It had been a while since Callista had sat in the cockpit of a fighter, but once she was in space, it all came flooding back. Jason's fighter floated near hers in the vaccuum. "Darkwing 1 to Darkwing 2. Ready to light things up?" Callista grinned. I copy, that, lead. Let's do it." Locking her S-foils in attack position, she stayed on Jason's flank as the dove into the heat of it.
The Sith were running an old Interdictor that spewed a squadron of fighters. The Corvettes did likewise, and a giant dogfight ensued. She could feel Jason's presence in the back of her mind, and her senses flared just as Jason said, "I see him." He killed thrust, dropping behind the Sith fighter that was tailing him. Careful shooting took out the weapons.
Jason barrell rolled his fighter. "Ok, Darkwing 2; they want us, let's give em what they want but with a twist!"
"A twist?" Callista's brow furrowed. She dropped 'down' through space, diving away from lasers aimed at her engines.
"Ok set shields double front and lets plow the road. R4 charge main cannons."
"Shields set, ready, 1."
Jason gunned his engines spining on his x-axis and set his cannons on auto. Luckly there was only Callista and himself in the firing line. The first flight of Sith fighters didn't know what hit them as half a squadron fell to Jason & Callista's first run.
'This is too easy' Jason thought. Then in the distance a glimmer caught his eye, "SEEKER MISSILES, 12 O'clock!" Jason shouted over the com to Callista. "Break! break now!"
He looked out of his side viewport to see Callista roll away from his position. Jason looked around to see 3 missiles had targeted him and 2 on Callista. That gave him some consolation as he knew that she was unfamiliar with her ship. Sure most X-wings are the same, but still a pilot bonds with his ship and they form a symbiotic relationship.
He dodged the oncoming missiles only to see them loop round after him. "Ok R4 flag up that Interdictor ship and paint the target." R4 warbled an acknowledgement. Jason pushed his engine and set shield for all round cover.
"Right with you, 1." She killed the missiles and streaked past him.
"Give me everything you got on the engines R4; we're gonna ram that interdictor." R4 screeched with protest.
"I'll cover you."
Jason checked the scanner to see his three missiles still on his tail and the Interdictor getting larger on his viewscreen. He looked over to see Callista on his scanner and laughed. "So you got rid of yours already. Man, I must be slipping!"
"Focus, 1," he could hear the grin in her voice. Jason opened his mind to Calli. "Can you get the bridge shield generator?"
"Yes, I have it on my scope. Ready when you are, lead." Their fighters streaked towards the Interdictor. Jason reached out with the force. "I need those shield down before i get there. I can do one circuit of the ship before those missiles catch up. Can you do it in time?"
"Relax..." She squeezed the trigger as they streaked over the massive hull of the ship, so close that Callista could see the welds on the hull plates. The generator behind the bridge blew up in a huge fireball.
"All set."
Jason eased his grip on the control sticks and closed his eyes. Reaching out in the force he saw all around him. "Ok, let's see if we can take these babies home." Jason pulled his ship up onto the top of the ship so he was face to face with the bridge at the far end. "R4, shield double front." Just as he gave the command, the turbolasers of the Interdictor roared all around him.
Jason felt concern coming from Callista. "Check your bioscanners, sis. The Interdictor is being run by droids!"
"Oh, Sithspawn!" She rolled her fighter to avoid a laser blast.
R4 screamed - "Ok we're hit! Just lost an S-foil, trim is lousy. Gonna close the other - still on target." Then a long silence. Jason dived straight at the bridge. Then came the explosion as the 3 missiles all hit the interdictor. The explosion sent debris everywhere.
"Jason!" All she got was static. She glanced at her scanners. Nothing. 'Where are you?' she thought.
Power levels all read zero, every board. "Damn it, I'm a floating piece of space junk. R4, R4 you there?" Nothing. Jason reached down and pulled open a pannel. Reaching inside he grabbed a few wires. "Come on baby, give me something!" Jason looked up to see a large chunk of Interdictor falling in his direction.
"Jason!" Callista screamed through their link.
"Ok power source, power source?" Reaching into his bag at his side he found a spare lightsaber power pack. "Time for some kit-bashing." The chunk of junk fell closer and closer. "OK if I can kick start R4 he can get everything else running." Sparks filled Jason's cockpit "Ouch - damn it."
Her fighter streaked across space towards him, her lasers chewing away at the chunk of hull. A torpedo blew it in half. She edged up alongside him, nudging his fighter with hers.
R4 bleeped - "Get the power on." Just then everything exploded, Opening his mind, "Calli, I'm here." Then the engines roared. Gunning the thrust for everything he was worth, he wove his fighter in between the remainder of the junk. "YeeeeHaaaa!" Jason sped out into open space to see Calli alongside.
"Miss me?" He turned and smiled out the window.
She grinned. "Let's crash this party for good."
Jason opened the comlink, "Darkwing's to CorSec 1 - I just picked up another group of ships coming out of hyperspace. They carry Jedi Temple markings!"
Callista groaned. "They have such impeccable timing..."
"Copy that Darkwing 1. FYI: we missed two Sith shuttles that went groundside. The remaining Sith starships are breaking off. We will move to intercept the Temple group. Suggest you get planetside so as not to antagonise them." Jason smiled over at Callista.
"Roger that!" Callista whipped her fighter towards the planet.
Jason pulled a slower turn and followed Callista down.
"Right behind you Calli."
"Any count on the Sith?"
"My scanners read 2 Lambda Class shuttles. Could hold Platoon strength each."
Callista swore. "Sithspawn! We can't hold back that many...!"
"Then we shall have to be creative."