One day, a report came in that a division of the Emperor's finest men was coming with the specific task of capturing a rebel team sent to the moon. That meant that the rebels must be on their way to the moon or were already there. Naturally, I stocked up on supplies and headed out to my post in the trees to monitor movement in the forest. That evening, as I was watching from my spot in the trees, I saw a group of people moving through the forest floor, wearing camo. They had two droids in their company and a wookie. Who would bring a wookie to a place with enough fur balls running around already? The party was several miles away from me and I watched as they encountered a pair of fellow scouts on patrol. The scouts were alerted to their presence and a fight broke out between one of them as the other made off on his speeder bike to get help. It was clear at this point that the entire party was made up of rebel scum, as two of them climbed onto a speeder bike together and chased after the fleeing scout.
The chase passed by two other scouts who took up the chase of the rebels. One of the scum took the bike of another scout and flung him from his bike into a passing tree during the chase. Then he dropped back to assault the two who had been chasing them. The other rebel stayed in pursuit of the bike ahead. The group sped closer to my tree by the minute and then passed me and turned off to the left. The rebels became separated as the one fell from her speeder bike onto the forest floor. Her pursuer unfortunately crashed into a fallen tree. The fall must have been a rough one, because she lay on the ground for several minutes afterwards.
The other rebel however was still locked in a race with a scout soldier. Their speeder bikes apparently stuck to each other and the rebel jumped from his just before it crashed into a tree ahead. The scout cleared the tree and looped around to finish the job. Then to my surprise, the rebel drew a lightsaber and blocked three shots from the bike before he lobbed off the bike's front end, causing it to spiral into a tree. The rebel, who I had then confirmed as Luke Skywalker, turned and began to walk back to his companions. He reunited with them after about an hour's long trek. The party must have decided to search for their friend and split up with Skywalker, the wookie, one man, and the droids heading in the direction of the woman.
I turned my scope back to her and watched as a fuzz ball approached her with a spear. I laughed internally thinking the fuzz ball was about to eliminate her, but instead, he woke her and they began a little exchange. I watched and turned off my thermal scope and realized that the woman was none other than Leia Organa. Part of being a successful sniper is knowing when to fire and when to wait. This was one time where I should wait. If she should be captured because of my actions, the Emperor might make me an admiral. Then I spotted one of the scouts who was knocked from his bike working his way through the forest towards her and the fuzz ball. He was heading in the right direction and if he got there in time he could capture her. I turned my attention back to Organa and her new friend. The fuzz ball had jump up and was looking around suspiciously. He must have smelled or heard the scout moving through the woods. I could have ended them both, but decided that Organa was worth more to Lord Vader alive. So I lined up a shot and fired at the log they were sitting on.
Both Organa and the fuzz ball rolled off the log and took cover behind it. She raised her head over the edge of the log and peered through the tree towards me. It was almost as if she could see me, but I knew that was impossible. I was at least five miles from her. There were still a few seconds before my comrade got to them, so I fired another shot at the log. They both hid again from my fire right as the scout got to them. He held them at gun point and confiscated her pistol. Another scout arrived on his speeder and the soldier who captured Organa ordered him to go get more men. The fuzz ball must have distracted the scout and gave Organa a chance to attack him and retrieve her weapon. She then blasted the scout trying to get away on his bike, causing an explosion. The fire disrupted my heat scope and I couldn't make out much for a few minutes. When the heat cleared, she and the fuzz ball were gone.