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Jyn Erso was 16 years old. One of her parents was dead; the other was being forced to create weapons for her enemies. And she was the best soldier in Saw Gurrera's Rebel Group. Which is why she was surprised when she didn't see her name on the list for Operation Rebel Scum.
What reason did Saw have for not allowing her to go on the mission? Sure it was off-world, and sure she had never been off world, but she was the best soldier in his cartel. Operation Rebel Scum had been in planning for months, and it was all anyone could talk about. There had been rumors that they were finally going after Tarkin, or maybe even the Emperor. She had prepared as much as she could.
Jyn had perfected her shooting with a pistol and rifle, she had studied military tactics, and she had researched every possible known Imperial troop so that she would know how to exploit their weaknesses. But then they had recieved the list of names who would participate in the actual operation. She had expected to be team leader, or at least second in command. But her name wasn't on the list.
Later that evening, Jyn was on patrol. The soldiers who were to participate in the operation had just left the briefing room. While she was walking around with her rifle, she overheard two of the soldiers talking.
"So Saw is sending us to Tatooine" one of the soldiers said.
"Yeah. Apparently we're going to use those old C40 Transport ships to get there" came the response
Jyn perked up, hoping to hear more. But all she got was stuff about how junky C40s are, and how they'd probably all die before take off. But Jyn was formulating a plan. She now knew that the C40 transports were heading to Tatooine. She would go on this mission, whether she was supposed to or not. The departure date was always publicly announced.
Sure enough, at the mess hall the next morning, Saw Gurrera himself announced that the operation would begin in 3 days. Jyn payed close attention to what information was provided. It was interesting to hear about how they were going to invade a fortress, but that wasn't the most interesting part. The most interesting part was that Saw never said anything about Stormtroopers or Imperials in his entire speech.
Jyn overlooked it and quietly went back to eating. Little did she know, it would come back to haunt her.
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