The rebel fleet has reached the Kommaden system, and we have spotted Imperial TIE Fighters about to reach the planet.
"There they are," Rakine spoke to all the rebel pilots as we neared the Imperial fleet. "The Imperial TIE Fighters. Lord Venison, lead the rebel troops down to the planet surface to defend the planet below. We'll stay up here blocking TIE advances."
"Yes, Rakine," I turned the Nightmare out of the rebel fleet and down toward Kommaden, the ships carrying the ground troops following after me.
"Here they come," I hear Rakine's last words before the hologram fades and the TIE Fighters start shooting at them.
"Good luck Rakine," I whisper to myself as the rebel starfighters start shooting back at the TIE Fighters. I quickly accelerated my ship toward Kommaden in hopes of getting the ground troops there safely. We headed down through the planet's atmosphere and as we reached the large, twisted metal forest, I steered clear of the metal spires that dominate the skyline, taking the safest path and avoiding all the vast towers and beams that cover the planet. I led the troops down toward the soft, dark brown soil that makes the planet's surface and the ships glide just over the ground. I led the ships toward Kommaden City and landed my ship deep in the metal forest past the outskirts. The large ships landed nearby, concealing my ship from the city's view. I left my ship and as the doors closed behind me, I watched as the rebel troops marched out of the large ships, all carrying blasters, ready for combat. A captain walked out with the rebel troops and shook my hand with a firm grip.
"Lord Venison," he grinned. "I hope you're ready to help the people defend their planet."
I nodded as he stopped shaking my hand.
"Tell your troops to follow me to the Kommaden City. The city is where the Empire is trying to invade, and so we must get there before they do."
He nodded and turned to his soldiers.
"You heard him men. To the City!"
All the men began marching to Kommaden City and the Captain and I walked alongside the troops.
"What is your name, Captain?"
"Antilles," he nodded.
"You don't look like a land fighter."
"I'm a pilot. But I volunteered to help maintain the rebels down here. I'd rather be up there, fighting alongside my fellow pilots." he pointed up to the sky where Rebel Starfighter Corps and Rakine are already fighting the TIE Fighters, the first Imperial offensive attack.
"Good man," I chuckle and pat Captain Antilles' shoulder. As we reach the city, the troops follow Antilles into the inner city. I stopped and pulled my communicator from my belt and opened it, Rakine appearing.
"Venison, any signs of the Empire on the surface?"
"Not yet. We just reached Kommaden City," I turn to my left as the men charge I to the city to unite with the Kommadenians as they ready the city's defenses.
"Well we're up here working on taking out the TIE Fighters-"
I suddenly turn to my right to see a TIE Fighter in flames, crashing into a metal beam tower and coming to hit the hard ground in a burst into flame and smoke.
"I see. Well, if the Empire does slip past you up there, we'll be ready for them down here."
"Perfect." The hologram of Rakine disappears and I put away my communicator and run into the city. The Kommadenians have gathered with the troops in the center. I walked up to one of the councillors.
"Have you been preparing weapons for the defense of your planet?"
"Yes, we have. We will not let the Empire take the Kommaden system, or the galactic northwest."
"Wonderful," I look up as a TIE Fighter swoops down and shoots at the city, green bolts marking the ground near us. One Kommadenian man fires a large purple blast from a large gun and the TIE Fighter explodes on impact, sending burning metal down to the ground. For and smoke fill the sky where the TIE was shot down.
"Proton torpedoes. That's the ticket," one rebel chuckled and the Kommadenians started arming themselves with these large weapons.
"But each PT-Launcher only has one shot, since we haven't made a reloading factor yet. We have about ten of these weapons ready." The councillor rubbed his temple, sighing. "We have to use these weapons wisely if we can successfully hold the Empire off."
"Proton torpedoes are very dangerous, be careful not to destroy anything in close proximity." Captain Antilles turned to all the Kommadenian rebels and they nod.
"We have too much armed forces," the rebel troop laughed. "We already won this war as it is. They might as well give up now."
Meanwhile in space above Kommaden, Rakine and the rebel fleet that make up the Starfighter Corps has been successfully destroying TIE Fighters while suffering few casualties. Rakine is feeling very confident in victory, but is beginning to fear that worse will come to Komadden.
"Keep destroying those TIE Fighters!" Rakine yelled over the headphones to his fellow rebels. "We can't let them reach Kommaden."
"Roger, Rakine," another pilot listened to the Captain's order.
Both the Empire and rebels kept firing away at each other, sending the opposer's ships in big, flaming explosions. The debris would drift in all directions, away from the fiery blast in the center. Some chunks of burning metal headed toward Kommaden, falling through the planet's thin atmosphere, through the metal beam tower forests and to the ground below.
The ground shook with every destroyed chunks of former TIE Fighters and Rebel starfighters falling and hitting the ground with heavy impact. The planet's large beams and towers swayed with each impact from a destroyed ship and fire and smoke flew from the towers.
"Keep your heads up, fellow rebels. Rakine is up there, keeping the Empire at bay, for now." I kept staring at the sky and watched the tiny orange dots of a ship explosion appear and die down in seconds.
"So your rebel fleet is up there fighting the Imperial fleet now?" The councillor ashes me as he stood next to me, watching the flames above Kommaden.
"Yes." But each explosion, I can't tell whether an Imperial TIE Fighter or a Rebel Starfighter had been destroyed.
