Situation:
On board the ISD Nimitz....
64th hour away from Frigate El Pollo Diablo: Systems showing 35%
hull structure, no shields, no hyperdrive...
ISD Nimitz Command Operations Center:
LtJ Stele is still on watch on the bridge of the Imperial Stardestroyer, somewhat more then three times larger than the one on old Pollo....: "Damn I got nearly lost when I tried to find the coffeemaker... I will be glad when this is all..."
Imperial Officer: "Sir!"
Stele: "Yes,..... <damn what was the name of that one? There are more officers on this ship then smugglers in Mos Eisley> "......ehm...officer!"
Imperial Officer: "We've got a large ship on the sensors! First scans confirm it is a Rebel Mon Calamari Cruiser, Sir!"
Stele: "There they are!"
Imperial Officer: "With all do respect, Sir! I want to point out that I was warning you 50 hours ago to send so much status reports of our desolate situation via hypercom! The Rebels surely have noticed one of the messages... *some sweatpearls on forehead* Systems say they are much slower repairing than usual...*beginning to sweat all over* This Cruiser is really a threat now, Sir! *nearly collapsing* Especially just with the Frigate Hrugenir on stand-by! *falling to bottom and beginning to jerk all over* We all will die!!!!"
Stele to another officer doing whatever Imperial officers on a ISD have to do: "Officer! Contact the medical unit, they shall clear that here from the bridge...And inform CMa Nr50 and Ltn Shadow Warrior immediately!"
Another Imperial Officer: "Yes, sir!"
Stele: <Wonder where the both have been...Of course they must be working hard!... I can remember that Ltn Shadow Warrior said something about reports that he missed in October, and a new secret weapon like Nr50 said.. missile December or something like that...
Shadow Warrior appears: "Stele? What's up?"
Stele: <He really looks tired, like he has been physically working, SL work must be really hard> "Sir! We have a contact! Probably the Calamari Cruiser WhiteStar with the famous Green Squadron on board, just as reconnisence reports said so"
Shadow Warrior: *evil grin* "Perfect!"
Nr50 appearing, obviously knowing already what's been happening.
Stele: <I hate it when he looks like he's knowing allready what's been happening, and he allways looks so...>
Nr50: "I know already what's happening. The WhiteStar has arrived... So they fell for our little trick!"
Shadow Warrior: "Yes, Sir! Like I told you... this Rebel scum is much too fond of their Intelligence Dept, they can't tell fake messages..."
Nr50: "Yes the messages were fake,*evil grin*, <
Stele: Hmmm... wonder if I should start to grin evil, too?> we faked the status of the ISD after the battle with the Frigate...Good work Shadow Warrior and Stele!"
Shadow Warrior and Stele while at the time were trying to grin evil what looks very stupid when talking: "Yes, thank you, Sir!
Stele: "The normal crew didn't notice this as well, Sir!
Nr50 seats down on his command chair in middle of the giant bridge....what really looks impressive... Nr50 you really made it!"
Nr50: "Okay...To all Crew: BATTLE STATIONS! Contact the Eagle Squadron's Frigate Hrugenir! Shadow Warrior get this ship back to normal status... Stele what Flight is out there at the moment?"
Stele: "Flight Group1 with LtJ Piett in command and his pilots Mavaric, EvilDewd, Desmoquattro, Falcon0 and CountZero, Sir!"
Nr50: "Good old Piett... Hmmm time to look if his new pilots Desmoquatro, Falcon0 and CountZero can take some real combat! Send them out with coordinates of those Y-wings they have surely already sent... And get LtJ nunoteixeira and his boys out there! What were there names?"
Stele: "Ariso, Kurtje, CreamCheez, Chris007 and Chamot, Sir!"
Nr50: <Things have changed so much....> "Okay get Flight Group 2 out there to get the X-wings! Go for it Nunot...show me that old X-wing killer game!"
Shadow Warrior: "Systems are back on-line showing normal status! Hull structure: 100 % , Shields are up, time to pulverize that Cruiser, Sir!"
Nr50: "Good, I think I have some time to think about that absolute bomb, Miss December. Shadow Warrior, you have the bridge... Stele, you'll be supervising the Flight Groups when Eagle Squadron arrives.....Stele? Stele! STELE!!! What's up, goddamit?"
