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"How is she taking it?" A hologram of Hera asked from Chopper's holoprojector as he, Kanan and Ryder stood inside Ryder's place after she heard what happened to the Bridgers' as the White Loth-cat watched them from above as it meowed.
"As you'd expect," Kanan answered, "The three of us knew Satele might not get the news she hoped she would about the Bridgers'."
"I probably would be the same way if Father left me with them as well if my Force-Sensitivity appeared early like Satele's did," Sabine added.
"Governor Azadi, we're grateful you stood by them for so long," Hera said as she turned to Ryder.
"Not sure what good it did," Ryder responded, "Things don't seem any better here on Lothal."
"At the moment, maybe, but we hope to change that," Hera told him before turning to Kanan and Sabine, "Speaking of which, Senator Organa heard about our losses on Garel. He's sending us reinforcements. His agent is coming to Lothal with three cruisers."
"Three cruisers? That is good news," Kanan told her, "Maybe a mission like this is just what Satele needs."
"I agree, Kanan, I think this is exactly what my sister needs," Sabine said, agreeing with her master.
"I hope you both are right," Hera told them, "Me and Zeb will be there as soon as we can to help."
"One more thing, Hera. Who is this agent that Senator Organa is sending?" Sabine asked her.
"He didn't say, just said that they were an Alderaanian ambassador," Hera answered before Chopper ended the transmission.
Meanwhile above Lothal, three Hammerhead corvettes jumped out of Hyperspace, while a distance away from the Hammerhead corvettes an Imperial officer noticed this from an Imperial Light Cruiser.
"Sir, three unidentified starships have just entered our sector," the Imperial officer informed Lyste, who was standing next to him on the Light Cruiser's Bridge.
"Launch fighters to intercept," Lyste ordered and with that, four TIE fighters were launched from the Light Cruiser and flew towards the three Hammerhead corvettes, "Open a channel. Attention. This is Lieutenant Lyste. Lothal is now a restricted system by order of the Emperor. Identify yourselves immediately."
"Greetings, Lieutenant. We come bearing relief supplies for the citizens of Lothal. Our mission is sanctioned by the Imperial Senate," a masculine voice on the Light Cruiser's comm system replied.
"I wasn't informed by your visit nor do you have a landing permit," Lyste stated.
"Permit's coming through now, sir," one of the Imperial officers told them.
"They're from Alderaan," the other Imperial officer added.
"Another meddling delegation from Alderaan," Lyste sighed, "I'll handle this personally."
"Attention, Senatorial convoy. Your landing has been granted and fighters will escort you to the Jalath City Depot for processing. I'll see you there," Lyste added on one of the Hammerhead corvettes as a light skinned female with brown hair and eyes walked forward.
"This is Princess Leia Organa. I look forward to it, Lieutenant," the woman told Lyste before turning to the hammerhead corvette's pilots, "End transmission. Well, there's no turning back now."
"Satele, we're gonna miss our rendezvous," Kanan told Satele as he, Sabine and Ryder approached Satele, who was sitting on the ground with Chopper sitting next to her as she had her helmet next to her on the ground while Sabine had her's under her arm.
"He's right, Sis, we have about an hour left," Sabine said, agreeing with their master.
"If you're going into Jalath City, be careful. The fleet may be gone but Imperial security is bound to recognize you," Ryder warned them.
"Maybe dressed like this," Kanan told him, "But who's gonna notice an extra stormtrooper and two scout troopers?"
"Yeah, Kanan's got a point," Sabine said, agreeing with him.
"Great," Satele muttered, sarcastically as she walked away to change into her scout trooper disguise.
"They know our ship, too. Ryder, any chance we could…" Kanan started.
"Borrow my bike?" Ryder finished for him, "Take it. But I'm not getting involved any further."
"Even after what the Empire did to you?" Kanan asked, urging the former governor of Lothal to join the Rebellion, "Come on, get back in the fight."
