Fetta was pulled onboard. The cabin had a a pilot's chair with Aak at the controls, Several other seats were placed throughout the cabin room. There was a door leading to the left and right. Tarpal shoved Fetta into a seat behind Aak and walked into the room to the right. "You alright Bub? I'm sorry about your mast'a. But we'll get ya to mand'alor, I promise you that." Aak said, Turning to face Fetta.
Fetta was still holding his lightasber and he realised with a jolt that Siin had thrown his light saber to him. The chrome hilt glistened in the glowing lights. "Thanks..." Fetta trailed off. "Going into Hyperspace".
Onboard Shadow Strike, Fetta had explored the cabin room. Six beds were stacked ontop of each other, Fetta choose a top bunk and placed his small bag on it. But the most interesting room in the ship was the cargo hold, Random items ranging from droid parts to jars of sand from Tatooine were cluttering the small room. Tarpal was sitting at a small desk tinkering with blaster parts. On one wall was a rack with an alsortment of weapons leaning on it. "This is amazing! Where do you get all this stuff?" Fetta asked.
"We-sa picked-ed it up from junk dealers" Tarpal explained.
"I think we have some Mandladorian armour back here. You might want to put it on so not to attract any attention" Aak said, Striding into the room. Fetta spotted a Green helmet hanging on a hook, next to it was a green and black chestplate. Fetta carefully put the helmet on and then the chestplate.
"Where's the rest of it?" Fetta asked. "Uhm... Oh! Here" Aak passed him Black gauntlets, Elbow pads and matching shin-pads. He also decided to put on the utility belt to hide his Lightsaber. Fetta looked at a small mirror on one wall. His refection reminded him of a feared bounty hunter, Bobby or something Fetta thought.
"I will need to contact master Anum's friend. From there i don't know where i am going" Fetta told Aak. Ten minutes later, Fetta was standing infront of a hologram of a dathomirian wearing a black robe. His horns circled his head.
"Hello sir, I am the apprentice of Siin anum. I belive that you are Waug Maun?" Fetta was holding his helmet in his arm.
"Yes i am Waug Maun, Where is Master Anum?" Waung questioned him, Aak was standing behind Fetta but stepped infront before Fetta could reply.
"Hello sir. I am Aak Philo, Pilot of Shadow Strike. I am afraid to say... During our escape Siin was shot by stormtroopers after defeating a sith."
The image of Waung looked shocked. "Oh... Oh dear, Well. Thank you for that infomation. Fetta, Are you still coming to mandl'ador to join my troop?"
"Yes sir. I promised myself that i would continue with my masters wish to recruit any remaining jedi" Fetta said.
"Very well. But we have a problem, We do not have any available starships for you to travel in. Unless we find a way to add a new ship to the fleet we will be stuck."
Aak stepepd forward "I think i can help with that sir. My ship is equiped with a cloaking device, I can travel quite long distances without being detected. I think that i will be a valuable asset to your fleet."
Master Maun turned and talked to someone to the side, When he turned back he looked more serious. "Well, Are you sure on that? We will be in many space battles and will be traveling around the galaxy. Plus the fact that we will be hunted by the empire the whole time". Aak looked at Tarpal, And with a nod. He turned back to the Hologram.
"Yes, i am quite certain. My ship can hold up to 6 people and is exellent in a fight. The empire has been hunting me and my crew-member for four years and i hope to see the end of it." Tarpal nodded at Aak and returned to the cargo hold.
"Very well, Once you land in Mandl'ador go to the Double Shot cantina, I will send a runner to collect you and bring you back to our Head Quarters.
Shadow Strike Landed in one of mandl'ador's space ports. Strangely there were no Stormtroopers greeting them with rifles and a ride to the nearest jail cell.
"Strange" Noted Aak.
They walked along the crowded streets for hours but still couldn't find The cantina they were looking for. Tapal decided to ask someone walking by but all he got was a evil look. Fetta's helmet had a air filter in it but he could still feel the heat of the midday sun. A squadron of Stormtroopers marched past, They seemed in a hurry to finish their rounds. They ended up entering a small empty shop named Janga's junkshop. The owner was a small fattish human with stained clothes that looked too small. He had an old rusty name tag on his shirt that read: "Janga Rango"
"Hello, Can i help you fella's? I have the top of the range droid parts as well as a sale on all speeder parts" Janga said to them. Tarpal browsed the isles looking for anything that caught his eye.
"No thanks, But we are lookin' for a place named The double shot cantina. D'ya know where it is?" Aak asked him.
Janga shrugged "Yeh, I heard the name before. It's full of smugglers and low-life theives, You'll find it next to the imperial jail just south of here."
Tarpal hadn't found anything interesting so they left and headed south along the busy roads. They walked for around ten minutes when the saw the jail. A hunk of metal with Imperial guards at every door. An officer walked out and stood watching the crowds.
