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Lady Bocchi was next to you. “Good shooting,” she admitted.
You nod.
“They’ve mined the corridors with claymore. Cleverness! Rosenberg has no fools, eh?” The Sith scoffed. She faced you. “Thank you, sergeant.”
She takes this moment to rub her dirty gloves together and breathe. A ring of frost formed on her chin.
“Bah... I have the power of the Dark Side. I could tear this whole ship in half with my hands! Or dash it back to the damn earth! But then what?” The Sith grunted. “That’s not enough. That won’t get us anywhere. We must be clever - we need to think. See here, I have the strength of a thousand men. I can cut down mountains with the edge of my hand. There’s nothing that can penetrate my invincible Force-field. But I can’t maintain both and I’m no demi-god. No, we must be clever…”
You think. If what she said is true, it meant you might’ve just saved the Sith’s life. Despite her monstrous strength, and her terrifying displays of power which you’d never seen before, she was still very mortal.
Bocchi produced her transponder again. She examined the hologram. You see what’s happening outside as well.
The gallery shook.
“There - the second cruiser just dug into our starboard now! They’re going to fight and try to relieve this ship! They’re not going to leave Rosenberg! Périgord’s space-cavalry has the Coalition fighters beaten, and the other cruiser is disarmed!”
Sith Bocchi took your shoulder. “Your company’s going to be abovedeck, defending the castellations when the marines try to board our ship in turn. My guard battalion will clear the ship from the inside, but first we must pass through this gallery!” Before turning, she tells you: “Don’t worry, we’re going to find your file later.”
The Sith rallies the stormtroopers again. The first corridor was burning. This second doorway was the only way forward.
“Behind me! We’re going to storm through!”
As her aide, you get behind her. The captain of the line was next to you, then the column. The Sith Commander leapt forth, and with her mighty left hand, punched through the hydraulic door. She succeeded in ripping a breach through.
An explosion followed.
