Chapter Six~ Of Pilots and Ewoks
The two-seater ship flew by the red-orange ball known as Yavin and headed to it's moon which glistened a blue-green. Jyana kept her mouth shut this time, for she had said enough. They approached the one of the many satellites of the planet. They pulled into Yavin IV. It was relatively isolated from the rest of the galaxy, but still had representation in the Senate. She had only heard of the Senator but knew little. He seemed of an odd sort.
Finally landing, Jyana thought the trip was long enough. Would've felt better if she had confidence that her pilot had known where he was going, or would've been better if he had let her fly. She hated having to depend on others in order to get where she needed to go.
Her boots itched her feet. She was reminded again that on Endor she hadn't needed shoes. She hadn't gotten used to shoes yet, and doubted she even wanted to. Someday she'd be allowed to go barefoot again.
The ship opened and she jumped out. Obi-Wan Kenobi made his way out of the ship behind her. "See I told you I wasn't lost."
"Could've fooled me."
She had noticed that Yavin IV was the ideal location for her own ancestry. The foresting was similar to that of Endor, but not. Yavin IV was more jungle forests and Endor was more temporal forests. She liked Endor better.
They were greeted by a man dressed in all black followed by a black panther that he seemed to always have at his side. He wore a cloak that appeared more like a long coat than a cloak but with a hood. He had brown hair and grey-green eyes. On his left ring finger rested a simple silver band. Jyana thought she saw a silver circlet underneath his hair to signify his station on the world.
"General Kenobi?" he said with a bow.
Obi-Wan bowed in kind, "Senator Peregryne."
"I trust your journey was safe and uneventful Master Jedi."
"We got lost," Jyana said.
Obi-Wan gave her a quick look and sighed, "Yes, relatively uneventful."
Phalen Peregryne rose an eyebrow and turned and led them to the meeting room where a bunch of clone troopers and other fighter pilots were. Jyana noticed the amount of willing fighter pilots among the gang; who were really wishing to fight for the good of the Republic. She noticed a silver glistening from the Senator's belt. He wore a blaster at his side, no matter what. Jyana figured that it was just something about him that made him do so.
He was greeted upon entering the meeting room by a woman in a simple lilac gown. The sleeves were long and sheer and the dress' waistline came right under her bust. Her hair was long, curly and red, and her eyes were green. She greeted her husband the Senator with a kiss and then turned to face Obi- Wan and Jyana. She had a slight coldness in her eyes toward the Jedi. On her hip was a baby girl with curly red hair and hazel eyes. Jyana blinked and smiled looking at the child. She felt her heart go out to them. She then looked up at the woman. Her chill to the Jedi wasn't completely understood. I'm not who you think.
You're not?
I'm not like the others.
And a smile crossed her face. A peace came over Jyana. She had found rapport with Lilanniah Harenae.
She heard a familiar voice in the distance and turned around.
"Well I'm cute!" said a tiny creature in a black Jedi robe with tiny ears sticking out of his hood.
"Na uh. I'm cuter," responded a slightly round man in an orange flight suit.
"No, I'm cuter."
"No way. I'm cuter."
"Ew no. I'm cuter."
"Well I'm sexy."
"I beg to differ."
"Shut-up! I'm still cuter."
"No one's cuter than me."
"Well I am."
"No you ain't."
"But you ain't got muscles like these."
"Big muscles, small brains."
"Shut-up!" The man began to stalk off.
"That's what I thought you puddle of fat."
"I heard that!" he whirled around.
"So what?"
"I ain't fat I'm festively plump."
"Yeah a moonshine festival."
"Hey!"
Jyana butted in then, knowing her old friend a bit too well, "Wokki!"
The furry face turned around to look up at her. "Goddess," he smiled.
"You know you're going to give Jedi Ewoks a bad name."
"Well he gives fighter pilots a bad name."
"I heard that!" he shouted.
"Wokki be nice."
"But Tre ain't!"
"Wokki..."
"Yes your highness."
Jyana looked up at the main who had challenged the ewok's state of cuteness. "And you are?"
"Tre Montl. And you are sexy."
"Pleasure," Jyana said rolling her eyes.
"She's a Jedi," Wokki said with a grin.
Tre wasn't phased.
Wokki pointed to his little silver lightsabre and Jyana pointed to hers. Tre took t hat as a not so subtle hint and backed off.
Jyana looked about the troops and saw the ships they would be flying.
"So which one do I get?" Wokki asked looking at the ships.
Jyana looked at him in question. "What do you mean? You only just learned to fly."
"So. I'm a fast learner."
Jyana also laughed but didn't. Wokki ran over to Obi-Wan and went about trying to get his place in the upcoming battle.
"So which one can I fly?"
"You can fly?" Obi-Wan was speechless.
"Yep I can, General Kenobi."
"Um, I don't think you would fit."
