighting a war? You’re needed here. Permission denied. That is all.” Luke got up and stormed to the exit. Madine called out to him. “I’m sorry, Luke. It’s not our fight.”Luke paused briefly, then left the room. He walked away briskly. Princess Leia Organa stood up from her seat and followed. “Let me guess,” she said.“He’s wrong,” Luke said angrily. “Quantifying people by their worth isn’t what will make the New Republic great.”“He’s a general,” Leia said, hurrying to keep up with Luke’s long strides. “He has to make hard decisions every day.”Luke sighed. “I shouldn’t be getting angry like this. I have to learn to separate myself from my feelings.” He slowed to a stop, and Leia stopped with him. They stood in the center of a long hallway. Luke spoke after  a time. “We can’t just leave Han like this.”Leia bit her lower lip and thought. “No,” she said. “We’re going to get him.”Skywalker looked up at her, confused. “We are?”“Yes. I have an idea.” “What about Madine?”“To Hell with Madine and his orders,” She snarled.Luke was surprised by the outburst of emotion from Leia. The young woman was normally diplomatic and reserved- a true politician, she rarely let her feelings flare like this… except, of course, where Han Solo was involved. “What’s your idea?”She told him, and he listened. In the end, he agreed that it was a dangerous game they were playing, but that rescuing Han was the end to which all means were justified. “Let’s do it. When can we put the plan into motion?”“As soon as the others get back,” she said nervously. “Do you want me to talk to them?”“No, I’ll do it, I guess.” He stepped forward and hugged her, and she hugged him back. They stood there silently for a moment.Leia said “I miss him.”“Me too.” Luke held his friend and felt the loneliness and pain coming off her in waves. “We’ll get him back.”MORE PROLOGUE TO COME...</blockquote>

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