Along the way
Ace looks around their sleeping quarters in awed. Not much webs on some of the 8 beds. A window next to each bunk that's against the portside wall of the ship.
"Who died in here?" asks Ace.
"More like what if you ask me." Bolt said using his shirt covering his nose from the smell.
"Sorry, we have our own quarters down the hall, some clones used to be here, one left his helmet here as a souvenir for us."
"Were they Navy clones?" Ace looks at Dexter, wondering of his brothers.
"Yes, they volunteered to board on our ship throughout the war. Descent men they were." Dexter turns around and walks out of the room.
Master Den-Jii feels a disturbance in the force in Ace and Bolt, "Well we don't have all time to stand here, and we must unpack our equipment. Bolt and I shall unpack, Ace you may do whatever with your equipment."
"Yes General." Ace walks over to the bunk next to the round window and takes off his helmet.
"Ahhhh, fresh air." He drops his sack of weapons and sets his weapons under his bunk.
"Ace is it all right if I ask you something?" asks Bolt.
"Sure, what is it?"
"How hard it is to forget your brothers, I mean your squad mates in other words."
Ace closes his eyes trying to remember what their helmets looked like, their different hairstyles. "Bolt they, and every clone is still in our heads and we will never forget who we are, and why were made."
"I don't get it."
"I'll explain later just let me sleep please." Ace starts to take off his armor when all of a sudden the ship vibrates.
"What was that?" asks Bolt.
"Bolt stay here and unpack our equipment." Jii orders, Ace, and Jii leave the room running to the bridge.
Once they walked through the cockpit's door, Falcon stands up out of his seats, "Were here!"
"What? We were only in hyperspace for less than an hour and were here?"
"What can I say this baby can sure move fast huh?" Falcon says petting the chair next to him.
Den-Jii looks at Dexter, "He's Corellian isn't he?"
"You got it."
"Figures."
"Hey look at the view!" points out Falcon and everyone looks at the window and out into beyond seeing Dangath.
"That's Dangath, heavily forested planet, with a small asteroid belt around it, and that huge black spot on the planet indicates on my screens a droid factory. No life signs nor droid signs so lets get into the close."
Dexter drives the Freak Show past the asteroid belt and into the planets astrosphere over looking the droid factory.
"Shoot, to many trees blocking the way for landing we got to use larty on this one." Falcon says shaking his head as he looks down at the forests.
"When you said larty you mean a Low Altitude Assault Transport/Infantry?" Ace asks out of curiosity.
"Yes, the clones that were here also gave us their transport as well. It's in the cargo hold. You see here, the larty is next to the cargo hold door, which is the floor, so when we want to get out, well have to drop under the cargo hold doors, and were out free.
We've made a few modifications, such as the ball turrets on both sides, we set those as automatic defense systems with no man inside them, and they shoot by themselves."
"Impressive it may be, but how did you two managed to upgrade this ship after the war?" Jii wonders looking both Falcon and Dexter knowing theirs a twitch in the explanation.
"Well, we first went to Corellia, and since Falco is a native they agreed to upgrade all three of our ships." Dexter explains.
"Three? What am I missing? Is a Twi'lek woman here that I don't about?"
"I wish." Falcon mumbles to himself.
"It's a T-47."
"A civilian speeder? Why wont you just told us these things before we got on this ship?" Ace asks angrily.
"Ace, please your adrenaline is pumping, this is how people turn over to the dark side." Jii says patting him on his pauldron.
"Hey its our ship, not yours we don't need to trust you. I am with a clone that is trained to kill, a kid who is also being trained to kill, and a fugitive on the loose. And your telling me that I'm not telling you stuff?
Look at you! Your wearing a skirt, shoulder plating, you have what look like another set of eyes above your visor, even your name starts with an A! I know clone commandos were supposed to start with RC for Republic commandos! You are a liar here!"
"That was my formal name before their was any training for Republic commandos. The skirt is a katana, the shoulder plating is a pauldron to show my rank of command, and it is colored orange that stands for squad leader, the other set of eyes is Jaig eyes that show my bravery in battle, which means I lead my men into death. I've seen death in the face, I am death itself!"
Dexter terrified, slumps back down in his seat, and Falcon jaw hangs loose in astonishment. A moment of silence occurs and Dexter trying not to show any emotion focuses back on the controls, turn a few switches and leaves the cockpit.
Jii looks at Falcon who is still amazed and looks at Ace. Even though he cant see his eyes through his visor he can feel in the force of pain of losing his squad. "Soo… I believe we are ready to go I presume!"