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| Mission to Zila |
| SHORT STORY (1994) |
| Charlene Newcomb |
| West End Games |
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Synopsis:
Alex Winger finds herself strapped to an interrogation
table aboard the Star Destroyer 'Judicator'. Nearby,
Captain Brandei shakes his head. "Your father does
not know he raised a traitor to the Empire."
At which point she wakes up. A short time later, she
meets her father at the Imperial headquarters of the
tyrannical General Zakar. Dair Haslip is also there. She
is taken to having a "relationship" with Dair
as cover for their underground work. She then takes her
father on a ride through the mountains in an airspeeder.
They talk about the fall of Coruscant, and Zakar's
attempts to beef up the military in the area. The Empire
scares them off when they fly too near the mines,
though. Meanwhile, Dair is stunned to learn that Zakar
is planning to build an anti-orbital ion cannon at the
mines - Zakar is anticipating a Rebel invasion. However,
another Imperial mentions it may not be necessary - he
is heard about a Grand Admiral that is reunifying the
fleet. Elsewhere, Alex meets with a childhood friend
(and resistance member), Shana Turi. Shana takes her out
to the mountains, where they observe (from a great
distance) an Imperial garrison being set up. Alex,
staring at the mountain, suddenly has another vision - a
dangerous climb down the mountainside, and a
brown-haired man helping her. She shakes it off and
brings holorecordings of the garrison to the resistance.
They do have some time before the ion cannon is
installed - the Empire needs a plasma drill first. They
decide to blow up the parts before they can be
assembled.
Alex is left behind at the resistance headquarters while
the attack takes place. But with her growing power in
the Force, she can watch the attack in her mind, as
ex-Imperial turned freedom fighter Chanceller (or
Chance, as he is known now) successfully leads the
assault that blows up the would-be ion cannon. |
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Chronology:
This story occurs approximately 9 years after the Battle
of Yavin. |
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