Cassian reached over and flipped a switch on the control panel in front of the small group. A cool, robotic voice chimed through an unseen speaker, "navigation system disabled." It spoke to everyone in the room. Cassian folded his arms across his chest, defiantly.
"Then I am not going to Yavin 4." He declared. Jyn looked at him, first in confusion, and then in elation. She did not have to go to Yavin! That was the most important thing to her, at the moment. She was sure that the shared dreams would pass, but the feeling that they should not go to Yavin 4 was overwhelming.
"We have vital information that Mon Mothma expects us to deliver to her," K2S0 reminded Cassian. Cassian glared at the droid, as if he was deeply offended by the reminded. "She is expecting you, Cassian." K2 continued, "She does not know about the others, however."
"I'm not going to Yavin 4," Cassian said again. "Here's an idea K2, why don't we land somewhere, I will get off the ship, our friends will get off the ship and then you can go to Yavin 4. Tell Mothma that I was unable to make the meeting and that you have no idea where I could be that would be more important than the meeting with her." Cassian suggested.
"I am just a droid. I am not capable of meeting with one of the most powerful leaders in the Rebellion." K2 argued.
"Sure, you are," Cassian encouraged. "I'll just stay behind and you attend the meeting, then fly back to where you left me." The droid shook his head, unwilling to process what Cassian asked him to do.
Jyn looked from the droid to the pilot, wondering which of them would win the argument. Would Cassian give in and travel to Yavin 4, and almost certainly his death, or would he stay strong and make the droid go on by himself? Jyn started thinking of all the places they could land and breakaway from K2. There were planets that were tropical with white sand beaches. There were also planets that were massive forests—the entire planet was one, gigantic forest. Jyn wondered which would be easier to live on?
"K2, I am not going to Yavin 4. At every turn, there's a new sign that tells me it's a bad idea. Jyn and I are sharing dreams that have told us the fate of Scarif. I can only assume that going to Yavin 4 will somehow make those dreams happen." Cassian explained. Jyn suddenly got very somber.
"What if that was our fate?" She finally asked. "Go to Yavin 4, go to Scarif, get blown up. It sounds like the fate of a rebel pilot and a prison monger, if you ask me." Jyn said.
"It's a preventable fate." Cassian corrected her. "That fate will only happen if we let it happen. I'm not going to let it happen. I'm not going to Yavin 4." He reiterated. K2S0 sighed in frustration. The droid was programmed for completing missions and following through with detailed and rigorous plans. Not doing that made him cranky.
"Fine then, should I program the navigation for the nearest planet?" K2 asked, defeated.
"No. I will handle it. You can power down for a while if you'd like." Cassian said. On that note, K2 stood up, his tall frame imposing on the small cockpit full of people. He maneuvered around the humans and left the cockpit without a word.
"He's mad." Baze pointed out.
"He's a droid. He'll get over it." Cassian remarked. He took K2's seat and began programming a new flight pattern. "There are seven planets nearby, according to the Nav System. Let's pick one." Cassian brought a description of each planet up for the others to look at.
"Let's look for one that has no association with the war." Baze suggested.
"One that has a warm weather, but not a desert." Jyn added.
The group kept listing off what they wanted in a planet until finally, there was only one planet left on the Nav System's screen. It was a small blue and green planet. Cassian pointed to it.
"Callisto." He read from the screen. "A neutral planet in the system C43-S7. It's atmosphere is breathable to all species. Its temperatures range from 24 degrees Celsius, to 1 degree Celsius, most days." Everyone seemed to like the idea of the planet, so Cassian sent the coordinates to the navigation controls.
"Recalculating." The cool voice spoke again. The ship shook as it abruptly changed its course. "You will reach your destination in 3 days, 6 hours and 22 minutes, standard time." The voice read out.
Jyn cheered silently, shocked and happy that she convinced Cassian of the dangers of returning to Yavin 4. She basked in her victory, having convinced him without giving him anymore detail than she had to. Her secret was still safe, tucked into the back of her mind, for only her to see. Sometimes she thought that Chirrut knew what she had done, and why she couldn't go to Yavin 4, but if he did, the blind monk never let her know.