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*Your entry has earned 16 XP + 3 bonus for a total of 19 XP (S:5, T:6, A:5) The Wind Riders Chapter 1 Bombardment *Location* - - - Randon Sector We, the Wind Riders, a feared pirate collective, were speeding through the emptiness of the galaxy in out CT-8700 transport ship. I, Ernok Tauf, sat at the cockpit, steering the giant and letting it drift through the blackness. Then the ship lost all propulsion and slowed drastically with an uneven jutter. "Karabast!" AG-77, crimson sharpshooter droid and fellow brother of the Wind Riders, exclaimed from the passenger seat. Unusual conking sounds followed. I glanced at the gauge. Out of fuel? Kyter suddenly bounded into the cockpit room. "Dang ferrik what did you two do?" "We are out of fuel, but I do not know why--" Kyter cut me off. "We just refuelled at Aetwelt the other day." Angrilly, he mumbled something unintelligible to himself. "Try to jumpstart the engine." I ducked under the dashboard and tinkered around with a flashlight until I uncovered two dusty wires. After connecting them, a hoarse and obnoxious coughing and sputtering followed. Smoke suddenly began to blast out of the vent from head-level. I unconnected the wires, and the smoke slowly disappeared. However, the annoying conkconkconkconkconkconkconk splutsplut chhhhhhhhhhhhh sounds pursued. After tampering with some more electric under the dashboard and managed to get the bloody engine fans to shut up. "The noise is gone, but we are still out of fuel. Without fuel, we are stranded here." "Should I send out a distress signal, Captain Kyter?" AG-77 put in. The klatoonian frowned and broke into a hardened laugh. "We ain't gonna send out a distress signal. Us Wind Riders rely on no soul to help us." AG-77 did not bother to comment. "We have the smaller ship in the Cargo Bay. We are very close to Randon, which means Imperials. Gather some pirate brothers, we will find an outpost on the planet and steal some fuel to get us to our next destination." After doing what Captain had commanded, we boarded the transport shuttle that we had stolen a whiles ago from a small village on an unnamed planet near Mimban. We shut off all power so no Imperials would detect us. Like a bolt, we speedily descended towards the sandstone-covered planet of Randon. In the distance, we saw an Imperial outpost on a hill. That would be our target. We traversed through the arid terrain for what felt like an eternity. Soon we came to location of the outpost. A rocky trail wounded upwards towards the base, having many signs of being recently in use. After sheltering in a small cavern and Captain Kyter making a plan, we climbed the trail towards the top. We took the Imperials by surprise. In an all-out assault, we rushed into the cargo area of the outpost, blasting every stormtrooper and Imperial we saw. Screams of pirates echoed through the air behind the repetitive sound of gunshots. Our distraction was working. While we fought, several other pirate brethren managed to stole the fuel cargo. It was a special type - Corellian hyperfuel. Only a tad bit amount could last for days. Suddenly, a fearsome figure in black started down the staircase with a glowing crimson blade. A Sith Lord. ....... Thanks for reading the first chapter of The Wind Riders, I hope to release the next few soon. Thank you in advance if you comment on this post. TGBTG SevenSevenSeven