"Why not?"
Obi-Wan kneeled to face the ewok. He took in the situation. He knew not to judge by size, as Master Yoda had taught him. This ewok was a Jedi, no matter what preconceptions he had of ewoks. But what he was telling the Jedi was true. "These fighters are not designed for your species. The controls would need to be bigger and closer together to fit your paws, and your feet and arms wouldn't even be able to reach the controls."
Wokki was not insulted but still had a cheery disposition and still persisted. "I can get prosthetics on arms and legs to reach the controls. I even always do a battle cry each time I go out to fly."
"I'm sorry Master Ewok, but all the fighters for this round have been claimed."
The furry critter shrugged. "Oh well, at least I tried. Anything else you want me to do?"
"Umm... you could do some scouting out for us on the moon."
"Where?"
This took some quick thinking. "Go climb a tree."
Wokki very enthusiastically said as he darted off to do just that, "Yub yub General Kenobi!"
Jyana sighed and looked at the Jedi star fighter that would be hers. She had a little R4 droid to herself as did the other two Jedi star fighters would as well. The other ships she didn't know enough about to be able to know what to do. In the hanger were Headhunters and then alpha-TIE-fighters that were the ships that the clone troopers trained in starship fighting were to use. Z-95 Headhunters were for the regular fighter pilots. She didn't see many droids so from what she gathered there were no droids for Headhunters. Not being around enough space battles she found that idea rather odd, but she had room for flexibility in all things. She was a shapeshifter after all.
Once Senator Bail Organa of Alderaan made it to Yavin IV he and Senator Phalen Peregryne called together the meeting of all the troops to discuss the plans. Lilanniah sat among the group of clone troopers and fighter pilots like she was in on this attack. Jyana felt like she and her female counterpart were ready for a fight at all costs. She felt her own excitement. Finally she was going to get some action.
"The separatists are situated near Yavin VI which in its orbit is on the total opposite side of the planet. Sources say they anticipate our attack, and are prepared to take the moon at anytime to spawn the attack. It's our job to knock out the droid control ship so that that doesn't happen. We will meet them halfway most likely and have at it," Phalen stated.
"That's it? A simple band of us against them in the lovely gravitational pull of Yavin?" Jyana questioned. It wasn't proper protocol for anyone of lower status to question, but she either didn't seem to care about protocol or just was ignorant of the fact. The fact that she had broached protocol was ignored at the time.
"That is our plan... You'd better accept it," Obi-Wan said smugly.
"I see..."
They went over a few other battle details and Jyana found herself spacing out. She relied on her own power of observation to come back in when needed to for important details, but the other stuff she could just tap into someone's memory and get it out when she so needed. The whole tactic seemed so planned out like it wasn't even in defense of anything of for any other purpose than just pride or just a fight.
Bail Oragana was keen at observation. "Do you have a problem Lieutenant Jyana?" he asked.
"It just makes no sense to me."
"What doesn't?"
"So this is that planned? Like everything? What are we supposed to do, fight them, rack up some casualties, someone surrender after the skirmish and then afterwards we go out and party and get plastered together?"
The only response was that of crickets.
"It's sort of like two guys fighting over a girl and beating the snot out of each other and then going out for drinks afterwards like nothing happened."
Again the only response came from the crickets. Jyana contemplated the theory of possibly hiring cricket troopers for they seemed like they were the only ones that understood her.
"I totally lost y'all didn't I?"
Obi-Wan was just staring at her in shock it appeared at what she said. He did not appreciate her bluntness and her boldness. He had no idea why Master Mace Windu had wanted her on this mission so badly, and Obi-Wan didn't know how much more he could take. He decided to ignore Jyana's blunt and out of place comments. "Okay we have three Jedi star fighters, piloted by myself, Jyana and Lilaniah."
Phalen's eyes flickered at the mention of his wife's name but said nothing.
"We have 12 Z-95 Headhunters, which will be led out by Senator Peregryne. And then the clone troopers will head out in 36 alpha-TIE-fighters. They know what to do."
After the meeting adjourned, Jyana approached General Kenobi. "3 disorganized groups?" she asked.
"I would pay attention next time if I were you."
"Thankfully you are not me."
"What do you mean by that?"
"If you were me life would be less interesting," she said sticking her tongue out at him.
"Do you ever pay attention to instruction?"
"Yes I do pay attention and I paid enough attention just now."
"Then what's your problem?"
"I just don't agree."
"Do you have a better plan?"
"No."
"Then stop questioning authority."
"What authority?"
"Do you not respect a Jedi Master?"
"I take orders from one person on this mission. Me."
"I see."
The two then parted from each other to avoid any other entanglements.
Senator Peregryne remarked to Senator Organa after seeing this, "And this is gonna help our cause how?"
"You just have to have faith. Masters Yoda and Windu have faith this will work to our advantage."