"Ah! There it is. The Double shot Cantina, Dingy looking place. But i expect it doesn't attract too much attention" Aak guestured towards a small building a down the street. The cantina looked abandoned but the closer they got the more busy it seemed. Fetta saw a Wookie walk in trying to look smaller that he seemed. They walked through the door and were gifted with the smell of fried gooba fish and the sound of a band that made it seem worse than it was. They walked up to the main bar and ordered a few drinks.
They sat waiting for almost an hour when they were approached by a slender female Twi'lek with blue skin, She had a green dress on with black shoulder pads.
"I am Gida Feen, I was send here to collect Fetta Bobb and his companions" She told them "Please follow me".
Fetta, Aak and Tarpal followed her out. Fetta had heard of the magestic beauty of Twi'lek's but he had never seen one up close. Gida seemed to glide across the ground, Leading them through alleyways and down streets. He couldn't stop staring at her beautiful face, Serious but a hint of playfulness. The small group stopped at a white, shabby looking mulit-level building. the door slid open and they were greeted with two armed guards dressed in mandladorian armour.
"I have picked up the new arivals. I have been ordered to speak with master Maun to brief them on the situation." Gida told he men.
They lowered their weapons and let them through. They took a elevator to the fourth floor. The room was extremly busy. It full of people huddled around screens or holograms. Fetta spotted a man tweaking with a concussion grenade. Master Maun was standing in the middle with his back to them infront of a hologram of the city.
"Sir, I have returned with Fetta Bobb and his companions." Gida told him. He turned around, His skin was green with small, sharp horns circling his skull.
"Welcome Fetta. Welcome to Sector 66. We are a team of jedi that survived the jedi purge, Hence the name" His arms were out-streched, Gesturing the building. "We have aproximatlely 60 troops and 13 starfighters, Including yours Mr Philo, That makes 14. We have enough firepower to equip a small army. We are on the Research and Development floor, Floor three is wepons room, Floor two is the command centre and the first floor is disguised as a rundown apartment loft. The ships are scattered around in different space ports around the city. I am sure that you have meet our head of defence, Gida Feen. I saved her from a squad of Stormtroopers when she was young, She has been at my side ever since. My head of security was an ex-bounty hunter, Fango Jett. He is currently out on a mission at the moment."
"This is amazing! Where shall i move our ship?" Aak asked him, His three eyes widening.
"Well, first of all we need to see if you are well equiped enough to join us. The mission was origanly planned out for Master Anum but..." He sighed
"You three will have to do it instead. I will let Gida brief you on the situation."
Gida led them to a small cubicle with a hologram of a large circular building.
"The main objective of the mission was to steal another ship for our fleet, but seeing as you have joined us instead, we have been forced to change some parts of the plan but this is it. Under the cover of darkness you will break into the imperial starport, Cause as much damage without raising the alarm. The main objective is to destroy their comunication array. Once you destroy that, Fango Jett, Our head of security, will send in his team to storm the imperial head quarters. If this goes correctly, then Mand'alor will be free from the empires grasp."
Gida gestured to the hologram. Fetta turned to Aak and Tarpal. Aak nodded at him. "Right, We'll do it. but i think we might need some equipment before we go". Gida led them to the weapons room. It was a large room with racks of blaster rifles on one side. A rack of Mandladorian armour that ranged from different colours. Fetta noticed one or two sets of stormtrooper armour along side them. A small shooting range had holograms of stormtroopers that looked more menacing than they actualy were. The room was less crowded then the command floor but it still had a reasonable amout of people in it.
"This is our weapon facility. We have a range from rifles tall the way to ion grenades. There are also some add-ons that you can add to your mandalorian armour. Feel free to equip yourself, I will tell you when you will leave." Gida left the room and left them to do their own buisness.
Tarpal quickly rushed over to a work bench and started adding accesories to his pistols. Fetta walked up to the rack holding the armour accesories and started looking at the different pieces, He selected an attachment that he reconised as a small concussion missile launcher that attaches onto his armbands. After an hour Fetta had equip himself with the missile launcher and several concussion grenades. Tarpal was at the shooting range testing out his pistols.
"Tarpal doesn't talk much does he?" Fetta asked Aak.
"No, He has developed a fear of being around other people. Gungans are a peaceful race, so when the Stormtroopers attacked his villiage they were caught unaware. From that day on he has never been comfortable around others." Fetta was confused.
"But i thought that Naboo was already controled by the empire when it was first formed?"
"Yes, It was. But when order 66 was ordered, A jedi knight was visiting his villiage. They hid the jedi for a while but the stormtroopers eventualy found them." Aak looked down.
Gida entered the room. "We are ready to go. Once you destroy the communication array contact Fango on this" She handed them a rounded handhold hologram projector. "I wish you good luck"...
To be Continued
