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Padawan Ahsoka Tano
has been sent on a mission to deliver a data-file of
important intelligence information to the Republic base
on Maarka by her master, Anakin Skywalker. But Ahsoka
believes that such a mission is not suitable for a Jedi
Knight in training. As she enters an asteroid field
close to Maarka, she discovers a squadron of Separatist
vulture droids patrolling the asteroids. Realising that
droids were scouting for a possible sneak attack on
Maarla, Ahsoka knows she must get past the squadron and
warn the Republic base on Maarka.
However, her plan to sneak past the droid fighters goes
awry when a lone droid starfighter discovers her
position and attacks her. Although she is successful in
destroying the lone droid, the rest of the squadron has
been alerted to her presence and begin to target her. It
takes all of Ahsoka's piloting skills to evade the
droids but see isn't quick enough to prevent the
destruction of her starfighter's starboard cannon and
R2-D2 cannot repair it.
Realising that the base on Maarka is dependent on her
actions, Ahsoka reaches into the Force and to Yoda's
teachings to find her course of action. Focusing her
mind and with the remaining droid starfighters in close
pursuit, the young Padawan sends her starfighter into a
tight barrel roll while simultaneously using the Force
to reach out and send an asteroid into a collision
course with the pursuing droid starfighters. The
shifting asteroid hits the lead droid starfighter
sending it careering into the path of the rest of its
squadron. All the droid starfighters crash into each
other destroying the whole squadron.
After successfully delivering the data-file and warning
the base on Maarka, Ahsoka returns to the Resolute and
her master Anakin Skywalker who has been concerned about
the length of time Ahsoka had been away. Ahsoka assures
her master that mission to Maarka was more than just a
'milk run'. |