The Admiral Raddus
Corran found no sleep and left the pilot's ready room when the Admiral Raddus dropped out of hyperspace. He just walked down the hallways to his own quarters when the siren begun to blare. He knew immediately that they were under attack. There was no time to think about who and why. His training as a fighter pilot clicked in and he hurried back to the hangar. On the way he saw Poe accompanied by his faithful astromech droid BB-8.
When he almost reached the hangar there was an enormous explosion to be heard and he saw BB-8 and Poe Dameron went flying. The blast doors shut with a loud thump so the flames couldn't encroach on the whole ship. The young Rendar blinked tears away he didn't know if they were because of grief for the killed comrades or the biting fume of the fire hanging in the hallway. His comrades hadn't even the chance to fly in combat.
But there was no time for grieving. He looked out of a nearby viewport and saw First Order TIEs fly strafing runs. There was no way to hinder them. Corran clenched and unclenched his fists in impotent fury.
The vessel shuddered under the shelling. Corran wondered how long the shields would hold before they fail and they would be doomed. He hurried to the bridge to ask for orders now the whole fighters in the hangar were destroyed. The Jedi was almost there when he heard another explosion. When he reached the place where the bridge seconds before has been there were only chaos and a gaping hole behind the blast door. Corran's heart fell seeing this. It was impossible that there were any survivors. General Organa, Admiral Ackbar, all those on duty at the bridge were gone in the blink of an eye. He swallowed hard and turned away.
Should it really end here? He had no idea how they should carry on without the general's inspiring spirit.
And then the miracle happened. The general managed to come back aboard out of the cold vacuum of space. It was a miracle for all the others except for Corran. He was pretty sure that the general used the Force. The Jedi wondered how, since his mother told him that Leia Organa always refused to train with her brother Luke Skywalker. Has she trained in secret?
Corran realized slowly that the attack has ended as abrupt as it begun.
The Admiral Raddus was crippled but not inoperative. All functions were redirected to the ventral emergency bridge. From now on the command center was there. It was a command center that lacked a commander. General Organa was either in a deep coma or already dead. There were many rumors in the wind. Everybody wondered who would take over and lead the Resistance now. But they should learn soon about the general's health status and the temporary leadership. Corran counted on Poe being their temporary leader after Commander D'Acy told them about General Organa's medical condition. But the commander presented them instead of Poe Dameron Vice Admiral Holdo as their new leader. Not everyone applauded to the change in command since nobody at the Admiral Raddus really knew her. She transferred from the Ninka to take command over the Resistance's flag ship and the whole Resistance. Corran watched Dameron from afar and could see the conflicting emotions mirrored on the captain's face.
When those gathered left the emergency bridge the Jedi saw Dameron approaching the vice admiral. He hoped that his friend wouldn't make trouble for himself.