Stele: *looking the whole time totally stupid at the space where the Cruiser is nearing* "Hmm? Sir! Yes, Sir! I had just.. a weird feeling..."
Nr50: "Take one, no two aspirins, or an alkaseltzer...I'm off..."
Space between the ISD Nimitz and the
Calamari Cruiser WhiteStar.Tie Fighters approaching in
perfect Imperial formation at two FGs of X-wings and Y-wings.....
Piett: "Okay, boys...time for our little show we were working the last week on: Formation 1-6-4 on first Y-wing, I'll go left, Falcon0 stay at EvilDewds back.Desmequattro and CountZero get to Mavaric to get those two Y-wings that are totally plainless flying around... Damn! the training of these Rebel scumbags is really bad..."
Nunoteixeira: "Okay! boys.. we make following plan: get down at these X-wing idiots and shoot everything that moves! We trained that all the time remember? Ok, Here we go... Ayyyyaaayyyyyy...."
Piett: "Okay, perfect boys, now the 2-4-7, followed by an Admiral-Husten-turn, Mavaric good work... watch your formation CountZero!"
Nunoteixeira:
Ratatatatatatatatatataatat Piuuuhh Booom,
"Hehehe. Good work, pilots... Absolute Destruction! wait,
Ariso, I'll get you outta that... ZING ZING... *begins to sing
not beautiful but loud old songs* ayayay una noche
d'amor..."
Piett: "Well done... We'll get these bombs they shot off with that old... *hears Nunoteixeira singing on comlink* hmmm....Ah goddammit , let's have a little bit fun here: Formation open! Get what you can get! Make yourself a good time with the last 2 Y-wings, try a good explosion, I'll get these stupid slow bombs..."
Nunoteixeira: "Hmmm la isla bonitaaa hmmm..." ZING ZING.. Boooom
Falcon0: "I've got new contacts on my scanner!"
Piett: "Okay, thanks, Now I see them too... Attention all pilots: A-wings! Now we get some rumbling here..."
ISD Nimitz Command Ops:
Shadow Warrior: "There is the Frigate Hrugenir! Just in time to help finish up those poor A-wings and pulverize the Cruiser--she's down to 30% shields! Stele, give Ltn The Jester the situation report... Stele!"
Stele: "Sir! Request permission to board the Calamari Cruiser when their shields are down, Sir!"
Shadow Warrior: ??????? "Hehe, that was a good one...hehe, I nearly fell on you...."
Stele: "I'm serious, Sir!"
Shadow Warrior: "Okay, you want to board a Cruiser we are bombarding at the moment.. why not? Have fun, don't be away too long, write me a postcard....Stele! Hello! I'll have to take you away that pipe I found when designing your new office!"
Stele:
"Sir! I... I feel... It's my brother Kyle Stele he's on
board the cruiser...."
Shadow Warrior: "You have a brother at the TRA? I didn't even know that you had a brother.."
Stele: "Normally I don't call him brother anymore,.... he's over there I feel ... I feel...
Nr50 appearing at the scene, knowing already what's happening: "....An urge to vomit? That allways happens to me when I see some old relatives I don't like..."
Stele: ".....no, it's..... he's in one of the AWings... request permission to board a craft, Sir!"
Shadow Warrior: "YOU want to fly? You haven't flown since you are on my bridge.... and you know that you always got these problems to connect to the systems!"
Stele: "I have to..."
Nr50: "Okay, take one of the T/A's, I want a good show out there with that A-wing..."
Stele: "Thank you, Sir!"
Space...the final frontier, these are the voyages of the...errr sorry In space: (during the following sound examples some explosions and laser fire, you know all things what you normally shouldn't hear in vacuum space)
Nunoteixeira: "Badaddadammdammbaddaadammbadadammmdishbadadadmmmaddmmbadammdish badammdishdishbadamm" (George Bizet: Carmen Suite Nr1 Les toreadors)
Piett: "Da damm da da da da da damm da da da daaaa damm da da da da damm dadada" (Wagner: Ride of the Valkyries)
Mavaric: "Countryy roads taaakke meee home, countryyy roooooaaaads, da dam to the place I beeeeelooong, countryy.."
