STAR WARS: RETROSPECTION- Learner

"Something's gone wrong. Could it be the pirates attacking?" Rianna asks, half to herself, as she gets to her feet.

"We were in hyperspace," Myraline says. "It isn't possible."

"But...then how is this possible? Unless something happened to pull us out of hyperspace...sabotage perhaps?" she says, puzzled. "I wish I knew more..."

"Who would sabotage our ship?" Myraline asks. "I don't disagree. That was an ionic discharge for disabling electronic systems."

"I don't know who would sabotage the ship!" Rianna exclaims, frustrated. She glares at the door to the cockpit. "If we could get in there to ask Quinn what's going on..."

Myraline reaches for her lightsaber... but it won't activate. Neither will yours.

"That'll be the ionic discharge," Myraline says, frustrated. She pounds on the cockpit door and calls out to Quinn. "Quinn? Are you alright? Quinn!"

Rianna stares at her lightsaber for a moment after it refuses to activate, before clipping it back on her belt. She never thought her weapon would fail her, and feels fairly helpless without it.

"Shall I go see if the Senator is okay?"

"Yes, please," Myraline says.

The door to Quinn's quarters also refuses to budge.

"The door refuses to open, Master." Rianna says, trying the open button again.

"Senator? Can you hear me?" she calls, assuming the door still won't open.

"Yes, my dear, what's going on?" Palpatine asks, irritably, from behind the door.

"Are you alright? We seem to have hit some...difficulties. I don't know what's happened yet, but Master Myraline and I are trying to find out." Rianna replies.

"I am alright, could be better!" Palpatine says. "Can you get me out of here? The door won't open."

"If I could...but I can't. Even my lightsaber won't activate." Rianna says, trying to hide her frustration in the situation.

At this point, the ship rocks with laserfire and there are explosions within the ship from the damage it takes. The shields aren't up!

Myraline has succeeded in calling out to Quinn. He tells her that only the emergency power is running, and it is dedicated to life support and maneuvering.

"What is firing at the ship? And what are we going to do? If Quinn can't pilot us out of here..." Rianna says to Myraline, bracing herself as the ship rocks.

She's half-tempted to try taking apart her lightsaber to try and get it to work again.

"It's a small starfighter," Quinn says. "I can maneuver the ship out of here, but... I'm going to have to count on gravity. There's a planet below us. I'd rather crash than be blown out of the sky. First one has a possibility of survival. The second doesn't."

Rianna grimaces.

"I hate feeling helpless..." she comments quietly.

"We'll get through this," Myraline says, but she does not seem so sure.

"I do hope you're right, Master..."

What happen next happens quickly.

The Last Chance rumbles and shakes each time laser fire strikes it, but fortunately it has thick armor and Quinn is able to maneuver his dying vessel just enough so that not every shot connects.

Then the ship begins to rattle violently as it hits the atmosphere. You start to lose consciousness from the sheer force of the ship shaking itself to pieces.

"Hold on to something!" Myraline shouts. "Brace yourselves!"

And then the crash. You go black.

-

Six hours later...

You come to. The ship is dark, no emergency lighting now.