"Look out!" Captain Antilles called out to the rebels as they back away from a falling chunk of metal and flame, coming from above the canopy of the massive metal forest, down to us. I stay still, refusing to move as it almost falls down to the surface, just over my head. As the large metal mass lands on the ground and chips into the planet's floor, right in front of me, I don't even flinch as its flames burst in all directions. I hold one hand to it and with the Force, I block the flames from hitting me or any of the Kommadenians or rebels. The fire circles around us as I concentrate with the Force, knowing I am the only person keeping us all alive from the blast. The flames eventually die down and as large pillars of smoke billow from the charred mass of metal, I stare in anger. I glare darkly at the ship's debris and my antler-sabers' long, black blades rise into the air as the insignia of the Rebel Alliance melts on the burning heap of metal in front of us all.
The TIE Fighters keep persisting and attacking the rebel pilots. After countless TIE fighters have been destroyed, and the Rebel Starfighter Corps begins to suffer many more casualties, the TIE Fighter Advanced has arrived. The mighty Sith Lord, Darth Vader, has joined the battle.
"Attention, rebels," Rakine started to warn the Rebel Starfighter Corps, "Darth Vader is among us. And he is going to be heavily protected. Try to get rid of the TIE Fighters as try will try to protect him. We need to stop him before he reaches Kommaden."
The fleets broke out in a furious flurry of ships and shots being exchanged to each other. Rakine kept avoiding being shot down by TIE Fighters by spinning, performing many midair corkscrews, and making sudden turns. Vader had been defended by too many TIE Fighters and it was frustrating for Rakine.
"Everyone get away from the TIE Fighters. I'm going to blast them all, Vader along with them."
All rebel starfighters began to fly away from the mass of TIE Fighters and Rakine fired a proton torpedo at the group, sending large numbers of TIE Fighters aflame. But Darth Vader had been unaffected by the blast and he headed straight down to Kommaden, quickly getting out of the fight in space. Rakine made a turn straight down to Kommaden, in a pursuit after Vader, through the metal forest. Vader started making turns and spinning through all the large beams and toward above Kommaden City with Rakine in hot pursuit. Rakine fired another proton torpedo, but missed Vader's TIE. The torpedo hit a beam tower and the entire tower exploded in front of Vader. As the tower fell toward the TIE, Vader made a quick juke and avoided the large, flaming metal tower and its protruding beams. Rakine flew past the fallen tower as it caught onto other large beams and suspended above the ground below, in a large flame. Vader took the opportunity to quickly reach the surface of Kommaden and make his way to Kommaden City. He had escaped Rakine's pursuit when the large metal tower split them up.
"The rebel fleet is losing pilots," I turned to Captain Antilles. "I hope Rakine is alright."
"He should be. He always escapes the face of danger, no matter the situation."
A TIE Fighter approached Kommaden City and another proton torpedo was fired at it. The TIE made a swift jerk to the side and avoided the torpedo as it brushed by and hit a tower behind it, creating a large, fiery explosion at the side of a tower. The TIE circled around and fired back at us, large laser blasts destroying the ground, and shooting and killing many rebels and Kommadenians. Antilles and I crouched down to avoid being shot down and rebels and Kommadenians started to run around, trying to avoid the shots from the TIE Fighter, dropping their weapons as they scurried. After gunning down many of the Rebels and Kommadenians, the TIE Fighter quickly landed on the ground and it's doors opened. Many other TIE Fighters landed down after the first and the rebels all scrambled for their weapons.
"They're here." I drew my lightwhip and darksaber. Darth Vader himself came out of the first TIE Fighter and he Force threw all the remaining rebels and their weapons off to the ground. Antilles, the Kommadenians, they all flew back and rolled across the floor of Kommaden City or hit the walls of its buildings, any of their weapons flying out of their grasp. I stood still, in the center of the city square, staring Lord Vader down, all my blades igniting, both on my head and in my hands.
"Damn it," Rakine pounded his hand on the armrest of the pilot's seat furiously. "Where did he go?! I just had him!" He continued to fly though the metal forest in search of Vader.
A stray TIE Fighter came down and chased after Rakine's ship and fired endlessly at him, eventually hitting an exhaust pipe. Rakine's ship started smoking and in his cockpit, he quickly removed his headphones from his head, unbuckled the cockpit's seatbelt and banged on the glass windshield, trying to break free of the cramped cockpit as his ship spiraled toward the ground with a trail of fire and smoke following behind the ship. He screamed loudly and with all his strength in the Force, he shattered the entire windshield in countless tiny shards just by holding his hand to it. One glass shard cut across his left cheek and he let out a slight groan, rubbing his cheek and staring at the bloody smudges on his fingertips. As the ship neared the ground, Rakine Force jumped out of the cockpit of the smoking ship, pulled out his lightsaber in a midair double flip, and landed on the soft ground of Kommaden on his feet, as his ship crashed onto the ground, at the base of a large metal beam tower, in a large burst of fire and smoke. Angered by his failure to stop Vader from escaping, his eyes darkened to the red and yellow Dark Side eyes. He only stared ahead as the fires crackled behind him and the large smoke pillar towered up to the air of the metal forest. As he held his lightsaber in his hand, he turned toward Kommaden City and began running over to hurry after Darth Vader.