A new threat

by 

FM/LCM Blaine/Alpha 1-2/Wing l/SSSDSovereign
JH Blaine (Sith)/FM/Ronin of Alvaak
AST Blaine/CD/Core Squadron
(stonedangersc525@aol.com)

In a galaxy far far away, the New Republic has destroyed and terrorized all Imperial forces that were leftover after the Battle Of Endor. The Empire's only chance was to go to the Unknown Regions. There they must gather what they have to keep the Empire alive. Most fought for Imperial control but lost. Others just gave up to the New Republic or turned pirates. What once was a reigning force are now crumbled remnants. But one day a soldier by the name Ronin turned everything around. He led a campaign to gather any and all 
Imperials and form a new union, the Emperor's Hammer. He inspired troops, pilots, and all to commence together. The man who started it, GA Ronin, now ruled this new Empire. They called him GA Ronin short for Grand Admiral Ronin, leader of the Emperor's Hammer. He captured new planets, built stronger ships, and mustered heavy troops. He ruled well for two years until something new appeared.
One day, he heard a very disturbing report from his advisors. They mentioned, 
"We have lost communication with one of Emperor's Hammer planets."
"Which one is it?" asked GA Ronin with great curiosity.
"The planet Hyperion has lost all communication with us." Announced one of the advisors.
"Send a recon team or a probe," said GA Ronin with mystery.
A probe was launched but nothing was found out. GA Ronin then got angry, so he sent Alpha Squadron to investigate it personally. Alpha squadron, commanded by Captain Pryde, accepted the mission and loaded up in their Tie Defenders. Alpha 1 was Pryde, Alpha 2 was Blaine, Alpha 3 was Killer, Alpha 4 was Boshevski, Alpha 5 was Vector, and Alpha 6 was McArthur. All six members entered hyperspace to Hyperion for recon. When they arrived, they saw one shuttle and corvette docking and four other B-wings moving to attack position. 
Alpha 1 cut to the left and fired missiles. He blasted right off one of the enemies' wings. This caused it to be hurled into space before blowing up in a shower of fire. Alpha 6, and 5 moved in on with lasers flying all over the place but still missed. Alpha 2 was being chased by two B-wings and couldn't escape them. He flew left then hard right but couldn't shake them off his tail. Alpha 3 set his shields of full forward and prepared to go full speed. He flew evasively past Blaine and rammed both B-wings. The effect caused one to explode and one to have collateral damage. Blaine took care of the one that survived and just fired lasers into the cockpit. With three down and one to go, the odds were against the last B-wing. Alpha 4 set his engines to 
match the fighter and came up three feet behind it. He fired his lasers along with his missiles and totally annihilated the pilot. This unfortunately caused him to lose shields. With the defense down, they moved to inspecting range. Alpha 2 inspected the shuttle and it said New Republic delegates and the corvette said Dug. The Dug were a species that walked on their legs and were developed in space warfare.
"What were they doing with the New Republic?" asked Captain Pryde.
They quickly entered hyperspace to Aurora Prime and reported this news to GA Ronin.

