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Great Temple of Massassi, Massassi Site, Yavin 4, Yavin System, Gordian Reach, Outer Rim Territories, the Galaxy.
1 BBY.
"...and so, Chopper lured all of the stormtroopers into the cargo compartment, managed to get out, with my help of course, and jettison it from the ship!"
Chopper whipped his metal arms against AP-5's legs and warbled a response, urging his friend to get to a certain part of the tale.
"Yes, yes, I'm getting to that!"
"Anyway, we managed to get up to the bridge of the transport, and Chopper contacted the Ghost, who along with their fleet, were attempting a jump to the Yost system. I however, was instrumental in telling them that the Empire was setting a trap there, so arrangements were made to find another system. But then the Captain of the vessel, regained consciousness and Chopper had to deal with him, so thus, it was up to me to transmit the coordinates to Captain Syndulla, until the Captain shot me in the back".
Then Chopper went on to describe how he knocked out the Captain, and then got the transport ship to the Atollon system, at their new base, in which the Ghost managed to dock with the transport, along with a corvette of Rebel troops (who took the Captain of the transport into custody), and they tended to AP-5, with Chopper lending his extra ambulatory strut to save AP-5.
"Which, was very illogical of you to do so, might I add, you bucket of bolts!"
Chopper retorted that, at least the Rebellion had the base they were looking for, and it would not have been possible without AP-5's help, even if he did all the work.
"You did all the work? I put in the coordinates for the system and sent them, you were just fighting the Captain and trying to hide from Stormtroopers!"
All the droids looked at one another, in bemusement, as the two droids bickered on.
After Chopper and AP-5 finished, R2-D2 & C-3PO started to tell of when the two of them were sent to Bravo Outpost to pick up a courier with important information.
"So, me and Artoo were heading to the cargo bay where the courier was said to be awaiting our arrival and we soon discovered that our courier was a pit droid".
As the protocol droid went slightly off topic, Artoo bleeped at him a bit furiously to get him back on track, and Threepio angrily looked at his companion, saying "I'm getting there, Artoo, I'm getting there!"
"Ahem. Now, before my friends' rude interruption, we got into contact with the courier, and had him tag along, heading for the ship that would take the courier, when we got into a spot of bother with a bunch of Stormtroopers that were looking for our courier".
"Fortunately for us, they had no clue that the courier was a droid, so they let us go eventually".
"But as we were heading to the ship, we were so rudely attacked by a bounty hunter, who was after the courier. He fired at me and Artoo, hoping to snatch the courier and take him away, but luckily, we managed to get out before the Stormtroopers came in, now looking for our pit droid courier".
AP-5 interrupted, "Hold on, if the stormtroopers didn't know that the courier was a droid, then how come they were looking for your pit droid courier?"
Threepio answered the question, "Well, Artoo reckons that somebody informed them. Anyway, we were trying to get out before the Stormtroopers could have an opportunity to find the courier, but as we managed to reach the exit and was about to leave, we were spotted and ordered to stop. Then we were questioned on what we were doing, and while I tried to come up with something, one of the stormtroopers saw the courier and ordered us taken away. Thank goodness for Artoo turning off the lights".
"We then made our way out as the Stormtroopers attempted to find out where we were. The moment we left the exit, we headed for the long way to the ship".
Threepio then paused a bit, before he continued on, "We then managed to reach the dock, where the ship was awaiting us and the courier, but the bounty hunter ambushed us, and he was most persistent in not letting us leave".
"But I must admit, that without the help of Artoo, we would have never reached the ship, for as me and the courier tried to reach the ship, avoiding the bounty hunter's shots, Artoo got to a astromech port and overloaded the electrical power grid, allowing us all to escape from the bounty hunter".
Once Artoo and Threepio finished off their story, a brief pause as the droids debated on who'd tell their story next, and when PROXY said he had one he'd like to share, none of the other droids objected.
"Captain Eclipse and I, were undertaking a mission to Orid Yas, in which we were tasked with stealing logs on an set of Imperial convoys from an Imperial command headquarters. We took the Rogue Shadow which got us there, past the Imperial Navy in orbit".
"And when we landed on the planet, Captain Eclipse assumed the disguise of an Imperial Lieutenant Commander, very well, I might add. While I took on the disguise of an Captain Eelek Turwill', demonstrating by accessing his profile and changing into a man in his late 50s/early 60s with a thick moustache, wearing an Imperial Navy Captain's uniform, and adopting the typical Core Worlds voice of many Imperial officers in the process, 'which proved helpful in getting past Imperial checkpoints and getting into the headquarters unnoticed".
Pausing, PROXY's holographic disguise flickered away, before he continued on with his story,
"We got the logs, and made our way out of the base. Only for the alarms to sound. The base went into lockdown, and me and Captain Eclipse rushed to find a way out before someone got wise. However, the local Imperial Security Bureau agent by the name of Doolance stopped us before we left, and took us aside for questioning".
Artoo bleeped a question at him, and before Threepio could reprimand him for being rude, PROXY shook his head and said, "Well, it turns out, that Doolance was not a total incompetent Imperial, as while it had looked to me, like that my disguise was convincing and my story had held, Doolance seemed to detect a flaw in that story".
Inclining his head to one side, PROXY said simply, "Well, apparently, my profile was out of date and thus, there was a flaw in one of the answers that I provided to him during the interrogation".
"Or it would have been for me if it weren't for Captain Eclipse. Apparently, she managed to escape interrogation, somehow, and found me. She stunned Doolance with a Stormtrooper's blaster, then we made to leave, by shooting our way out".
