Punishment

by CM RogueWing

    Major Arso sighed. Looking across at his visitor, he asked, "Does CM Banger give you as much grief as CM RogueWing gives me?" Major Toran Dan slowly nodded his head. "Yea," he replied, "There are days that I just want to strangle him." They sat there is silence. Finally Arso said, "Well, I guess its time to see to it." He reached out and hit the intercom button. "Both of you come in."
    CM RogueWing and CM Banger stepped in the office and stood at attention. There was obviously some tension between the two. Arso looked at Toran and gestured. Toran nodded and said, "OK, I wan to know just what happened." Neither one of the pilots responded. "Do I need to assign kitchen duty to refresh your memories?"
    RogueWing spoke up, "Sir, we were simming against each other when he started it." "I did not!" came the reply from Banger. Looking at his commanding officer, he said," RogueWing made a snide remark about our Gunboats being slow. I just pointed out the obvious flaws of the Tie Advance that he must fly."
    The two squadron commanders looked at each other. "If that is what started it, I want to know how the two of you geniuses wound up buzzing the bridge of the ISD Immortal." Arso just stared at them as Toran lit into them. RogueWing replied," Well, it seemed like a good idea at the time. It was my way of showing them that our ships are far superior than theirs." He looked proud of hisself for putting that many large words together in one sentence.
    Arso just shook his head as he said to Banger, "You came so close to the bridges window that the deck officer peed in his pants." Banger smiled and looked proud. Turning, Arso snarled at RogueWing, "And you actually left scratches on the window as your wings touched it!" RogueWing turned to Banger and gave him an "I-told-you-so" grin.
    Arso continued, "Toran and I have given some consideration and have reached an agreement on your punishment. The first part is that the both of you will suit up and go EV as soon as you leave here. You must work together and buff out the windows on the bridge. ALL of them."
    Toran nodded his assent as he said, "The second part of this punishment is quite severe. Beginning now, RogueWing has been assigned Banger's Gunboat and Banger has been assigned RogueWing's Tie Advanced. You will fly your assigned craft when on missions for the next 4 weeks. That should teach you to respect each other's place in this organization.
    RogueWing looked flabbergasted. He turned to his Commander and pleaded, "Please not that. I'll take latrine duty as long as I don't have to fly a Gunboat. I mean, if I wanted to fly a brick, I would get one of our captured Y-Wings out of storage." Arso just grinned evilly. "Now you two pilots are dismissed. I understand you have some buffing to do."
    They turned around and left the room. "You know Toran, he's right. Having to fly a Gunboat is pretty bad punishment." Toran looked as if he had been hit over the head. He said indignently, "At least a Gunboat won't fall apart on him. Banger's got to fly that piece of aluminum can you call a fighter. A hard turn and it's wings will fall off!"
    Arso stood up and got in his face. "I don't think I like you insulting my ships like that. I think you are just a sore loser because you have to babysit a bunch of Y-Wing wannabes." 
    "Oh yeah!"
    "Yeah!"
    They both stomped out of the room on the way to the hangar. Only one way to prove who was right. The only question was, "What will VA Adrenaline do when she catches them buzzing her bridge?"

by: FL/CM RogueWing/Ghost 2-1/Wing XI/ISD Immortal