Warning: The following contains spoilers for the season 3 finale of Star Wars Rebels. Those that have not watched the episode yet, watch it and then read it. You have been warned.

5381. To all shipgirls that were in Thrawn's fleet at the Battle of Atollon, no, the girls of Phoenix squadron are not going to your base to get revenge.
5381a. Interdictor Constrictor(made up the name since Rebels doesn't name Imperial ships), Phoenix Home isn't going to crash into you again. You can stop hiding behind Chimera now.

Vandenburg Air Force Base

Chimera woke up to the sight of the Sun rising over the Rocky Mountains. Vandenburg might not exactly be ideal for housing the spaceshipgirl fleet until their orbital base was finished, but she had to admit, the view was beautiful. She was about to get up when she felt a hand grab her. "Aah!"

"What? No! Phoenix Squadron's come back for revenge!" she heard a familiar voice wail. Chimera looked back on her cot, and sure enough, Constrictor was there, doing her level best to hide under the covers.

"Constrictor, why are you in my bed?" asked Chimera irritably.

"Sabre and Resolution said that Phoenix Squadron just got summoned."

"Yes. Still not sure how that explains anything."

"Well, they said any of the girls that were at Atollon should be on the lookout in case the Rebels decide to get revenge."

"So you're hiding in my bed so.."

"There isn't a single ship in the Rebel Fleet that can get past you. Not even that crazy carrier." Constrictor said, paling.

"New Republic, not Rebel, Constrictor."

"Same thing, they're still scary."

"Constrictor, you trust me, right?"

"Of course, you're the fleet flagship."

'Then trust me when I say that no New Republic ships are out to get revenge on you, okay?"

Constrictor nodded, though Chimera could tell she was still unsure.

Later...

"You know, just when I think everyone's put the war behind them, some new summon shows up and we go back to "Down with the Empire" and 'Rebel Scum." No offense." added Chimera hastily.

"None taken Chimera. I feel the same." said Liberty.

"Got any idea how we can get these ones to let go?"

"Actually, I might. You and Admonitor are taking those Atollon ships out for maneuvers, right?"

"Yes, to P3T-1354, why?"

"Well, Profundity is taking Phoenix Squadron out for training tomorrow too."

"Oh, this should be good."

The next day...

"Um, Chimera, Admonitor? Why haven't we started the training yet?" asked Sabre.

"Because we're waiting for the others to get here." said Chimera.

"What others?"

"You'll see. they're almost here."

As soon as Chimera finished talking, Sabre saw two capital ships, Mon Calamari by the look of them, emerge from hyperspace with about a dozen or so smaller ships in tow. Ships that looked very familiar. Sabre gaped in horror as she recognized the markings of Phoenix Squadron. The Rebel ships seemed to recognize her and the others at the same time, and all at once the two fleets had shields raised and weapons armed. Aside from the four instructors, of course.

"Sabre, Resolution, Celeste, Rampage, stand down! That's an order!" barked Chimera.

"Phoenix Squadron, same goes for all of you." said Profundity.

"But.." the two fleets remarked.

"But nothing." said Admoniter. "Regardless of who was on what side during the war, we're allies now."

"And if any of you disagree, Alliance or Imperial, we'll Executer's commander deal with you." said Liberty in a menacing voice.

Seeing that all the rookies were now suitably terrified, Chimera spoke. "Alright, let's proceed with the training."

Later...

"This is going a lot slower than I thought it would." grumbled Admoniter.

"Patience, young Padawan." remarked Chimera dryly.

Admoniter, Liberty, and Profundity gave her an odd look. "What?"

"It is so weird hearing those words come out of your mouth." said Liberty.

"Hey! It fit the moment."

Before any of them could speak, their communication channels were filled with the sound of alarms.

"What the.." Sabre trailed off as she saw the looks of surprise on their trainer's faces turn to horror.

"Beacon 47 just went to emergency." said Liberty.

"Looks to be about six, seven ships." added Admoniter.

Just as soon as it started, the transmission stopped abruptly.

"What was that?" asked Ghost.

"One of our perimeter beacons just got destroyed." said Profundity.

With Abyssal stealth systems as effective in space as they were on Earth, a line of beacons had been deployed along the outskirts of friendly space to act as an advanced tripwire. Whenever it detected a ship leaving FTL without broadcasting IFF, it sent one challenge, and unless the ship had the correct response, it promptly screamed its head off to anything that could hear it.

"Looks like a fast battleship with a pair battlecruisers, with a minimal destroyer screen." said Admoniter. "Daedalus reports she's responding."

"But she's the only patrol ship in this sector aside from us. D's good, but she's not that good." said Chimera. "Admoniter, Liberty, Profundity, with me. Celeste?"

"Yes?"

"You're in command till we get back."

"That goes for all of you." Liberty added before they jumped, to the consternation of Phoenix Squadron.

When the four of them got there, Daedalus was already in the thick of it, laying into a destroyer with her plasma beams while her F-302's harassed one of the battlecruisers. "It's about time! I thought for a moment I'd have to do all the work myself."

"Better late than never, or so I've heard." remarked Liberty.

TIEs, X-wings, A-wings, and Y-wings join the 302's on their attack runs, while one of the battlecruisers began faltering under the combined fire from all five Kanmusu.

"This shouldn't be too long." said Daedalus.

"Don't jinx it." said Profundity.

Just then, the battleship, the undamaged battlecruiser and the remaining destroyer jumped to FTL.

"Their going for P3T-1354!" yelled Admoniter.

"Daedalus, Profundity, you two are the fastest. Get to the system and cut them off."

"Already there."

"Roger."

Chimera watched as the two went to hyperspace, and were immediately dragged back to normal space. "They got an interdictor here somewhere!" yelled Daedalus.

"Liberty, send your bombers to look for it. Me and Admoniter will handle the Abyssals."

"Got it."

Meanwhile...

"So we got three hostiles coming to us?" asked Celeste.

"Yes, and until we find that interdictor, we can't get to you."

"We'll be ready Chimera." said Celeste as she cut the transmission. She looked onto the ships around her. "Okay, you all heard Chimera. Sabre, Resolution, Rampage, defensive formation theta. Phoenix Squadron, position yourselves between us for anti-fighter support. Phoenix Home, go to the rear line with our interdictors and stay there. Any questions?" There were none. "Good, let's get to it."

The Abyssals jumped out of FTL into a firestorm. The battleship found itself under fire from not only the star destroyers, but from the Nebulon-Bs as well. Any fighters launched by the battlecruiser were hacked out of the sky by the flak batteries of the corvettes, while the a-wings, Y-wings and TIES had almost free reign on the battlecruiser, which quickly succumbed to its wounds. When the battleship tried to retreat, Constrictor's gravity wells entrapped it, and when the Abyssal destroyer and surviving fighters tried a last ditch strike to knock her out, Phoenix Home's fighters tore them apart. Its escape blocked, the battleship lasted only a few more minutes before its reactor went critical and it exploded, scattering debris in all directions.

By the time Chimera and her group returned, the wreckage had cooled, and to their surprise, instead of exchanging nervous glances at each other, the rookies were actually celebrating their trial by fire together.

"Although this isn't exactly what I had in mind, at least they put the war behind them." said Liberty.

"And they got more experience here than they would ever get in a training exercise." added Admoniter.

"I think it's safe to say we don't have to worry about these girls anymore." endedChimera