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Synopsis:
For centuries, the human Rabaanites and the insectoid S’krrr
of the Ishanna system have settled their differences by
a one-on-one battle between two of their best warriors
on a desolate moon – the Combat Moon. Mika Streev is
the human slated next for a fight, which settles on a
Rabaanite orbital platform destroyed in a shuttle
accident. Sh’shak represents the S’krrr. Unknown to
either, the Empire is about to jump into the battle in
the form of General Klime. Klime plans to capture the
two fighters in hopes in igniting open battle between
the humans and S’krrr, thus providing an opening for
the Empire to seize total and unquestioned control of
the system. As he prepares to leave for Combat Moon,
Mika learns his lover Leda Kyss is joining the Rebels.
She hints that it may have been the Empire, not the S’krrr,
who destroyed the platform. Mika arrives on Combat Moon
to find the stormtroopers waiting for him – and a “friend,”
Andos Delvaren, who helps the troopers catch him. They
plan to kill Mika and make it look like the S’krrr
killed him. Then they’ll do the same with the S’krrr,
and presto – war. Mika kills the troopers, sends Andos
running, then tries to save the S’krrr warrior out to
kill him even as Leda pleads for the Rebels to save
Mika. Sh’shak has also discovered the Imperial
treachery, but has also been captured by the Empire and
badly wounded. Mika fights the troopers off him, and
then Leda joins them and sends a signal to the Rebels.
The Imperials counterattack in force, and Leda is
killed. A Rebel pilot arrives in an X-Wing, shooting up
the troops. He takes the two surviving fighters with
him, and orders the immediate evacuation of the nearby
Rebel outpost. Klime takes the opportunity he has waited
for to send in the Imperial garrison. Unfortunately, he
says all this in full hearing of a Rebel listening
device. A grief-stricken Mika and Sh’shak vow to work
together to destroy Klime and drive the Empire out of
the system. |