Chapter 1

Zania sat inside her room, testing her blaster for faults. She wore a black halter top and a pair of tights. She had turned off her deflector, and she rubbed a piece of clothing on the blaster to wipe off dirt. Her room was typical, though it had luxuries which were stolen, and she was fond of it all. Her grandfather's room was similar to that of what might be the emperor's room, or even much better, and Zania was not allowed inside even after all these years.

Her grandfather on one aspect was very mysterious, and she found it really annoying. She placed the blaster down, and then went in front of the mirror. Her light brown skin tone distinguished her from most of her human crew mates who were almost as white as Gernan Doves. She regarded it as an honor, and she looked through the mirror again. She saw a young woman with thick eye lining, bright green eyes and black hair dropped over her shoulders. Her skin glowed under the dark light in her room, and she saw that this young woman's eyes showed a lot of determination.

She walked away, and then put the blaster back inside the shoulder pouch, turned on the deflector system, and stripped to reveal a bare body with some scars from the past on it. Even though she didn't realize it or didn't want to admit it, she was extremely beautiful. She then wore a tank top and a pair of jeans which were all black in colour. She then wore a pair of black gloves and slipped her feet into a pair of boots. Then came a bandana which she tied around her forehead, but still let her hair fall on her shoulders. A red light started tilting on the top of her room, and the speakers came to life.

Crew back to your posts! Prepare for raid. Madam Zania is to report to the command center immediately by the order of Lord Morlova.

Zania shrugged, and then exited her room to find many of her crew running here and there, getting ready for what was coming up next. Zania quickly took the elevator and went to the bridge, and then to the command center, where she saw her old grandfather. He looked older than ever, and wore a very formal suit, similar to that of what Imperial Admirals wore on board their cruisers.

Zania bowed to him until he raised a hand. She looked at him and he smiled weakly.

Zania, we are preparing for a raid on Utanon, and I want you and other pilots to destroy their defenses on Jesgea'ah, one of their richest villages before we can land Hunter for raiders to go through their lands. I won't be flying on a fighter this time, but I will see you when we raid the village. The people of Jesgea'ah are too wealthy. We must take some of their possessions to teach them how the poor feel, won't we dear?

Yes,………sir. I will see to what you have ordered…

Zania hated speaking in such formal ways, but her grandfather had always emphasized on it, and he hated it if she talked to him informally. Zania disregarded the thought and then headed for the hangar, where she saw many pilots being lined up to fly their fighters towards Jesgea'ah. She made her way towards her Y-Wing, "Keira" which meant "Faith". She had thought of the name during her first flight on which she was as scared as ever, and so, she had to maintain faith towards the Y-Wing.

Zania was near the fighter when she was confronted by her good friend Narla. She was a pilot too, and Zania guessed she had come to take her mind of what was going to approach them.

Hey Zania! What's up? Getting ready for Jesgea'ah I see. Well, good luck with that. I have a date with Jerat this week. We are going to Utanon, but luckily, not Jesgea'ah. Let's call this trip a little 'preparation' shall we?

Well, good luck with all those things girl. You are always thinking about going off Hunter. Look out, or else grandfather will get mad.

Zania winked with a smile, and then they laughed together. Narla hugged her, and then, she departed to her respected fighter. The fighters would go in a triangular formation, taking out the preliminary defenses of the city in order to make way for Hunter and her raiders.It was going to be easy if the fighters did not deter from their actual course. It was not normal for it to happen, but the pilots were well trained, and their fighters very designed in special ways with technology beyond the Empire.

When it was announced, Zania strapped herself inside Keira, and then turned on the powerful Y-Wing. The engines roared with life and engineers below departed after checking the machine for faults. Zania and Keira were ready for battle, and she was appointed to lead the attack. She had to fly at the tip of the triangle, and then destroy all the defenses. There were about a hundred fighters on Hunter, so they were not bound to fail.

The time came, and the fighters took off, one by one, until they were ready in their formation. They started orbit, and then descended slowly, making sure that the other cities of Utanon would not be able to detect them.

At last, Jesgea'ah was on their monitors, and Zania accelerated faster than ever. She locked on to the mounted guns on the outer walls of the villages, and released Proton Torpedoes, which destroyed most of them. The other fighters behind opened fire, and when they first completed their turn, the mounted guns were all destroyed. The village was alerted now, and soldiers were seen coming to the villages' rescue. Now, they opened fire on the fighters, and the group divided into two groups on Zania's order. She asked Narla to accompany her, and they sped off towards the village's buildings which had soldiers. They fired, and their foes fired back. After lot of fighting, there was much chaos inside the village. There were soldiers still left, but Zania ordered the fighters to retreat because she had already signaled Hunter that the city was ready for raiding. One group headed back towards the hangar, while Zania's group remained behind and landed nearby to the village.

Zania waited for further orders and she saw a bright light in the sky, indicating that Hunter was entering Utanon's atmosphere. It was a while before Hunter descended, and she hovered above the ground. A panel was lowered, and a huge armored vehicle drove it's way down. It entered the city and opened a hatch in it's back. Out came armored men and they entered the city too. Zania got off Keira, took out her blaster and signaled the other pilots to follow her. She led the group inside the city, where she saw much destruction. There was still fighting going on, and she was going to help the raiders.

She neared a dusty road, and there she saw a hundreds of blasts from blasters from the two parties. Zania took cover near a pile of rubble and returned fire towards the soldiers. Many of her crew were already raiding houses, and she saw many villagers running about. Some shots were deflected by her deflector, and she still opposed a huge threat to the defending soldiers.

After a while, Hunter's crew were victorious, and Hunter itself was brought down for refueling at the village's small port. Zania was walking through the village, and she saw many frightened villagers. She ignored most of them, for this was just an ordinary day for her. Suddenly, she heard a girl scream, and she ran towards the sound. One of her crew mates was pulling a girl from the village towards him. Zania saw the girl's relatives killed nearby , and she was sure that the man had done it. The man pulled more fiercely, and the girl's little top tore in half. She wasn't wearing anything from the inside, and the action revealed her breasts and belly. She had tears coming from her eyes and yelled for help. The man pulled her closer, and started licking her neck.

Zania was angered more than anytime in her life. She pulled out her blaster, and fired one shot, which made a hole through the man's head. He dropped dead to the ground, and Zania quickly removed her tank top and tossed it to the girl. She was wearing a bra, and she didn't care about it much. Zania looked at the girl, and her eyes were full of thanks. Narla approached Zania with a shocked expression, and threw her one jacket to cover herself. Zania took it, and then, they returned along with Hunter into space.

Zania sat in her room, thinking about her previous actions, and stretched herself. She knew that her grandfather would be angered for many of her crew had seen what she had done. Narla spoke to her only a very few times because she was obviously scared of Lord Morlova.

Zania spent most of the time alone, and she tried to hear any rumors about her actions. Most of them avoided her, but later, she learnt that she had killed a man named Figden Kaisur. He had worked in Hunter for his entire life, and Zania had just ended it. Many of her crew told her that she didn't know what being a Space Pirate was, but she disregarded all the comments. Pirating was bad enough, but she didn't think so of killing Figden.

Later that day, she was wrapped in only her blanket and was in bed when the speakers came to life and she was ordered to meet her grandfather in his own room. Zania was surprised at this, and she wore a halter top cut off wear her belly would be. She slipped on a mini skirt, a pair of boots and took the elevator to the bottom of the Cruiser, where only a few people were allowed. She stepped up to her grandfather's room door, which was golden in colour. Then, a loud voice said "Come in" and she proceeded forward….

To be continued in Chapter 2…