Star Wars: We Joined the Rebellion for This?!

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

"I will explain while we get out of here," the scruffy-looking human said swiftly as he was helping the group cram into the speeder. Seven beings of various sizes in the thing was a bit of a tight fit, but still doable.

The human stuffed himself in last, swinging the hatch down and immediately hitting the throttle and spinning the speeder around and away from Bestine. After a few short, cramped moments, the human glanced around as best he could in the speeder and said in a calmer voice, "My name is Akan. I'm a part of the local Alliance cell. We've been underground since the Empire tripled the garrison here...picked up some Imperial traffic and linked it to that transport you came in on. Got in contact with the pilot before he got out of the system and he told us where to find you..." he trailed off, then glanced at the small sensor screen that was at the center of the control panel, "The Commander sent me to get you, said she'd gotten word of a group being sent to get some defector and it wasn't hard to put the pieces together. Course, Empire's probably doing the same...unless you've got some place you need to be right now, I'm taking you to our little hole in the desert."

 

[Elephant]

"Thanks for the pick-up, Akan. We weren't exactly thrilled about trying to walk into Bestine, and you pulled up at just the right time.

 

[possum]

"I agree that Bestine's probably not the best place for us to be at the time being," Varren says as he adjusts himself in his seat. "Thank the Force you showed up."

 

[Rhun]

Cyd finds himself in agreement with Varren. "It will come in handy to have some knowledge of Bestine and its defenses before we try to infiltrate the place."

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

"Bestine's a rough place to get into," Akan commented as the desert around the speeder continued to shoot past, "We've got an operative in there somewhere but can only get in contact with him every few weeks. Can definitely get you some information on what we know about the defenses, though. Its like Coruscant crammed into one little city, 'specially since the new troops landed. Mos Eisely...Mos Espa...Hutts have enough control there that the Empire keeps out of the way but Bestine...well, even the Hutts have their limits out here.

After a few more minutes in the speeder, they began to slow. The desert sands had given way to patches of rock and stone. Soon, they were traveling down a narrow canyon that dipped down at a steep angle below their previous elevation. And then the speeder stopped. There was, at first, nothing to see that would indicate a base of any kind.

Up ahead a good distance, the canyon met a wall and looked to cut off in different directions. While there was still no sign of a base, there were other things...blaster bolts. Bright flashes of red. Small, distant explosions against the rockface. Though there were a great many large stones and outcroppings that made a clear view of the scene difficult, there was definitely some kind of metal object, probably a speeder from its level to the ground, in that direction, along with many very easy to see white moving figures.


"It looks like you aren't the only ones who've gotten a little attention today..." Akan said softly. He then powered down the speeder completely and nearly kicked the hatch to get it to open, "Guess it was only a matter of time until they found us."

 

[Rhun]

Assuming we have a few rounds before we will actually be in combat.

Cydarius swears, and quickly removes a black case of molded composite from his pack. Opening it reveals the parts of a disassembled rifle, and the solider quickly begins assembling it with experienced hands. Although he preferred the heavy blaster pistol at his hip, the Merr-Sonn LD-1 would give him an advantage at range.

 

[possum]

Varren takes another approach to the impending contact than his ally Cyd. He removes the Blastech-manufactured pistol from his holster and leaps out of his seat. He takes cover behind the landspeeder.

Can I get a guesstimate on how far away the Stormies are?

 

[Dire Lemming]

Issachar makes a similar curse at the exact same time as Cyd and leaps from the speeder, taking cover behind it and drawing his heavy blaster. "This just isn't our day."

Iassachar scans the area as best he can without any form of binoculars.

 

[Elephant]

Karr retrieves his electrobinoculars and scans the battlefield, taking note of stormtrooper numbers, armament, resistance to the stormtroopers, and (if the numbers aren't completely overwhelming) possible approaches to catch the stormtroopers in a crossfire.

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

There was enough cover around the speeder in the form of large rocks and outcroppings that getting a better view of the situation wasn't too difficult. It helped that it looked like the Stormtroopers hadn't taken notice of anything behind them. A large speeder was blocking a clear view of the firefight, though, and it looked to be one of the armoured types used to transport troops. It could hold anywhere up to thirty troopers if they were packed in tight enough.

There looked to be about seven Stormtroopers outside, though there might have been another out of view on the other side of the speeder. They were all firing straight towards a single point, and looking closely an opening could be seen with blaster fire escaping it.

As it was, the combat speeder was roughly thirty meters away, with another ten to the opening. The troopers were mostly in a large semi-circle that would gave them a good firing arc into their small target. They also seemed to be actually using intelligent tactics, and taking cover where they could.

Akan was crouched behind a rock, blaster in hand. After having time to survey the situation, he spoke up, though in a somewhat hushed voice just to make sure, "There's a back way in down the canyon to the right. Don't think we can get to it from here without being spotted but hopefully everyone's getting out. It might be a good idea for you guys to take the speeder and get out of here before we're spotted."