"I sure hope they're right."
The two-seater ship flew by the red-orange ball known as Yavin and headed to it's moon which glistened a blue-green. Jyana kept her mouth shut this time, for she had said enough. They approached the one of the many satellites of the planet. They pulled into Yavin IV. It was relatively isolated from the rest of the galaxy, but still had representation in the Senate. She had only heard of the Senator but knew little. He seemed of an odd sort.
Finally landing, Jyana thought the trip was long enough. Would've felt better if she had confidence that her pilot had known where he was going, or would've been better if he had let her fly. She hated having to depend on others in order to get where she needed to go.
Her boots itched her feet. She was reminded again that on Endor she hadn't needed shoes. She hadn't gotten used to shoes yet, and doubted she even wanted to. Someday she'd be allowed to go barefoot again.
The ship opened and she jumped out. Obi-Wan Kenobi made his way out of the ship behind her. "See I told you I wasn't lost."
"Could've fooled me."
She had noticed that Yavin IV was the ideal location for her own ancestry. The foresting was similar to that of Endor, but not. Yavin IV was more jungle forests and Endor was more temporal forests. She liked Endor better.
They were greeted by a man dressed in all black followed by a black panther that he seemed to always have at his side. He wore a cloak that appeared more like a long coat than a cloak but with a hood. He had brown hair and grey-green eyes. On his left ring finger rested a simple silver band. Jyana thought she saw a silver circlet underneath his hair to signify his station on the world.
"General Kenobi?" he said with a bow.
Obi-Wan bowed in kind, "Senator Peregryne."
"I trust your journey was safe and uneventful Master Jedi."
"We got lost," Jyana said.
Obi-Wan gave her a quick look and sighed, "Yes, relatively uneventful."
Phalen Peregryne rose an eyebrow and turned and led them to the meeting room where a bunch of clone troopers and other fighter pilots were. Jyana noticed the amount of willing fighter pilots among the gang; who were really wishing to fight for the good of the Republic. She noticed a silver glistening from the Senator's belt. He wore a blaster at his side, no matter what. Jyana figured that it was just something about him that made him do so.
He was greeted upon entering the meeting room by a woman in a simple lilac gown. The sleeves were long and sheer and the dress' waistline came right under her bust. Her hair was long, curly and red, and her eyes were green. She greeted her husband the Senator with a kiss and then turned to face Obi- Wan and Jyana. She had a slight coldness in her eyes toward the Jedi. On her hip was a baby girl with curly red hair and hazel eyes. Jyana blinked and smiled looking at the child. She felt her heart go out to them. She then looked up at the woman. Her chill to the Jedi wasn't completely understood. I'm not who you think.
You're not?
I'm not like the others.
And a smile crossed her face. A peace came over Jyana. She had found rapport with Lilanniah Harenae.
She heard a familiar voice in the distance and turned around.
"Well I'm cute!" said a tiny creature in a black Jedi robe with tiny ears sticking out of his hood.
"Na uh. I'm cuter," responded a slightly round man in an orange flight suit.
"No, I'm cuter."
"No way. I'm cuter."
"Ew no. I'm cuter."
"Well I'm sexy."
"I beg to differ."
"Shut-up! I'm still cuter."
"No one's cuter than me."
"Well I am."
"No you ain't."
"But you ain't got muscles like these."
"Big muscles, small brains."
"Shut-up!" The man began to stalk off.
"That's what I thought you puddle of fat."
"I heard that!" he whirled around.
"So what?"
"I ain't fat I'm festively plump."
"Yeah a moonshine festival."
"Hey!"
Jyana butted in then, knowing her old friend a bit too well, "Wokki!"
The furry face turned around to look up at her. "Goddess," he smiled.
"You know you're going to give Jedi Ewoks a bad name."
"Well he gives fighter pilots a bad name."
"I heard that!" he shouted.
"Wokki be nice."
"But Tre ain't!"
"Wokki..."
"Yes your highness."
Jyana looked up at the main who had challenged the ewok's state of cuteness. "And you are?"
"Tre Montl. And you are sexy."
"Pleasure," Jyana said rolling her eyes.
"She's a Jedi," Wokki said with a grin.
Tre wasn't phased.
Wokki pointed to his little silver lightsabre and Jyana pointed to hers. Tre took t hat as a not so subtle hint and backed off.
Jyana looked about the troops and saw the ships they would be flying.
"So which one do I get?" Wokki asked looking at the ships.
Jyana looked at him in question. "What do you mean? You only just learned to fly."
"So. I'm a fast learner."
Jyana also laughed but didn't. Wokki ran over to Obi-Wan and went about trying to get his place in the upcoming battle.
"So which one can I fly?"
"You can fly?" Obi-Wan was speechless.
"Yep I can, General Kenobi."
"Um, I don't think you would fit."
"Why not?"