"I won't go back to prison, Kanan," Ryder told him as Sabine walked away and went to change into her scout trooper uniform as well, "Please don't ask that of me."
After Kanan, Satele and Sabine changed into their stormtrooper and scout trooper armors, they hopped on Ryder's speeder bike and began to head for Jalath city and stopped as the speeder approached the back of a garrison wall as the three Hammerhead corvettes lowered down to the depot.
"Those are our reinforcements?" Satele asked in disbelief, "Those ships look similar to the Hammerhead-class cruisers that the Republic used during the Mandalorian wars and the Jedi Civil War almost 4,000 years ago."
"Satele's right, those ships look like those our ancestors fought against during the Mandalorian Wars," Sabine added, agreeing with her twin.
"In our position, we take what we can get, girls," Kanan explained to both of his Padawans as the three Hammerhead corvettes finally landed on the depot and the three of them rushed over to the back of the Hammerhead corvette that was in the middle with Kanan aiming his E-11 blaster rifle around while both twins did the same with their scout trooper blaster pistols as the three of them stood in front of the ramp of the Hammerhead corvette as it lowered down and saw the Princess of Alderaan walk down the ramp.
"Hey, excuse me, miss. Uh, where's your commander?" Satele asked Leia as she flipped up her scout trooper's helmet.
"Yeah, where are they?" Sabine asked, agreeing with her as she flipped up her helmet as well.
"Not much of a welcoming committee," Leia said, greeting both Mandalorians and Kanan as she approached them, "Trooper?"
"I'm Kanan. These are Sabine and Satele. We're from Phoenix Squadron," Kanan said, introducing himself and his Padawans to the princess of Alderaan as he took off his stormtrooper helmet.
"I know who you are," Leia told him, "And unless you want the deck officer to know, too I suggest you put your helmet back on and flip your helmet's visors back down and keep your mouths shut."
"OK, ma'am," Satele told Leia as she and Sabine flipped their helmet's gisors back down while Kanan placed his stormtrooper helmet back on as they followed Leia as she approached the base's stormtrooper deck officer.
"Deck officer, I'd like to start distributing my relief aid," Leia told the deck officer.
"Stand by. My orders are to inspect the cargo for contraband and detain these vessels until the lieutenant arrives," the deck officer told her before turning to the two stormtroopers behind him who were carrying a container before walking away, "Scanning crew, move out."
"Well, this plan's off to a good start," Kanan muttered to Leia as the three stormtroopers walked away.
"As a matter of fact, it's going perfectly," Leia stated before she realized that the rest of the Ghost crew weren't with Kanan and both Mandalorians, "Where's the rest of your team?"
"They'll be here, eventually," Kanan answered.
"He's right, Hera and Zeb will be here soon," Sabine said, agreeing with Kanan.
"Good. Then you can steal my ships," Leia told the three Force-wielders
"What?" Kanan, Satele and Sabine all said at the same time as an Imperial shuttle lowered onto a landing pad as it flipped it's wings up in the distance.
"I'll explain later. First I have to deal with the lieutenant," Leia told them, "Follow my lead and try to keep up."
"Understood, Ma'am," Satele said as they followed Leia as Lieutenant Lyste and two stormtroopers with one being a commander accompanying him as he walked down the shuttle's ramp.
"You must be Leia Organa, princess to the royal house of Alderaan," Lyste said as he greeted the princess.
"And aid to my father, Senator Bail Organa," Leia added as she confirmed his statement, "I come with relief supplies for Lothal's needy who are suffering terribly as a result of the rebel insurgency here. Surely you don't want innocents to starve."
"No, of course not," Lyste said, agreeing with her, "Lothal has indeed suffered, as has Alderaan. From what I hear, your ships have an unfortunate habit of falling into rebel hands. I assure you, that won't happen on my watch."
