Author's note #1: Well, looks like I'm finally back. I've long since missed writing for this series but I'm glad that I finally got my other fanfic out of the way so I could focus more on Galactic Civil War. Anyways, I hope you enjoy.

Author's note #2: This chapter is set before the events of my prologue similar to how Cat and Mouse and The Hidden Enemy were set at the start of The Clone Wars.

War Dawn

Assault on Mygeeto! The Galactic Empire has seized control of the frozen and crystallized world and have enslaved the peaceful Lurmen! A vicious admiral by the name of Jamek Loucli has been placed in charge of an almost impenetrable blockade that now blokes anyone from entering or exiting!

In response, Chief-of-State Mon Mothma and Princess Leia Organa have sent Admiral Ackbar and his fleet in to break through the blockade and start the attack. But even with Wedge Antilles and most of Rogue Squadron backing him up, can he successfully break through the blockade…

Home One over Mygeeto

"Admiral, they're starting to flank us" said a Mon Calamari officer.

"I understand" said Ackbar "Hold position" Ackbar's fleet was in battle with the blockade of star destroyers surrounding Mygeeto. "Antilles, what is your status?"

"We're shooting down as many as we can, but I'm not sure if it will be enough" replied Wedge through the ship's comlink. Wedge's X-Wing and a group of X-Wings and Y-Wings flew past the window.

"And try not to fly too close to our ship" said Ackbar.

"Got it" said Wedge. A group of TIE fighters began following them. "Looks like we've got some TIEs on our tail; everyone, make your movements more erratic. Try to lose them"

"Will do, Wedge" said an X-Wing pilot through his ship's comlink "Wait…Wait…AHHHH!" A flaming X-Wing shot past Wedge.

"We've lost one" said Wedge "Everyone, take care" As they turned around, a TIE fighter aimed and shot down a Y-Wing before another X-Wing was shot down by them.

"Wedge, we're losing ships faster than we can even count" said a rebel pilot through his starfighter's comlink.

"Just hang on, guys" said Wedge "We've got this handled" They turned around again until they were behind the TIE fighters. "NOW!" They shot wildly at the TIE fighters and destroyed them. "We got 'em alright"

"Good work, Antilles" said Ackbar "That some true flying back there"

"Battle's not over yet, admiral" said Wedge "We've still got one big score to settle"

Meanwhile

On board an Imperial star destroyer, Field Commander Brucoo (a Caucasian man with a bald head, greying facial hair, and brown eyes) stepped aboard the bridge towards a group of Imperial officers gathered around the strategy table.

"Admiral; with the incoming conflict, should I leave to the surface now?" asked Brucoo.

"No…No…" said Admiral Loucli who was busy examining the strategy table. He was a Caucasian man with brown greying hair and a skinny body frame. "No one is changing position until I say so"

"What use do you have for me aboard this ship?" asked Brucoo "I am a field commander, my work is on the ground"

"You'll leave eventually" replied Loucli "But until then, stay at the ready" He turned around revealing his left eye to be green and his right eye to be cybernetic. "Now, all fire upon that Liberty cruiser"

Meanwhile

"Steady…Steady…" said Ackbar.

"Sir, the star destroyers have drawn their fire upon one of our cruisers!" exclaimed a Mon Calamari officer.

"What!?" exclaimed Ackbar "Get it out of harm's way!" The Liberty type cruiser that the star destroyers had fired at burst into flames before exploding. "No…Tell all ships to set their front shields to maximum immediately"

"It could talk time, admiral; but we'll do our best" said another Mon Calamari officer.

"And tell them to stay out of range of the star destroyers' fire" said Ackbar.

"Admiral, we have a transmission coming through" said another Mon Calamari officer.

"Bring it up" said Ackbar. A hologram of Loucli appeared on the strategy table.

"Admiral Gial Ackbar, I presume" said Loucli.

"And I presume that you're Admiral Loucli" said Ackbar.

"Admiral Jamek Loucli to be precise" said Loucli "And I intend soon to be Grand Admiral"

"You know they have limited space in those positions" said Ackbar.

"I know" said Loucli.

"What do you want?" asked Ackbar.

