"We are Rebels, fighting for the people, fighting for you. I'm not that old, but I remember a time when things were better on Lothal. Maybe not great, but not like this... See what the Empire has done to your lives, your families, and your freedom? It's only going to get worse, unless we stand up and fight back. It won't be easy... There will be loss and sacrifice, but we can't back down now just because we are afraid. That's when we need to stand the tallest. That's what my parents taught me. That's what my new family helped me remember... So stand up together because that's when we're strongest—as one!"
-Ezra Bridger
The Roche Asteroid field.
The secret shipyard in the Roche Asteroids was a wonderful sight of collaboration between normally competitive companies. The most notable of which are extremely important for the Alliance's survival.
The Mon Calamari shipyards have made a base in the asteroid field... It was a very risky move, but they were desperate to fight. During Mon Mothma's original declaration of Rebellion on Dantooine, they already had a starship in the Rebellion's fleet.
But this specific cruiser, the MC80 Luxury Starliner Liberty, was totally unarmed at the time. It was actually sent to represent the Mon Calamari's involvement in the newly declared Galactic Civil War... But only now will the Mon Calamari truly join the fight.
Using turbolaser batteries provided to them by the Rebellion, the many Mon Calamari luxury starliners that have defected from the Empire saw heavy modification... But the limited resources made it difficult to complete them.
And now their first fully dedicated warship was complete, the MC75 Profundity-type Heavy Cruiser... The Profundity...
The cruised used to be the base of operations for Raddus's planetary defense force... Some Mon Calamari buildings were actually starships. The City Hall of Nystullum was one of these... Now it is called Profunity, and commanded by its former mayor.
It will serve as the flagship for the Rebellion's new fleet of Assault Frigates Mark 1's, EF76 Nebulon-B Escort Frigates, and as a heavy cruiser carrier for the most elite fighter squadrons... Led by Jon 'Dutch' Vander, Garven Dreis, General Antoc Merrick, and General Hera Syndulla...
The newly appointed Admiral Raddus stepped into his command chair, flanked by his two assistants. Raddus always had a desire to defend his people from outside threats... But the city of Nystullum never took part in the Battle of Mon Cala against the Confedaracy of Independent Systems and their Quarren neighbors. All the fighting was in the capitol... But this was the chance for all of them to make a bigger difference than some desk work... He knew that war was inevitable, and he wanted to fight.
"This is Admiral Raddus, my ship is finally ready for battle!" Raddus announced triumphantly. His face lit up when he heard cheers on the comm channel... They were almost ready...
Hera and one of the Mon Calamari commanders, Admiral Gial Ackbar, oversaw the manufacturing of a new type of starfighter created by the late Quarrie. The old Mon Calamari designed the fighter B6, the Blade Wing... The prototype for the A/SF-01 B-Wing Starfighter...
Ackbar was very good friends with Quarrie, as he served under the old Calamari in the Mon Cala Defense Force. And it was Quarrie who suggested the Alliance used the Roche system, specifically the asteroid belt beyond the planet Shantipole, which was his new home. Quarrie worked closely with the Verpine, the native species of Shantipole, to design B6.
The Verpine are some of the best starfighter designers in the galaxy. They designed the hugely successful V-19 Torrent starfighter... Which was phased out later on due to subtle Republic anti-alienism. And now they all work to fulfill his dying wish... To make the Blade Wing soar...
It was all wonderful for Hera... But it wasn't the same without Ezra... It was Ezra who inspired all of them to fight at all... The message he sent from Lothal went as far as Fresia in the Core Worlds, the headquarters of the Incom Corporation... And it obviously reached Mon Cala, which was only an hour-long jump away from Lothal.
She wanted to see him look at the results of his inspiring speech to the Galaxy... His call to action... But she couldn't... All she could do now is stare at the viewport for a moment, and move on...
