Episode 28 - The Siege (Part 1)

Death Star - Control Room

Grand Moff Tarkin and Darth Vader were interrupted in the discussion by the buzz coming from the comlink. Tarkin moves to answer the call, "Yes?"

"We are approaching the planet Yavin. The Rebel base is on a moon on the far side. We are preparing to orbit the planet." as the intercom voice said from the comlink.

Yavin - War Room Briefing Area

(Author's Note: Still going to call it the Meeting Center or idk lol)

General Jan Dodonna stands before a large electronic wall display as Leia and several other senators are to one side of the giant readout. The low-ceilinged room is filled with starpilots, navigators, and different types of R2-type units. Everyone is listening intently to what Dodonna is saying on front.

"The battle station is heavily guarded and carries a firepower greater than half of the star fleet." Dodonna officially explains in a serious tone. "It's defenses are designed around a direct large-scale assault. A small one-man fighter should be able to penetrate the outer defense."

Jon "Dutch" Vander, known as 'Gold Leader', a rough looking man in his early thirties stands up and addresses General Dodonna.

"Pardon me for asking, sir," Dutch asked politely as he stood up from his seat, "but what good are snub fighters going to be against that?"

Dodonna heard the pilot's words and answered, "Well, the Empire doesn't consider a small-one man fighter to be any threat, or they'd be a tighter defense. An analysis of the plans provided by Princess Leia demonstrated a weakness in the battle station."

Madoka and the others are also listening attentively as they're also a part of this now.

"The approach will not be easy. You are required to maneuver straight to this trench and skim the surface to this point." Dodonna explains as he shows a graphic demonstration shown on screen, "The target area is only two meters wide. It's a small thermal exhaust port, right below the main port. The shaft leads directly to the reactor system. A precise hit will start a chain reaction which would destroy the station."

A murmur of disbelief runs through the room.

"Only a precise hit will set up a chain reaction. The shaft is ray-shielded, so you'll have to use proton torpedoes." - General Jan Dodonna

Luke is sitting next to Wedge Antilles, a hotshot pilot about sixteen years old.

Wedge commented, "That's impossible, even for a computer."

Luke replied to Wedge, "It's not impossible. I used to bulls-eye womp rats in my T-16 back home. They're not much bigger than two meters."

Before Dodonna ends the discussion, Princess Leia stood up and approaches closer to the General for an announcement.

"Before this plan ends, I would like to present a couple of new representatives that will be here with us and also joining us in this side." Leia announces in an official voice as she calls in for Madoka and her friends to present in front of the room. "Everyone, I present to you; the Holy Quintet team."

The crowd claps through the room as Madoka, Sayaka, Homura and Kyouko stood up from their seats and walked to the front of the briefing room. Leia continued, "Unfortunately, one is at the medical bay under medical care right now, so we introduce our new members in the Rebel Alliance."

Princess Leia gave way for the members as Madoka stepped in, followed by Sayaka, Homura, then Kyouko.

"My name is Madoka Kaname. Nice to meet you."

"My name is Sayaka Miki. Nice to meet you all."

"My name is Homura Akemi. A pleasure meeting you all."

"My name is Kyouko Sakura. Nice meeting you all."

The voices from the girls boomed across the room as the crowd clapped once again, and Princess Leia made a final word, "That will be all for now. We'll get into more with them after we deal with this situation first. If you mind, General."

Dodonna clapped proudly as Madoka and the Holy Quintet members are new officially part of the Rebel Alliance. He officially ends the conversation, "Everyone, man your ships. And may the Force be with you!"

The group rises and begins to leave.

Back at the Death Star...

Tarkin and Vader watches through the computer screen with interest, as a circle of lights intertwines around one another on the screen showing it's position in relation to Yavin and the fourth moon.

"Orbiting the planet at maximum velocity. The moon with the Rebel base will be in range in thirty minutes."

Vader said in his proud voice, "This will be a day long remembered. It has seen the end of Kenobi and it will be soon the end of the Rebellion."

On one of the platforms, Kyubey is seen hiding from the shadows and anticipates for the Rebels and the magical girls' next move for this battle.

Main Hangar Deck

"All flight trooper, man your stations." said the intercom voice over the loud speaker. "All flight troops, man your stations."

Han is deliberately ignoring the activity of the fighter pilots' preparation. Luke (in his X-Wing pilot gear) is quite saddened at the sight of his friend's departure.

Luke said, "So... you got your reward and you're just leaving then?"

"That's right, yeah!" Han replied. "I got some old debts I've got to pay off with this stuff. Even if I didn't, you don't think I'd be fool enough to stick around here, do you? Why don't you come with us? You're pretty good in a fight. I could use you."

Luke is enraged at his words and said, "Come on! Why don't you take a look around? You know what's about to happen, what they're up against. They could use a good pilot like you. You're turning your back on them."

Han refused as he refuted, "What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides, attacking that battle station ain't my idea of courage. It's more like suicide."

Luke nodded slowly as he decided to let Han go, with a disappointed look on his face and tone, "Alright. Well, take care of yourself, Han. I guess that's what your best at, isn't it?"

Luke walks off and Han hesitates for a second, then calls out to him.

"Hey Luke... may the Force be with you." Han says this as his goodbye as he gave Luke a wink, and Luke gave a small wave in return as he sets off to his X-Wing fighter.

Han turns to Chewie who growls at him in disappointment,

"What're looking at? I know what I'm doing." Han excused as they finished packing up, then entered the Falcon afterwards.

As he is on his way to the cockpit, out of the blue, a red barrier blocked the doorway to the cockpit with an odd magica-looking diamond like pattern.

"What the..?" Han said confusedly as he turned back and noticed Kyouko Sakura appearing right in front of him.

"So, you're just gonna run away on us and decide to do things on your own? What a coward move right there, mister." Kyouko refuted at Han as he felt embarrassed of what he did to Luke and refused his offer to join in with the team to help them destroy the Death Star.

Author's Note: Fourth Chapter. Derp Herp Derrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr