The Force Wills (Chp 15 Preview Snippet)
Added 2022-05-06 11:40:21 +0000 UTC“Commander on deck!”
Forty eight pilots stood from their seats in Briefing Room 2 in an instant. I knew the same was happening on the four other Venators of the Ryloth Task Group as I approached the lectern. A quick double check of the computer display on it, confirmed that my holo image was indeed being captured and beamed to where it was supposed to be going. Nothing would be more embarrassing than having to repeat the briefing due to a minor technical glitch.
This would be the first time I would command not just a fighter squadron, but multiple squadrons at once, not to mention a new record for total number of people seeing and hearing me, in this life at least. My previous life’s record was about over a thousand, speaking at a business conference. A few hundred now might seem like fiddlesticks in comparison, but I hadn’t been going into battle then as their commander, I hadn’t been leading those people to a high likelihood of their deaths.
My eyes roamed the room, searching for any oddity, but every clone pilot seemed like a statue as they held their attention pose.
“At ease, take your seats.”
The pilots sat back down and had their respective data pads ready to take notes.
“As of a few hours ago, the ground forces of General Windu have successfully established their landing zones and the Acclamators are unloading their troops. We have made contact with the local twi’lek resistance forces, their intel, combined with our own scans, has made it clear that our job of securing the skies of Ryloth will not be an easy one.”