K-2SO suddenly muttered, out of the blue, "Every time someone shoots their way out, they tend to leave dead bodies and destroyed buildings in their wake".
A pause and Kay found that every droid present was starring at him, so he added,
"Well, at least that's from my experience with Cassian".
After PROXY continued on with his tale, saying that he and Captain Eclipse managed to get free from the base, and escape to their ship, it was now K-2SO's turn to tell a story.
Silence fell, and when AP-5 asked if he had one, Kay merely asked, "Well, what story would you prefer? I have around 39, 13 are classified, and none of you receive the necessary clearance to know, and 9 are ones Cassian made me swear not to tell, and I quote, 'on pain of death'. Even though droids don't die. They just get destroyed..."
K-2SO trailed off, as he saw that every droid present was staring at him, and he soon added, "But out of the 17 other stories I have, out of 39, I suppose I can tell you one of them..."
The KX-series security droid was silent for a moment, as he pondered.
And then, after 3 minutes of silence, he then said, "It was a mission, to Corellia. Cassian had been assigned to interrogate and assassinate an Imperial General, who was conducting an inspection of Imperial facilities".
"We arrived at Corellia via disguising ourselves along with a detachment of Stormtroopers that had arrived from an Imperial Star Destroyer that we snuck on board from Pelessia 7".
A pause and, "After landing on Corellia, Cassian and I soon went our separate ways, with Cassian taking on the mission, while I was assigned the task of finding an escape vehicle".
AP-5 then asked, "All by yourself?"
Kay nodded, "Yes. Imperials tend to not give a droid a second glance, especially droids with Imperial markings. And I have Imperial markings", before continuing on, "Anyway, I headed to an Imperial airfield, where I had planned on getting an Imperial shuttle. But then, Cassian radioed that the mission was a 'no-go', and that we had to get out quickly. It took a while, but he reached the airfield, and asked if I secured a transport. My answer was that I did, and me and Cassian got on and left".
The other droids were incensed, with AP-5 saying, "Wait, that's it? You and this, Cassian, just went to Corellia for an Imperial general, you went separate ways, the mission was a complete failure and then, you two escaped on a Imperial shuttle?"
Kay inclined his head, in a confused look, before asking, "Who said it was an Imperial shuttle?"
The droids now looked at one another, and were once again interested in K-2SO's story, beckoning him to continue.
"In fact, I had acquired a TIE Bomber, much to Cassian's displeasure, as it had a full load of proton bombs, and no passenger seats, for some reason or another. He did ask me if I could not have found one with at least one seat for him to sit".
A pause and, "I merely asked if he simply preferred to use the bomb bay, provided that there was a 49.18 percent chance of them exploding, given that we were being pursued by TIE Fighters, who were trying to shoot us down".
C-3PO spoke, "My goodness! I hear, that those blasted TIE bombers are slow and unmanoeuverable! How did you manage to escape?"
K-2SO said simply, "I just clipped their wings".
The droid gathering, was then interrupted by a sudden voice calling for PROXY.
"Ah, there you are, PROXY! I've been looking for you. Do you have those power converters that I was looking for?"
All the droids turned to look, seeing in the entrance to the room, a woman with long blonde hair that tightly wrapped in a ponytail along with blue eyes, wearing a green jacket, white shirt, brown gloves, belt with 2 holsters containing 2 blaster pistols, a Rebel command insignia of two red pips centred on the same vertical line on a brushed-metal backing, dark green trousers and dark brown boots.
PROXY immediately stood up and went over to her, saying "Oh, Captain Eclipse. My apologies for getting sidetracked, it's just that I was..."
"Making new friends, it seems", remarked the Captain.
But before anyone else could say anything, another voice broke out.
"C1-10P, WHERE ARE YOU?"
And soon, they all turned to face General Hera Syndulla, whose scowl was aimed directly at Chopper once she spotted the astromech droid.
Chopper, scratched his dome with his right metal arm, in a way that could be considered embarrassment, and just as he was about to warble, his master put her foot down on his response and said, "I need you to get over to the Ghost right now and redo that repair job you did, to my ship! As of now!"
Just as she finished this, she angrily pointed down to the corridor, still keeping her scowl right on Chopper.
The astromech droid in question, left the room, with General Hera Syndulla following (but not before she excused herself in front of Captain Juno Eclipse, whom apparently she had crossed paths on a few occasions while on Yavin 4).
Silence fell upon the room, until, K-2SO then said to the other droids, "I should go and find Cassian. He's probably wondering what's taking so long. Nice meeting you all".
And as the former Imperial security droid left, Captain Juno Eclipse spoke to PROXY, "I think we should go. Come along, PROXY".
"Yes, Captain Eclipse".
And as the Captain and the holodroid left, R2-D2 and C-3PO took their cue to leave, "Well, I think we should head back to the Tantive IV, don't we Artoo? Captain Antilles must be worried about us. Come along Artoo".
Soon, AP-5 was the only occupant of the room, and the protocol droid then grumbled to himself, "Oh well, I best be getting a move on. Inventory won't catalogue by itself".
And so, that concludes Droids on Yavin 4.
Hope you enjoyed it, as I did (even if I am not certain about the tales themselves, as I was making them up as I went along, and boy, the hardest one to get down, was K-2SO's. There were times in which I was even tempted to ditch his story and get right on straight to the ending!).
Anyways, don't forget to leave a review whenever you can, and see you next time!