"Very well" replied Loucli "As you can see, I will not hesitate to destroy every single one of you; but there is a way out. Surrender or retreat, either will do fine"

"Do you really think that we're just going to do that?" asked Ackbar.

"I imagined that you'd be more reasonable" replied Loucli "Are you really willing to risk the lives of all of your men including yourself in some attempt to break through my blockade which has already shown to withstand almost anything?"

"Nothing is truly impenetrable" said Ackbar "Including your fabled Death Star"

"Fair enough" said Loucli "But your fleet isn't completely impenetrable either. My offer withstands. I'll give you ten standard hours to make your decision. If you haven't, then I'll let loose hell upon you" The hologram switched off and Ackbar sighed.

Meanwhile

"Why are you giving them a chance like this?" asked Brucoo.

"Because, Commander Brucoo; either way will work in our favor" replied Loucli "Should they surrender, the terms will be in our favor. Should they retreat, we will then have ample time to buff up our blockade should they return"

"And what if they do neither?" asked Brucoo.

"We've already held our own against them" replied Loucli "If either side is going to win this battle, it will be us"

Later

"And we've still got ten standard hours to make a decision or we're done for" said Ackbar as he stood before a hologram of Mon Mothma and Princess Leia.

"Then what do you plan to do?" asked Mon Mothma.

"I…I'm not sure" replied Ackbar "If I surrender, we'll throw away everything we've worked up to. If I retreat, Loucli will only increase his forces. If I do nothing after ten hours, they'll kill all of us. Is Captain Solo available?"

"I'm afraid he's off on a smuggling mission with Chewbacca at the moment" replied Leia.

"And K'Kruhk's fleet is still busy around Dxun" said Mon Mothma.

"Then we're cooked" said Ackbar "There's no way out of this without being cooked"

"There is one reinforcement coming your way however" said Mon Mothma "A single pilot with great skill"

"Who is it?" asked Ackbar.

"Let's just say that you won't be disappointed" replied Leia "And last I checked, he's almost there"

A few minutes later

A Nu-class attack shuttle descended down towards Home One and landed in the hanger. A humanoid figure walked out being followed closely behind by R2-D2.

"Well, that settles it; looks like Nien wins again" said Wedge as he played a game of sabacc with Nien Nunb and Derek Klivian. Nien chuckled.

"Seriously, what's so funny about all of this?" asked Derek. The three of them had their attentions instantly drawn to the figure who stepped across the hanger and into the corridors. The figure walked through the corridors with every trooper, pilot, and officers staring at him with disbelief. The figure stepped into the bridge where Ackbar was busy at the strategy table.

"What is it?" asked Ackbar whilst still paying full attention to the holograms.

"I'm here to help, that's what" replied the figure. Ackbar stood himself up straight and turned around seeing that the figure was none other than Luke Skywalker.

"Commander Skywalker" said Ackbar.

"You can call me Luke" said Luke.

"So you're the reinforcement Mon Mothma told me about" said Ackbar.

"Correct" said Luke. He stepped over to the strategy table and looked down at the holograms.

"How experienced are you with battle strategies?" asked Ackbar.

"I wouldn't say complete strategies, but I'm good with plans" said Luke. Ackbar sighed. "Don't worry; I'm not reckless if that's what you think"

"So many people who are are convinced that they are not" said Ackbar.

"We just need some time to figure something out" said Luke.

"Ten hours" said Ackbar.

"Excuse me?" asked Luke.

"We have ten hours to think of something" replied Ackbar "Fill him in; I'll need some rest for the moment" He turned to leave. "It was a pleasure meeting you, Commander Skywalker" He turned and left.

"Not the best first impression" said Luke. Ackbar walked down the hallway until he reached his quarters, closed the door behind, and face-palmed himself.

"Where did it all go wrong?" said Ackbar. He walked over to a small cabinet, picked up the Mon Calamari battle baton that lay on it, and looked at it mournfully. He then looked up a painting of Coral City he had on his wall, sighed, and sat down on his bed.

A few minutes later

"Is it just me or does the admiral seem a little…off?" said Luke as he and Wedge walked through the hanger.

