(don't worry Falath is around)

Leia stood over screens watching the battle. "Give the evacuation code," she said to the system operator. "Have litenauts check for the proper gear before launching." As the ships prepared to launch, the code came for one prepared. "Launch now!" Leia shouted as the Imperial fighters seemed distracted.

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--skipping to when we've set up the base on Hoth--

Reia sat in her chamber, dark as it was, holding something in her hand. Her chin was in her hand, and she sat alone on a chair by her desk, lights dim. Images swam before her eyes...ever since that day, they had been stirred up like bees when someone threw a rock at a hornet's nest. She jumped when someone knocked on the door.

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(Hi! can I play? pleeeze?)
-Val

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[We'll see.... lol Just kidding. Post your bio. The others will tell you how....unique I am. ::mad gleam in eye::]

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[Oh, oh, OH!!! Come ON, Pip! Now you're just doing this ON PURPOSE! ]

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(ok, choosing one at random...)

Name: Lieutenant Jasson Xereb
Homeworld: Alderaan, now destroyed
Species: Men
Age: 20
Appearance: Medium height, wiry build, combat fit. Dark hair, steel-blue eyes.
Dress: Pilot's, hardy and comfortable. Fireproof jumpsuit, leather flight jacket, utility belt, and flight boots.
Weapons: Two blasters, standard utility knife, X-wing snubfighter
Skills: A first-rate sniper, Jasson rates flying second only to target practice. He's also a crack shot with a blaster, but his first love is the D-294 laser rifle. Since childhood, he has been a student of Gaht-Nohr, the Mentranian grappling art.
Personality: Strong-willed, innovative, intelligent, and aggressive. Suspicious of strangers, and readier to find problems than to fix relationships. He has some lessons to learn.
History: Jasson was born on Alderaan, joining the rebellion when stormtroopers massacred his brother and other youth on Coruscant. Now, with no family, he struggles against bitterness and depression, but has sworn an undying vow to see the Empire overturned.

(hmmm... i have an idea! let's give darth vader some action)

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[No thanks. You don't know Pip. He'll come ::looks at Pip:: WHEN - HE'S - CALLED.]

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(well, the imperial side at least. as i said, i have an idea )

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[Well post it and we'll see whatcha got.]

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Jasson sat silently in the cockpit of his X-wing, cursing his own stupidity. Why hadn't he seen those TIE fighters - the Rebel pilots' slang for them was "eyeballs" - cutting him off from the others (in his flight, not the main Rebel force)? Why hadn't he noticed the ploy? Could he blame it on the fact that he was so tired that not even stimulants had any effect on him? That he'd been engaged in incessant dogfights for the past eighteen hours?

And now here he was, helpless against the tractor beam of an Imperial Star Destroyer. Somebody in there wanted him alive. Which meant that they wanted information.

He had no idea what kind of clues the Imps wanted him to disclose, but he was hanged if he would.

The X-wing shuddered gently as the high-powered beam set it onto the floor of the massive auxilary hangar. The Rebel lieutentant closed his eyes, not even deigning to grace the stormtroopers with a pointless struggle as they wrenched him out of his straps and propelled him down miles of corridors. He was frog-marched into a lift, which rapidly moved into the bowels of the vessel. The doors opened into yet another of those everlastingly similar corridors. This time, he fell the ship's engines swing into a new pulse, and knew that they had gone into hyperdrive. So much for his faint hope of rescue. The others of his flight probably had their hands full, anyway, defending that communication relay. If the relay was lost, the main rebel force on Hoth would be virtually cut off from half of the galaxy.

The Imps slung him into a security cell that amounted to little more than a hole in the wall. Jasson didn't notice, though - he was asleep seconds after he hit the floor.

(now, i can either keep this storyline going solo and join it up with the main after a bit, or there can be a little interaction)

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Luke sat with the others waiting for Reia. He clutched himslef, trying to get warm, but his feat were feasing.

Han worked around on the Falcon, trying to figure out why the weather has effected is so." Chewie, whats up with the sablelizers?"

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Leia shivered corridor as she walked to her quarters. Quickly she opened then door and let herself into the warmer room. A few reports sat at her desk and she went over to read them. On the frozen wasteland it was all the same- no sign of life, a few taun-tauns frozen, occasionally sightings of snow beasts. Well I guess it's better than the Empire has found us again, she thought.

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Reia stepped out into the hangar, dressed in her heavy white coat, white boots, gloves, etc., and carrying her helmet. "Alright, gather up," she said to her pilots, sitting all together.

Nelissa stepped up and stood a little ways from her, huddling with the rest of them. "What d'you think we're gonna be doing today, Luke?" she asked the person next to her. She turned and looked - it wasn't Luke. "Oh, sorry, Wedge!" she laughed. He began to speak, but they were cut off by Reia.

"Okay, today we're going to be reviewing basic maneuvers and tricks, and I'll be teaching you some new defensive moves for emergencies. 'Kay, now go suit up and get into your fighters. We'll be training out by the hills today."

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Luke groaned, jumping up and down trying to keep warm. "Do we have new flight suits or something, I freezing." He said.

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