Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds/Chapter 1: Piracy

BOOM! A loud boom echoed through the ship as the grenade exploded near John. He got up from cover and blasted a nearby Trandoshan pirate. John was an Imperial Special Forces Corporal, and was fresh out of the Carida Imperial Military Academy, the same academy that his father graduated from. John ran down a small hallway near the bottom of the cruiser, which was filled with dead bodies of pirates and Imperials, but mostly pirates, as blaster fire and explosions echoed through the corridors. Captian Kleef's pirate gang raided transports and freighters that travelled along the Hydian Way, and destroyed several Imperial Armada patrol fighters.

John entered a larger corridor that led to the bridge, suddenly, three pirates came out blasting from one of the corridor's side rooms. John took cover and returned fire, killing the three rookie pirates and another pirate that was caught in the crossfire who ran out from one of the side rooms. Suddenly, the Imperial SpecForces Commander's voice echoed on John's head com.


 * "We have taken the bridge. Move in towards the engine room, most of them are making a last stand there, but there may be a few stragglers." he said.

He turned away from the direction of the bridge and headed back towards the engine room, on the opposite side of the ship. He then joined a group of SpecForces stormtroopers to get to the engine room. They ran passed the escape pod hallway which was guarded by several other soldiers. They ran into a couple stragglers, who they easily finished off. John and the other SpecForces operatives then reached the engine room, and blasted a group of pirates. They made their way in, where only five pirates remained alive. The rest of the Imperials finished them off, and then they followed the Imperial Commander back to the docking bay where their ships were docked. The Commander sent a message to the rest of the troops who weren't with them.


 * "All units, get to the docking bay. Are job here is done." he said.

The troops got into the small Imperial transport ship and detached from the docking tube after the last of the Imperials got back into the ships. As they flew away, a nearby Venator  opened fire and destroyed the sail barge. That ended the pirate skirmishes. The ship jumped into hyperspace back to Coruscant.

After reaching Coruscant, they landed at the Imperial Special Forces Headquarters. John and the troops headed down to the barracks to get some rest. Little did they know that it was the last long sleep they would get for the next couple of months.