"He's been through a lot of stress recently" said Wedge "It hasn't been an easy campaign. The Imperial blockade is the only thing standing between us and the forces on the ground and we just can't get past it. We're losing more and more ships each day and there are very few reinforcements we can call upon due to the rest of the war. And if we retreat, the blockade will only buff themselves up"

"Between a rock and a hard place, huh?" said Luke "I know how that feels" At that moment, he bumped his shoulder into a ship.

"You alright, Luke?" asked Wedge.

"Yeah" replied Luke "Just a little bump is all" He stepped backwards to look at the ship, which was the Rogue Shadow. "What kind of ship is?"

"The kind that you should avoid bumping into" said a voice. Luke and Wedge turned around to find themselves facing Juno Eclipse. "So you're Luke Skywalker, the one who everyone keeps talking about" She extended her hand out. "I'm Captain Juno Eclipse"

"I heard of you" said Luke whilst shaking her hand "You were one of the original members of the Rebel Alliance"

"That's correct" said Juno "I may not have originally been a rebel, but I've been here since day one" Luke turned his head back to the Rogue Shadow.

"So this is your ship?" asked Luke.

"It's called the Rogue Shadow" said Juno "It's been with us since day one as well. You can enter if you'd like, but try not to screw anything up" The three of them entered the ship and walked around it until they reached the training room.

"Wow" said Luke.

"Hi there!" said a voice. Luke stepped back a step as PROXY walked up to him.

"Who are you?" asked Luke.

"That's PROXY, he comes with the ship" replied Juno.

"What do you use him for?" asked Luke.

"For training" said PROXY.

"What kind of training?" asked Luke.

"The lightsaber kind" replied PROXY. He took the form of Obi-Wan Kenobi, ignited his lightsaber, and slashed towards Luke who stepped back.

"Woah!" exclaimed Wedge.

"Stay back!" said Luke "I've got this" He pulled his lightsaber from his belt, ignited it, and clashed with PROXY until eventually force-pushing him back into the wall where he turned back into his normal form.

"Good job" said PROXY "You really know how to act under pressure"

"So you are a Jedi" said Juno.

"Well…sort of" said Luke.

"What do you mean sort of?" asked Juno.

"He's not a knight yet, that's what he means" replied Wedge.

"So how long have you been training?" asked Juno.

"Since…last year" replied Luke.

"Then you've got a long way to go" said Juno "I heard that it takes more than a decade to earn the title of knight"

"Then I'll just have to push myself harder" said Luke.

"Poor choice of words" said Juno "C'mon, I'll show you the cockpit" She lead the two of them to the cockpit.

"So what do you use this ship for?" asked Luke.

"Usually for spying or smuggling" replied Juno "The ship has a working cloaking device that can't be detected by anyone, not even Imperials"

"Really?" said Luke.

"Why do you ask?" asked Juno.

"Say Juno, do you mind I borrow it for something?" asked Luke.

A few minutes later

Ackbar lay in his quarters staring at the ceiling when a female Mon Calamari officer entered.

"Admiral, come quick" said the officer.

"What is it?" asked Ackbar.

"Commander Skywalker has proposed a possible plan" replied the officer "He wants to go over it with you" Ackbar got himself up and walked off to the bridge where Luke stood before a hologram of an Imperial star destroyer.

"Admiral, good; you're here" said Luke.

"As you requested" said Ackbar "So what is this plan that you're proposing?"

"The plan is this" replied Luke "We've separated Admiral Loucli's ship amongst the blockade. We'll send a team in to sneak onboard the ship, capture him, and take him back here. Without their leader, the blockade's efficiency will go down"

"And how do we get onboard the destroyer?" asked Ackbar "The blockade will shoot down any rebel ships on sight"

"That's where Captain Eclipse contributes" replied Luke "Her ship, the Rogue Shadow, has a cloaking device that the Imperials cannot detect" A hologram of the Rogue Shadow flew underneath the star destroyer and landed on it. "We'll then walks out in an environment suit and sneaks into the hanger, preferably unnoticed. After capturing the admiral; we will then dash to the hanger, the Shadow will swoop in, and we'll escape back here"

"Are you sure this is going to work?" asked Ackbar.

"Sure; I mean, I think it's the best we can do at the moment" replied Luke "Besides; it's only one task, so it shouldn't take too long"

"That aside, who would lead such a dangerous mission?" asked Ackbar.

