Chapter four:
The fire engulfed everything insight, Cale Lestin curled up in the corner and watched as Stormtroopers shot at men who started to live in their house a couple of weeks ago. He knew they called themselves Rebels but he never knew what they were rebelling against, but he knew now.
One of the men that he started to get to know tried to pick him up and escape from the house, but he didn't want to go he wanted to stay with his parents who had been shot and killed in the crossfire. The man kept on insisting that he go with him until finally everything went out of focus.
He could see what was happening but couldn't control himself.
He grabbed the knife from the man's back pocket and broke his wrist. He then jumped in front of a Stormtrooper and stabbed him with the knife.
When the trooper's partner saw what he did he turned and fired. Before the blast reached him he threw the body of the trooper that he just stabbed in front of the bullet and before he hit the ground he jumped on his back and hurled herself in front of the other Stormtrooper and stabbed him.
Grabbing his gun he shot eight other Stormtroopers until one of them came up behind him and knocked him out.
Cale Lestin jumped up from the bed sweating from the nightmare she just had. He looked at the clock that said 1600 hours had passed. They were going to land on Kashyyyk soon and he needed to be at the briefing.
He got dressed in her new clothes which her master had told her were her new Sith robes. He then dashed out the door and ran towards the briefing room. He entered as quietly as possible seeing how it as already started.
No matter how quietly he entered she could not fool him the dark lord of the Sith. He would have to scold him later because Grand Moof Tarkin was addressing the troops about the plan at the moment.
"In order to cripple the Wookies on Kashyyyk we will need to destroy the inner fortress before we can do any real damage. That is why I have appointed a team of Imperial Commando's to get behind the wall and blast them from the inside. While this is being done we will provide decoy troops to draw their attention away from you. After the wall is broken we will send in support to capture them. Emperor Palpatine will now tell you something before we head out." Said Grand Moof Tarkin.
Emperor Palpatine rose from the chair and walked towards the podium and said. "Darth Plagueis himself has asked for you the 501st Legion to raid Kashyyyk. If at all possible Darth Plagueis wants some Wookies captured alive."
A Stormtrooper stood up as if to give a comment. "Proceed with your question trooper." Replied Emperor Palpatine.
"Thank you sir. During the Clone Wars we were dispatched at Kashyyyk and killed most of the Wookies. How could they have reestablished there army in so little time?" Said the Stormtrooper.
"First trooper you did say that you had destroyed most of the Wookies and not all. Then some were in space on their own missions, and then reproduction counts for the rest of them." Replied Emperor Palpatine.
The Stormtrooper bowed and sat back down.
"You are the best of the best, you are the only ones who can accomplish this mission within fifteen minutes. Remember this is for Darth Plagueis so give it your all." Said Emperor Palpatine.
The lights in the room brightened and the 501st stood up and left the room. Emperor Palpatine then walked towards him.
He bowed and sounding a little angry Emperor Palpatine said. "Why were you late to the meeting Darth Zeth?"
Darth Zeth responded with. "Sorry my alarm clock didn't go off."
"Make sure you don't make the same mistake twice. I will not tolerate people thinking I'm going easy on you." Said Emperor Palpatine.
"Yes master." Replied Darth Zeth.
As they walked to the bridge of the Eclipse he asked him. "Why does Darth Plagueis want some Wookies alive?"
"The people of Kamino think they have found a way to fuse the genes of Stormtroopers with other species and if you have ever seen the raw power of a Wookie then you would know why." Replied Emperor Palpatine.
"Not to be rude master but I have one last question." Said Darth Zeth.
"Go on." Replied Emperor Palpatine.
"Why do the trooper's have to do this within a span of fifteen minutes?" Said Darth Zeth.
"Because the foundations of the Old Republic are still standing and if the Senate heard about this they would be furious so we are going to mask this operation as a rescue mission. The Wookies will send out a distress signal that there is a terrible virus going around killing them and we will come in and save them. After the experiments are finished we will give them some drugs and they will awaken on their own planet and think that nothing ever happened. The Senate will be fooled and Darth Plagueis will have his new Stormtroopers." Replied Emperor Palpatine.
Emperor Palpatine and Darth Zeth stood on the bridge and watched the planet which would soon be crushed by the Empire's iron fist.