As our shuttle broke through Tatooine's atmosphere, the familiar hum of the Lambda shuttle came to life, filling the once quiet cabin. "What's the ETA?!" I yelled to our pilot. "Two minutes, sir!" He responded. "Okay, very good! Pilot, I want you and these rookies to stay with the ship! Be prepared to contact the Devastator if anything goes wrong! Ok?!" Nodding, the pilot said, "Roger that!" I turned to my troops, "You hear that? Two minutes! Prepare for attack boys!" They all began prepping their blasters, explosives, and technical equipment. -
The two minutes of waiting flew by, and we arrived at the targeted rebel outpost. The shuttle folded its wings, and began gliding slowly to the sandy Tatooine grounds. After the shuttle stabilized, our pilot lowered the landing ramp, letting us begin our mission. As we sprinted out of the Lambda, we stood in awe at the seemingly deserted rebel base. It was blackened and singed by the Ion fire from The Devastator. Link, one of my 501st troopers speculatively said, "Lieutenant, do you think they're still here? Seems deserted." I paused, taking in the situation, "There's only one way to find out, Link. We're going in. Get the explosives." The three of us marched up to the outposts entrance and began placing small proximity charges all over the heavy duty durasteel door. Deuce, my 501st demolition specialist synced up the detonator and began backing away from the door for safe measure... "Light it up when ready, Deuce!" I ordered. Nodding, he pressed the button on the detonation device, "BOOOOOOWMMM!" Pieces of the door went flying everywhere, followed by a cloud mixed with sand and black smoke.