"I will" replied Luke.

A few minutes later

"Onboard, R2" said Luke as R2 wheeled himself up the ramp beeping with several rebel troopers following him "That's good, boy" At that moment, Juno walked up to him.

"I trust you can pilot it?" said Juno "After all, it's more complicated then you're standard X-Wings"

"I've done transports before" replied Luke "Besides; I'm a quick study at these things"

"Just make sure it comes back" said Juno "If anything happens to it, I'll hold you personally responsible"

"Lucky for me; if anything happens to it, I might not be coming back either" said Luke. For a brief moment, Juno looked over the Rogue Shadow with a feeling of both nostalgia and mournfulness.

"But take care of yourself too" said Juno whilst placing her hand on Luke's shoulder "Don't want that Princess nagging at the rest of us to explain why you're not here anymore"

"No one wants that" said Luke. As Juno turned and walked away, Ackbar walked up to him. "Admiral; I know that you may disapprove of this, but I will do anything to—"

"I came here to let you know that I'm coming with you" said Ackbar.

"Wait, what?" said Luke.

"Going in alone is dangerous, yes; even with a squad with you" said Ackbar "But you don't have to lead it alone"

"But Admiral, what if you don't come back?" asked Luke.

"Then I don't come back" replied Ackbar.

"But the fleet needs you" said Luke.

"I'd imagine quite a few of the Rebellion would be upset if you didn't come back either" said Ackbar

"But are you sure you're up to this?" asked Luke.

"Don't worry, I've had more military experience than you could imagine" replied Ackbar "Let's just say that I'll have your back. Now let's get going before time runs out" The two of them entered the Rogue Shadow and took off out of the hanger.

"Okay, let's engage cloak" said Luke. He activated the cloaking device and the ship disappeared. "Alright, let's go in" They flew towards the Imperial blockade.

"There's Admiral Loucli's ship" said Ackbar.

"Then let's go there" said Luke. They moved towards Loucli's star destroyer.

"I'd never thought I'd ever find myself flying towards an Imperial fleet like this" said Ackbar.

"First time for everything" said Luke. They flew down underneath the star destroyer. "Steady…steady…" They landed onto the bottom of the star destroyer and magnetized on. "Got it!"

"Onto the next stage then" said Ackbar.

A few minutes later

Luke, Ackbar, and the rebel troopers walked across the bottom of the star destroyers in environment suits. Luke looked down (or rather up) at the planet of Mygeeto which they orbited.

"Look at that view" said Luke.

"Please, Commander Skywalker; we should stick to the task at hand" said Ackbar.

"On it" said Luke. As they reached up to the hanger, they looked out and saw about five stormtroopers gathered around. "Good thing there's only a few of them"

"And any one of them could set off an alarm" said Ackbar.

"Which I guess is what this is for" said Luke as he summoned his blaster to his hand.

"Wait, where's your lightsaber?" asked Ackbar.

"I left it with R2" replied Luke.

"Why would you do that?" asked Ackbar.

"If they knew I was a Jedi of sorts, they'd up their game or provide harder security if I got captured" replied Luke "So I figured that it would be better if I just didn't bring it"

"On the other hand, facing an entire destroyer filled with stormtroopers with just blasters puts us at a disadvantage" said Ackbar whilst pulling out his own blaster "We'll have to up the stealth"

"Agreed" said Luke "Now let's go" He and Ackbar hopped up out and into the hanger.

"Intruders!" exclaimed a stormtrooper "Blast them!" The stormtroopers opened fire on Luke, Ackbar, and the rebel troopers who shot back until each of them were dead.

"Well that's them done" said Luke.

"There's going to be more" said Ackbar.

"We can take them" said Luke.

"I'm sure we can, but it might only delay the inevitable" said Ackbar "Which is why we should avoid these confrontations whenever possible"

"Agreed" said Luke "Now let's get out of here" Unbeknownst to them, one stormtrooper remained and was hiding behind a landed TIE fighter, watching them carefully.

