Kyle ripped out the fusion cutter, and cut his way through the ceiling of the elevator. The hole he made was wide enough, so there was nothing more to do than to jump in. He had narrowly escaped his death, but upon looking up, Kyle saw an Imperial captain wearing his gray uniform and hat. Clenching his teeth, Kyle frantically went for his blaster. Two red shots made the captain collapse, while he was clutching his wound.

Kyle placed his pistol up to the man's head, cocked back the hammer, and prepared to squeeze the trigger. Gritting his teeth, Kyle pulled back another switch on his weapon, and pulled the trigger. Several blue rings were cast over the side-burned Imperial officer, and he went unconscious.

Looking up, Kyle saw a small camera in the corner of the elevator, which had just come to a violent halt. Reaching out to the railing, Kyle tried to keep his balance. Upon impact with the hard floor, Kyle heard the clatter of armor behind the door that led to the tower, and came to the conclusion they were stormtroopers. Flipping off the stun switch on his weapon, Kyle sent a single bolt of energy into the camera, which exploded into a shower of sparks.

Putting his hand on the palm-scanner to go to another floor of the complex, a soft voice that belonged to the computer said, "Hand print foreign. Please put your hand firmly upon the screen."

Licking his lips and trying to calm his shaking body, Kyle reached to the stunned officer and put his hand upon the palm-reader. The elevator's door opened, but was soon shut by an emergency blast door as the lift worked its way down the elevator shaft. Letting out a sigh of relief, Kyle stood up and slapped in a fresh clip to his Bryar pistol. Upon arrival to the first floor, the door slid open and Kyle stepped out, pistol held out with two hands and ready to use.

There was no opposition on the floor he was on, but there was a fieldtrooper high above leaning over the banister of the circling staircase that led to each floor. Kyle took cover behind a tall potted plant, and returned to shots. Carefully, Kyle peeked around the plant to see the first laser miss the Imperial, but the second had hit him square in his breastplate. The trooper fell over the railing and if the blaster bolt had not killed him, the impact of falling seven floors down surely did.

Kyle stepped out from his cover behind the plant, and took a look around at his surroundings. He stood in a large luxurious lobby, filled with exotic plants from Endor and aquariums filled with fish native to Mon Calamari. The carpet was a majestic red, ancient tapestries hung on the wooden paneled walls, and a grand crystal chandelier was suspended high above from where he stood.

Just as Kyle let down his guard, another elevator door across from the one Kyle had used, and an entire squad of fieldtroopers came out. Before Kyle could see the weapons they held, he took note in their shoulder pauldron color. Each one wore red, instead of the usual orange, white, black, and gray. He fired to shots into the leader, and dove behind a bar tended by a droid. The elevator door closed, and the hum of it faded as it went to a higher level. He heard a familiar sound; it was the sound of a repeating blaster sound. Kyle soon realized they held in their hands a new and improved Imperial Repeater Rifle.

While returning fire, Kyle took note that the weapons were the same design as the prototype Kyle had recovered on Fest and used in his own personal arsenal, only the tiny spherical blaster bolts were a blinding yellow instead of blue. Without thinking, Kyle rolled from behind the bar and fired a single shot into each trooper. All but two went down, and Kyle took advantage of the situation. He charged forward, blaster ablaze.

Two three-packs of yellow charges flew down at him with a long tail of smoke. Rolling away from the explosion before it occurred, Kyle realized this was the new Rail Detonator in action. He downed the red pauldroned fieldtroopers, and holstered his Bryar pistol after replacing its empty power pack. After he put his blaster away, he picked up one of the repeater rifles and took aim at the gold pauldroned fieldtroopers.

A yellow streak of the spherical bolts pounded into the rail detonator wielding troops, killing them both. He heard the elevator land on his floor and turned to see the doors open, letting out a mixed squad of troops with an assortment of weapons. Knowing he wouldn't survive if he fought, he turned around and fled up the circular staircase.