This is a story i thought i would try and write i have never written a star wars fanfiction before and got the idea after playing the game Star Wars Republic Commando hope everyone enjoys it.
Star Wars Rebel Strike Team
Prequel chapter 1
(Planet Hoth Battle of Hoth Three years after the Battle of Yavin.)
The trenches Where the 331 rebel defense group were stationed was quiet. Sargeant Naz Richardson a human male from alderan began to go down the trenches making sure his unit was ready for the attack by the empire. It was only 3 years ago that his home planet had been destoryed by the empire and the next day after making his run to Tyferra he left his job and joined the rebels. Now here he was a sargeant with 4 squads under him tring to keep many like him alive. Several minutes ago he had been given his orders. Hold the line until you are able to be evacuated then proceed to rendevous point. In other words, Echo base had been discovered and the empire was here and coming for a fight. Once he relayed the info to his men they all got their assigned equipment ready. Some got their rifles ready while other prepared their Squad support weapons either the heavy repeating laser or the dish shaped high yield proton cannon. A little while earlier he had saw that the space based weapon the ion cannon raise to postion and be prepared for fireing. While finishing his checks and making sure his men were at the ready. a call came over his wrist mounted comms device.
"Recon one to Bravo 331 over." It was the recon teams deployed around the base but further out from trenches."This is bravo to recon one go ahead over." As Naz looked from his postion a fog had settled over the front and was obsecuring the view of the landscape not that there was much to see but snow and ice. Still for the first time he was here he shivered not from the cold but from the growing pit in his stomach."Recon one here, sighted invasion group, group consistes of four AT-AT, and one AT-ST taking up the rear. Infantry support unknown, postion unatenable request permission to withdraw."They knew this was coming he had his orders but the recon teams were not made for this fight neither was his men for that matter. "Bravo to Recon one, wait for invasion group then proceed at best speed to rendevous point, do not get detected. beam as much data as possible to command and keep your eye open for any spacecraft seen. once you can move undetected then proceed to the rendevous point good luck, Bravo one out."Then he taped on the channel button on the comms device and activated the command channel."This is Bravo 331, to command recon has sighted invasion group consisting of 4 AT-At and one At-St, possible infantry within the AT-At consists of 4 six man squads each total of 96 opforce is order over."As he awaited order Sargeant Naz got his men together and prepared them for the fight. He looked up over the trench to the proton cannon and to the bothan female manning it and shouted to her."Private Runalian, you will aim for the joints of the AT-AT's. in the neck of the bridge or the joints of the legs, if you can get a clear shot at the undercariage do so, aim for the escape hatch and we might get lucky and blow it open for some of us to sneak in a thermal detonator to kill the infantry."
Then Sargeant Naz looked to his right at the heavy repeating laser and shouted to human female from Corellia" Private Durame, your heavy will not have any effect on that armore even if you get the weak joints, so focus on keeping the infantry in the walkers, and supporting any spacecraft we deploy. try to ain for the window to the bridge but dont expect much effect. As for the rest of us, we will also focus on the infantry when they come out until we are to retreat."Keep fire on the Walkers and also try to take out the AT-ST if you get a chance that is where the head honcho will be. Does everyone understand"As he walked down the trench the mmen and women under his command nodded and he took up his postion closest to the incoming invasion force and readied his nerves. Then he saw them The four At-At or Walkers as they were called. Came out of the mist and began to slowly walk towards them. They were giant, at the front was the bridge just above the head whcih contained 2 high yield laser cannons. the main body was blocky and heavily armored. and the legs were just as armored but blocky. As the four machines exited the fog they opened up on the trenches and the rebels returned fire. Sargent Naz opened up on the tip of the arrow formation of four machines and targeted the bridge screen to hopefully punch through but at the very least blind the driver and crew of the through all the noise of the fight he hears a whining and over tens of Snowspeeder craft proceed to the fight against the walkers. The first of his unit to die is Runlian who was burned after once of the walkers fired at her postion and the weapon and the person firing it were blow up. Sargeant Naz looked away from the carnage and continued fireing at the walkers haveing no effect against the monsterous machines. Then one of the machines toppled to the ground and two snowspeeder shot at the neck join destrying the massive machine. As Sargeant Naz continues to fire at the machines he notices the ground in front of him is littered with rebel machines. Then an explosion erupts from within one of the remaining AT-At walkers and the machine explodes toples to the ground smoking. As he looks at the smoking hulk a flash blinds him temporaily and he looks at where the shield generator once was and only a smoking hulks and a small mushroom cloud can be seen