"What's that?" Satele asked as a portable, hovering, slab-like device was escorted forward on a nearby landing platform as it was attached onto one of the Hammerhead corvette's front foot.
"Gravity locks?" Leia said as she turned to Lyste with confusion and surprise, "This is hardly necessary."
"I insist," Lyste told her, "Plus a trooper detachment, and for extra security…" They then looked to their side and saw a Gozanti-class cruiser flying in, carrying two AT-ATs before it dropped the two Imperial walkers, "Walkers will guard your ships from the rebel insurgency. All for your safety, miss."
"It's 'Your Highness,'" Leia said, correcting him as she turned around towards him, "As my ships are detained I will require your shuttle to begin my work."
"Oh? Um, my shuttle? Certainly, I could arrange for other transportation," Lyste suggested.
"No. Your shuttle. I need to leave immediately," Leia stated before turning to Kanan and both Mandalorians, "You three, bring those supplies and escort me to the trauma area at once."
"Yes, ma'am. Right away," Kanan said as he, Satele and Sabine rushed over to the supplies behind them and activated one of the supplies' transportation modes as they grabbed them and transported them to Lyste's Imperial shuttle.
"I hate to say it, but whoever came up with this plan severely underestimated the Empire's security," Kanan said after the shuttle lifted off and flew away from the base with him piloting the shuttle as he had his stormtrooper helmet off while both Mandalorian twins had their helmets' visors flipped up as they sat across from each other behind Kanan and Leia.
"I'm sorry," Leia apologized.
"Don't be. It's not your fault," Kanan reassured her.
"Yes, it is," she told him, "This was my plan."
"We need those ships," Satele told the Alderaanian princess, "Why didn't you just hand them off to us in deep space?"
"It's not that simple, Sis," Sabine told her.
"She's right," Leia said, agreeing with Sabine, "If the Empire could prove Alderaan provided ships to the rebels we'd lose our seat in the Senate and be charged with treason. But if they're stolen on a planet controlled by the Empire…"
"Alderaan would be blameless," Kanan realized as he finished her train of thought, "Have to admit, that was a good plan."
"Well, now we need a new one," Leia said before they all suddenly heard Chopper grunting on Satele's wrist communicator.
"Yeah, what is it, Chopper?" Satele asked as she stood up and spoke into her communicator before Chopper grunted a reply as she, Kanan and Sabine all shared a look with confusion and disbelief, "Stormtroopers."
As the shuttle began landing at Ryder's hideout with it's wings folding back up, they saw two Imperial troop transports as a stormtrooper commander stood by one of the transports while two other stormtroopers were escorting Ryder as it looked like they had caught him as another stormtrooper was in front of Chopper who was in front of the other transport.
"Friends of yours?" Leia asked the three of them.
"Not for much longer, by the look of things," Kanan answered.
"Yeah, I agree, Kanan," Sabine said, agreeing with him, "I suspect they'll execute Ryder for escaping prison as well."
"What are we going to do?" Leia asked them.
"This time, you follow my lead," Kanan said as he got off of the pilot's seat.
"This is a secure site. State your business," the stormtrooper commander demanded as Kanan approached him after exiting the shuttle with Satele, Sabine and Leia behind him after they walked down it's ramp as it lowered.
"Me, ST-4734 and ST-1409 are taking the princess ambassador here on a scouting mission for possible refugee relocation," Kanan explained.
"This is not a safe area for you. There's a high level of rebel activity happening at the moment," the stormtrooper commander informed them.
"Well, we're finishing our survey. We can take these prisoners back to Jalath for you," Kanan offered.
"That won't be necessary. We have orders to terminate one of them immediately," the stormtrooper commander told them, referring to Ryder.
"Hold on, trooper. As a representative of the Senate I demand to know what this man has done," Leia demanded as she walked forward.
"He's a fugitive from an Imperial prison," the stormtrooper commander answered, "Now, depart immediately for your own safety. Where you find one rebel, there are usually more." As the stormtrooper commander said that, Chopper grunted as he rolled forward and spun around.