"Bridge, we've got intruders" said the stormtrooper quietly into his comlink

Meanwhile

"Admiral, a stormtrooper has alerted me that he has spotted intruders in the hanger bay" said an Imperial officer "It's a team of rebel troopers being led by a Human and a Mon Calamari"

"So the Alliance has made a move" said Loucli "And it's a very poor one"

"Calamari!" snarled Brucco under his breath "Should I take a squad and capture them?"

"No" replied Loucli "Keep all security around the bridge, the life support system, and the shielding; but stay out of sight"

"Why should we do that?" asked Brucoo.

"Whatever reason they have for coming onboard, they will try to get one of those places" said Loucli "Let us wait and let them fall into our hands"

Meanwhile

Luke and Ackbar walked carefully through the corridors of the star destroyer with their blasters at the ready.

"There doesn't seem to be anyone around" said Ackbar quietly.

"I know" replied Luke "It's like the place is deserted" They walked along until they reached the entrance to the bridge.

"There it is, the entrance to the bridge" said Ackbar.

"We'd better be prepared" said Luke "It's going to be one heck of a firefight"

"I don't think so" said a voice. Commander Brucoo appeared from the shadows with several stormtroopers and dark troopers, all of whom had their blasters raised at them.

"You really came prepared, didn't you?" said Luke.

"You have no idea" said Brucoo "Now drop your weapons!" Luke and the others reluctantly dropped their weapons.

A few minutes later

Luke, Ackbar, and the rebel troopers were escorted to the cells by Brucoo and the stormtroopers and sent in.

"Move it!" snapped Brucoo whilst pushing Ackbar into the cell.

"By blazers, what was that for?" asked Ackbar.

"Fish filth!" snarled Brucoo whilst placing the shields over the cell.

"Sir, Admiral Loucli is on his way now" said a stormtrooper.

"Good, he'll deal with this rebel scum personally" said Brucoo. He turned back to the cell. "Then he'll make sure the rest of your fleet suffers"

"Not very hospitable to your guests" said Luke.

"The admiral gave you the option to walk out of this alive and you squandered it" said Brucoo.

"We both know that you were going to kill us anyway" said Ackbar "You may as well stop pretending now that you have us prisoner"

"Shut your slimy mouth, you lamprey!" growled Brucoo.

"You seemed to be quite offended by my presence" said Ackbar "Are you afraid that I'm contagious or something? Then you should have thought twice before pushing me in"

"Why you—" said Brucoo as he pulled out his blaster.

"Settle down, commander" said Loucli as he entered. He looked over at the prisoners. "Excellent work, Commander Brucoo"

"Thank you, admiral" said Brucoo.

"You are now dismissed" said Loucli "Take a shuttle and join General Veers's forces on the planet's surface"

"Will do, admiral" said Brucoo. He left down the hallway.

"So this is what you decided to use your time for?" said Loucli whilst turning back to the prisoners "Well, I can't say that I am surprised by that"

"Given how your staff has treated us, it may have been for the better that we at least did something" said Ackbar.

"And it has cost you dearly" said Loucli "If you had at least surrendered or retreated before as I had offered, you all could have gotten out of this; but now, I'll make sure that none of your entire fleet is spared. And with them gone, I'll increase the number of ships in my fleet to make sure that no one will ever attempt to get through ever again. You've dragged everyone down with you"

"Do what you want with me, but if you harm a single part of my fleet—" said Ackbar.

"You're in no position to bargain, try not to make threats you cannot live up to" said Loucli "Besides, I need you as alive; and preferably unspoiled"

"Why?" asked Ackbar.

"You're not just a mere rebel admiral; you're a key military leader in the Alliance" said Loucli "The secrets you know dig deep into Alliance intelligence, stuff that the Emperor himself would be very, very pleased to find out. With the Alliance forces driven away and their supreme military commander in my custody, my promotion is assured. Now sit back and relax; after this battle is over, it's going to be a long trip back to Coruscant" He turned and left for the bridge. "Open fire upon the Alliance fleet. Spare none of them"

Meanwhile

"Okay, now let's see" said Wedge as he Nien and Derek played Sabacc shortly before Nien showed a winning hand.

"Ahh, not again!" said Derek. Nien chuckled.

"Talk about your "alien luck"" said Wedge. Nien chuckled again before the whole hanger shook causing him to utter something in Sullustese. "I don't know. It's just something sudden" At that moment, Juno ran up to them.

