Lifting and taking off from the hanger bay of the Beacon, the Millennium Falcon made its way to the location of where the videos were sent from and had orders to locate the Huntress who sent them. On his scout team, Han had his co-pilot and best friend Chewbacca, New Republic Huntsmen Jaune, Ren and Pyrrha, and a few New Republic special forces personnel.
"Alright. Chewie's set the coordinates and we should be there in an hour or two. Let's go over the plan." Han said to the team as they gathered around him. "Once we get there, we'll split up into teams, that way we'll cover more ground. I will be with Team One while you guys will be Team Two. We'll search south of where we land." He explained the plan to them.
"What about the ship? Who'll watch it?" One of the soldiers asked.
"Chewie is." He replied. "Alright. Double check your weapons and there's ammo in that compartment over there if you need extra." He finished as he walked to the cockpit.
Chewie was piloting the ship as Han walked in on him. He sighed and sat down, Chewie roar quietly in curiosity.
"Oh, don't worry about it, Chewie. Jaina's married now, she wants to be happy in Menagerie with Blake. I couldn't have asked her to come with us." He replied.
Chewie agreed. Han attended his daughter's wedding in Menagerie, saw the house that she and Blake moved into, and met the in-laws Ghira and Kali. Kali told him that he reminded her of Ghira when he was younger. Ghira respected Han the moment they met, mainly due to the fact that he never left the New Republic when he had a chance too. Han, being the way he is, never really openly shown he was proud of Jaina but both Chewie and Jaina knew he was.
Meanwhile the others in the back were checking their gear. Jaune and Ren were talking about times before the conflict, before the New Empire. They both reminisced about the past before the deaths of Nora and Weiss. Pyrrha on the other hand was talking with Blake and Jaina over her scroll.
As Shadows Leader, Two, and Three closed in on the border between Vale and Vacuo, they slowed down a bit before proceeding.
"Alright, Two and Three, once we're directly over the border, we'll probably trip the air sensors and their cameras will lock onto our fighters. Once they know we passed, the New Republic will send dozens of fighters to follow behind us in order to neutralize us." He relayed out to his squadmates behind him.
"Don't worry, Shadow Leader, I knew the risks when I joined the New Empire Starfighter Corps. If they send squadrons, I'll be right behind you, sir." Shadow Two replied.
"Same can be said for me, sir. From darkness of the moon, we prevail." Shadow Three responded as well.
"Shadow Squadron strikes from the shadows!" All three said in unison as they sped past the border, tripping the sensors. The border area was a flat plains lands leading to desert, the camera sensors caught the TIE fighters nice and clear and alerted the New Republic.
In a New Republic outpost just north of where they passed, the soldiers within were alerted of the trips.
"Huh? Probably just another animal messing with the sensors." The soldier said as he went over to view the sensor trip. The camera sensor sent footage of not one but three TIE fighters passing by. He was shocked and quickly he alerted and sent the footage to the Beacon in Vale.
At the same time, Shadows Four, Five, and Six also tripped the sensors covering the beaches of south-eastern Vale and the team at that outpost alerted and sent their footage to the Beacon as well. With new video footage of now six imperial TIE fighters, the New Republic's Rose Directive was the only option as it stated;
In the event of the sighting, resurface and/or an attack by and of any and all New Empire assets and/or forces, all New Republic Defense Force personnel must initiate Rose Directive, Article 2, regardless of branch. By this point, all actions by surviving and ACTIVE New Empire personnel will be treated as hostile and is non-negotiable. Neutralizing New Empire threats by ALL means necessary is permitted by all New Republic Defense Force personnel.
Location: Beacon command cruiser
Beeping started in the communications area of the Beacon's bridge, the captain was called and he went. He reviewed the footage and saw the fighters on the videos but the fighters didn't have the antenna or weapons on the bottom.
"Alert General Solo immediately!" He said to his bridge officer.
Meanwhile the Falcon made it to its destination as the team disembarked from the ship and looked around the forest. They began to head south where they thought they would find some answers. However before Solo could leave his ship, the Beacon sent an urgent message that caught his attention.
"This is a message from the MC80 command cruiser Beacon to General Han Solo of the New Republic. General, sensors have been tripped at border locations between Vale and Vacuo as well as the south-eastern listening station covering the south-east region of Vale, six TIE fighters were counted, three at both locations. If you're mission has not gone anywhere, or you are unable to find any evidence or leads related to the spotted unknown model of TIE fighter, please return to the Beacon immediately!" The message played as it was recorded by the captain.
Han turned off the communications and disembarked with the team as well. Chewie roared as Han and the teams walked away from the Falcon.
"Alright, JPR (Jupiter), let's head south. Sergeant! If you find anything, let me know on comms." He called out the sergeant who acknowledged and responded.
"So what do you think we'll find out there, Solo?" Pyrrha asked.
"I don't know. Grimm, animals, birds... let's just search this area." He replied.
The sun started to set, the night began to roll in and the cold froze the heat from the time of day, it was nightfall. From the encounter earlier between the TIE fighter and the Huntsmen team, stormtrooper teams of Jek's faction were about half a mile away from the bunker setting up motion sensors they found in the barracks so they could learn of any incoming intruders such as Grimm, bandits, or New Republic soldiers.
"This is stormtrooper team four to Cinder Actual, we finished setting up the motion sensors and they should be online now." The stormtrooper sergeant relayed back to the bunker.
"Be advised, team four, team seven has reported an incoming ship flying overhead. Turn off all light sources to avoid detection." Cinder Actual responded.
After the teams took off from the Falcon, Chewie flew the ship to be an overhead scout and would report anything he found to Han who would alert the other teams to reach his position. Unknown to Chewie and Cinder Actual, he was flying towards the bunker but since it was night, it was hard to see but luckily the Falcon had lights on its forward side. Team four turned off the lights on their weapons and helmets as the Falcon flew by. They watched it go by.
As the Falcon approached the bunker, the imperials inside were alerted but did not react at all because they knew the bunker was a decoy. Chewie saw the antenna dish from above and told Han its position.
"Alright, Chewie. Land the Falcon and wait for us near the location." He relayed back to Chewie who roared in response. "Hey, kids, Chewie found something. We need to get to him now." He said to the Huntsmen with him.
While they were walking the way Chewie told Han to go to, the Special Forces operators were told by him as well to go in that direction towards the bunker but before they could respond, they were attacked by stormtroopers from all sides and since it was dark, they couldn't see a thing but the bright blaster bolts that shined whenever they fired. After a small firefight, communications with the team are lost.
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