[Aboard the Happy Jack...]
"5th Interceptors, you are clear to launch for your patrol.", the Captain said as the simulation began. The X-Wings were going to launch from the hangar. Weston looked as the X-Wings launched. He watched them exit the hangar one by one. He then activated his repulsorlifts and began his departure. As he cleared the Happy Jack he activated the Comm system. "Blues 2, 3, 9, you are wing one, start your patrol. Dracon you're the lead." ordered Weston. "Aye aye sir." replied Dracon. Weston watched them form into the 3 ship formation with Dracon in the lead, Wedge off to his left slightly behind, and Joda to Dracon's right.
"Zoz, Rogue, you are wing two. Rogue you're lead." Weston ordered again. He watched them set up side by side. "Saberwolf, you're my wingman." They X-Wings were to patrol for trouble.
After several minutes Weston's R2 unit shrieked. "What is it Lance?" Weston looked at his radar. Two Correllian corvettes, Stinger 1 and Stinger 2 had exited hyperspace and were followed by the Frigate Black Star. The corvettes launched a complement of 4 TIE-Fighters each. The 8 blips on the radar converged on wings 2 and 3. "S-Foils in attack position." Weston said. He flipped the switch that opened his strike foils from cruise mode. He linked his lasers to two shots at a time. The TIEs closed in on the X-Wings with great speed. They were doing a head to head, which was always fatal for the TIEs. As Weston waited for his TIEs to get in range he heard his R2 report that Rogue and Zoz had taken out the fighters attacking them. "Blue 12 to 13, 4 TIEs down." Rogue reported. "Good Job Rogue." congratulated Weston. Weston then turned his gaze back to targeting computer. The TIEs were in firing range. Weston saw his cross hairs turn green and started to fire. Weston watched as his TIE exploded along with one of Saberwolf's. Weston continued to fire and took out the second TIE. Saberwolf did the same.
"Wing 1, take out those corvettes, wings 2 and 3 set up for an attack run on that frigate." Weston ordered. Weston saw Rogue and Zoz set up for their run. He switched to proton torpedoes and waited for a solid lock. When the targeting system went red he fired off his 6 torpedoes. He saw as Rogue, Zoz, and Saberwolf did the same. The torpedoes hit near the engines and the bridge. Weston saw as debris flew away from the frigate. "Blue 2 to 13, one corvette is down and the other is running." Dracon announced. Weston looked as 2 blips on his radar disappeared. "Good work Blues. Wing one fire any remaining torpedoes at that frigate." he ordered.
Weston saw as the frigate launched a squadron TIE-Bombers. "Blues intercept those bombers before they can launch on the Happy Jack." Weston brought his fighter around and started to come at the bombers. He saw as 6 of them broke off and started towards him. He flew towards them and when they were in range started to fire. Weston heard his R2 screech. "What Lance?" questioned Weston. The TIEs started firing and Weston's X-Wing didn't fire. "What the...." Weston's shields started taking a beating from their laser fire. He broke off his fighter. Weston looked at his shields. They were down to 5%. "What went wrong" Weston wondered. He looked at his weapons console. He forgot to switch to lasers. "Way to go idiot." he said to himself. He heard his R2 remark about it. "Shut up Lance." He brought his fighter around. He set up for a run on one of the bombers. He switched back to lasers and began to fire on it. It exploded and he flew threw the debris. "Frigate is destroyed.", he heard Wedge report. Weston headed towards a couple of fighters that were on Zoz's tail. "I can't shake them." Zoz said. "Hang on Zoz." Weston began pummeling the rear most bomber and saw it release a huge explosion. "Strange, why would it explode that much." he wondered. The other Blues managed to take out 5 other bombers. The bomber on Zoz's tail fired continuously. "Sir, my shields just went out." Zoz reported. Weston tried to get a lock on the bomber when he saw it launch a concussion missile into Zoz's X-Wing at point blank range. He saw as Zoz's X-Wing exploded and the bomber collided with it and exploded. "Blue 11 is down." he reported. There were 4 bombers left. Weston picked the closest one and saw it turn to fire at him. He brought the nose of his fighter to aim at it and started blasting at it. His laser severed the cockpit from the missile launcher. He watched as the missile launcher flew towards him. "Oh shi.." Weston said.
Saberwolf pulled up after taking out another bomber when he heard over the come his wingman begin to swear and then silence. His droid reported that Weston's fighter collided with a bomber and exploded. "Crud." he remarked. He watched as Dracon and Joda took out the last two fighters and the rest of the Blues headed back into the hangar. He saw the screen turn black. Weston saw his screen turn off and then rise. He looked at his CO who was looking at him. He heard Groznik snickering. "Ha Ha sir." he remarked. Weston stepped out of his cockpit and took his seat for their debriefing. A few minutes later the rest of the 5th Interceptors exited their cockpits and took their seats. Groz was joined by Wetherman and they began their debriefing.