"Chopper's receiving a signal," Kanan muttered to both of his Padawans.
"You know what that means," Sabine muttered to her twin.
"Hera's here," Satele stated before looking up and saw the Ghost hovering above them before the Ghost fired at the Imperial troop transport next to them as Kanan, Satele, Sabine and Leia stood between the two Imperial troop transports dodging the Ghost's laser cannons as it fired on the other Imperial troop transport.
"More friends of yours?" Leia asked them.
"Yeah, I'm a likeable guy," Kanan answered before rushing towards Ryder as the stormtrooper that was guarding him fired at the Ghost, "You're coming with me!"
Kanan, Satele, Sabine, Ryder and Leia immediately ran towards the remnants of one of the Imperial troop transports as the Ghost landed nearby and Chopper grunted as he rolled towards the Ghost as the ship's ramp lowered with Zeb standing in the doorway as he fired his bo-rifle at the stormtroopers before Hera joined him and began firing her blaster pistol at them as she pulled it out.
"You can't come on board yet, Chop! You have to go get the Phantom," Hera told her astromech droid, "Get moving!" Chopper grunted with a complaining sounding tone as he activated his rocket booster, flying towards the Phantom.
"Your friends might shoot you wearing those armors," Ryder warned Kanan, Satele and Sabine.
"That's not a bad idea, Governor," Kanan said, agreeing with Ryder, "Take the princess hostage."
"What?" Ryder said with shock and confusion.
"If she's seen with you, she'll be labeled a traitor," Sabine explained.
"She's right, you have to take me prisoner," Leia said, agreeing with the Mandalorian.
"You better make it look good," Satele told Ryder, "Sis, contact Hera. Tell her, we're the troopers on her left."
"Got it, Sis," Sabine said before speaking into her wrist's communicator, "Hera, me, Kanan and Satele are the troopers on your left, near the destroyed Imperial troop transport."
"We got three incoming," Hera told Zeb as they continued to fire their weapons at the stormtroopers.
"What about Satele, Sabine and Kanan?" Zeb asked her.
"They're the troopers on the left," Hera explained as they dodged one of the stormtroopers' blaster bolts.
Ryder pushed Kanan, who fell on top of Satele and Sabine before grabbing Leia by the wrist in order to 'kidnap' her.
"Help! Help! Commander!" Leia pleaded as Ryder ran towards the Ghost with her.
"Hold your fire! She's my, ST-4734 and ST-1409's responsibility. We'll get her back!" Kanan said as he stopped the stormtrooper commander as he stood in front of him.
"Kanan's coming," Ryder told Zeb as he passed the Lasat, "He said to make it look good."
"No, Zeb, wait! Easy!" Kanan said as he approached the Lasat before being hit by Zeb's bo-rifle, knocking him out.
"That's Kanan!" Both Mandalorians told Zeb as he placed his bo-rifle on his back before slamming their helmets together, knocking them out before they fell to the ground as well before he and Hera dragged the unconscious bodies of Kanan, Satele and Sabine aboard the Ghost.
"They're taking prisoners?" One of the stormtroopers said with surprise.
"They do that now?" The stormtrooper next to him asked with confusion as well as the Ghost lifted off and fired upon Lyste's shuttle, destroying it as the Phantom, which was being piloted by Chopper as he was on the shuttle's astromech socket as the shuttle's wings unfolded as he followed the Ghost.
"Kanan. Wake up!" Zeb said after taking Kanan's stormtrooper helmet off in the Ghost's cargo hold after both Satele and Sabine woke up and Kanan rubbed the top of his head as he slowly woke up, "Kanan! How's your face?"
"Why did you hit me?" Kanan asked him.
"What? You had a helmet on," Zeb explained.
"Did you have to slam me and Sabine so hard with our helmets?" Satele asked, groaning as she grabbed her chin.
