STAR WARS: THE PLANET WARS
BOOK 1
CHAPTER 1
Hundreds of spaceships circled the planet Hakvah. About a third of them had green markings. On each of the green ships there was a huge symbol; a lightsaber (un-activated) inside a green circle made up of strange symbols. This was the mark of the Contegus, an ancient race of Jedi that defended their galaxy from evil. The other two thirds of the ships was a Destroitus fleet, ruled by Emperor Darth Despicus and his apprentice Darth Terricus. The fleet was commanded by Admiral Ghast.
On the main ship of the Contegus fleet, Jedi Master Bay Valor rushed to one of the starfighters. His Padawan, Felix, was already there, waiting for his master.
'Felix, what are you doing here? I told you to go immediately, not wait for me.'
Felix bowed. 'I could not leave my master behind. Besides, it would have taken a long time for you to catch up with me.' Valor rolled his eyes. 'Adamant as ever. Come on, there is not much time.' The two climbed aboard a ship each. Their astro droids plonked themselves down onto their masters' ships. Valor called to his droid, R2-D4. 'R2, if there's any damage done to the ship, fix it immediately.' R2 responded enthusiastically. Felix turned to his droid, R2-D3, 'If there's any damage done to the ship, fix it immediately.' Valor sighed. 'Enough, Felix. Let's go show that Admiral Ghast what happens when you mess with the Contegus.' The two starfighters zoomed off.
'Captain Faj, is the tractor beam ready?' declared Admiral Ghast. Faj saluted. 'Yes, Admiral. It is already functioning and pulling any stray Contegus ships in.'
Ghast smiled. 'Good. Send a group of war droids there to finish off anyone in those ships. Meanwhile, I would like the main cannons directed at the Contegus inner fleet. I want all Jedi in there to perish!' Faj saluted once more and marched off. Ghast turned to the huge windows and looked at the raging battle. 'Planet Hakvah will soon fall into Destroitus hands. That will not fare well for the inhabitants.' The Admiral's laughter echoed off into the war droid-filled corridors of his vast Destroitus ship.
'Look out, Felix, there's a fleet of Destroitus starfighters heading straight for us. Activate your guns now before they do theirs, ' called Valor. Felix's voice came in through the transmitter. 'Don't worry, I've got guns that they wouldn't have even in their dreams.' Valor saw Felix through his window raising an arm and kissing it. He growled back through the transmitter, 'Focus on those starfighters ahead,' and switched it off.
The two Contegus starfighters sped through the Destroitus ones, shooting lasers off at them. Two got taken out by Felix. 'Ha hah, see, Valor, all too easy.' His master turned around, flying back at his enemy. 'That's what they wanted you to do. Turn around quickly, before they come at a 180° angle at your starboard side. Felix steered around sharply, yelling, 'Blast! I'm too late!' Lasers darted at Felix's wing. 'I'm hit!' The ship let off smoke and Felix lost control. Valor raced towards him. 'Hang on, Felix!' Suddenly, the starfighter regained control. 'I'm all right!' shouted the Padawan. Valor gasped. 'That's not any of your doing. It's a tractor beam!' The two starfighters drifted steadily towards Ghast's ship.
Activating his lightsaber, Bay Valor leapt off and sprinted towards the oncoming war droids in the landing bay. Lasers shot from the droids' outstretched ''arms''. The Jedi Master deflected them away easily with a flick of his wrist. The lightsaber whirring around, war droids were blasted apart by the blade. They assumed blast position. Shooting blue lasers two at a time, they created huge explosions with them. 'Felix, look out for those blue lasers! They explode on contact!' Felix bounded up, Force-jumping on top a war droid and plunging his lightsaber into the droid's head. 'Don't worry, Master, I designed my lightsaber especially for droid heads.'
Swinging the weapon in a wide arc, the Padawan separated the droids' heads from their bodies, the metal flying off in a flurry of sparks.
Destroitus troops came in through a door, shooting red lasers at the two warriors. Felix deflected them away, while Valor ran through the scores of lasers and Force-jumped right on top of a trooper. The man screamed and fell unconscious. The rest were taken by the Jedi Master's lightsaber.