When they got there, Ronin was nowhere to be found. The personnel looked all over the place, but couldn't find him. His wife, Debra, was getting so worried that she couldn't sleep. In the hangar bay, a shuttle was preparing to launch. Inside was the light Jedi Kyle Katarn with GA Ronin as his prisoner. He slowly activated the shields, weapons, and flight systems and prepared for take off. As soon as he lifted out of the hangar bay, it exploded. He flew fast to try and out run the starship that he came out of. Out of the second hangar bay came three Tie Interceptors preparing to fire their lasers. The leader said "Slowly lower your engines and prepare to be boarded, or we'll have to do this by force!" That didn't stop the Jedi from completing his mission and so he launched three homing mines.
"Evasive action!" Said the leader swiftly.
Two of the interceptors banked left, twirling in a scissors pattern in an attempt to throw off the mines. The first interceptor was caught halfway into the move, the mine impacting on the wing and blowing shards through the cockpit in milliseconds. The second one, distracted by the first blast, never even saw the mine that impacted directly in the front of his cockpit. The leader survived for a few seconds longer, breaking downward and twisting hard to the left, but the mine detonated on a proximity fuse. The last thing he saw was three shards coming directly out of his face, having penetrated from the back of his head. The shuttle had no more distractions, and so he entered hyperspace. SA Astatine was put in charge till GA Ronin came back and sent Transport Chronic and Darth FireFox for the rescue operation. Firefox suited up in his Assault Gunboat and geared up for rescuing the most supreme person in the Emperor's Hammer. They tracked the course of the shuttle and entered hyperspace. Once they came out of hyperspace they saw a Dug X-wing escorting the shuttle to another hyperspace point. Darth Firefox engaged the engines and started bombarded the fighter. Well the Dug are extremely good at hand to hand combat, they stink when it comes to star fighting. He took care of the X-wing with one well placed gust of his torpedo. The shuttle even then still wouldn't give up, and kept going for the hyperspace buoy. Firefox opened fire on and on till Katarn powered down for docking. Transport Chronic entered docking procedure while FireFox flied around patrolling for starfighters. The storm troopers on the Chronic cut through the hatch of the shuttle and set their blasters to stun. Kyle didn't give up with out a fight; he ignited his light saber and deflected all the shots. All the storm troopers of the transport were killed and again Kyle tried to escape with GA Ronin. This time Darth Firefox destroyed the empty transport and docked with the shuttle. Kyle was trebling when he came face to face with the strongest dark Jedi. He again ignited his light saber ready for action, but FireFox just lifted his arm. He sent out a beam of light that caused Katarn to faint and so he freed GA Ronin. They both entered hyperspace back to Aurora Prime for the news briefing of the Dug meeting.
GA Ronin was put in a bacta tank immediately after he was rescued because he was bleeding from his mouth and parts of his body. He stayed there for three days recovering from his wounds. All personnel, troops, and his wife came to see him every day. When he woke up, he was greeted by Blaine only to be told of the news that was found in the recon mission. He instantly brought up the best spy to gather more information. The spy's code name was Scorpion and no one but the Grand Admiral saw his face or knew who he was. Scorpion set out in a captured A-wing to a New Republic convoy, supposedly going to a base of Dug operations. The spy cut off all communications with the Emperor's Hammer and GA Ronin himself. No one knew what the spy was doing or if he was killed yet. Only with great confidence did GA Ronin keep believing in Scorpion and hoping he made it through.
Two days have passed since Scorpion went on his mission, and GA Ronin finally got a message from him. He had to put some things in code incase it was interrupted. It said, "Greetings Robin, I have completed my test just like you asked. I will be bringing a box full of presents back home, must likely tomorrow. The message really meant, "I've finished the operation and will be bringing a freighter full of all the information desirable tomorrow."
GA Ronin waited another day for any other news but still didn't get any. 
Late at night, there was a distress signal coming from the mole. He somehow was established, and has been trying to out run New Republic and Dugan forces. The distress signal pointed out that he was in the vicinity of Nar Hutta, a not too populated planet. GA Ronin grew furious and once again sent Alpha squadron to rescue Scorpion. He also sent the corvette Blazer with them for back up. They all suited up in their Missile Boats and without hesitation-entered hyperspace to the freighter's location. Missile Boats were star fighters with two wings on the sides, a long snout like cockpit, and two missile launchers. When they arrived, they saw two Y-wings moving to disable the spy's freighter and the frigate Monitor closing in fast. All Missile Boats engaged their SLAMS that caused their speed to be doubled. They were moving faster than the eye can see, cutting right through the fabric of space. They got in locking range and fired advanced missiles right at the Y-wings. Before the enemy could see the Missile Boats, it was too late. They were blown right out of their ships and all you saw was dead pilots floating. 
Killer sadly saw a corpse smack precisely on his screen and he just couldn't handle it so he threw up in a special bag inside his cockpit. The Missile Boats switched to heavy bombs and fired at will. 
"The frigate can't stand a chance," said Captain Pryde. But he was wrong it survived. They checked their 
scope and it said 100-shield capacity left. Blaine engaged the SLAMS again and this time came to point blank range with the Monitor. He fires the last of his heavy bombs causing it to be blown in thousands of pieces. The freighter entered hyperspace with the dreadnaught and Missile Boat escort.
On Aurora Prime, the Corporate Division was looking into all the data recovered for answers. After a few hours of decrypting the programming, they had everything GA Ronin needed. President of the Corporate Division Dark Angel, said to GA Ronin, "We have uncovered the freighter's data base. It reads that the whole Dug menace will be in space around Hyperion in less than three days." 
GA Ronin quickly dispatched the battle fleet, the Hammer's Fist, and Darth Firefox to lead the attack. The battle fleet, troops, star fighters, and personnel were ready by the second day. GA Ronin personally asked Firefox to lead the ground assault. Everything was ready and getting under way. GA Ronin kissed his wife before he left and said softly in her ear, "I love you and I promise I'll be back." Right before they were about to enter hyperspace Firefox felt a disturbance in the force. They all entered hyperspace for Hyperion and a will to keep order in the Emperor's Galaxy. 
When they arrived, they saw no fleet. Regardless Darth Firefox landed with hundred of troops, at-ats, and at-sts. This time again Firefox sensed a disturbance in the force, but saw what it was. It was a grand army of Dug, tanks, and transport came out of nowhere. In space cruisers, frigates and star fighters also came out of nowhere. GA Ronin instantly realized the Dug had set a trap using cloak technology. Darth Firefox as well as GA Ronin knew the only way out was by fighting!

