Oppression
Chapter 1"Shit! Another direct hit and we're down! R5, angle the shields towards our left."
R5-C2 beeped in misunderstanding.
"Yeah you heard me right, you useless pile of metal, now angle the shields before we get blown!"
R5 coupled itself into the ship and angled the shields. "Alright now buddy hold on." Said Tan, the Sullustan piloting the ship, as he maneuvered the ship 90 degrees towards the six pirate ships. He had just managed to escape Lothal with some high end, SoroSuub, Empire age, Shield generators, when around 20 armed ships had broken through the atmosphere behind him. He had already set the coordinates for the jump to hyperspace, but these pirates were clever, and had taken out the hyperspace motivator right off the bat.
Now, Tan had no choice but to fight them off and put his rusty piloting skills to the test. He had already taken out more than a dozen, of the enemy ships, but his stolen, Z-22 airship had been badly damaged. He had managed to take it from an unsuspecting trader back on Lothal.
It was a big ship. Clearly made for trading, not smuggling. It came equipped with one canon mounted on the top, but it had probably never been used.
Now, Tan was heading directly towards the six remaining ships. All smaller than his, sure. But it made them all the more like swarming wasps. R5 ran and hid in the room with the generators when it realized what was happening.
As Tan got closer, the pirates got more confused. If Tan were to hit them straight on it would definitely take down his ship, especially with his shields angled to the left. Was he going to blow himself up just to take down the remaining ships?
Two of the pirates turned away from the collision course, trying to flank him from the sides.
"I don't even know if this is gonna work. Is this gonna work? This better work!" Tan said to himself as he got closer and closer to the pirates, and in the last seconds, just before he would have blown himself up he made a sharp right turn, turning his shielded side of the ship towards the enemy ships. None of them managed to slow down in time, and crashed straight into the ship.
"Woooohoooo!" Screamed Tan raising his arms into the air.
"Alright R5 I need you back here. The shields took most of the damage but the ship wont be able to take any more hits. We need that hyperdrive operational or that trick of mine will be for nothing." R5 came rushing into the cockpit ready to assist his partner. "See if you can get the hyperdrive back online. I'll try to take these two remaining guys out." R5 beeped and got to work.
As Tan was about to angle the canon towards the pirates, massive readings appeared on his radar.
"The hell? R5! We've got a lot of ships coming out of hyperspace in just a moment! Those pirates must have called for backup. We're really going to need that hyperdrive functional."
But just as Tan got locked onto by the two pirates, two X-Wings came busting out of hyperspace.
Tans comlink started beeping. He reached into his pocket to answer.
"What kind of trouble have you gotten yourself into now, brother?" A familiar voice called out.
The two X-Wings split up and took down the two remaining pirates as easily, as blasting Mynocks.
"Nien! Nien my little brother?!" Tan Numb, answered through the comlink.
"Yeah it's me! Here to save your life as usual."
"As usual? When have you ever saved my life you little brat" Tan laughed. "Who is that you brought with you?"
"That's Poe Dameron. The best damn pilot in the resistance".
"Happy to help out" Poe joined in on the comlink.
"Well it's good to meet you Poe. Come on, lets get out of here" Said Tan as he switched off the Comlink. "Is the hyperdrive operational R5?" R5 bleeped a yes. "Alright then. Let's go" He said as the stars blurred up around him and the ship boosted into lightspeed.