Part Three:
Rebel Connections
Sebastian sat with Jaylee and Reima in the cockpit as Kowt took the ship out of hyperspace. The planet of Yavin was visible now, the gas giant glowing firey swirl of red, orange and yellow. Kowt slowly brought the ship around to overlook one of the moons.
"Yavin 4," Kowt said to no one inparticular.
A squadron of X-Wings flew up from the moon and surrounded them. Jaylee looked nervously out the front of the cockpit.
"Unidentified ship, Identify self," came over the ship's comm.
Kowt gave a cocky grin. "Ragan, that you?"
"Shevel? Hey!" one of the X-Wing pilots shouted. "We heard about Commenor. How'd you get away?"
"Later," Kowt told him. "We need to land. I've got a kid with a blaster wound and a mess of them ready to be sworn in."
"Sure, Kowt," the pilot responded. "You've been cleared. Follow us in."
The X-Wings took off for the planet. Kowt brought the ship down after them and landed outside an old temple. Sebastian looked around in amazement as he saw all the rebels running around, unloading cargo ships and talking amongst each other.
"This is so wizard," Jaylee whispered.
Sebastian nodded in agreement.
Kowt walked off the ship carrying Taz in his arms. He carried him over to a group of men with a hovering gurney. He said something to them and then walked back over to the group of teens who had just emerged from the safety of the ship.
"Welcome, to Yavin 4."
***
"You swear allegiance to the Rebel Alliance and the freedom it fights for?" a man in an official looking uniform asked.
"I do," the group said.
"Then welcome to the Rebellion, my friends," he said.
The rebels that had amassed to see their new comrades initiated clapped and cheered. The wounded Taz gave a bow and Jaylee whooped. Sebastian just smiled. It was unbelievable. He was a freedom fighter in the Star Wars galaxy. He almost laughed.
Another man in uniform walked over to them. "You, you and you, go with Bagatta," he said and pointed to Jaylee, Loum'ra and Reima.
Jaylee looked at Sebastian, shrugged and walked away with the others. He looked a bit nervous as he walked off.
Sebastian and the limping Taz looked at the man for instruction.
"Either of you two ever worked repairs on star ships?"
"You better believe it!" Taz shouted. "My dad runs a repair shop on Dubrillon for pirates and smugglers in the area. Bad people but business is good and I've worked on every ship ever made at that place."
"You?" the man asked Sebastian.
He shook his head no. "But I could learn," Sebastian added brightly.
"I don't doubt it," the man said with a smile. "I'm Ivit Neskan. I'm incharge of the engineers and we're understaffed at the present. And this assignment beats what your friends are starting out doing."
Taz asked, "What *are* they going to be doing?"
"Just sentry duty," Ivit replied. "You're the lucky ones."
"Follow me and I'll introduce you to the rest of the ground crew," Ivit said and began walking.
Sebastian and Taz walked - or limped in Taz's case - after him over to a group of people and aliens. One looked like Loum'ra, one like the character Chewbacca and another one seemed to be human. Sebastian couldn't be sure that she was though. Something about her...
"This is Gasa'ami," Ivit said indicating the Twi'lek. She nodded in acknowledgement. "This is Rozzie." The wookie shouted a response in wookie. "He says hello," Ivit translated. "This is Poria," he said indcating the woman whos biology he had questioned. "And these are Sukei, Miana and Bobb." The last three were clearly human.
Bobb extended his hand. "Nice ta meetcha," he said as he shook Sebastian's hand.
"You too," he said. "I'm Cor and this here is Taz."
The group of engineers greeted them warmly. It was like a little family, Sebastian thought. And slowly he was accepting that he was in the Star Wars galaxy and there might be nothing he could do to get home...
***
After only two weeks, Sebastian Corwin knew everything there was to know about ships. He could fix anything from a jammed door to a faulty hyperdrive. Sebastian was quite proud of his skills as were the rest of the rebels.
Sebastian was a bit confused at his skills but didn't ponder on it much. He moved quickly from ships to droids to computers. Everyone was willing to show Sebastian something new. He was an expert engineer, had built a small pit droid out of scrap (which he named Dirk after the character Dirk Pitt), and was working with the slicers to develope some skills in that field.
Sebastian and Dirk were working on an Y-Wing when Jaylee came up behind them. "Hey, Seven," he said in greeting.
"Hey, Jaylee!" Sebastian said. "You just get off?"
"Yeah... thought you'd be off by now. Thought we'd grab a caf."
"Sure," Sebastian said. "Sound good. Me and Dirk were just checking on something."
"Wizard!" Jaylee responded.
Sebastian and Jaylee walked to the small area left for a recration are for the rebel engineers and sentries. Credit rolled up behind them.
"Hey Cred," Sebastian greeted the droid. The droid beeped something. Jaylee noticed his friends expression change.
"What is it?" he asked Sebastian.
It was a well know fact that in only a week Sebastian had learned to understand astro droids and could even communicate with them by playing a small flute he had fashioned.
"I've... I've got a mission," Sebastian told him.
Jaylee stared. "As in field work? For the Alliance?"
Sebastian nodded.
"Wizard!" Jaylee shouted.
Sebastian nodded. "I have to go meet with the general..."
Sebastian walked off nervously, Credit following close behind with Dirk riding on top of him.
