Misfortune I: Soldier of the Empire

Somewhere on Kashyyyk, 2 BBY
The several days after his arrival on Kashyyyk have been. . . eventful, to say the least. Sergeant Finn Sulvara of the Imperial Stormtrooper Corps was a hardened EVO trooper, yet here he was, under command of some sadistic Imperial Army captain who spent his days hunting Wookiees for fun. And for their pelts. He had come to dislike his superior, though luckily, Captain Ozzik Sturn had not asked him or anyone else to help him hunt Wookiees. Though Sulvara was a supporter of the Emperor's New Order, he did not like the anti-alien part, necessarily. There were some species that, at least in Sulvara's opinion, needed to be exterminated, such as Geonosians. But he respected the Wookiees.

Nonetheless, his loyalty was to the Empire first. Over the past several days after his arrival, Sulvara helped bring down Wookiee uprisings across Kashyyyk. Apparently, the Emperor wanted full control of the planet, for whatever reasons. Possibly had something to do with the large skyhook that Captain Sturn was overseeing the building of, but the sergeant believed that he was just constructing it as an extension of his ego. Either way, it was his job to protect it. I must admit, this is not what I imagined when I enlisted, the EVO trooper thought, But hell, someone had to do it, I guess.

Sulvara struggled through the brush of one of Kashyyyk's large forests. Him and several other troopers were on their way back to the garrison base after eliminating a cell of rebellious Wookiee warriors. They challenged the Empire, and paid the price, he thought. Navigating through these obstacles was annoying by itself, but his bulky armor did not help at all. ''Ironic. I thought the whole point of "environmental" troopers was to excel in this kind of terrain,'' Sulvara thought. As they neared the base, the brush began clearing up, but that didn't change his urge to kill the guys at the Imperial Department of Military Engineering who made the suit.

As the contingent approached the blast doors leading into the base, they passed several Imperial Navy commandos. Still don't understand why they're down here if they're part of the Navy, he thought. One of them spoke up.

"So how are the Wookiees?" asked one of the commandos.

"Dead." Sulvara replied.

The commando turned away, and Sulvara continued into the base. He could see a Lambda-class shuttle on the landing pad, and several explosive barrels set up around the perimeter. There were some commandos walking around the "base", though mainly it was just an open field surrounded by some walls with a landing pad and a small bunker on the sides. Of course, Ozzik Sturn was in a private command center. Half of it was probably just his personal quarters, while the other half was for storing his other personal items. It sounded much nicer than this outpost.

As Sulvara and the troopers sat down near the landing pad, a commando sergeant came up to them. "Captain Sturn wants a report via holo projector, in the bunker," he said.

Sulvara sighed and got up, beginning to head over there. He could hear muffled laughter in the back. It was probably Blitz. He was an incinerator trooper, which were clones bred with an urge to burn and destroy things. Apparently, they also had urges to piss off their superiors. But Lord Vader liked them, so Blitz got away with his annoying actions. Sulvara already disliked them for their personality, and that made them worse. The EVO trooper approached and entered the small bunker. Inside was a small room, with doors leading to a computer room and an armory. He entered the computer room, and neared the projector.

As he began to turn it on, Sulvara heard an explosion coming from outside, as well as screaming. What the hell are they doing now? Sulvara thought. Or is it more Wookiees? He ran to the exit with several other soldiers, and saw something he had never before seen. A figure with what appeared to be dual lightsabers was massacring the others! He immediately prepared his weapon, and charged into the field. The sergeant got some satisfaction from seeing the assassin beheading Blitz, but nonetheless prepared to fire.

The attacker sent some nearby commandos back in a force push. Sulvara shot one out of the way with his weapon, then began firing at the Force user. He was jumping around, evading the fire and killing some nearby jumptroopers. By the time some of his shots hit the assassin, almost everyone was dead. Sulvara kept firing, unleashing a wave of fire at the Force user. He blocked it easily with his lightsaber, though, and approached him. Acting quickly, the EVO trooper threw a thermal detonator at the attacker. The explosion sent them both back, and Sulvara got a glimpse of the assassin forced to the ground before getting knocked out by the impact.

Galen Marek stood up with some groans. The trooper was smart, using a grenade at close range. Looked like he broke some ribs. Marek glanced at the trooper, lying nearby. He almost killed me, Marek thought, and paid with his life. The Sith apprentice got up, and ran to the blast doors on the opposite side of the base. He had to reach Captain Sturn, kill him, and destroy his skyhook.

"We need a medic! Got a live one!"

Sulvara was awoken by the metallic shout of someone through a helmet. He awoke to the sight of a jumptrooper and a medic standing over him. The sergeant tried to get up, but couldn't. The explosion rendered him too weak.

"Don't worry, a dropship is on it's way," the medic said.

Sulvara noticed the darkened sky, with the normal loom of the skyhook gone. Then he remembered what happened. ''Did he. . . ?''