"Yeah, that hurt so much," Sabine said, agreeing with her twin as she rubbed the back of her head.
"Hey, you wanted it to look good," Zeb reminded them.
"Where's the princess?" Kanan asked as he got up on his feet with Satele and Sabine doing the same.
"In the cockpit with Hera," Zeb answered.
"We've completed our search of the transports and found no contraband," the stormtrooper deck officer reported to Lyste as he approached him at the depot.
"Very good, Corporal," Lyste said before the stormtrooper walked away when his comlink on his hip went off and answered it as he grabbed it, "Yes?"
"Sir, my squad was ambushed by rebels," a stormtrooper officer said on the comlink, "They escaped with the fugitive Ryder Azadi."
"What?" Lyste said in disbelief.
"They also abducted a stormtrooper, two scout troopers and some princess ambassador," the stormtrooper officer added.
"She's under our protection," Lyste told him, "Deploy search patrols now!"
"I owe you my life. You have my gratitude," Ryder told Hera as they walked out of the cockpit with Leia following, while Chopper reattached the Phantom with the Ghost after its wings folded back up.
"It's the least we can do after leading the Empire right to you," Hera reassured him as the door to the cockpit closed behind them.
"I heard what happened," Zeb told Satele as he heard what happened to the Bridgers', "Sorry, Satele."
"I'm going to get out of this armor into my Mandalorian one," Sabine said as she walked towards the Phantom where her and Satele's armors were.
"Thanks, Zeb," Satele told the Lasat, "I guess I need some time."
With that said, Satele walked past Leia as she entered the Ghost's cockpit as Leia looked at the Mandalorian with confusion.
"Is she all right?" Leia asked Kanan as he approached her with his stormtrooper helmet under his arm.
"She's OK. She just lost some people close to her," Kanan answered, "It's a challenge being her age with so much responsibility."
"I know that feeling," Leia told him.
"Maybe she could use a friend," Kanan suggested, placing his hand on Leia's shoulder.
Inside the nose gun, below the cockpit, Satele was staring at the photo of herself at around 7 years old with Mira and Ephraim Bridger. She rubbed her arm across her eyes as she had tears falling from her eyes while Leia stood behind her.
"I know who you are," Leia told the Mandalorian as she approached her, "You're Satele Wren. I heard your transmission."
"Yeah? My family on Krownest in Mandalore space and the people who raised me on Lothal since I was five, Mira and Ephraim Bridger after my father gave me to them heard it too," Satele told her, "But Mira and Ephraim are gone now."
"I'm sorry," Leia told the Mandalorian.
"It's just there's so much against us," Satele told the Alderaanian princess, "Do you ever wonder…"
"If this fight is even worth it?" Leia finished for her, "Every day. But I'm still here."
"But you're a princess," Satele told her, "You don't have to risk your life doing this."
"I feel like because I can fight, I have to for those who cannot," Leia explained, "And I think you and your sister might be the same way."
"Let's figure out a way to get your ships," Satele said as she stood up from the nose gun's seat and switched off the holographic image of her younger self and the Bridgers' as she grabbed her scout trooper helmet before leaving the nose gun.
"We did a scan of the landing field we along with Satele were at and looking at the Imperial security I just don't see us living long enough to get near those ships," Sabine who had her Mandalorian armor back on said as she stared at a holographic image of the Hammerhead corvettes along with the two AT-ATs on the holotable as she, Kanan and Hera sat at the common room's couch, around the holotable while Zeb and Ryder stood nearby with Ryder crossing his arms as Satele and Leia entered the room with Satele having her scout trooper helmet under her arm.
"Two walkers are a big problem," Zeb added, agreeing with Sabine.
"Ugh, even if we reach the ships they're not going anywhere until we can disable those gravity locks," Kanan stated.