Master and apprentice dashed through the illuminated corridors, trying to find the main ship passage to Admiral Ghast. The corridors were filled with a mysterious, rather depressing green light, making both of them uneasy. There was not a sound to be heard; not even the metallic clanking of droid feet. 'I don't like this, Felix.' They rounded a corner. 'I've got a bad feeling about this, too, Master.' Felix muttered.
Soon, they entered the main ship passage. 'Hurry, Felix, we need to get to Ghast now!'
The Admiral stood next to Captain Faj in the control centre. 'Admiral, the secondary ship left to the main Jedi cruiser is defeated. We only have three more left to go.' Ghast smiled his cruel smile. 'Very good. Soon Hakvah will fall, and we will have yet another planet as a Destroitus stronghold. Continue, captain.' Faj gave orders to his pilot droids. 'Set main cannons to maximum fire-power. Direct at secondary ship, right to main Jedi cruiser.' The droids pulled a heavy lever. It took three of them to do it successfully. The ship's guns turned directly to a large Contegus one, ready to fire. Faj turned to the Admiral. 'Sir, if we use maximum fire-power, the deflector shields will require shutting down.' Ghast made his way to the exit. 'Then shut them down, Captain, and shut yourself up! I want this battle to be over with quickly before the Jedi do any more damage to my ship!' The captain saluted and pointed at a pilot droid. The droid nodded and pressed a big, foreboding red button.
Valor stopped, his hand to his chest. Felix looked at him anxiously. 'What is it, Master?' The Jedi turned to Felix. 'I felt a disturbance in the Force.' He ran to a window and looked out. 'Oh no. Our secondary ships are gone. The main cruiser is in danger! We need to find that Admiral quickly! He is probably near the control centre.' They darted off.
Ghast beckoned to his guard droids. 'Come on, guard, let's go.' The droids made their way to the exit. Suddenly, a lightsaber flashed through them, cutting their metal bodies in half. Valor stepped into the control centre. 'The time has come. Surrender or die.' Ghast smirked. 'Hah! Blue lightsabers, both of you? But what can I expect? You Jedi don't prefer the red ones.' Felix gritted his teeth. 'What do you know about lightsabers? You don't seem to own one. Plus, I wouldn't talk so much if I were you. It just so happens that I have one, instead.' Ghast snarled at them. 'True, but I have this!' Pulling forth a blaster, he shot two lasers perfectly at his opponents, disarming them. 'Get those two!' he shouted. War droids came at them. Force-pushing those away, Valor jumped at Ghast, taking him down. 'Felix, fetch our lightsabers, quickly!' Felix kicked a war droid, sending it flying, and banged two pilot droids that were guarding his lightsaber together. Retrieving his weapon, the Padawan sliced through droids like a knife through butter. Faj leapt at him, blaster in hand. Felix blocked the lasers and flung his lightsaber. It went straight through Faj, impaling him to a large guard droid. Pulling his weapon free, Felix summoned his master's lightsaber with the Force and threw it at Valor. The Jedi destroyed all the guard droids surrounding him and took out a pilot droid that was aiming a blaster at him. 'Master, watch out for that one! He's shutting down the door!' Felix called. Valor spotted a pilot droid closing the control centre door and tried to reach it. Too late. The door closed with a loud bang!
'We're shut in!' cried Felix. Valor drove his lightsaber through two war droids. 'Not if I can help it!' The master turned on his transmitter. 'R2, can you open the main control centre door?' Within a minute, the door opened. Giving a loud cheer, Felix beheaded a war droid and started towards the exit. Valor took a guard droid's blaster and knocked Ghast senseless with it. Then, he caught up with his Padawan. 'Let's get out of this place. Have you taken down all of the pilot droids, Felix?' Felix shrugged. 'I thought that was your job! Anyway, they'll be confused of what to do next. So let's hurry before they figure it out!' The two rushed to their starfighters.
The main Contegus cruiser shot hundreds of lasers at Ghast's ship, destroying it and killing the Admiral inside. Valor and Felix received hearty congratulations in addition to a medal each back home in Contegus headquarters. Another Jedi Master, Kubb Pumel, officially granted Felix the honour of becoming a true Jedi. 'Your training days are over, but you will still follow and heed your master's commands,' declared Pumel. 'Don't worry, I'll watch over him!' reassured Felix, glancing at his smiling Master.
'Planet Hakvah is safe, for the moment,' stated Felix. 'Let's hope it stays that way,' added Valor.