I had taken up the habit of staying overnight at my post and only came down every few days to walk back to the bunker to clean up and obtain a few supplies to get me through a few more days. Then one day, a few of the fuzz balls started throwing rocks at the bunker door. He was scared away by blaster fire but the incident caused us to begin posting a few scouts in the forest and by the bunker entrance. Then things returned to the peacefulness of before. The monstrosities stopped their busy work in the forest, presumably satisfied with their efforts, and all began to appear less frequently in the section I covered.
One day, I saw an AT-AT lumbering by a few miles away with AT-ST's at its sides. I marked the heat signatures from their engines in my scope and programed the system to outline the entire vehicle when engines like theirs were detected again. Seeing the massive four legged machine again reminded me of my home on Sullust. We saw the large walkers and all kinds of Imperial machinery produced there. We also saw propaganda on a dizzying scale. My mother was a keen woman and I must have picked up this trait from her because I saw through all the lies and saw the Empire for what it really was. Its armies weren't glorious. Armies never are. The parts they try to make look the best are the worst jobs to have and the divisions barely mentioned were the ones hardly needed or were filled to capacity.
Since my home world had been ruled by the Empire for as long as I can remember and longer, our people were given the opportunity to "volunteer" to fight in the Emperor's military, or take up a job at one of the factories. My father worked hard in a factory and when I was old enough, I took a job there too. This gave me a chance to practice my skills with a rifle and develop a mind of my own when I wasn't working. I became talented with a blaster and smart enough to select targets and think ahead, so when I applied to join the Imperial forces, I joined the sniper division. A few weeks of training and tests were all it took for me to secure a position as a sniper near the top of the list of talented soldiers. When the time came, I showed my skills on a few assignments, then found myself on my way to that forest moon to defend a shield generator that would defend the Emperor himself.