"Everyone, get to your ships now!" said Juno.

"Do you know what's happening?" asked Derek.

"The Imperial blockade is attacking us" said Juno "Now get to your ships now!"

"And just when I thought I was getting the hang of this game" said Wedge as he rushed off to his X-Wing and put his helmet on.

Meanwhile

Luke punched the wall.

"Stupid!" said Luke "I should have brought my lightsaber from the beginning!"

"We all make mistakes, commander" said Ackbar "We can choose to either to be bitter about it or learn from them"

"And this one's just doomed us all!" said Luke "How are we supposed to learn from this?"

"That's what I thought years ago in the aftermath of the Invasion of Mon Cala" said Ackbar. Luke turned back to face him.

"What happened?" asked Luke.

"It was years ago, shortly after the Clone Wars had ended" replied Ackbar "Back then, I was the captain of the Mon Calamari guard; I had sworn an oath to protect our king at all costs. King Lee-Char was still new to his reign but he was a devoted and fair leader who wanted nothing more than peace between our people and the Quarren. But then the Empire came and attacked; Governor Tarkin personally oversaw both the battle and the aftermath. We fought back but we were vastly outgunned and we fell. Lee-Char was killed during the battle while I was fighting off Imperial forces outside the palace"

"I'm sorry" said Luke.

"You see, this is where things got really painful" said Ackbar "I understood that I had no true control over the situation. Heck; if I had been with him, I probably would have been killed as well. But I still feel responsible, even though I wasn't the one who killed him. Not a day goes by that I don't think of what might have been had I chose to stay by his side the whole battle. But it is futile as I know that you cannot undo the past"

"What happened to you afterwards?" asked Luke

"The Empire subjugated the planet and used our resources" replied Ackbar "I was a slave for years until Captain Eclipse freed me and recruited me for the Alliance. And it turns out that the Empire's subjugation of the planet proved good for both species; the Mon Calamari and the Quarren united together and rebelled and eventually reclaimed the planet. Even with Lee-Char gone, his legacy lived on in us. But this war never gets any easier; each day, more and more of us die and there's no end to it. But you never give up hope, because that is when you are truly defeated"

"But nonetheless still, we're stuck in here and there's nothing we can do" said Luke.

"Not quite" said Ackbar "I still remember beforehand when you told me that the Empire would know that you are a Jedi if you brought your lightsaber, and you were right. If they knew who you are, they would have given extra security"

"And how does that get us anywhere?" asked Luke.

"Because while we were being escorted inside, I managed to snatch a keycard off of Brucoo while he wasn't looking" replied Ackbar.

"And how does that help?" asked Luke "Keycards only work on the outside"

"Exactly" replied Ackbar "Which is why I purposely dropped it when I was pushed inside" He turned his head over to the side and Luke looked down at the keycard on the ground

"Great work, admiral" said Luke. He force-lifted the keycard and placed it within the security slot, causing the shield to go down.

"Ready, let's go!" said Ackbar.

Meanwhile

Wedge and the other pilots flew out of the hanger bay and towards the Imperial blockade.

"Stay focused, guys" said Wedge "Remember; our job is to destroy the TIE fighters and keep them off our ships so they can focus their fire on the blockade. And don't go into the blockade; unless you're suicidal, that is" They flew towards the TIE fighters and shot wildly at them

Meanwhile

Luke, Ackbar, and the rebel troopers snuck through the corridors quietly.

"We have to find a way to communicate with R2 to bring the ship around so we can escape" said Ackbar.

"But we'll have to get the admiral first" said Luke.

"And why would we do that?" asked Ackbar.

"We're desperate now" replied Luke "We have to capture him to have an advantage"

"Except he's on board the bridge around several stormtroopers and now we have no weapons" said Ackbar "We're vastly outnumbered and outgunned"

"Well, we have to do something" said Luke "We just—"

"Look out!" yelled a stormtrooper's voice. The sound of shooting and lightsaber swinging was heard down the corridor.

"By the Force!" said Luke. He rushed off down the corridor.

