As I replaced the Artesiatic Dampener on my laat/is gunship I had spent so much time on, I could only wait for it to be complete. I spent years of my life working, and scavenging for components. There was not a spot on the surface of coruscant I had not been.
When I wasn't working extended days I would be working on my laat, it was gonna take me away from coruscant... away from the prying eyes of the empire, the very empire that had crushed the republic which once was governed here.
Now all that remains are a few senators here and there.
I finished replacing the Dampener with my dexterous fingers, and thought of my parents long gone. They had told me I could do anything I wanted to do, regardless of my race which the empire looked down upon. I got in the cockpit and powered up the main systems. The cockpit light turned green, and I closed the side blast doors.
I entered the main area of the gunship just behind the cockpit and opened a service panel to access a diagnostics panel. I went through a whole pre-flight checklist. Repulsorlifts were functioning hyperdrive, main weapons systems (although I had no air to air or air to ground missiles), motivators 1, 2, and 3 everything was working although not everything was tuned for peak performance. I went back to the cockpit and shutdown everything.
I turned on the Holonews, and grabbed a Chi'ffa. I sat and drank the Chi'ffa. "Breaking news the empire has used some sort of a super weapon to destroy a whole planet... we have gotten word that the planet was alderaan, homeworld of senator organa, and his daughter Leia". Just another reason to hate the empire.