General Catlula walked down the halls of her base toward Moff Howgre's office. She had recently ordered her troops onto the many transports in the hangar and wanted to tell her supervisor that her army was ready for the battle. As the rutian twi'lek took each step, she worried about how the Moff would react to her change in outfit. Memories of General Wencor flooded her mind with fear that Howgre could become like him. She felt self-conscious as her breasts had more room to breathe and worried that their more pronounced nature would cultivate lust.
Catlula reached her supervisor's office after a few minutes of walking, knocking on the door.
The Imperial Moff responded to the knocking by saying, "Come in."
Catlula nodded and opened the door, stepping into the room.
Howgre looked up from his paperwork at the twi'lek and noticed something different with her appearance. Catlula's breasts jutted out of her uniform more and were more pronounced. The change surprised the Imperial moff, but he did not want to comment on it, feeling like it was not appropriate or professional.
Catlula noticed the man's slight reaction to the change but was relieved he did not directly react. The twi'lek saw harassment as the norm, so the absence of it felt calming.
The twi'lek general said, "My troops are ready to go to Airrat. We can go after I change into my armor."
Howgre replied, still attracted to the young woman, "OK, I'll meet you at the officer transport."
Catlula nodded and said, "Good, I'll see you there."
The twi'lek walked out of her supervisor's office toward her room. She thought about Howgre's obvious attraction to her and how he did not act on it.
Catlula thought, "Have I finally become powerful enough for harassment? I never thought people would respect me enough to leave me alone. Hopefully, people's treatment of me will continue to get better."
The twi'lek entered her room and locked the door behind her. She walked up to her closet and unbuckled her belt. Then, she unzipped her uniform and took it off, hanging it in her closet. Underneath, the girl wore her strapless metal bra and panties.
Catlula grabbed her armor from her closet. Then, she dressed in it, keeping her lekku close to her back to cover the appendages with the plating. The black armor covered her body, providing safety for the upcoming battle. She grabbed her helmet and put it on over her head, covering all the skin on her body.
The girl looked in the mirror and saw a strong and distinguished soldier where she stood, smiling as she looked at herself. She grabbed her jetpack and put it on her back. Then, the twi'lek grabbed her blaster rifle and left her room.
As Catlula walked down the hall, her metal boots "clanked" against the floor with every step. She retained an upright posture as she moved to appear professional. The girl held her rifle diagonally across her body in a rested position. Her helmet obscured her face, giving her an emotionless appearance.
When the Imperial general reached the base's hangar, she saw her transport shuttle and walked toward it with an even cadence. Once she reached the shuttle, she opened the ramp door and entered the ship.
Catlula walked into the vessel and saw her supervisor, Moff Howgre, sitting in the transport waiting for her. The man wore his standard professional uniform and sat in a straight posture. The twi'lek girl sat across from her senior commander while looking at him.
The Imperial Moff looked into the eyeglass of her helmet and commented, "You look unrecognizable in that armor."
Catlula replied, "I wouldn't want to leave any part of my body uncovered. The rebels would probably love to take me out."
Moff Howgre nodded and continued, "You look very intimidating in that armor. I am sure that when the rebels see you, they will regret turning against the Empire."
The twi'lek invisibly smiled behind her helmet and replied, "My tactics will confirm their fears."
Moff Howgre smiled and said, "I'm sure they will."
The Imperial Shuttle launched from the base hangar into the air. After a few minutes, it reached Moff Howgre's star destroyer orbiting the planet. The transport landed in the capital ship's hangar with a thud.
The two Imperials noticed that they reached their destination and stood from their seats.
Then, Howgre opened the ramp door, and the high-ranking officers exited the vessel.
Catlula and Howgre stepped onto the metal floor of the destroyer and saw their many transport shuttles, filled with stormtroopers, land. The twi'lek smiled behind her helmet as she looked at her large army, feeling confident that today's battle would end in victory.
The twi'lek followed her supervisor up to the bridge, her boots making a clanking noise every time she stepped. When they reached the command area, the high-ranking officers stood in the middle of the room. Catlula looked around at the many officers working on their computers, looking at threats and overseeing the target's landscape.
After waiting, the star destroyer launched out of Nanth'ri's atmosphere and entered deep space. Then, the capital ship entered hyperspace and reached the Airrat system, entering the main planet's atmosphere. Catlula looked at the orange desert planet through the window in the bridge, determined to destroy the rebel base.
Moff Howgre turned to the twi'lek and said, "You can go down to the hangar now. Good luck, general."
Catlula nodded and replied as she left, "Thank you, sir."
The armored twi'lek walked toward the hangar at a brisk pace, excited to fight in the battle. Catlula arrived at the hangar and saw her troops loading up their ships.
The Imperial General approached the officer transport, opened the ship's ramp door, and entered the shuttle. She sat in one of the seats and waited for her troops to enter the transports. Catlula watched as the other officers entered the ship.
Once everyone arrived in the transport, the vessel launched out of the star destroyer's hangar toward Airrat.
After the shuttle landed on the planet's surface, the ramp door opened, and the officers left the transport. Catlula stepped onto the orange, rocky surface of Airrat and observed her troop and walker transports land on the planet. The Imperials landed a mile from the rebel base to stay out of range of the turrets.
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Zaihar and Ninti lay on the floor of the Enigma's storage room. The lethan twi'lek was topless as she lay next to the smuggler. Zaihar had his hand on one of the girl's exposed breasts, and she did not react.
