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Commander Wedge Antilles (human male from Corellia)

Captain Tycho Celchu (human male from Alderaan)

Flight Officer Lyyr Zatoq (Quarren female from Mon Calamari)

Lieutenant Derek “Hobbie” Klivian (human male from Ralltiir)

Lieutenant Wes Janson (human male from Taanab)

Lieutenant Gavin Darklighter (human male from Tatooine)

Lieutenant Myn Donos (human male from Corellia)

Lieutenant Khe-Jeen Slee (Issori male from Issor)

Lieutenant Corran Horn (human male from Corellia)

Lieutenant Ooryl Qyrgg (Gand male from Gand)

Lieutenant Asyr Sei’lar (Bothan female from Bothawui)

Flight Officer Inyri Forge (human female from Kessel)

Lieutenant Nawara Ven (Twi’lek male from Ryloth)

Support Personnel

Gate (Wedge’s R5 unit)

Whistler (Corran’s R2 unit)

New Republic Military

Admiral Ackbar (Mon Calamari male from Mon Calamari)

Colonel Kapp Dendo (Devaronian male from Devaron)

Captain Page (human male from Corulag)

New Republic Intelligence

General Airen Cracken (human male from Contruum)

Iella Wessiri (human female from Corellia)

Ciutric Hegemony Forces

Prince-Admiral Delak Krennel (human male from Corulag)

Ysanne Isard (human female from Coruscant)

Crew of the Errant Venture

Booster Terrik (human male from Corellia)

Crew of the Pulsar Skate

Mirax Terrik (human female from Corellia)

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Sithspawn! When his X-wing reverted to realspace before the countdown timer had reached zero, Corran Horn knew Thrawn had somehow managed to outguess the New Republic yet one more time. The Rogues had helped create the deception that the New Republic would be going after the Tangrene Ubiqtorate Base, but Thrawn clearly hadn’t taken the bait.

The man’s incredible. I’d like to meet him, shake his hand. Corran smiled. And then kill him, of course.

Two seconds into realspace and the depth of Thrawn’s brilliance became undeniable. The New Republic’s forces had been brought out of hyperspace by two Interdictor cruisers, which even now started to fade back toward the Imperial lines. This left the New Republic’s ships well shy of the Bilbringi shipyards and facing an Imperial fleet arrayed for battle. The two Interdictors that had dragged them from hyperspace were a small part of a larger force scattered around to make sure the New Republic’s ships were not going to be able to retreat.

“Battle alert!” Captain Tycho Celchu’s voice crackled over the comm unit. “TIE Interceptors coming in—bearing two-nine-three, mark twenty.”

Corran keyed his comm unit. “Three Flight, on me. Hold it together and nail some squints.”

The cant-winged Interceptors rolled in and down on the Rogues. Corran kicked his X-wing up on its port S-foil and flicked his lasers over to quad-fire mode. While that would slow his rate of fire, each burst had a better chance of killing a squint outright. And there are plenty that need killing here.

Corran nudged his stick right and dropped the crosshairs onto an Interceptor making a run at Admiral Ackbar’s flagship. He hit the firing switch, sending four red laser bolts burning out at the target. They hit on the starboard side, with two of them piercing the cockpit and the other two vaporizing the strut supporting the right wing. The bent hexagonal wing sheered off in a shower of sparks, while the rest of the craft started a long, lazy spiral toward the outer edges of the system.

“Break port, Nine.”

As the Gand’s high-pitched voice poured through the comm unit, Corran snaprolled his X-wing to the left, then chopped his throttle back and hauled hard on the stick to take him into a loop. An Interceptor flashed through where he had been, and Ooryl Qyrgg’s X-wing came fast on its tail. Ooryl’s lasers blazed in sequence, stippling the Interceptor with red energy darts. One hit each wing, melting great furrows through them, while the other two lanced through the cockpit right above the twin ion engines. The engines themselves tore free of their support structure and blew out through the front of the squint, then exploded in a silver fireball that consumed the rest of the Imperial fighter.

“Thanks, Ten.”

“My pleasure,