J149 shook his her seat as the shuttle entered the atmosphere. She scanned the room and then heard S267 speak through the helmet communications.
“Hey… over here.”
J149 looked at S267 waved and lifted the sniper rifle stock to show it was him.
J149 felt better seeing him. The shuttle plummeted through the clouds of Endor. Then started to blast its landing perpulsions and extend its landing gear while lifting its flight wings to land. The shuttle landed and the ramp fell to the ground. Storm troops that were in standing positions were already exiting the shuttle.
She unbuckled herself, stood up with her rifle and ran to catch up to S267 who was already off the shuttle. J149 exited out the shuttle to the mossy forest floor; the tall lush trees extended high into the clouds. Small bushes and leafy green shrubs covered every inch of the forest.
She could hear the sounds of blasters and Ewok horns coming from point A. The storm troops ran to pont A while she followed S267 to point B. She walked up the small metal ramp to the forest bunker. There were many imperial personnel working on radar screens and launching lazer strikes. Imperial death troopers stood watch at the front of the entrance of the forest bunker.
S267 walked past the Imperial officers up to some of the monitoring screens to examine the battle front.
“This doesn't look good, they have our two AT AT’s Pinned down from the hills.”
“Will they hold?”
“Hopefully it looks like we still got…”
J149 looked at the screen when S267 went quiet.
The 2 AT AT walkers have been knocked down by the rebels.
“New mission we gotta make our way and stop the Rebels from hacking into our tech. Those AT AT’s main frames can be dangerous in their hands.”
J149 nodded and watched S267 wave the Death troopers over.
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“We're gonna need your assistance with the walkers. Are you both equipped with thermal explosives?”
“We have the stuff to make it go boom.”
“Good follow us!”
The two black death troopers followed behind J149 and S267 as they ran out of the forest bunker towards the downed AT AT’s at point A.
J149 looked at the drop zone beside point B as more Storm troopers exited shuttle after shuttle.
J149 ran her fastest to keep up with the troops ahead of her. Leaping over forest holes and vaulting over tall tree roots. Her scout helmet scanned the forest growth for any incoming signals.
She saw on her radar fellow Assault troops running to join them. They were a mix of regular imperial assault and heavy assault troops.
They entered the battle at point A. Rebels were firing from all directions on the hill side using the natural landscape for cover. The surviving AT AT operating crew was barely holding them off. J149 used her scope to see the operating crew firing from under the downed AT AT using it for cover. The Storm troopers ran up into the Forest hillside firing their A280 assault rifles. Red blaster fire roared in the hills from both sides. The heavy assault troops took points on the opposite hillside and began to counter fire from behind a large fallen tree. Their Z-6 rotary heavy blaster cannons fired. The massive suppression gave cover from the Rebels.
J149 covered her head and ran behind S267 who was now leaping over the large AT AT’s Metal leg. The Death Troopers turned and helped J149 get up and over the Large metal leg. The death troopers quickly climbed over the leg and followed S267 to speak with the officer of the Operator crew. J149 picked up her rifle taking a knee and she took aim. Scanning the treeline through her scope.
She spotted a blue Twi’lek taking cover beside a tree on the hill line discharging her exhaust port on her sniper rifle.
J149 took aim and let out her breath and pulled the trigger. The green blast fired across the forest and struck the blue Twi’lek woman, taking her head clean off.
J149 aimed 10 ft left of her last Twi’lek target and saw a Zeltron man using an assault rifle blasting down Storm troopers from behind a large stone on the hill. She took aim and blasted him straight through his green bug looking head. Green blueish material sprayed onto the rock from the massive chunk missing from the cracked open skull. The Storm troopers moved forward and took positions blasting trees and hillside anything in the way.
J149 took her eye from the scope and looked at S267 moving the Operators and troops out from the walker. J149 noticed the large cut logs hanging in the tree’s used to knock down the AT AT’s.
Then she noticed the Ewoks cutting the rope, suspended logs and the large logs fell from the tree tops. The large cut logs rolled and bounced down fast crushing and smashing into the hillside imperial forces.
J149 and the troops ran to get out of the way. Most escaped the rolling logs which pounded and covered the AT AT’s side. J149 looked back and saw the heavy assault beginning to fire again at the hillside. She looked through her scope and saw what looked to be 200 small signals being picked up on the scanner. J149 saw the small Ewok bears charge down the hill, horns blowing and small hatchets swung and spears stabbed at the storm troopers who were fighting hand to hand combat at that point, some were blasting, but all were being overwhelmed and killed. Arrows flew and pierced the weak points of the heavy assault armor and soon enough the small bears were on them with their weapons chopping and stabbing into the heavy troops.
S267 hit the thermal detonator and exploded the AT AT Walker killing hundreds of Ewoks in the inferno blast.
As they ran J149 asked.
“What are we going to do with the Second AT AT?”
“There’s nothing we can do, they have already secured it.”
S267 responded as they ran back to Point B’s forest bunker. J149 looked up to see a group of 10 smaller AT Walkers lined up and ready for the incoming Rebel assault.
Long Dark Nights of Endor written by Travis Willier Star-wars fan fiction. 23