"Those defenses are formidable," Leia said as she approached the holotable, "Why? Because the Empire doesn't underestimate you. They know how good you are."
"We might be able to get one out, but we'll never get all three. It's impossible," Kanan said, causing them all but Ryder and Leia to look down, knowing that he was right.
"I know you need those ships, so don't tell me why we can't get them. Tell me how we will," Leia said, wanting to know how they'd get her Hammerhead corvettes.
"Well, Kanan and I still have our disguises while Sabine doesn't so me and Kanan can get onto the platform," Satele said as she approached the holotable, "But to get close to the ships, we'll need a distraction."
"I can handle that," Leia said, crossing her arms.
"The Ghost can act as air support," Hera added.
"And I can use detonators to blast off the gravity locks," Sabine suggested as she held one of her thermal detonators in her hand.
"Won't work," Ryder told her as he spoke up, "You can't forcibly remove the locks."
"You know this how?" Hera inquired.
"In prison I put those locks together so I know how to take 'em apart," Ryder explained as he approached them.
"Ryder Azadi, does that mean you're getting involved?" Kanan asked him.
"Just this once," Ryder answered, "It's clear I can't stay on Lothal, so I'll help you, if you get me outta here."
"Over there," the stormtrooper deck officer said, pointing in a direction with his fingers as he ran towards Lyste as the Phantom landed nearby as it's wings folded back up.
"This is the rebel ship we've been looking for," Lyste said as he approached the shuttle, "Set weapons for stun." With that said, both stormtroopers who were accompanying him aimed their E-11 blaster rifles and set them to stun as Kanan and Satele escorted Leia with their stormtrooper and scout trooper helmet over their heads.
"I think you'd be pleased to see me safe and sound, Lieutenant," Leia told Lyste as she placed her hands on her hips.
"Of course, Your Highness. Very pleased," Lyste said as he lowered the deck officer's E-11 blaster rifle, "Just, um, surprised."
As he said that, Ryder sneaked through the area from a distance with Chopper and Sabine, wearing her helmet.
"We need to cut open the access panel and bypass the primary power flux coupling," Ryder said as he, Sabine and Chopper approached an access panel for one of the gravity locks, "Hurry." Chopper grunted as Ryder said that as he plugged his scomp link into the access panel's astromech port.
"These brave troopers saved me from those rebels, unfortunately the other scout trooper gave her life for me," Leia told lyste, referring to Kanan and Satele and claimed that Sabine sacrificed herself as she walked past him and the stormtroopers, "They deserve medals."
"He did it! Sabine, you take this one," Ryder said as Chopper disabled the gravity lock's primary power flux coupling before pulling the lock backwards, "We'll move onto the next ship."
"I'll call in the air support," Sabine said as they let go of the gravity lock and touched her helmet's comlink as he went to the next gravity lock, while she ran into the Hammerhead corvette and immediately took her helmet off as she entered the ship and went into the ship's cockpit as she began to pilot the ship.
"As you can see, your ships are safe and sound right where you left them," Lyste told Leia while unbeknownst to him, one of the ships began to lift off of the ground after being freed from the gravity lock.
"If you're trying to impress me, Lieutenant, you're doing a miserable job of it," Leia informed him.
"What do you mean?" Lyste asked with confusion.
"You don't know?" She said, gesturing to the levitating Hammerhead corvette behind him.
"I didn't authorize this!" Lyste said as he turned around and saw the Hammerhead corvette lifting off from the ground, "Who's piloting that ship?"
Just then, the deck officer noticed Ryder and Chopper messing with the gravity lock of the second Hammerhead corvette, "Sir! Rebels!"
"Blast them!" Lyste ordered and with that said, the deck officer got on one of his knees as he began to open fire on Ryder and Chopper with his E-11 blaster rifle as the other stormtrooper fired his blaster, standing up, but the blaster bolts missed them.
