Kyle Harn piloted his smuggling vessel, the Tiberon, through hyperspace. He sat in his pilot's chair watching the white streaks go by on his monitor. Behind him a red and white astromech droid beeped a high pitched tone. "Don't worry R2, Dantooine is just 2 more parsecs away. We'll be there in no time." Kyle told the droid. In all his years of smuggling, Kyle never had time for friends. The little droid, R2-X4, was his only companion. He had picked it up on Corelia for a mission and after many years began to understand it.
R2-X4 whistled its agreement at Kyle and began working on the ships navigation system. He trusted the little droid with his life. Kyle took the ship out of hyperdrive and continued toward the planet. He reclined in his seat and propped his feet up on the control pannel. Kyle closed his eyes for a moment, trusting that everything was under control. In just a matter of seconds R2-X4 began beeping and hooting like mad. Kyle propped himslef up and checked out the computer. R2 was trying to show him something. "What's wrong R2?" Kyle asked. Suddenly two red dots appeared on the screen. "Dammit! R2, get the rear cannons online. We have two ships coming in fast!" Kyle shouted. He kept his cool easily. It wasn't the first time he was in this situation.
A voice came over the speakers. "Attention shuttle. You are entering a restricted area. If you are part of the crew, state your id code now. If you are not then turn your craft around now." R2-X4 signaled for Kyle to turn around before it was to late. "Sorry R2 but we need to get this shipment over to Jax Darklighter or he'll have my head." Kyle said trying to calm the little droid down. He answered the call, "Hello, this is General...Kivlov. I'm transmitting my id code now. Hold on." Kyle had to act quickly before the other ships had a chance to figure out what was going on.
Kyle grabbed hold of the controls. "R2,take care of the ship's weapons. I'll get the steering. We're about to pull a fast one on these guys." A second voice came over the speakers this time, "We have not received any code from you. We will give you a few seconds more to send it or we'll fire on you." A few beads of sweat dripped from Kyle's brow. He gripped the controls tightly as he waited for the right moment. The voice came over one more time, "We warned you General. We will fire on you in 5...4...3...2... Before the man could say one Kyle pushed forward on the controls as the Tiberon blew by the other ships.
It didn't take very long for the other ships to realize what had just happend. An imposter had fooled them. Both ships hurtled forward after Kyle. They began to fire at the Tiberon. A few shots hit the rear deflector sheild. "Great! We're losing our sheilds! If we don't get away from these guys soon we're history!"Kyle shouted at R2. The droid used the weapon controls to return fire. One of the shots destroyed the left ship's wing. The attacker lost control and began to spin toward the planet of Dantooine. Kyle could feel the gravitational pull of Dantooine on his ship. He had one attacker out of the way. All he had to do was get rid of one more. Some symbols on the moniter showed that Kyle had just lost all his shields. Some more blasts came from the other ship and destroyed the Tiberon's engines. "R2, I'm losing control of the ship. Try to stabilize us quick!" R2-X4 worked furiously at the controls but was too late. The engine was destroyed beyond repair. The Tiberon dove strait at Dantooine. Kyle's muscles tensed up and he closed his eyes. He was on a collision course with the planet and there was no way of knowing if he'd survive.