The 71st/Chapter Three

(WIP) The 71st

Chapter Three

The Imperial Star Destroyer Sentinel continued to near the Death Star. Then, it stopped. Scout Trooper TK-117 could feel it as the ship jolted slightly. He and the rest of his team, the 71st Mobile Reconnaissance Unit, were standing in the Destroyer's main hangar, about to board a shuttle, which was one of two meant to escort their recently-captured GR-75 transport to the battle station. The team boarded the shuttle, the doors closing. An Imperial team was on the GR-75, searching it and commandeering it as well. The shuttle took off, and so did the other two ships. 117, sitting in the shuttle's passenger bay, looked over at his friend, TB-497. "So," he began, "Death Star, huh? Big leagues." Before 497 could say anything, KE-111 interjected, "Please, don't listen to the rookie, 497. This guy doesn't know anything about the Death Star. It's nothing more than some big sphere that some scientist who had way too much time on his hands designed." 117 was starting to not like 111. Well, of course on his 1st day in the unit, (25 days ago) he'd been introduced to everyone, and he even remembered 497 saying,

''That's KE-111. Real airheaded. Don't listen to anything he says. ''

That's when the shuttle began nearing the Death Star. He could overhear the two pilots in the cockpit. "Death Star, this is Lambda-class shuttle TS-5516. Permission to dock in Hangar Bay 326?" A muffled voice came over the ship's computer. "Access codes granted. Hangar Bay 326 shields lowering..."

Then, the ship entered the Death Star, along with its two counterparts.