Chapter 3 the battle of the mind
Chapter 3
I sit quietly as my father demonstrates how the steering mechanism works. He says that learning how to fly is important, but I'd rather be learning how to fire a blaster. All I want to know is how the ion cannons work, but he says I must first learn how to pilot the ship. We own a large mining vessel that my father bought on tatooine. It's not very maneuverable, but it is perfect for our line of work. Suddenly an alarm goes off and he jumps up and grabs his blaster rifle. An imperial starship had seen us and was trying to hail us. My father hates the empire; they were responsible for his brother's death. He turned the ship around and unleashed hell upon the small starfighter. It managed to avoid the ion blasts, and soon started an attack of its own. My father began to laugh and moved into an attacking position. He was a very good pilot and was very good at controlling the large ship. It took him know time to avoid the tie fighters attack, and destroy it with an attack of his own. He then continued the lesson as if nothing had happened.
An alarm starts to sound that lets me know that I have reached Mos Eisley. Jabba gave me a landspeeder for the job. My weapon of choice had been a large sniper rifle and a blaster pistol. Once I had been fully stocked, I set out for Mos Eisly. My plan was to set up shop in the spaceport and then figure out a battle plan for attacking the mercenaries. I land my speeder in one of Jabbas ports and unload my gear. I take a smaller speeder to analyze the mercenaries'' outpost. When I get I'm shocked at how heavily guarded it is. "Jabba wasn't kidding," I think to myself. They have a least 30 guards and a couple of laser turrets. After scoping it out a little more I begin my journey back to Mos Eisley. When I get there I stop for a drink in the canteena. I'm disgusted to see several stormtroopers in the corner. I order a drink and sit down. Bang! A blaster shot rings out and everyone panics. A man lies dead on the floor, and I'm surprised to see Boba Fett standing above him, blaster still smoking. As soon as the stormtroopers see the dead man they draw their blasters and start attacking Boba. He starts fighting back and kills three of the stormtroopers. I draw my gun and take out the fourth, proud to have destroyed the imperial slime. He whips around, shocked to see me there. But more troopers start piling through the doors to the canteena and we both begin to run for the back door. I run to my speeder and began to maneuver around. I then engage the stormtroops and easily over power them. Boba seemed to have vanished when I turn to look for him. I pilot the speeder back to the ship I came in, preparing myself for my mission.
The next day I load up the speeder and begin my journey to the outpost. Once I get there I load up the sniper rifle and take aim. My father taught me where the critical parts of laser turrets were. I take aim at one of the turrets and in one shot, the turret explodes. An alarm in the outpost sounds; I quickly find their communication systems and destroy them. Once done I scope out the rest of the turrets. Suddenly, my speeder explodes; "Snipers," I think. I begin to search for the snipers, making quick work of one that is hiding on top of a building. Once I finish clearing away the snipers, I notice a large skiff heading my direction. I quickly jump up and slide down the hill that I am on right as the ground beneath me explodes from blaster fire. I aim my rifle at the fuel engine of the skiff and fire. "dammit, I missed," I say. Its closing in on me when I take another shot. The skiff explodes and I turn my attention back to the base.
People are scrambling everywhere, desperately trying to escape death. I take aim with my rifle and begin picking them off one by one. All the survivors pile into a starship and begin flying in my direction. I shoot at it a couple of times, before I realize that they have their shields up. As the ship gets nearer, it starts firing. I start running as fast as I can. The ground beneath me explodes, sending me flying. The ship lands and three mercenaries approach me. The leader raises his blaster to my head. Before he can fire, I unleash a blast force energy that sends the all flying. They get to their feet and start attacking me, but I let out a blast of force lightning and fry them. 4 more starships exit the outpost and begin to maneuver towards me. I quickly run to the fourth starship and take off. I quickly engage the other starships in combat, easily sending 2 of them to their doom. The third starts peppering me with fire, and one shot hits my right-wing. My ship starts spinning towards the ground… I quickly eject from the cockpit and I crash into the hill. I take a thermos detonator from my pocket and throw it at the star ship. It is a direct hit, and the ship explodes.
I have reached the outpost now, and I'm searching for any survivors. Finding none, I go to the hanger and find a couple of starships. I choose a large one that has a lot of fire power. Once I'm airborne, I begin to unleash hell on the abandoned outpost. Once the entire outpost is burning, I begin the journey back. When I get back, I'm surprised to see Boba Fett there. "Did you finish your mission?" he asks. "Yes," I reply. "Why are you here?" I ask. "I came here to take out a snitch who was giving information about Jabba to the empire," he states. "Is he who you shot in the canteena," I ask. He nods… He then turns and walks away. I begin to recall the day's events. I try to figure out why I am able to use the force, and if there is a way that I can control it. I decide that I should seek counsel from someone who is a master of the force. The only problem is, the only person I know of that can use the force is someone I hate… Darth Vader…