The comm splutters again and the imperial commander answer strict:"Nal Hutta is Hutt space and considered as criminal. Stop your vessels or you will be fired upon!"
Azz makes a quick decision and opened the intercomm: "Kid we'll make the retreat. the cargo is too valuable to be taken into imperial hands. Has you ever been on open combat?"
"No sir! Only simulations with Y-wings and X-wings, I was training for being a Rebel pi.."
"Hush, don't say that over a radiolink, especially when imperials are in the vicinity. Okay, here's what we're gonna do. These fighters are interceptors a little better control that standard Tie's and we got shields and hyperdrive. We'll fight us out of the asteroidbelt and make a quick jump away from here with the cargo freighter. The cargo frieghter got two heavy turbolasers, and strong shields, but it won't last long against nible small fighters. Got it?"
"Aye sir." the rookie replied
"Calling Avian HQ, this is Hawk Leader, we're under attack by imperials. Multiple Stardestoryers, one on interceptcourse. Atleast 12 Ties incomming with additional 12 Tie-I's. Requesting immidate assistance. Over." Azz said over the emergensy linkup.
"This i..Av... Co..rol. We are getting a bad sig.... What is....r position? The comm spluttered.
Azz screamed into the comm hoping the would get the message :"We are in Hoth asteroidbelt. Repeating. Hoth asteroidbelt. Under attack by one squadron TIE's and one squardron Interceptors. Need immediate assistance over."
"Ro..r that Hawk Le..... We'r....spating four Z-9.....nd two interceptors. Your position was Hoth As..roid...lt? Comfirm."
"Comfirmed. Hoth Asteriod Belt." Azz repeated
"The group has been dispated and is due ETA 2 minutes. Nearby Space patrol you know." The HQ officer said with a little joking voice.
Azz wondered what a space patrol did so close to Hoth, but suddenly a green bolt stroke by his cockpitview and them moment after he was hit by another bolt.
"Sir! are you okay?" The rookie shouted through the comm.
"Yeah. You are know designated Hawk two. You just make sure you don't get killed"
Azz increased his speed to the red lines and made a sharp bank to the point were the bolt had come from. He saw a Tie fighter unlike the others he knew of. The fighter had only one solar panel and two cockpitmodules. The unknow tie fired upon the freighter with the caracharistic sound of a turbo laser! Azz got a lock on it and fired with his blasters and made a hit. The fighter spun out and died dead in space.
The freighter tractored the dead Tie in to the emergensy Hangar bay, and Azz recived a text message that said it would be useful to excamine the new fighter.
Azz nodded and fought on, when he suddenly saw his partner being shot at close range of a TIE/ln. Azz tried to get a lock on the fighter but he shot upon another TIE. Hawk two's shield buckeled and he got black soringmarks on his fighter, when suddenly a Z-95 came in and shot the TIE.
"Good to see you cmdr. You need a little help?" the pilot said over the comm. "Glad to see you too. Get this fighter off me and indentify yourself.
"Two get that fighter!" Azz heard and the Tie blew up.
"Name's Capt Talon and I am happy to assist you."
"Thanks Talon. could you take care of the fighters while I escort my wingman to the emergency hangarbay?"
"Sure"
Azz flew close to His wingman to see if the fighter wasn't too badly damaged
"Hawk Two, are you okay?"
First there was silence, but the rookie managed to answer:"Yeah...yeah I'm fine. I just went into somesort of shock."
"Well don't worry. You'll get into the Hangarbay and well send you home to the medics."
Outside the newly arrived group of fighters had taken the Ties by surprise and most of them was down. The freighter still moved to the asteroidbeltborder and was soon ready to jump to lightspeed. The two Hawk pilots speeded to the freighter and the damaged fighter landed in the hangarbay.
"Okay pilots! Let's go home" Azz said on the open alliedchannel
"The target is Geonosis, then Tatooine. Then we split and you fresh guys go home with Hawk Two, make sure he gets to the outpost there. I'll go to Nal Hutta with the cargo. But I need a pilot to assist me. You never know when you're in Hutt space." Azz said.
"I'll go with you." Talon said with a voice that had a trace of excitement
"Okay. Here we go!"
The fighters turned and the shot away into the safety of the hyperspace.
_________________ 1st Feb 2008 Madson wrote: Woo hoo! another laptopper like me! Wow that sounded wierd just now...
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