All other pilots: "Shut up, Mavaric!"
Stele approaching with his T/A jingling back and forth...
Piett: "What the...?? This pilot is either drunk or totally idiot in flying..."
Stele: "I heard that, my at-the-moment-flight-leader!"
Piett: "OOOppss.. Damn, all those *makes crackling sounds* interferences on comlink *crackle, crackle* one can hear things that no one has said..."
Stele:
"Help me I need backing up! I need just one A-wing for me
alone! The one with registration ABC0815/4711!!!"
Piett: "These things have registrations?"
Stele: "Of course they have!
Nunoteixeira: *yells* "Stop singing in my comlink immediately!! Sorry, but I am somewhat nervous at the moment!"
Piett: "Ah.. I see the registration...I never came across that signal, because all that could have registrations is pulverized when I am this near, I think..Okay, Sir! I'll get you to make that tete-a-tete with your special friend... something personal?"
Stele: "Yes, ... I think so... ISD Nimitz give me a secure comlink to that enemy ship ABC0815/4711"
Imperial Officer: "Comlink established.......wait.....wait.....pilot is answering..."
Kyle Stele: "You all will die you , you, you... oppressors!"
Stele: "So it is real, what my mother told me....you are my brother!"
Kyle Stele: "Brother? I don't have a brother!" *very calm* "Yes you have....feel your innermost feelings!!!! You can feel it! I know you can!"
Kyle Stele: *crying* "NOOOhooooOOOOO!!!!"
Stele: *Still the cool part* "You CAN feel it, right... You knew it the whole time and now it's reality!"
Kyle Stele: *sniff* "Nooooohhooo"
Stele: *Enjoying his role* "Come to me! Join the Emperor! Together we can rule the galaxy.....<Why did I say that? damn storybook! I wanted to say something personal, some nice words to my brother, la isla bonita, something very touching, la isla hmmmhmm, that was the reason to get a secure channel.. no one shall know about my feelings..., la isla bonita,, dadada> Goddammit stop singing, Nuno!!!!!----Moment----??????- He? ISD Nimitz? I asked for a secure channel didn't I? Why is one of my pilots in it?"
ISD Nimitz(not the ship by itself of course, but one of the communication officers on it, but it's much less to type: ISD Nimitz than typing Communication officer on board the ISD Nimitz, so that was the reason I chose to write ISD Nimitz, you know, I don't like to type too much... it's very enerving): "Sorry Sir! I'll give you a new channel.... wait"
----CONNECTED----
----- SECURE CHANNEL ------ NO SNEAKING ALLOWED!!! ---- REALLY IT'S VERY PRIVATE IN HERE SO GO AWAY!!! -----
Later, on board the ISD Nimtz................................
Nr50 shaking hands personally to all Eagle and Phoenix pilots..
Nr50: "Thank you all! Great mission! We totally destroyed that Cruiser and thereby most of defense of Bordali Station. Most of the TRA scum that escaped we have names, but that doesn't matter.. I am sure we'll encounter them again.. and if we could have beaten them once, we'll do next time, too...Dismissed.Off to the cantina we go...It's a very nice one here, you will see
Shadow Warrior whispering to Stele: "Why didn't you destroy the AWing? His Shields were down at the end.. you had to do just one more hit and....boom"
Stele: "Sir! I am very sorry bout that. I made a mistake, I didn't reconfigure energy to lasers, so I had no laser power anymore, I haven't flown for too long it seems..."
Shadow Warrior: "Okay, no problem! *loud* Good work on the Stardestroyer, all! But I am looking forward to see again my old office!!.. let's drink one, Stele... Stele looks out of window at space <One time....there will be the time...>
The End
Author: LtJ Stele
Artist: SP Kurtje
Editor: FO Mavaric
Pictures: FO Mavaric, SP Kurtje & LtJ Nunoteixeira
The Author and Editor have done their best to ensure the accuracy and currency of all information in the Phoenix Squad Story. All information is current to 21/11/98 and we can accept no responsibility for any loss or inconvenience sustained by any reader as a result of its information or advice.