"Negative, Cairn, I’d rather wait till we got a lot closer"; the captain stares out the view port, wondering how his friend was doing there. Circapous was not a very large base, but then again every rebel counted in this war. He had been in the rebel alliance for a year now, and it hadn’t gotten any easier to fight the empire. He had been doing these cargo runs for a couple months now, and so, he was used to the area. This time, he would be delivering two new pilots to Green squadron. He also had a whole restocking of supplies ready for the base.

In the mid-section of the ship, the two replacement pilots sit and wait to arrive, looking forward to flying, "Jarin, what do you think our commander is like", Tam Cloudshifter says, looking out the window at the beautiful star patterns.

"I don’t know, hopefully, he isn’t too hard on his crew. After being on Bakura though, I don’t know what could be worse."

"Yeah. So what did they assign you? I got a Y-wing, but I’d rather have an X-wing. Just the way they streak across the sky makes me want to go to The Show"

Meanwhile, in the cockpit, "Captain, I’m getting something on sensors moving this way fast", Han Corrin says looking down at the sensor screen.

"Switch to forward search sensors, let’s get a better look at this thing", he says while leaning over Han’s shoulder to look at the sensor screen. A light flashed up onto the screen showing the ships class.

"Blast! Blast! Blast!" Han says as he sees the image come up.

Captain Serian fingers for the com. He hears the faint click as the switch flips, then states over the intercom, "We have an Imperial Guardian-Light cruiser with two TIE Fighters heading for intercept, prepare for boarding. It’s probably just making a customs run, but we have some illegal supplies on board."

Jarin and Tam both look at each other excitedly; this sounds like their first fire fight is about to begin. "You ready!" They both say in unison as they prepare their blaster pistols for the almost evident firefight.

"This is Imperial customs cruiser Harato, you are commanded to power down shields, weapons, and engines; prepare to receive an imperial investigations party." The com crackles on the transport. Captain Serrian looks up at his crewmembers. Guardians weren’t large, but they had what it took to take out Serian’s little freighter. It had about twice as much power as an X-wing with less maneuverability.

"Well, prepare for a battle, they will be trying to search the ship." He runs down the corridor and sees Jarin and Tam already braced behind some barrels by the entrance from the airlock. He thought, would these two survive their first fights, or die like most new recruits do. He stands back, and prepares his heavy blaster pistol for the imperial scum. A few seconds later, the modest, ancient freighter lurches as the cruiser docks with the side hatch. Smoke begins to pour out of the corners of the hatch. Then, imperial storm troopers open the door and step out into the ship. Jarin and Tam both froze, they had never fought storm troopers. What would they do now? Before they have any more time to compile their thoughts, a shot fires past their heads. It was the captain, he had drawn his blaster and begun the fight. One of the three storm troopers drop to the ground, and before the others can react, Jarin and Tam both shot simultaneously. Only one trooper drops but neither knew which got the kill. The third trooper attempts to duck for cover, but there is none near him. Another bolt came from over their heads. The captain killed two of the three and then took a couple more shots inside. More screams are heard. "That takes care of that. They were planning on scanning the ship thoroughly." He points to the airlock and Jarin and Tam both see a large box with handles. It is a portable sensor package.

"You both get to the turret guns. I'm heading up front to the bridge; you two are responsible for taking out those fighters," the captain says.

"Let's go Jarin! I have an urge to blow up some TIEs," the two of them head down the corridor. They enter the rear turret area. Both of them look at each other and smile, for they see there are two Laser cannons and in good working condition. They power up the system, and look around to see one of the TIE fighters go zipping bye the starboard side of the ship. They power up the guns and prepared for the inevitable fight. "Here they come." Tam quickly shift over and shoot the cannons at the fighter. The red beams lance out into space. After a few beams pass by the fighter the next wave nails the fighter, tearing off it's solar panel. The final fighter met the same fate as the first, and the transport began to rumble and shake. "What's going on up there?"

"We are breaking off of the Guardian cruiser. You guys get up here."

As soon as they arrive on the bridge, alarms go off. "What's the alarm for?"

"Blast! Not again! We can't make the planet, sir, we gotta get out of here. Forget about the base! Look over by the moon their," Han Corrin says. Everyone looks in the direction he points. Rounding the corner of the nearby moon was the shadowy hulk of an imperial star destroyer. TIE fighters begin to launch and head in their direction.

"That's it! We are hitting the Big L, get us out of here Cairn." He looks in Cairn direction and he nods. Captain Serian pulls back the hyperdrive levers and suddenly the stars outside turn into star lines. For now, they were safe.