Imperial Ace/Pages 4-8

Ace rushed into the hanger in his clone pilot armor, even though he wasn't a clone. He ran to his V-19, designated Ace 1. Ace got to command his own squadron, Ace Squadron. There were ten elite pilots in the squad, including himself. The Venator-class Star Destroyer, Star of the Senate, and a few others orbited the snow planet Mygeeto. The Battle of Coruscant was over a few days ago and now, Ace took part of Project Hammertong, a secret project that took place on Mygeeto. Palpatine wanted to make a battle station, and power crystals had to be gathered from the surface of Mygeeto. The ten fighters exited the hanger bay.


 * "Squad check in." said Ace.


 * "Ace 2 standing by."


 * "Ace 3, standing by."


 * "Ace 4, standing by."


 * "Ace, um. . . 5. Yeah, 5. Ace 5 standing by."


 * "Ace 6 standing by"


 * "Ace 7, being bored."


 * "Ace 8, standing by."


 * "Ace 9 standing by."


 * "Ace 10, finally, standing by."

The ten fighters got into attack formation and, with several squads of ARC-230 starfighters, attacked a trio of Banking Clan frigates. Vulture droids headed at them and the squads split up.


 * "Wolfpack, go for the left cruiser. Squad Seven, go for the right one with Hunter Killer Squadron. We will take the middle one. And Squad Six, distract the vultures." ordered Ace 1.


 * "Copy that." echoed all of the pilots.

All of the different squadrons split up and headed towards their targets. Ace Squadron attacked the middle frigate, and got past the trubolasers on the surface of the ship. Then, they swooped down into the reactor shaft. Six vulture droids followed. Ace 1 suddenly heard a blasting sound.


 * "I can't shake 'em!' yelled Ace 7.

Ace 1 saw a V-19 blow up in front of him. Suddenly, several Jedi starfighters appeared out of entrance of the reactor shaft and took out the droid fighters. The reactor appeared in front of them. Every starfighter fired at it and it blew.


 * "Turn around!" yelled Ace 1.

All of the fighters were heading up the reactor shaft. A vulture droid crashed into Ace 2. The Jedi starfighters were leading, and one of them got destroyed by a turbolaser emplacement. Then, the Ace Squadrons' pilot's comlinks came on.


 * "Execute Order 66." boomed a low voice.


 * "It will be down." replied Ace 1, trying to remember the definition of one out of 105 orders they were supposed memorize. Suddenly, the five Jedi ships were blasted in front of him. Then he remembered.