“Blade Leader to Blade Squadron. Follow me in on heading one-seven-zero-delta.”
Blade Squadron broke apart, then reformed like a flock of birds streaking towards the huge ship in an arrowhead formation. But any hope Fox had for a quick strike against the massive ship disappeared as two dozen TIE Interceptors swept in from the ship’s aft and came at them head to head. Fox watched them rush in on the screens with a sinking feeling. He knew in his heart of hearts that most of his pilots had just barely grasped the techniques needed to make attack runs on a capital ship. And now they were going to have to dogfight for their lives with seasoned TIE fighters. Yet the situation here was the same as everywhere else in the fleet. They were surrounded. It was over.
But it wasn’t.
Fox cracked a smile. They might not be able to win, but at the least they would give the Imperials a fight they would never forget.
“Blade Squadron… start your attack run!”
TO BE CONCLUDED NEXT ISSUE!
EXPANDED UNIVERSE
David J. Williams and Mark S. Williams co-wrote the short story Maze Run which appeared in Star Wars Insider #131.
See more of Chris Trevas amazing art at www.christrevas.com
From Star Wars Insider 149 (05-06-2014)
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