The RBL Store.

[Goku1]

Goku looked up from plugging in the new rootie vending machine as claxons and sirens sounded.

"Those frikin Imps...." Goku placed two fingers to his forhead and zapped himself over to the Wrath hangar. He turned and found himself looking at the dissasembled engines of his U-Wing.

"Dang, forgot those Wookies were going to do some work on them." Goku stepped over to his A-Wing, the one Aslan had given him when he'd first arrived and joined the squadron. "Well, i've never flown you, but let's make sure we both come thorugh this one."


Goku hopped into the cockpit and powered it up. Only then did he notice his reflection. "Whoa!! I've been Super 3 this whole time??!!" Goku relaxed his body and reverted to his normal state. Goku then doffed his helmet as his cockpit slid shut.

The A-Wing rose up on repulsorlift engines. Goku goosed the throttle forward until he'd cleared the magcon field, then he slammed the throttle full forward.

"Control, Wrath 2 is away."

"Confirmed Wrath 2. Only you and Wrath Lead are out there right now. Keep them back as long as you can. We're trying to clear Hawk hangar from a minor explosion. Assistance will arrive as soon as possible."

"Roger Control. Wrath 2 to Wrath Lead."

"Lead here Two."

"What's the bad news boss?"

"We've got two squadrons of squints, a squadron of eyeballs, and two squadrons of dupes on the far side of the asteroid field. They were launched from a Vic and a Nebulon B-frigate. If the Remdemtion doesn't return from it's re-supply mission soon, things could turn very ugly. Our primary is to hold those bombers, so lets get to it."

"Roger Lead. May the Force be with us."

Goku brought up his hud and targetting systems. Flicking a switch on the control stick, the weapons switched over from lasers to concusion missles. "Twelve missles, good."

Goku oriented his nose at the oncoming cloud of TIE Bombers ( AKA dupes) and placed his brakets over the lead dupe. His brakets flashed from yellow to red as he got a lock at 2.5 klicks. Goku squeezed the trigger and watched as the warhead shot off on a rocket of red flame.

The missle hit the dupe in it's missle pod half. The un-used munitions inside exploded, ripping the ship apart. Shrapnel from the starboard solar panel lanced out and sliced into the dead craft's wingmate. he ship didn't explode, but as it rolled, Goku saw that a piece of slagged durasteel was sticking out of the cockpit. 'A surgical kill. No pilot, no danger...'


Goku buckled down in his restraints as he inverted and dove down behind an asteroid so that he could come up behind the dupes as they passed. This was gonna be a tought fight....

[Acehigh]

****KABOOM**********

A "minor explosion" is heard just outside the Hawk hangar as the klaxons wail. Nothing important looked damaged as the "skilled Impy" bombers hit a storage building from their oribtal bombardment. Running back from the store Ace is seen pulling his comlink out of his pocket.

"R 2 Vader get over here asap. Get to your fighter and get in the air pronto. *Switching frequencies* Ace to the Incenerator............Widget get the shields fired up and weapons online. Sounds like we've got boggies inbound."

*Widget is another Tau droid aboard the mighty SSD*

"Widget to Ace, Your battle assessment is affirmative. We got this transmission from Wrath 2. *Goku's battle report played for Ace* Awaiting orders sir."

"R 2 Vader and I are getting to our fighters and will be up in no time. Get Tau launched to intercept those bricks!"

Reaching his X-wing, Ace jumps in and uses the force to close the canopy. Seeing R 2 Vader at the controls of another X-wing near by they both rocket up to space at the same time.

"Wrath 2, Hawk 2, and Tau 2 are airborne. Lets try to lead the fighters towards the Incenerator. Her turbo lasers can help thin these guys out till more help arrives. The rest of the Tau droids are being loaded into their ships. They have mostly Impy style ships so don't hit them. They'll show up green on your scope. Just takes their rusty hides a bit to load up."

[M1A2Tanker]

Tank shook his head. "Things just couldn't get any better I see." He muttered as he rushed to his TIE Defender, which was conviently in the Store's Hanger Bay instead of the Admirals Hanger like usual. With a slight hand from the Force he leapt up onto the egress hatch, tapping in his code before slipping into the pilots couch, slipping on his modified helmet at the same time he rushed through the startup checklist.

The fighter started up quickly, its repulsors humming as he lifted it up and aimed it at the huge maw of the hanger opening. With a quick twist on the control yoke he blasted out of the hanger, twisting about to come onto an intercept course.

"Azazel is clear and on the way." He checked his warhead status, and found that he had a full load of concussion missiles. "Hawk 2, you're on point. This'll be your show. RBL Control, get the shields up and the weapons activated."

He sighed. "What a bad time for both the Intrepid and Swift to have been taken away for overhauls."

[Aslan]

**At Comm Center RBL, Aslans Fur was bristling as he barked out orders for the stations defense when suddenly Holmes RBL's Stations Engineer and creator saluted sharply and spoke with a urgent assured voice Admiral Sir I think its time to use deployement protocal Dark Cloak!! Aslan shot holmes a wisimcal look of foreboding than said, "You know that protocal will leave any fighters out of reach of this station while in use?? Holmes stated grimly, "Yes sir, but our pilots have been trained well and it will keep our station safe" Aslan retorted "Do we have the energy levels needed for this to work at present?" Holmes stated flatly" sir I know my station and with the help and info I gained from the last time we cloaked the station I think RBL Comm will be safe throughout the storm." Aslan paced a moment and wished the other admirals mac, azis, crys, could be here in this time of need but this wasnt the case today and the blue guy had to make a decision now with the station and his pilots in the balance. With the sounds of War around him he barked out to his ninjas to man the stations and then winged around to holmes and annouced, "Holmes I cant let the fellas be out there by themselves and I hate Imps!! So pack my pee tree into my Xwing and after I launch envoke protocal dark force, if I perrish, I perrish, but you are in charge, save our station at all cost!!" Holmes protested, but the Admiral glare of war in his eyes said it all, and that he would not be detured............As Aslans X-wing shot from RBL station, the station vanished behind him in a mystical rift waving space....... Well done Holmes you never cease to amaze us!