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Rebel Connections
Sebastian sat with Jaylee and Reima in the cockpit as Kowt took the ship out of hyperspace. The planet of Yavin was visible now, the gas giant glowing firey swirl of red, orange and yellow. Kowt slowly brought the ship around to overlook one of the moons.
"Yavin 4," Kowt said to no one inparticular.
A squadron of X-Wings flew up from the moon and surrounded them. Jaylee looked nervously out the front of the cockpit.
"Unidentified ship, Identify self," came over the ship's comm.
Kowt gave a cocky grin. "Ragan, that you?"
"Shevel? Hey!" one of the X-Wing pilots shouted. "We heard about Commenor. How'd you get away?"
"Later," Kowt told him. "We need to land. I've got a kid with a blaster wound and a mess of them ready to be sworn in."
"Sure, Kowt," the pilot responded. "You've been cleared. Follow us in."
The X-Wings took off for the planet. Kowt brought the ship down after them and landed outside an old temple. Sebastian looked around in amazement as he saw all the rebels running around, unloading cargo ships and talking amongst each other.
"This is so wizard," Jaylee whispered.
Sebastian nodded in agreement.
Kowt walked off the ship carrying Taz in his arms. He carried him over to a group of men with a hovering gurney. He said something to them and then walked back over to the group of teens who had just emerged from the safety of the ship.
"Welcome, to Yavin 4."
***
"You swear allegiance to the Rebel Alliance and the freedom it fights for?" a man in an official looking uniform asked.
"I do," the group said.
"Then welcome to the Rebellion, my friends," he said.
The rebels that had amassed to see their new comrades initiated clapped and cheered. The wounded Taz gave a bow and Jaylee whooped. Sebastian just smiled. It was unbelievable. He was a freedom fighter in the Star Wars galaxy. He almost laughed.
Another man in uniform walked over to them. "You, you and you, go with Bagatta," he said and pointed to Jaylee, Loum'ra and Reima.
Jaylee looked at Sebastian, shrugged and walked away with the others. He looked a bit nervous as he walked off.
Sebastian and the limping Taz looked at the man for instruction.
"Either of you two ever worked repairs on star ships?"
"You better believe it!" Taz shouted. "My dad runs a repair shop on Dubrillon for pirates and smugglers in the area. Bad people but business is good and I've worked on every ship ever made at that place."
"You?" the man asked Sebastian.
He shook his head no. "But I could learn," Sebastian added brightly.
"I don't doubt it," the man said with a smile. "I'm Ivit Neskan. I'm incharge of the engineers and we're understaffed at the present. And this assignment beats what your friends are starting out doing."
Taz asked, "What *are* they going to be doing?"
"Just sentry duty," Ivit replied. "You're the lucky ones."
"Follow me and I'll introduce you to the rest of the ground crew," Ivit said and began walking.
Sebastian and Taz walked - or limped in Taz's case - after him over to a group of people and aliens. One looked like Loum'ra, one like the character Chewbacca and another one seemed to be human. Sebastian couldn't be sure that she was though. Something about her...
"This is Gasa'ami," Ivit said indicating the Twi'lek. She nodded in acknowledgement. "This is Rozzie." The wookie shouted a response in wookie. "He says hello," Ivit translated. "This is Poria," he said indcating the woman whos biology he had questioned. "And these are Sukei, Miana and Bobb." The last three were clearly human.
Bobb extended his hand. "Nice ta meetcha," he said as he shook Sebastian's hand.
"You too," he said. "I'm Cor and this here is Taz."
The group of engineers greeted them warmly. It was like a little family, Sebastian thought. And slowly he was accepting that he was in the Star Wars galaxy and there might be nothing he could do to get home...
***
After only two weeks, Sebastian Corwin knew everything there was to know about ships. He could fix anything from a jammed door to a faulty hyperdrive. Sebastian was quite proud of his skills as were the rest of the rebels.
Sebastian was a bit confused at his skills but didn't ponder on it much. He moved quickly from ships to droids to computers. Everyone was willing to show Sebastian something new. He was an expert engineer, had built a small pit droid out of scrap (which he named Dirk after the character Dirk Pitt), and was working with the slicers to develope some skills in that field.
Sebastian and Dirk were working on an Y-Wing when Jaylee came up behind them. "Hey, Seven," he said in greeting.
"Hey, Jaylee!" Sebastian said. "You just get off?"
"Yeah... thought you'd be off by now. Thought we'd grab a caf."
"Sure," Sebastian said. "Sound good. Me and Dirk were just checking on something."
"Wizard!" Jaylee responded.
Sebastian and Jaylee walked to the small area left for a recration are for the rebel engineers and sentries. Credit rolled up behind them.
"Hey Cred," Sebastian greeted the droid. The droid beeped something. Jaylee noticed his friends expression change.
"What is it?" he asked Sebastian.
It was a well know fact that in only a week Sebastian had learned to understand astro droids and could even communicate with them by playing a small flute he had fashioned.
"I've... I've got a mission," Sebastian told him.
Jaylee stared. "As in field work? For the Alliance?"
Sebastian nodded.
"Wizard!" Jaylee shouted.
Sebastian nodded. "I have to go meet with the general..."
Sebastian walked off nervously, Credit following close behind with Dirk riding on top of him.
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