I didn't trust our pirate pilot, but he had gotten us this far. We'd pulled out of hyperspace quite a while ago and we were just running out of fuel, it was like they filled it up just before the battle, like they were expecting that the approaching stormtroopers were going to tear everything down upon arrival. The nearest system was the Correlian System, and thankfully it wasn't that far away. I tried to point out the system on the navi-computer but the pilot said he was already headed in that direction. Corellia was the largest and best known planet in this system, therefore it has the most supplies. I told the pilot about this too but then he said he already knew that. This made me very suspicious, Corellia does have quite a large criminal underworld, no doubt a few fellow pirates will be there, but I'm not sure they knew we were coming.
The ship entered Corellia's orbit and descended towards the ground. Corellia was also had a well-known spaceport, which had more than enough things any self-respecting pilot would want to keep their ship in good condition, for a price. The clouds surrounding the ship had dissembled, and a clear view of Corellia's captial city, Coronet.
The city view front the height that we were at was stunning, you could see the entire way across the city, and all it's landmarks. You could see the building that belonged to the Corellia Times, the local newspaper, it wasn't as tall as a skyscraper, but it truly of was amazing, the pathway leading up to it was made of glittering marble, and there were fabulous fountains on either side. There was the fantastic glass dome that was Correlia's Zoological and Botanical Gardens, inside the dome there were bright and beutiful colours, with trees stretching really tall, almost hitting the top of the gigantic dome. There was also the Coronet Arms Hotel, with diamonds attached to the big oak doors, and a red and blue banner above the doors, and the hotel, belive it or not, was a Republic fortress during the Sith Wars, now it was a friendly five-star hotel that looked after it's guests in a way that every other hotel should follow. There was the highest building in Coronet, the Coronet Capitol Tower, it didn't have any fancy decorations but it was stunning, I guess it all came down to the height of the building, it towered over everything else, it was the home of the Corellian government, all their meetings were held there. Also, Coronet's Museaum of Fine Art, filled with miraculous paintings and sculptures, jewels and gems, it had beutiful quartz pillars and a lovely white roof, all of the art from the Galaxy either trwent to here, Coruscant or one of the other renowned Art Galleries. The Coronet Medcenter supplied not only top-quality bacta, but stunning views, a building made out of fine marble extracted front the ground by the wealthy Coronet Mining Corporation, renowned for extracting the most ore than any other mining corporation in the Galaxy. Another iconic landmark, Coronet Shipping, the busiest trade hub in the sector. Ships came in with goods everyday and people swarmed for the trading. There was also Elmas Private Spaceport, a port that belonged to the Corellian government, where beautiful speeders and private starships came in to land. Not to mention the famous Mynock's Haven, where mounds of people visited everyday to relax. Last but not least, our destination, Coronet City Spaceport, ships landed here from all over the Galaxy, whether it's business travels, holidays, defection, for repairs and even connecting flights.
There wasn't that many ships in port, so we had a lot of space to choose from. The ship began to stabilise, and slowly landed comfortably on the smooth stone landing pad. I took my time to look out of the window, where the no-one hurrying around like normal at every spaceport, no holiday-makers, no defectors, no businessmen and even no security. I'd read in the Jedi Archives that Coronet was a vibrant city, especially in the spaceport, where local engineers, passport control are everywhere, as Coronet vows not to become involved in any war. Instead of engineers and whatnot, stormtroopers strode towards the ship, the one at the front, wearing an orange shoulder pad, indicating he was the leader of the group. They went round the front of the ship to the back, where they could be heard knocking on the entrance to the ship. Me and Ackbar hurried towards the cargo bay, and hid inside the piles of junk kept in there. The pilot must have got the gist of things, as he didn't ask any questions, and it was quite normal to see a Weequay travelling to planets like Corellia, so hopefully, the troopers wouldn't ask any questions either. We could hear the ramp descending, and the heavy clanking footsteps of the stormtroopers travelling up it. I could sense the pilot coming to meet them now.
'Where's ship control?' The pilot enquired.
'We ARE ship control.' The leader replied. 'Ever since's this empire began they've replaced all Imperial spaceport control with Imperial Stormtroopers.'