Afterwards Weston headed towards the bar. He went up to the bar and looked at the bartender. "Hey Dargon. Can I get a correlian whiskey?" asked Weston. "Sure thing captain." answered the bartender. Weston sat patiently and waited for the drink. When the bartender put it down in front of him Weston drank it down in one gulp and asked for another. He gulped that one down too. He got up and tossed a few credits on the bar. "Thanks Dargon." He turned and walked out.
Weston walked back to his quarters and entered. He saw his R2 unit recharging. "Hey Lance." he said. He picked up a box of personal items and opened it. Inside he looked at the Jedi relic his parents gave him, a lightsaber with a purple blade, and a sniper rifle left over from his secondary training in the Imperial academy. He attached the saber to his belt on the opposite side of his blaster pistol and shouldered the rifle. He walked to the on ship shooting range to practice a bit. After an hour of shooting a target Weston headed back. He walked past the hangar and walked in. He entered it. It was surprisingly cold. He walked towards his X-Wing. As he was walking he took notice of a man near his X-Wing working on it. "Hey! My ship doesn't need maintenance." Weston yelled. The man took off running. Weston walked up to his ship and placed his rifle down on a box. He looked at what the guy was doing. He took notice of the power supply to the lasers was being fiddled with. Then the lights went off. "Hey, what the...." Weston muttered. He turned to pick up his rifle so he could you the inferred scope to see who was in the hangar with him, but it wasn't there. "Uh oh." Weston remarked. He heard a light clank behind him and turned reached for his blaster at the same time as the butt of his rifle smacked him in the forehead. Everything went black.
What seemed like hours later Weston regained consciousness. "You okay Cap'n?" Weston opened his eyes to see a mechanic standing over him with a medkit. Weston felt like his head was just rammed with an A-Wing going at full speed. "Uhh...... Where is he?" he asked. "Where's who?" replied the mechanic. Then all of a sudden alarms started blaring. "Attention all crew, this is the captain. Imperial warships have just exited hyperspace. Blue squadron, prepare to launch." Weston jumped to his feet and climbed the ladder to his X-Wing. He grabbed his helmet and jammed it on his head, forgetting about the pain in his head. He started his repulsorlifts and exited the hangar. When he exited the hangar he immediately picked up 2 craft. "Corvettes? Is that all their using?" he remarked. He locked his S- foils into attack position and began head towards them. The rest of the Blue arrived seconds later. He formed up with his wingmen and started his attack. The corvettes launched their fighters. They came at the Blues. The Blues fired and eliminated 4 of the 8 fighters launched. One peeled off and Weston flew after it. He got a target lock on it and fired. His laser hit but the TIE didn't explode. "What the hell?" he mentioned. He heard a complaint from Wedge. "My lasers aren't doing anything." Weston watched as a fighter behind Wedge fired a couple times and took out his shields and caused damage. "My shields are down. They won't recharge." Weston heard Groz ordered him to get out of the fight. A TIE-fighter snuck up on and fired at Weston. A laser hit and Weston saw his shields give out. "Oh man, 13 to 1, my shields and lasers are out too." "1 to 3, get out of here." the comm translated. Weston headed for the hangar.
Several minutes later, after running a check on his weapons, Weston discovered his shields and lasers had been tampered with. "So, that's what that guy was doing." he said. He opened his cockpit and looked out. "The same thing happen to you sir?" Wedge said. All of a sudden a blaster bolt shot out and hit Wedge's leg. "Wedge!" Weston yelled. Another blaster bolt came out as Weston drew his blaster and hit his X-Wing. Weston fell back and hit the hangar floor hard. He felt the breath fly out of him. His blaster flew away from him. He was unarmed. He saw the man take aim at Wedge again, this time to kill. Weston grabbed his lightsaber and ignited it. He threw it at the guy and it just missed, but it gave Weston time to grab Wedge and get them to cover. Weston ducked as several more bolts flew by his head. He looked for a weapon. There, his rifle from the night before was lying were the man dropped it. Weston reached for it and picked it up. "Wedge, use your blaster and fire several shots off at him. I'll try and get a shot off." he ordered. "Aye sir." he replied. Wedge unholstered his blaster got to one knee and fired several time at the man. Weston took this diversion and took aim. He snapped off a shot that hit the man right between the eyes. "Nice shot sir." Wedge exclaimed.
The next day, after Wedge got out of the bacta tank, the two pilots were to debriefed by Intel. "Hey Wedge, you owe me a drink." Weston smirked. The Intel officer stood. "Captain Weston, Flight Officer Wedge, we have uncovered that the man you killed in the hangar was a Imperial spy. He was trying to disable the starfighters weapons and shields. Captain, you discovered this and that's why he knocked you out in the hangar. Thanks to you, he didn't finish the other fighters. We have repaired your craft. We believe that the corvettes were only going to take out the fighters. We'd like to thank you for you help. Dismissed." he said. Weston and Wedge stood and saluted. They both turned. "Well, I'm up for that drink, how bought you?" Weston asked. "I could sure use one." Wedge said. "Good, your buying."