All star destroyers moved to firing range and began blasting away what was left of the Dug. The fighters engaged their engines and laser systems firing all ways around. Ships blowing up in the sky caused some to crash on the planet battle. Darth Firefox ignited his light saber and just fought through all the Dug. He cut the Dug's arms off, and all you saw was blood gushing from the spot. Their tanks fired missiles onto the At-Ats but that didn't stop them. They used their Chin Guns and blew more Dug out of their tanks. Blood came flying onto the windshield; the driver just ignored it and kept on pounding away. Storm troopers fired their blasters left and right. Some couldn't escape from being choked and were killed. The Dug Y-Wings launched their deadly load of warheads against the Hammer's Fist troops, destroying a great many troops. The effect of the sudden destruction causing the morale of the men to sink even lower. At-ats broke down, and fell on top of helpless troops and Dug. 
Darth Firefox saw a light force from the distance and decided to check it out. He was being shot at, but deflected all with a swing of his light saber. He ran fast killing Dug troops in his way to find out what that light force was. In space hundreds of fighters were dueling, firing lasers blue and red, crashing onto starships. The SSSD Sovereign fired its Arial Super laser into a cruiser impacting it with brut force. The cruiser didn't stand a chance and broke in half. GA Ronin announced "ISD Blazer start bombarding the planet for Dug. We must help out our troops." The ISD took out hundreds of Dug causing the troops to have an advantage. When Firefox arrived on a platform, he again saw Kyle Katarn. He knew the only choice was to fight and so he did. They both ignited their light sabers and started clashing. Kyle blocked left and up but still Firefox kept on swinging. He pounded away up and down, but couldn't get a scratch. Kyle then went for the offensive and used his force push to push Darth Firefox off the platform. Firefox scratched himself falling but used force jump to get back up. Darth Firefox now was beyond filled with anger and just kept swinging at Kyle. Left, right, up and down just didn't stop striking. He swing up and caused the light saber to be flung in the air. He struck Kyle Katarn right in the stomach when his defenses were down. There and then Darth Firefox killed one of the greatest light Jedi's ever. 
He quickly turned off his light saber and raced to his Assault Gunboat. He piloted it above all the ground chaos and dropped bombs onto Dug tanks and transport. This caused the Dug to be out numbered and reduced so the Hammer's Fist troops wiped out the remains. Firefox then head out to space to join the fight. The Dug had lost on the ground but still fought on in space. GA Ronin angrily said, "All starships move point blank range and fire all you have. Arm the Arial Super laser once more and destroy the last cruiser!" with the last word, the Dug cruiser was blown to another galaxy. With now only star fighters left, the Dug would surely be destroyed. Hammer fighters fired all of what they had left destroying the last of the species Dug. After all that, they only lost fifteen pilots and hundred troops. GA Ronin was amazed by what the Emperor's Hammer had grown into after all these years. Once all pilots and troops were assembled, they entered hyperspace to Aurora Prime. When they arrived, GA Ronin announced, "It is great to know all of you appreciate the Emperor's Hammer as much as I do and are loyal to the cause. With this determination we can help make the Emperor's Hammer magnificent once again."

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