"Skywalker, wait!" said Ackbar as he and the rebel troopers followed after him. When Luke arrived, he found the bodies of many stormtroopers lying at the feet of the combat stance figure of Obi-Wan Kenobi who turned his lightsaber off and took the form of PROXY.

"Hello there" said PROXY.

"PROXY, what are you doing here?" asked Luke.

"The short droid sent me up here" replied PROXY.

"R2?" said Luke.

"Yes, that one" said PROXY "He told me that he was worried because you hadn't called back in some time so he sent me up here to make sure you were alright; he also informed me to kill any Imperials in sight, no witnesses. Oh, and he also told me to give you this" He handed Luke's lightsaber over to him who looked down at it.

"You're astromech droid planned all of that?" said Ackbar.

"Yeah, he does stuff like that" said Luke.

"Uh…" said Ackbar.

"Alright everyone, take their weapons" said Luke. He ignited his lightsaber. "We're taking the bridge"

A few minutes later

Loucli looked out at the space battle outside with a smirk forming on his face.

"Victory is within our very grasp" said Loucli. At that moment, Luke and the others entered.

"Rebels!" exclaimed an Imperial officer.

"How did you…never mind, shoot them!" said Loucli. The stormtroopers aboard the bridge turned their blasters towards them and a full out fire fight formed within a matter of seconds. Luke and PROXY (in his Obi-Wan guise) swept forward and bean slashing up stormtroopers and dark troopers in their path.

"Jedi!" exclaimed a stormtrooper before Luke slashed him down.

"He's a Jedi!" exclaimed Loucli. Within a matter of minutes, all of the stormtroopers and dark troopers were dead. "Impossible!"

"I wouldn't think so" said Luke whilst he pointed his lightsaber at Loucli.

"We have you surrounded, Loucli" said Ackbar. Loucli looked over at a blaster which lay on the strategy table.

"Do you really think you'd be fast enough to picked that up?" said Luke.

"And do you think you could shoot all of us?" said Ackbar. Suddenly, Loucli pressed a button which caused the lights to turn red and flash.

"Star destroyer self-destruct: Initiated" said the computer voice "Star destroyer will self-destruct in ten minutes"

"Self-destruct?" said an Imperial officer.

"There's no self-destruct!" said another Imperial officer.

"What is the meaning of this?" asked Ackbar "No capital ships have a destruct mechanism"

"True, they don't" said Loucli "But I had one integrated into this star destroyer for just this sort of situation. It took years; but when it was finished, I had a fully working self-destruct mechanism" At that moment, the Imperial officers took off and ran out of the bridge. "And don't bother heading for the escape pods, they'll probably be all gone by the time you get there"

"Then you'll die too" said Ackbar.

"If I let you slip through my fingers, Lord Vader would probably have me killed; but this way, at least I will have taken out the Alliance military commander" said Loucli "Without you, the Alliance will not stand a chance; because even though I'll be gone, the blockade will still be well armed…well-armed enough to survive the next few futile attacks without a proper intended leader!"

"You're crazy!" said Luke.

"Doesn't matter" said Loucli "My legacy…" He grabbed the blaster from the strategy table. "…is assured!" He lifted the blaster up to his chin and shot himself in the head.

"PROXY, can you communicate with R2?" asked Luke.

"I can" replied PROXY.

"Tell him to bring the ship around into the hanger" said Luke "And make it quick" They ran off down the corridor until they reached the hanger bay; where R2 pulled the Rogue Shadow up, carefully flew into the hanger, turned around, and lowered down the ramp.

"What is he doing?" asked a rebel trooper "He's making sure that we escape easier. Hop on quick!" As they rushed over to the Rogue Shadow, each of the rebel troopers hoped on the ramp and were followed by Ackbar. But as Luke was about to leap up to it, a blaster bolt shot out and hit him in the back leg.

"AHHH!" exclaimed Luke as he fell to his knees.

"Skywalker!" exclaimed Ackbar "R2, stay close to the floor" A group of stormtroopers emerged from the corridor.

"Shoot him!" said a stormtrooper captain "If we've been left here to die, we'll take these rebels down with us!"

