Revisiting Endor Episode 3

Yet another exciting Episode of the Revisiting Endor series. See what happens to imperials Shawn Craw, Dereck, Chanler, Katrina, Stanley, and Lieutenant Welter in the turning point of the largest war the galaxy has seen in over a thousand years.

Shawn's Perspective: Things are Only Getting Worse
I immediately heard from command that we lost contact with the AT-AT that was recently dispatched. Various task forces went dark throughout the planet. A few teams and small outposts managed to successfully hold off rebel and Ewok positions. So far, there we no attacks on the largest two imperial facilities in the area. Those places were Research Station 9 and the landing platform/AT-AT drop off point that I was at. Things immediately started getting worse when rebel strike teams joined the fight, hostiles were then able to start attacking more fortified positions.

We all knew that it was only a matter of time before they started heading for our position. On the bright side, we heard that some imperial stragglers were linking up with facilities to stand a better chance in the ensuing battles. While our forces were defending our location, we noticed three stormtroopers heading our way. Their armor was dirty and we could tell they saw some real action. Todd: "Are you guys alright?" Stormtrooper: "Much of our team was wiped out. We don't know what happened to about half of them."

We suddenly saw the Death Star explode. All of the stormtroopers around me looked up in terror and frustration. For ten seconds, everyone was silent. Imperial command: "The Death Star has been destroyed! Prepare for evacuation!" Stanley: "Oh, oh no! No no no! I can't do this." Stanley falls to the floor and weeps. Jared suddenly grabs Stanley and pulls him up: "Come on man. Get a grip! I won't tell you again!" Stanley: "The whole reason why we were here is gone!" Jared: "Nonsense! We still have families and men that need to make it back home! We still have rebels that need to be taught a lesson. Our mission isn't done yet, the first thing we need to do is hold this position while allies evacuate."

We suddenly got a message from Captain Lane, who was in command of the facility. Captain Lane: "Stormtroopers on the surface, defend our platform. We will wait for landing shuttles to pick up stormtroopers and evacuate them. All forces assigned to guard duty need to keep a watchful eye for approaching rebels. We will start by evacuating the stormtroopers that are fleeing to our facility from where the battle has already taken place, then we will evacuate technicians and officers like me." The only other officers in the facility were Lieutenant Banks and Lieutenant Green.

There was also two custodians that maintained the facility. This procedure that Lane mentioned were standard evacuation procedures. This was being done throughout Endor. Jared: "You heard the message troopers. You three should go up that elevator into the facility. We noticed another three stormtroopers and one stormtrooper captain with a white pauldron flee into the facility. Two more stormtroopers eventually showed up.

The facility originally had six tie fighters on it, but three ties were dispatched into the skies. The other three were held on standby in case our team needed to use them at the last minute. About 13 minutes later, one shuttle came and landed on the platform. Each shuttle can hold up to 20 passengers; eleven stragglers, the two custodians, Captain Lane and Lieutenant Banks, and five of the eight stormtroopers assigned to defend the upper platform were taken.

That left three stormtroopers to defend the upper platform with Lieutenant Green. Green ordered one of the three stormtroopers on the second level of the platform to join him. That means, that we still had 27 people and were ideally waiting for two more shuttles to come. While we were waiting, there were about five stormtroopers defending each flank of the platform. Five on the North, South, East, and West positions. We were on the West position.

One of the stormtroopers on the North position got shot in the head by a blaster bolt. About eight rebel commandos opened fire about 30 meters away from them in the nearby woods. There was an open field between those woods and our positions, but we all had supply crates that we could use as cover around us. Another eight rebel soldiers opened fire on the East flank. Six rebels attacked the Southern flank and seven rebels approached our flank. All of these rebels attacked from the woods and were about 30 meters away from us.

Todd noticed one of the rebels before their team was ready to open fire. He blasted the rebel commando as he was looking for decent cover. Our whole team began to open fire. Jared: "Let em have it!" Jared headshot one of the rebels and I blasted another one. Lieutenant Green ordered one of the stormtroopers on the top level of the platform to offer covering fire to each flank from the platform while he stood in the middle of the platform. The two stormtroopers in the second level walk way turned out to be in a tough position where they could be flanked by either side.

One of the stormtroopers was blasted by a rebel from the northern flank. The other stormtrooper decided to just stay behind cover since rebels had him locked down. He then moved up to the top of the platform with Lieutenant Green. Stanley shoots down another rebel and we only have three rebels left to worry about. Two of the rebels are shot down on the Southern flank, but so are three of the stormtroopers. Soon there are just two stormtroopers holding off against four rebels.

Stanley: "I'm going to help out our troopers on the Southern flank! Wish me luck." Todd: "Go show those rebels whose boss." Shawn: "Godspeed. It was a pleasure, hope to see you when we get out of this hell hole." Stanley: "If I don't make it out of here, let my family know that I fought valiantly and didn't get killed by those Ewoks. Not knocking the guys who did, but still." Jared: "This battle is not over yet and it's a bit soon to make declarations. Give em Hell, Stan."

Stanley moves to the Southern flank and dives behind cover narrowly avoiding a couple blaster shots from rebels. A stormtrooper looks at Stanlery and says: "Glad to see you join the fight." One of the stormtroopers immediately blasts one of the rebels. Stormtrooper: "That should even the odds a bit!"