After the seemingly endless night, Drake's alarm began to blast. He got at most three hours of sleep, and he wished he could stay in his small, hard bed all day. Unfortunatley, he didn't have much of a choice but to get up. He had another mission today. Drake only hoped that it was just that. Another mission. An uneventful mission.

Drake got out of his bed and put on his new TIE Pilot suit. He looked at the shiny new helmet that was provided for him. It would help him forget the little adventure he had yesterday.

When he finshed getting ready for the day, he stepped out of his room and headed towards his squadron's hangar. Most of his squad was already waiting for him when he got there. Drake ran up to his new TIE Fighter and admired it.

"Hey Drake!" Terry said as he walked up to Drake.

"Hey," Drake replied.

"You ready for your first mission in your new Fighter?" Terry asked.

"Yeah, maybe if I crash this one they'll give me a new TIE Interceptor," Drake joked.

"Well, not to brag, but my TIE Interceptor is pretty fast. It's really fun to fly!" Terry replied.

"Okay you can stop 'not bragging' now," Drake said.

"Don't worry, man. You've only got to go on a few more missions before you can upgrade your ship if you want," Terry responded.

"Yeah, guess that's true," Drake replied.

"Everyone, we're departing from the hangar in two minutes," Commander Drask interupted. "Get to your ships and prepare to take off!"

"Well, better get going," Terry said to Drake.

"Alright," Drake answered. "Good luck out there!"

"You too!" Terry replied. "Oh, and be careful out there. You already got injured badly enough. Badly enough to make u think you were dead."

"Ok, I will," Drake responded.

Terry nodded towards Drake and took off towards his ship. Drake turned around and began to climb the ladder to his TIE Fighter's cockpit hatch. He watched Terry jump into his TIE Interceptor, and he jumped into his own ship. The Fighter was brand new; there wasn't a scratch on the ship.

In the corner of the control panel was a small label that read, "TF-2285 TIE Fighter, Sienar Fleet Systems; Sullust." Sullust was a boiling planet that was always bursting with lava. It was one of the more dangerous planets in the galaxy. Drake had been stationed there once, as a pilot in training. He had been instructed with the basics of flying a TIE Fighter and he had been taught several flight maneuvers to avoid blaster bolts from enemy fighters. Sullust housed a large portion of the Empire's factories where they would build TIE Fighters, AT-ATs, and other Imperial vehicles.

Drake had realized he had been daydreaming. Half of his fleet had already left the hangar. He rushed to turn his fighter on and he put his helmet on. He quickly lifted off the ground and flew to catch up with the rest of his squadron.

"Remember our destination," Commander Drask said over the communiator, "We are heading for an asteroid field near Naboo simply called KR-8. We will have help from another squadron led by Commander Strifer. We will meet with them at the rendezvous point. Our mission is to locate a Rebel base and report to Lord Vader."

"Yes sir!" replied five of the pilots in unision. The journey was a pretty long one, but their ship's solar panels provided enough energy to get them there. They decided against taking a Star Destroyer, as that would alert the Rebels of their presense.

After about three hours, the asteroid field was in their sight. Another squad of TIE Fighters flew out from the field. They must have been the other TIE Fighter squadron.

"Remember to dodge the asteroids," commander Drask said to the squad.

The squads broke formation as the entered the vast asteroid field. The planet of Naboo was clearly visible directly to Drake's left. It was a colorful marvel to admire.

Drake weaved through the asteroids with the rest of his squad. He bobbed up and down to avoid the giant spinning rocks.

"Be on the lookout for any suspicious activity!" Drask said. Drake looked around. In front of Drake was a huge asteroid, much bigger than most of the other ones.

"Sir," Drake said, "Should we inspect the surface of the asteroids?"

"That will not be neccesary," Drask said. Drake thought for a moment.

"Sir, what if we send smaller groups to each of the larger asteroids to inspect?" Drake asked. The Commander thought for a minute.

"Fine," Drask replied, "we can have groups of two go and inspect the larger ones, but keep in touch with each other. If you find anything suspicious report back to me immediately."

"Yes sir," Drake answered.

Drake flew towards the large asteroid.

"C'mon Terry!" Drake said.

"I'm coming," Terry replied. Terry caught up to Drake with ease in his slick TIE Interceptor.

The two TIE Fighters approached the surface. They flew a few meters above the surface to avoid crashing.

"Well," Terry said, "where do you want to land?"

Drake looked around, "Land by that cave there!"

"Alright boss," Terry joked. The two landed their fighters side by side in front of the cave. The cave looked small from far away but was actually huge. It was atleast twenty meters tall.

The two hopped out of their Fighters. their life support systems allowed them to breathe on the asteroid.

"So why did you want to come here?" Terry asked.

"I don't know," Drake responded. "I just had this strange feeling; like I was being pulled to come here."

"That's probably just the asteroid's gravitational pull," Terry said. "That cave is just a normal cave."

"Maybe," Drake replied. Drake began walking into the dark cave.

"You sure this is a good idea?" Terry asked.

Drake thought a moment. "No," he said as he turned on a flashlight. The two walked further into the cave until they reached a dead end.

"See, this place is empty let's go," Terry said as he turned to leave.

"Wait," Drake said.

"What?" Terry asked.

Drake was quiet for a minute. Then he turned around and walked towards the wall. He examined the lining of the cave's wall. The cracks and ripples seemed to change disappear at a certain point. Drake felt around on a flat surface in front of him and felt something cold.

Drake felt something that was cold and hard. It was metal.

He pointed his light at the metal object, and Drake found himself pointing it at a metal bar. It was a doornob.

"Woah," Terry replied, clearly shocked. "How'd you find that?"

Drake thought again. He had surprised himself. "I... It was like I was being pulled towards it... Like I was supposed to find this..."

"What?" Terry replied, still very confused.

"I really have no idea how this happened," Drake said.

"Well we better report this to Commander Drask," Terry said.

"Wait," Drake said. "We should check what's inside first."

"Okay," Terry said as he moved to turn the doornob. "So you just found this out of dumb luck?" Terry asked as he pushed the door open.

"No," Drake answered as a feint light from within the door covered his face. "It was like I was pulled here by some kind of force."