Then over the comm he gets the evacuation sequence and shouts to the remaining members of his unit."Fall back Retreat, Retreat head to your evacuation area. Out of the four squads under his command only 1 squad runs past him, he looks over at where durame was and only a crater remains. He then begins to run along the trench back to echo base and to his rendevous point. As he enters the base, over his comms he hears."Imperials have entered the base, Repeat imperials." then nothing but static. As he rounds a corner a 6 man squad of snowtroopers begins fireing at him. He pulls his laser rifle and begins to fire back at the troopers but doesn't hit any as they have taken cover behind some then pulls a thermal detonator from his belt a thows it into the wall and head down the opposite corridor fire some more shots as he break past the hall with the snowtroopers in it. As he continues to run past, the detonator explodes collapseing the hall behind him cutting him off from the imperials and himself. He continues to run down the hall and enters a door that leads to the hanger that once house the snowspeeders. On the far side of the hanger is a 6 man squad of snowtroopers running towards his end of the hanger. He ducks behind one of the snow columns and begins fireing at the oncoming imperials fire back and a firefight ensures. Naz leaps from column to column returning fire when he can. By the time he gets to the blasted hanger doors three of the imperials are down and the rest are trying to cut off his escape. Naz looks down to his bandoleer and sees he has only one clip left for the rifle, no secondary gun and only one thermal detonator, as he looks around him he sees he is near the main fuel lines for the snowspeeders, and the main tanks are behind the snowtroopers. A idea comes to his mind, he lays down a burst of fire from his rifle dumps the empty clip and put the last clip into the rifle, then he lays down more supressing fire and attaches the detonator to the prone fuel line and sets the charge for 1 minute, he then begins to run, shooting at the snowtroopers and as he makes he way to the hanger doors he flips a switch and the fuel line begins to leak out fuel. as he makes his way out the door and to the rendevous point and sudden blast knocks him off his feet. The detonator back in the hanger explodes igniting the fuel and sending the flame through the open line and igniting the fuel tanks behind the snowtroopers the explosion is massive and life Sargean Naz some three feet into the air and he hits back on the snow with a thud, he looks behind him and the hanger has collapsed behind the blast doors and smoke can be seen coming from the collapsed doors."I thought snow was supposed to be soft" He remarks.
He makes it to the rendevous point and is one of the last men to board the transports, as it lifts off he looks back at echo and see the imperials blasting the remains of the base. He transport makes it barely into hyperspace, with it sister ship and x-wing escorts with a star destroyer shooting at it all the way to the jump. As the stars decend into a tunnel of hyperspace he wonders how many of his friends he left back on hoth and how many more he will leave on other planets in the fight against the Empire.
(Undisclosed location aboard the rebel flagship base one)
Sargeant Naz Richardson had been in transit since the fall of Echo Base when he was brought he and told that he was to meet with a commander of some sort on the flagship of the rebel fleet, the fabled base one. As he walked down the halls of the cruiser and reached the door he was ordered to, he tapped on buzzer and a gruff voice told him to enter. He entered the room and at the head of the room a table shown behind it a man wearing an oragne X-wing flightsuit stood at the window looking out at the stars, as Naz entered the room he saluted and stood at attention. The man looked to be human in his late 40's with a greying hair, as he turned around, hehad a grey beard and piercing eyes, as he sat down at the desk he began to speak in a baritome voice."Sit down Sargeant we have much to discuss."Naz then sat down at the chair provided and began to listen."I have been looking over your file, you faught well at hoth, it was a shame about your unit, but you and those men under you allowed alot of good men of the rebel alliance to escape. Also because of your actions i have a proposal for you, do you want to hear me out."Naz looked at the man and spoke" of course sir." The man then looked at the naz and clasped his hand together."I am putting together a special unit, these men and women will be trained and will need a leader, however, their missions will be extremely hazardous, we are picking people who have combat experience from Hoth, yavin and other theatre the rebels have faught the empire in. Your name came up because of your actions on hoth. I canot say more than that until you agree to join, this is not a order this unit will be made of volunteers only, do you understand, so after what i just told you are you in or out."Naz, looked down at his feet and spoke."I am in sir, you got me." the ruff soldier looked at naz and spoke."god, i am commander Fias Lester, welcome to the strike team, you will be given quarters on board Base One, until you can be sent to the trainign facility. You will remain in those quarters, isolated until we reach the facility, is that Understood?"Naz nodded and stood up he saluted and the Commander saluted back."The commander then pushed a button and two aliance guards escorted naz to his quarters. After Naz left the commander typed on a computer and crossed Naz off a list he had made earlier."That is one now only three more then we can begin training them for what is to come."