Obi-Wan kneeled to face the ewok. He took in the situation. He knew not to judge by size, as Master Yoda had taught him. This ewok was a Jedi, no matter what preconceptions he had of ewoks. But what he was telling the Jedi was true. "These fighters are not designed for your species. The controls would need to be bigger and closer together to fit your paws, and your feet and arms wouldn't even be able to reach the controls."
Wokki was not insulted but still had a cheery disposition and still persisted. "I can get prosthetics on arms and legs to reach the controls. I even always do a battle cry each time I go out to fly."
"I'm sorry Master Ewok, but all the fighters for this round have been claimed."
The furry critter shrugged. "Oh well, at least I tried. Anything else you want me to do?"
"Umm... you could do some scouting out for us on the moon."
"Where?"
This took some quick thinking. "Go climb a tree."
Wokki very enthusiastically said as he darted off to do just that, "Yub yub General Kenobi!"
Jyana sighed and looked at the Jedi star fighter that would be hers. She had a little R4 droid to herself as did the other two Jedi star fighters would as well. The other ships she didn't know enough about to be able to know what to do. In the hanger were Headhunters and then alpha-TIE-fighters that were the ships that the clone troopers trained in starship fighting were to use. Z-95 Headhunters were for the regular fighter pilots. She didn't see many droids so from what she gathered there were no droids for Headhunters. Not being around enough space battles she found that idea rather odd, but she had room for flexibility in all things. She was a shapeshifter after all.
Once Senator Bail Organa of Alderaan made it to Yavin IV he and Senator Phalen Peregryne called together the meeting of all the troops to discuss the plans. Lilanniah sat among the group of clone troopers and fighter pilots like she was in on this attack. Jyana felt like she and her female counterpart were ready for a fight at all costs. She felt her own excitement. Finally she was going to get some action.
"The separatists are situated near Yavin VI which in its orbit is on the total opposite side of the planet. Sources say they anticipate our attack, and are prepared to take the moon at anytime to spawn the attack. It's our job to knock out the droid control ship so that that doesn't happen. We will meet them halfway most likely and have at it," Phalen stated.
"That's it? A simple band of us against them in the lovely gravitational pull of Yavin?" Jyana questioned. It wasn't proper protocol for anyone of lower status to question, but she either didn't seem to care about protocol or just was ignorant of the fact. The fact that she had broached protocol was ignored at the time.
"That is our plan... You'd better accept it," Obi-Wan said smugly.
"I see..."
They went over a few other battle details and Jyana found herself spacing out. She relied on her own power of observation to come back in when needed to for important details, but the other stuff she could just tap into someone's memory and get it out when she so needed. The whole tactic seemed so planned out like it wasn't even in defense of anything of for any other purpose than just pride or just a fight.
Bail Oragana was keen at observation. "Do you have a problem Lieutenant Jyana?" he asked.
"It just makes no sense to me."
"What doesn't?"
"So this is that planned? Like everything? What are we supposed to do, fight them, rack up some casualties, someone surrender after the skirmish and then afterwards we go out and party and get plastered together?"
The only response was that of crickets.
"It's sort of like two guys fighting over a girl and beating the snot out of each other and then going out for drinks afterwards like nothing happened."
Again the only response came from the crickets. Jyana contemplated the theory of possibly hiring cricket troopers for they seemed like they were the only ones that understood her.
"I totally lost y'all didn't I?"
Obi-Wan was just staring at her in shock it appeared at what she said. He did not appreciate her bluntness and her boldness. He had no idea why Master Mace Windu had wanted her on this mission so badly, and Obi-Wan didn't know how much more he could take. He decided to ignore Jyana's blunt and out of place comments. "Okay we have three Jedi star fighters, piloted by myself, Jyana and Lilaniah."
Phalen's eyes flickered at the mention of his wife's name but said nothing.
"We have 12 Z-95 Headhunters, which will be led out by Senator Peregryne. And then the clone troopers will head out in 36 alpha-TIE-fighters. They know what to do."
After the meeting adjourned, Jyana approached General Kenobi. "3 disorganized groups?" she asked.
"I would pay attention next time if I were you."
"Thankfully you are not me."
"What do you mean by that?"
"If you were me life would be less interesting," she said sticking her tongue out at him.
"Do you ever pay attention to instruction?"
"Yes I do pay attention and I paid enough attention just now."
"Then what's your problem?"
"I just don't agree."
"Do you have a better plan?"
"No."
"Then stop questioning authority."
"What authority?"
"Do you not respect a Jedi Master?"
"I take orders from one person on this mission. Me."
"I see."
The two then parted from each other to avoid any other entanglements.
Senator Peregryne remarked to Senator Organa after seeing this, "And this is gonna help our cause how?"
"You just have to have faith. Masters Yoda and Windu have faith this will work to our advantage."
"I sure hope they're right."