The Siege of Sk'Rit

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This is an short story I wrote 2 years ago about what happened after Return of the Jedi. (the name Del is not meant to be Del Meeko; also it's unfinished

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The siege of Sk’Rit

“Suit up, men!” shouted Sergeant Sev, making TK-476, better known as Del, jump before running to the ready room. “What’s going on?” Del asked his bunkmate TK-795, called Ringer by his friends. “Your guess is as good as mine,” he said back, “let’s get to briefing and find out.” “Our scans show this planet is rich in beskar, which is instrumental to our success” Sev explained. “However, there is sentient life living on top of the beskar. We’ll need to remove them, forcibly if necessary.” As the shuttle descended to the planet, Del quietly scratched his TK number next to the other ones left behind by other bored stormtroopers. After planetfall, Del and Ringer accompanied the delegate and translator droid to the largest camp, which was thought to be the capital of sorts. Suddenly Ringer went down with a gurgling scream. A second later a loud bang sounded. Del threw the delegate down. “Stay down!” Crawling over to Ringer, Del commed the Revenge. “This is TK-476 requesting immediate assistance, man down, repeat man down!” When he got into view of Ringer he could see blood coming out a hole in his neck. His chest was not moving. Is this really worth it? Did Ringer need to die? “TK-476, we are sending reinforcements.” “Yessir!” Del responded, creeping his way back to the delegate. “Sir, what’s your name?” Del asked. “Jared Gosk.” the man replied, looking worried. “Are they coming for us?” “Who?” “The Empire! Who else?” “Yes, sir. They’re sending reinforcements.” Del looked at his Heads Up Display, seeing that the shuttles were still a ways off. “Delegate Gosk, where’s your droid?” he asked. “I don’t know, but I saw it going over there,” Gosk replied, gesturing toward a rock formation behind them. “Hurry, I’ll cover you!” Del fired off a couple quick shots, then followed Gosk. Waiting behind the rock was Gosk and the droid. “We should stay here until the reinforcements get here,” Del told him. Back on the Revenge, Del sat in his barrack, staring at Ringer's empty bunk. They are going to pay for this. He thought, resolving to do whatever necessary to kill the Sa’Kaal. He already had a new bunkmate, named Gly, but he was in the gym. Hearing Sargent Sev tramping through the halls, Del asked him, “When are we going to be deployed, sir?” Sev answered grimly, “Tomorrow morning, then we’ll crush this insignificant rebellion” “Very good, sir! I’m looking forward to it!” Del said, feeling excited. He’d be able to avenge Ringer at last. ___ When the invasion force landed, it included 10 ATATs, 15 ATSTs, and almost 5,000 stormtroopers. This scum doesn’t stand a chance, Del determined, watching an ATAT march toward the camps. But this might be a bit much. Walking up to the general, he questioned “is this really necessary, sir? It was only one man.” “Actually it was a battalion,” he responded, appearing offended. “Are you questioning the admiral's decision?” “No sir, of course not sir!” “Good, we can’t afford to lose any more trained soldiers.” Del rejoined his squad, almost jumping out of his armor in anticipation. Then suddenly there’s a commotion ahead. In his helmet comlink, Del can hear shouting. “Where are they?” “It came out of nowhere!” “Medic!” Then finally “I see them!” Del yelled, “Where?” “Forward and to the left, about 5 klicks out. They’re using slugthrowers!” “Copy, I see them bringing guns to bear.” One of the ATATs swings its head around and fires two shots from its heavy blaster cannon. Fire erupts at the end of the trail. “Target eliminated.” the gunner reported. When they finally were in sight of the camps they could see all the soldiers running to get into position. Then there was a low roaring of engines and the front ranks were raked by two atmospheric jets. “We need to get some TIEs down here!” Del shouted. “We can take care of them.” the ATAT commander insisted, at the same time having his gunners fire at the fighters, shooting one of them down. When they got within range of the camps, Del pushed his way to the front, wanting to avenge his lost friend. They reached the village and Del leaped on the first Skaal he saw…