Sabine looked down as she stood up and saw what was happening down below, looking through the Hammerhead corvette's window and pulled a lever down, causing one of the ship's laser cannons to move down and began firing at the stormtroopers and Lyste with it, while one of the AT-ATs began firing at the Hammerhead corvette, causing the Mandalorian to fall out of her seat as the Ghost flew in and fired two proton torpedoes at the AT-AT that was firing upon the Hammerhead corvette that Sabine was piloting and fired yet again, damaging the AT-AT, knocking it onto the ground.
Kanan suddenly knocked out one of the stormtroopers in front of him, Lyste saw this and immediately fired his blaster pistol at him, only for Kanan to turn around and knocked him out as well, while Satele ran towards the deck officer and kicked him in the chest, knocking him to the ground as she began to fight him in a Mandalorian combat stance that her and Sabine's mother taught them when they were younger back on Krownest before knocking him out.
"Sabine's away," Kanan told her as they saw the Hammerhead corvette that Sabine was piloting leaving the depot, "Let's get outta here."
"I'm not sure we're going anywhere," Satele said as she saw the AT-AT that fell to the ground standing back up. The Ghost immediately fired upon one of the AT-ATs as the ship flew past the walker towards the AT-AT that just stood back up as the other two AT-ATs fired upon the Ghost.
"Secure the third ship. I'll handle the walker," Kanan told Satele and Leia as the damaged AT-AT began walking towards them.
"Handle the Walker? How?" Leia asked with confusion as he began running towards the AT-AT.
"Just trust us. Go!" Satele said as Kanan ran towards the gravity lock where Ryder and Chopper were and Ryder pulled a blaster pistol out, thinking that he was a stormtrooper when he suddenly pulled out his lightsaber, causing Chopper to grunt excitedly as he saw this.
"Unlock that ship!" Kanan ordered as he ran past them, igniting his lightsaber.
"He's a Jedi!" Ryder realized as Kanan ran towards the AT-AT with his lightsaber ignited
"Look! What's that?" One of the AT-AT's pilots asked as he looked through the window of the cockpit's viewport.
"I don't think he's on our side," the other pilot said as Kanan jumped onto one of the walker's legs before using the Force to jumping higher and used his lightsaber to slice two of the AT-AT's legs, causing it to topple over and fall to the ground and after the AT-AT collapsed onto the ground, the other AT-AT began to fire upon him as he ran from the heavy laser cannon.
"Did you see that?" Leia asked Satele.
"Yeah, I did, Princess," Satele answered after she nodded with confirmation as she saw two stormtroopers aiming their E-11 blaster rifles at Ryder.
"Drop your weapons," one of the stormtroopers ordered Ryder when Satele extended both of her arms out as she used the Force to pull both blaster rifles from the stormtroopers and landed in her hands.
"Here you go, Princess," Satele said as she handed Leia one of the E-11 blaster rifles as Satele dropped the other blaster rifle and pulled out her scout trooper blaster pistol as they began to fire their blasters at the approaching stormtroopers with Satele knocking one of them to the ground, instantly, while it took a few times before Leia's blaster bolt hit the other one as they too fell to the ground.
"Thanks, Satele," Leia said as she thanked the Mandalorian.
"She's all yours, Kanan," Ryder told Kanan as he pulled the gravity lock backwards as Kanan approached him, taking his stormtrooper helmet off.
"Two down, one to go," Kanan said before entering the Hammerhead corvette as Ryder and Chopper went to the last and final gravity lock when suddenly an Imperial troop transport rolled through behind Leia and Satele.
"I'll handle this," Leia said as the Imperial troop transport stopped near her with a stormtrooper commander at the doorway in front of her, "Thank goodness you've arrived. The rebels are stealing my ships." As she said that, the stormtroopers exited the Imperial troop transport.
"AT-AT 36, you have new orders, shoot to kill. Repeat, shoot to kill," the stormtrooper commander as he activated his helmet's comlink as Lria crossed her arms as the AT-AT fired upon the Hammerhead corvette as it began to take off.