Now [glow=red,2,300]lets get em!![/glow]

[Acehigh]

*Two squints, an eyeball, and a brick explode in a violent flash of light as they were caught by the massive SSD's turbolaser batteries.*

"Hawk 2 to all fighters, report status and losses asap!"

"Tau 2 to Lead, we're out and in pursuit of the bricks. All craft operational."

"Tau Squadron your clear to fire at will on those bricks. Goku, Tank, Aslan, and myself will keep the squints and eyeballs off your backs. *two eyeballs explode* Great shot Tank! All wings heed the following..............clear the fighters first. Once they are disposed of we'll launch an attack on the cap ships. Alpha, Delta, and Beta (Incenerator attached TB and Gun units) are on standby to assist with cap ship assault. This is gonna be a long fight, we're outnumbered by my count about 3-1. If you catch yourself in trouble lead them back towards the Incenerator and let her turbolasers cover you. Lead out!"

*21 com clicks confirmed the orders given out by the Leiutenant of Hawk Squadron.* (boy I hope this goes well, things look grim, but we've faced these odds before. may the force be with us.)

[M1A2Tanker]

**The Thread Author wonders how one could be outnumber 3 to 1 when you have an SSD, at least...7 squadrons of fighters, and station defenses against a Victory Star Destroyer and a Frigate... **

[IPG_Pynaegan]

Heh, dose pose an interesting querry....

[Goku1]

Edited to correct and remove the incredible highjacking that had taken place...team effort Goku, not a one-man band.

Goku’s A-Wing soared in around the side of one of the larger asteroids. Before the targetting computer could get a solid lock, Goku’s index finger squeezed the trigger. The TIE Interceptor in front of him exploded as one of the lasers pierced it’s starboard ion engine.

“Hawk 2, Wrath 2 here. Send Tau around to the portside flank of that Vic. I’m going to make a run at it.”

“Wrath 2, Azezel. Are you mad? You can’t take down a Vic in you’re A-wing all by yourself.”

“Azezel, I’m not trying to kill the Vic. Those missle launchers need some killin’, and I plan on givin’ it to them. We’re getting shredded by those missles.”

Goku veered over to port and pumped his laser energy into his engines. With a flick of his thumb, he switched over to concussion missles. At 1.5 klicks, he dropped his crosshairs over the starboard missle launcher and fired. The first missle impacted a split second before the first one, creating a gap in the shield that allowed the second to fly through and hit the launcher. Goku squeezed off another volley and the missles slagged the missle launcher.

‘Great, only one missle left.’ Goku pulled back on the stick and rolled to port.

Big mistake.

One of the Vic’s turbolaser gunners scored a lucky shot. The beam lanced through the A-Wing’s shields. The starboard engine blew and sent Goku into a spin twords a very nasty looking asteroid.

“I’m hit!! Wrath 2’s been hit!!”

“Sit tight Goku, we’ll get someone there to get you as fast as we can.” Tanker’s worried voice cut in.

“No time Tank. I’m headed for an asteroid and no way to control it.”

Goku looked over to where RBL Home should have been, but all he saw was a big blank spot in space. He placed two fingers to his forehead and tried to sense the station, but nothing came through.

He looked over to the Vic. “Azazel, I’m going to instant transmission over to the Vic and see if I can help us out any there.”

Goku placed his fingers to his forehead and concentrated, yet he was being rushed. He picked up on the strongest, most energetic energy he could find in his rushed state and vanished with a blur, his Awing smashing into an asteroid a split second after.

His booted feet land on a cold, hard deck, and as he looks up he sees someone he would never have expected...

"YOU!! MULLET HEAD!! WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?!?!?" D'orjahl yelled in surprise. Goku groaned, he ended up on the battered YT-1300...not the Victory Star Destroyer as he planned.

"Must be a lot of weak guys over there..." He thought to himself, grinning sheepishly.

[M1A2Tanker]

As an aside I wish to remind all that the thread author can change anything he or she wishes. It's nothing personal or an attack in any way shape or form.

[Acehigh]

Surveying the battlefield, the Lead fighter for the Rebel cause drops back to assess the situation......

"R 2 Vader......!!!!! get me a correct battle assessment yesterday!" Growls an almost angry Hawk 2. "I count us as just about even as far as the fighters go as long as they don't have reinforcements out there somewhere." *Tapping his radar screen, suddenly the 3-1 margin shrinks to even on both sides.

"Haaahhhaahhhaaa that one always got you ACE!!!"

"Pipe down Tau 2 or I'll have you deactivated." *Switching to the open rbl battle frequency*

"Alright I think Goku had the right idea. Incenerator I need you to approach the VIC on the starboard side. Your gonna be a decoy on this run. Get the VIC to open fire on you and return fire just enough to keep their attention. Tau Squadron once the VIC engages the Incenerator I want you to attack the VIC on the port side. Hit it with every warhead you have. Tank, Aslan, and Myself will keep the fighters busy. Tau 2-6 make your run first then peal back and help clean up the fighters. Tau 7-12 will do the same and hopefully that'll bring that VIC down. This should catch them by surprise, Tank and Aslan hold up here with me and wait till the Impy fighters jump in on Tau's tail. Then we'll mop them up!"

The idea here is I want the Imps to think the Incenerator is damaged. After the VIC is taken out we can get the fighters. After all fighters are taken out we'll unleash the Incenerator full boar on the Frigate.