Disclaimer: I don't own any of the guys in this story. And I'm just guessing at where Luke was at the time. Although it's an exceedingly educated guess.

time period: During the book Wraith Squadron.

Dramatis Personae: Lieutenant Wes Janson, Garik "Face" Loran, Eurrsk "Grinder" Thri'ag, Tyria Sarkin, Wedge Antilles, Jesmin Ackbar, Ton Phanan, Kell Tainer, Myn Donos, Falynn Sandskimmer, Hohass "Runt" Ekwesh, Voort "Piggy" saBinrig

A special appearance by: Luke Skywalker!

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Grinder looked up from where he was doing.something.with a datapad. "Say, Face, I'm done with that Captain Darillian program. Do you want to try it out?"

Face grinned, his scar sort of distorting his features. "Sure."

Jesmin winced. "Don't do that, it makes your scar distort your features."

"Aw, Jesmin, that's the point. Can't I have any fun with my scar?"

Grinder sighed in exasperation. "Look, let's just run the Darillian program, OK?"

Wes Janson poked his head into.where are they anyway? What say the comm center?.the comm center. "Grinder's done with the Darillian overlay program thing? C'mon, Face, we're going to test it out." Face did the scar-distort-features grin thing (a.k.a. SDFGT) again. Grinder sighed and Jesmin winced. "Grinder, put the program on the comm-thing." (A/N-I've temporarily lost my Wraith Squadron book, so things will be referred to as.things. And the Darillian Overlay Program Thing is now the DOPT)

"Done."

"Right. Face, do you know how to operate the DOPT?"

Face did the SDFGT again again. "No, but I suspect Grinder will teach me how very soon."

Grinder said, "He could probably figure it out on his own." (evil look from Janson enters the story) ".but, I'll explain anyway. All you have to do is turn the comm-thing on, type Darillian Overlay Program Thing into the keyboard-thing, and pull this lever-thing." He tried to ape Face's SDFGT, but, seeing as he didn't have a scar, it didn't work.

Face did as instructed. "Lieutenant--"

"Call me Janson, or Wes. 'O Envy of all Taanab' will do as well."

(Janson's evil look defects to Face and becomes merged with the SDFGT, making it the ESDFGT) "Wes. Where do you want the holo sent to?"

"What say the auxiliary bridge? Grinder, how do you get into the auxiliary bridge?"

Grinder muttered, "Why does everyone ask me these things?" (Janson's defecting evil look defects back to Janson) "All right, all right. Identify yourself by voice, password 'Agamar Rules the Galaxy'."

"Jesmin, you go down and get ready to receive the transmission." Jesmin nodded, and winced as Face did his SDFGT, which was no longer evil because the evil look had redefected to Janson. "And Face, stop distorting your face." Face smirked. "And lose the smirk." Face lost the smirk. Janson took a deep breath to steady his nerves. Subordinates can be so immature at times, he thought. Then again, so can I. And it has the added advantage of annoying Wedge--and Tych, and Hobbie--half to death. "Face, ready to transmit?"

Face concentrated, then smiled the smile of Darillian. Not to be mistaken with the SDFGT. "Ready."

Janson switched his comlink on. "Jesmin, ready to receive the transmission?"

Her voice came back. "Just as long as Face doesn't do the SDFGT."

Face smiled the Darillian smile again. "Don't worry, I'm being Darillian now."

"Oooh, scary. I'm petrified with fear. Send him through."

Janson clicked the comlink off and intercepted a worried look from Face. (A/N: Looks are flying all over today! Goodness!) "What's up, Face?"

"What am I supposed to say?"

"Anything you like."

Face muttered, "Very inspiring, aren't you, Wes?" He straightened up and pushed the button to begin transmitting. A small holo of Jesmin appeared on a small dais. (A/N: Read a dictionary.)

Jesmin looked a bit worried. "The DOPT isn't working."

Grinder reminded him, "The lever-thing, Face."

"Oh, right," Face said, and pulled the lever-thing. Jesmin visibly relaxed. "Nothing personal meant here, Jesmin, I have to be an Imp officer.Why are you on my -- my -- ship, you piece of alien scum?" During the second part of his sentence, Face managed to put such rage into his voice that Jesmin took one step back. "Attention!" Jesmin snapped sharply to attention. "Now answer the question!" He watched, his face contorting in purely fake rage, as Jesmin started to stammer an answer. "Can you not understand Basic? I said, Now answer the question. Is that clear enough for you, or do I have to get a translation droid to explain it to you in Mon Cal?" His voice became sickeningly sweet.

Janson interrupted. "Face, that's enough. Nice performance, but don't insult Jesmin."

Face switched the lever-thing and somehow managed to keep from doing the SDFGT. "Sorry, Jesmin. Nothing personal meant."

Jesmin smiled. "Not taken personally, Face. You're a good actor."

Janson said, "Back to the comm center, Jesmin."

"Yes, O envy of all Taanab."

Janson's betrayed look took over his face as the holo linked out. Face laughed at his expression, then turned thoughtful. "You know, I haven't been able to act for a good while. That felt really good. Not the insulting Jesmin part," he added hurriedly as both Grinder and Janson looked at him. "Just the 'purely fake rage' part. Was fun."

Grinder nodded. "And creating the DOPT was a challenge whose equal I have not had for quite a while."

Janson's evil look came back from the Void, where Morgoth had been keeping it safe and nurturing it. Because of Morgoth's nurturement, it looked even more evil than before. "This whole thing is giving me an idea for a prank."

Grinder muttered, "Pranks are stupid."

"Not if they're well-thought-out." Jesmin entered the comm center. "What kind of prank are you thinking of, precisely?"

"Well, when Wedge and I were interviewing candidates for the Wraiths, I managed to trick him into thinking that an Ewok pilot was trying out for the squadron. Really got him going. I was thinking."

".that Grinder could make a EOPT (Ewok Overlay Program Thing) and send a message to Wedge with it." Face finished, unable to resist the temptation to do a SDFGT.

Jesmin winced at the SDFGT, but quickly recovered her composure. "One question, Wes. Where do we get sufficient data for an Ewok overlay?"

Face answered, "I'll ask the Wraiths if they know where Ewok holos can be found in great quantities. The real question is, why would an Ewok want to contact Wedge? And is Grinder up for the challenge?"

"To get into the squadron, of course!" said Janson. "We can use the story that I made up for Lieutenant Kettech. That's the name I made up for the nonexistant Ewok. That involves having an overlay with prosthetics." He looked at Grinder questioningly.

"That'll be hard.but I think I can manage," Grinder said.

"Good." Janson gave an Evil Grin Thing. "Now all we need is a whole bunch of Ewok holos."

The EGT spread. "Right. I'll start asking around," said Face, and left, followed by Grinder, Jesmin, and Janson.

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Please go easy on me! This is my first SW fic and it's hard to keep the people in character when you only have one (or in Janson's case, two) books with them in it and you've lost it.

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