Ninti turned her head toward the man and asked, "What caused you to hate the Empire?"
Zaihar looked back at the twi'lek and said, "Well, those Imps decided to get involved in my business. It is hard to smuggle with the Empire breathing down my neck. What made you hate the Empire, Ninti?"
Ninti smiled and answered, "I hated the Empire's oppression of its people and wanted to stand up to it. Besides, I didn't leave much behind."
Zaihar moved his hand off the girl's breast and put it around her shoulder, saying, "You and me both."
Suddenly, the two rebels heard a knock on the door and Alegor's voice, warning, "The Empire is here!"
The twi'lek and smuggler look at each other with a panicked expression. Ninti grabbed her cloth bra as Zaihar quickly left the room. Then, the girl followed him once she was sufficiently covered.
Ninti grabbed her sniper rifle and followed the other rebels out of the ship. There, she saw Imperial shuttles flying through the sky.
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After the Imperial walkers mobilized, Catlula ordered her troops to march toward the base. The walkers led the stormtroopers to the base, and once they reached the turrets' range, they shot at the artillery and destroyed them. Then, they broke down a section of the wall. The twi'lek general smiled as the weapons exploded and ordered her troops to charge toward the hole in the wall. Then, Catlula launched her jet pack to lead her troops from the sky.
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Many of the rebels in the hangar left their ships with their weapons and shot at the incoming troops. The crew of the Enigma joined the other rebels to fight the Empire. Alegor and Savaana stood side-by-side, holding their ground with their stolen blasters. Ninti found cover behind the Enigma and sniped the invading forces. Zaihar stood by the ship and used his blaster pistol to defend the ship.
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Catlula shot two rebel guards as she landed in front of the base headquarters.
She ordered her troops to, "Rush this building and retrieve their leader."
The soldiers nodded at her command and flooded into the rebel headquarters.
After enough stormtroopers entered the building to take it out, Catlula diverted the rest of her troops to attack the massive landing pad.
The rebels saw a wave of stormtroopers running at them and their ships. Alegor and Savaana realized the situation was lost and shot at the Imperial troops as they retreated to their ship.
Zaihar opened the ship's ramp door and waved for the couple, yelling, "Come in!"
Savanna and Alegor dodged blaster fire as Ninti provided them cover by shooting the Imperials firing at them.
Suddenly, the lethan twi'lek saw an armored Imperial wearing black armor with a jet pack land next to another ship with fleeing rebels, throwing grenades into it. The girl gasped as she heard the crew scream in agony as the ship exploded, and the rebels met their end. The sight left the twi'lek trembling as she watched her crewmates outrun stormtroopers to enter the ship.
Zaihar entered the ship, and Ninti shook her head, putting her emotions on hold to rush onto the ship. Alegor and Savaana ran onto the ship's ramp door with a stormtrooper on their tail.
The soldier followed the rebels onto their ship as the door closed, and the armored man shoved Savaana against the ship's wall, thinking he won.
Ninti observed the Imperial shove the girl against a wall, held her blaster rifle up, and shot the stormtrooper in the head. The Imperial soldier lifelessly fell to the floor with a thud.
Alegor ran over the dead stormtrooper toward his cockpit and quickly operated the ship.
Then, he launched the ship off the Airrat's surface as Imperials fired on it. Savaana shook off her shock at the man pushing her and ran to the cockpit, sitting in the co-pilot seat.
As the Enigma flew through the atmosphere, Moff Howgre saw it from his capital ship and ordered three tie fighters to chase the ship. Alegor watched the tie fighters depart the star destroyer and quickly sped his vessell up in response.
The captain of the rebel ship weaved through the Imperial fleet to evade the pursuing tie fighters. Once they were clear of Airrat's orbit, the Enigma entered hyperspace and escaped the Empire.
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Catlula watched as her troops destroyed rebel ship after rebel ship in the hangar. She used her blaster to fire at the pathetic rebels trying to escape. The twi'lek was determined to fight until every rebel had died.
Eventually, burning piles of rubble and dead bodies covered the landing pad. The twi'lek smiled at the destruction, knowing that she won the battle.
Catlula ordered her troops to return to their landing ground and walked by base headquarters. She saw that her stormtroopers had captured the rebel leader, Dovbray, and reveled in his defeat. The man stood with his arms tied behind his back with two stormtroopers holding him. The rebel stared forward with a stoic demeanor, unwilling to show emotion.
The Twi'lek general walked up to the man and took off her helmet. Then she removed her Lekku from the pocket at the back of her armor. The sight of the blue-skinned Twi'lek surprised Dovbray, but he didn't show any expression.
Catlula looked at her headgear and said, "It can get warm under that helmet."
The rebel fired back with hatred and resentment, "I hope you suffocate under it."
Catlula glared at the man and responded, "I bet you would rebel scum."
Dovbray shouted back, "You can't call us scum when your army is no better than a gang of thugs. Your Empire is a parasite to this galaxy."
The Twi'lek was annoyed by the man's comment, so she shook her head and ordered her stormtroopers, "Take him to the prisoner's shuttle for interrogation."
The stormtroopers carried Dovbray away as the rebel retained his stoic expression.
Catlula followed her troops toward their landing area, and as the twi'lek walked, she contacted Moff Howgre on her communication device, saying, "The battle is over."