'I've only come to fill her up.' The pilot stated.
'But first we've received orders to search your ship.' The leader told the pilot.
'What? Who gave you that order?' Said the pilot, outraged.
'That information is classified. Men, search the ship!' The leader ordered.
Clanging footsteps could be heard spreading across the ship. I could sense two stormtroopers enter the cargo bay where we were.
'I'm not searching for Jedi inside that junk.' One of them stubbornly said, confirming they were searching for me ane Ackbar.
'Well, neither am I.' Said the other.
'Let's just tell the boss that we searched and nothing was there.' The first suggested.
'Uh... Yeah, let's do that.' The second agreed.
The Stormtroopers ran out of the room. I could sense the troopers saluting their superior officer and stating they thoroughly checked the room.
Their mistake.
I poked my head out of the junk ever so slightly.
My mistake.
At that time a Stormtrooper who was patrolling the corridor went by, and noticed the junk move as my head dropped as fast as a cruiser with a major engine fault. The trooper turned to the room and fired into the junk a few times. He then proceeded to kneel down and move the junk apart looking for us (obviously this one was braver than the other two). I gripped my blade and slid it out of it's holster and readied it, my finger hovering over the button to activate it. The Stormtrooper's hand could be seen sNanking through the rubbish and pulled it away, uncovering me and Ackbar.
'What the-' He began to say.
I reacted quickly, activating my lightsaber and stabbing it through his stomach and hastily retracting it. I knew that now we hadn't any time. I ran into the corridor, where I bumped into three Stormtroopers, one with an orange shoulder pad, the pilot, startled, was behind them.
'A Jedi?' Said the Stormtrooper with the orange shoulder pad, he turned to face the pilot. 'Liar!' He raised his gun to the pilot's head, and fired.
The pilot was dead before he hit the ground, his corpse spreadeagled on the floor. The three troops proceeded to attack, I reflected the bolts back to their firers, which sent them back to the walls. I ducked and weaved through the Leader's fire, and eventually got close enough to stab my blade through the underneath of his chin and out through the top of his skull. Two more troops ran out through exits into the corridor and quickly glanced at the bodies I had slain, before turning to me and began firing. I deflected the bolts and every single one hit their firer. Ackbar ran towards me from the room we were hiding in; He ran towards a Stormtroopers' body and picked up his weapon.
We ran out of the ship, and were met with many eyes staring at us, including Stormtrooper eyes.
'Look there!' said one, pointing at us aggressively.
The rest of his squad took aim at me and Ackbar. I ducked and deflected their shots, while Ackbar fired back at them with his new E-11 blaster rifle that he captured from the Stormtrooper's body. We advanced onwards past the troopers and were blocked at passport control by a burly Snivvian.
'Passport, please.' He said in a gruff voice.
'Let us past, it's urgent!' I pleaded.
'You're not allowed to enter without a passport!' The Snivvian was adamant.
'Come on, let us through!' Ackbar joined in. 'Please!'
'I can't, it's against procedure!' The Snivvian refused, his arms in the air.
I ducked under his arms and he looked back, giving Ackbar the chance to escape as well. We ran into a crowd of people, running and walking this way and that. I looked back through the moving maze of people, and could see a group of Stormtroopers, presumably the ones we passed, advancing towards us.
'Go!' I warned Ackbar.
We weaved through the travellers and past luggage control.
'We have nothing to declare!' I shouted as we ran past the luggage conveyors.
Alarms could be heard going off throughout the spaceport. Me and Ackbar got into the clear where there were no civilians. The Stormtroopers weren't far behind, as they broke away from the crowd and pursued us. We took a right into the corridor containing all the quality brands in the galaxy. We ran into Pau'an's Boutique, which sold luxury clothing to many in the galaxy. The Stormtroopers could be seen running past the entrance, thinking we wouldn't be in the shop. Now that they were gone, we ran out of the store and into the corridor. One of the Stormtroopers hesitated, and moved to look back towards us. Me and Ackbar darted into Corellia Coffee, and the trooper looked away. Once we were sure our attackers had completely gone, me and Ackbar made our way out of the spaceport.
'Whoo.' I sighed to Ackbar. 'We lost them.'