"No, you can't!" Leia protested.
"I'm sorry, Your Highness. We can't let your ships fall into rebel hands," the stormtrooper commander reasoned before activating his helmet's comlink, "Destroy that ship now!" With that said, the AT-AT began to fire upon the Hammerhead corvette before being fired upon by the Ghost flew past the AT-AT.
"Did I get it this time?" Zeb asked from the Ghost's nose gun.
"Finish up here. I have to help them," Ryder told Chopper as Zeb fired the Ghost's proton torpedoes at the AT-AT while Ryder ran into the third and final Hammerhead corvette and began to power up the ship as he sat in the pilot's seat, pulling up the lever, trying to pull the gravity lock off from the strain of weight as the ship began to lift upwards and soon the gravity lock deactivated as Chopper backed away, making a grunt sounding like the word 'uh-oh' as the gravity lock backed towards him.
The AT-AT continued to fire at the Ghost as the last Hammerhead corvette rushed past the stormtroopers stationed by Leia before rotating around with its thrusters aiming at the AT-AT.
"Uh-oh," one of the AT-AT pilots muttered as he realized what Ryder was about to do, when Ryder suddenly activated the Hammerhead corvette's thrusters, causing the AT-AT to fall onto the ground as Satele ran onto the ramp of the Hammerhead corvette that Ryder was piloting as Leia ran after her after it landed back on the ground.
"Time for me to go," Satele said when Leia began to pull on her wrist, "Wait. What are you doing?"
"Stop that rebel! She's stealing my transport!" Leia ordered, pretending not to be a rebel before turning to the Mandalorian, "Make it look good."
"Oh, we gotta make it look good," Satele said, realizing what Leia meant as she took her scout trooper's blaster pistol back out.
"You have my permission," Leia said, stepping away from her.
"See ya later, Princess," Satele told Leia before firing her scout trooper's blaster pistol at her, immediately stunning the Alderaanian princess.
Lyste reimagined consciousness as this happened, "The princess!" He yelled as he ran over to Leia, having watched the mandalorian stun Leia and ran over to her with the stormtroopers regaining consciousness as well while Chopper flew into the Phantom's astromech socket as it lifted off with its wings unfolding as Lyste reached Leia.
"My ships. You lost my ships," Leia said as Lyste helped her up.
"I'm afraid so," Lyste said, confirming what she just said.
"You should be afraid! Just wait until I tell the Senate that the Imperial presence on Lothal is helpless against the rebels," she said, blackmailing him.
"No, no, no. That won't be necessary. I assure you, Alderaan will be fully compensated for your lost ships," Lyste pleaded.
"Fine," she relented, "Oh, and I'll need your shuttle so I can return home."
"My shuttle. Right," Lyste said before he realized that his shuttle was missing, "Uh, where is it?"
"Lieutenant, did you lose your ship, too?" Leia asked him in disbelief.
"I'll summon you another right away," Lyste said before walking away.
"So, Governor, we need to find a safe place for you," Hera told Ryder as he walked with Satele, who was now out of her scout trooper armor in favor of her Mandalorian armor with her helmet under her arm as they entered the common room as Hera sat next to Sabine and Kanan, who was also free from his stormtrooper armor as well after the Ghost docked with Sato's corvette as they regrouped with Phoenix Squadron's rebel fleet alongside the Hammerhead corvettes they stole.
"I already know where I'm going, back home," Ryder told her, telling them that he's going to rejoin the Rebellion back on Lothal.
"I knew you'd come around," Kanan told Ryder.
"I couldn't see it before but going to prison with the Bridgers' started something. That something has grown bigger than I ever imagined," Ryder explained before turning to Satele, "I owe it to them and I owe it to you despite not being their biological child to see it through to the end."
"Welcome back to the fight, Governor," Satele told him as everyone stood up around him.
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