"I don't think so!" said Ackbar "Shoot them!" The rebel troopers gathered around the ramp and began shooting at the stormtroopers who shot back. As Luke slowly regained his footing, he ignited his lightsaber and threw it at the stormtroopers, cutting them all down. "Skywalker, get up here now!" Luke tried to pull himself back up but was hindered by his injured le.

"My leg!" said Luke "It got hit pretty bad pretty bad…I'm not sure if I can reach you" Ackbar extended his arms out.

"Here, try to reach by hands and I'll pull you up" said Ackbar.

"I'm not sure if—" said Luke.

"If you keep being too worried about being uncertain, we'll all die" said Ackbar "Now jump!" Luke pulled himself back onto his feet and leapt up to Ackbar who caught him by the wrists and pulled him up onto the ramp before it closed over.

"R2, get us out of here now!" said Luke. From the cockpit, they could hear a distinctive beeping followed by the ship flying straight out of the hanger. Ackbar helped bring Luke to the cockpit where they got a good view of the star destroyer blowing up.

"That was close" said Ackbar.

"Tell me about it" said Luke.

"Oh, it's not over yet!" said Ackbar "Incoming!" Luke turned around to see over a dozen TIE fighters flying towards them and shooting rapidly.

"We just stepped out of one battle and wound up in another" said Luke.

"That happens in war a lot" said Ackbar. R2 beeped in response. "What did he say?"

"He said "tell me about it"" replied Luke. He looked down at the console around him. "There's got to be something around here for…wait, I think I found it" He fired random shots at the TIE fighters with the ship's laser cannons. "Okay, I think I got the hang of this" He continued firing shots at the TIE fighters but they were soon overwhelmed.

"I've got a bad feeling about this!" said Ackbar.

"No kidding" said Luke "It's like no matter how many I shoot down they just keep coming and coming" Suddenly, countless TIE fighters started getting shot down as Wedge and the other pilots swooped in and shot them away allowing the Rogue Shadow to break through. "Thanks, Wedge; I really owe you one"

"Anytime, Luke" said Wedge out of the ship's comlink "Now get out of that blockade now, we've got a battle to win here" Luke flew over to the rebel fleet.

"C'mon, the fleet needs it's admiral" said Luke.

Later

Luke stood outside the Rogue Shadow and watched as GR-75 medium transports landed and unloaded Armored Assault Tanks, AT-APs, AT-RTs, T2-B repulsor tanks, and other rebel vehicles.

"Quite a view, isn't it?" said Ackbar as he walked over to Luke "I'll miss it when I return to the fleet"

"We've still got a long way to go yet" said Luke "I read a report and it seems that the Imperials seemed to have forged quite a foothold"

"One that we will work hard to pull out nonetheless" said Ackbar.

"But we'll do that and we'll free this planet" said Luke.

"You're not a conventional Jedi, are you?" said Ackbar.

"I don't think I'd call myself a proper Jedi just yet" said Luke.

"Whoever, I'm glad to have you in the Alliance" said Ackbar "We could always use more good men like you"

"Glad to be here" said Luke. The two shook hands.

"I look forward to working with you again soon" said Ackbar.

"Definitely" said Luke. As Ackbar walked off, Juno walked up to him. "Ah, Juno; as you can see, I got your ship back intact just like I promised; thanks for letting me borrow it. So; now that all of this is over, I guess I should give you it back" Juno looked over the Rogue Shadow.

"You know what, you can keep it" said Juno.

"Wait, what?" asked Luke.

"You can keep it" replied Juno.

"Are you serious?" asked Luke.

"How many times are you going to ask this question?" said Juno "I said that you can keep it"

"But I can't" said Luke "It's your ship"

"No, it was someone else's" said Juno "Now it's yours. I was always just the pilot"

"But what could I use it for?" asked Luke.

"Find a use for it" replied Juno "But try to take care of it" She turned to leave. "By the way, the droid comes with the ship"

"Well, I'll have to find a use for him as well" said Luke.

Author's note: Well, here's the latest chapter. If it seemed a little rushed it might have been because I'm still a bit rusty and need time to get back into it but I hope you all enjoyed it nonetheless. And don't worry; from now on, every chapter will be in chronological order. Anyways, don't forget to leave a review because things have been a little rough in my life recently and I could really use something to drive me forward. Anyways, until next time.