The 17th Fast Attack Group was one of the eighty seven in the Second Vast Imperial Fleet, and like all of the Fast Attack groups, it was underfunded. The 17th Fast Attack Group was composed of three Venator-Class Star Destroyers, remnants of the Clone Wars, two Lancer-Class Frigates, two CR-90s, and close to seven fighter Squadrons. The complement was actually large compared to the other Attack Groups, but the 17th had just proven itself to be more influential-they had never failed a single mission-nor had they lost a single Capital Ship. The 17th was currently en route to the Yretton System, a disturbance had been detected on the Eastern Arm, and the Yretton System was the farthest system from Vectra. No contact had been heard from Yretton, and the two scout vessels that were sent had not reported back.

Zhar Bacredi sat in Briefing Room 9ZA, the Squad that he had been temporarily placed in surrounded him, along with two other Squadrons. The ship that he had been placed on, Vigilance. Rumors had been going around the fleet about how the Vigilance had served in the Clone Wars, Bacredi sure as hell didn't know if that was true. While Aurek Squadron, the Squadron that Bacredi had been temporarily placed in sat in the breifing room, the Vigilance's Ion Engines pushed them through deep space from Vectra, to the Yretton System. Aurek's leader, Lieutenant Saul Exacto stood on the podium, behind him were Procurator Squadron's leader, Lieutenant Fox, and Judical Squadron's leader, Lieutenant Ganger. An almost silent chatter echoed through the room, while Bacredi stood at attention, waiting for Aurek's leader to speak. At that split second, he opened his mouth to speak.

"Alright everyone, quiet down." Exacto said, he then moved closer to the podium. The other two Squadron Commanders stood behind him, making a triangle formation. "As you all can see, we are currently aboard Venator-Class Star Destroyer Vigilance. We are heading to the Yretton System as no contact whatsoever has been heard from Yretton for weeks. And with the Battles at the Yetton, Epsilon, and Ios Systems which are all on the Eastern Arm the NHC Presumed that the Yretton System, which is also on the Eastern Arm had fallen. And that is why, we are going to to Yretton System. Lieutenant Fox, its all yours."

"Thank you, Lieutenant." Lieutenant Fox took one step to the podium and stared at the men inside the Briefing Room. All thirty six of them. "We will be flying Alpha-3 Nimbus Starfighters. Light shielding, and an astro droid. Aurek, Procurance, and Judical Sqaudrons will be accompanied by Green, Vulture, Valiance, and Machete Squadrons. They are serving aboard Venators Cornerian and Telos IV. We will stay together in squadrons, but as a Fast Attack Group we will be using Attack Pattern Delta." A HoloImage was displayed behind the Lieutenants. It displayed the attack pattern. "We will all head for one target, most likely a Capital Ship. And we will all get shots off, once we do we will head in opposite directions, all of us. Lieutenant Ganger, lime lights all yours."

"Ok," Ganger said, walking up to the podium. "The forces are unofficially unknown in the system. But the two scout vessels that were sent never reported back, but a small text signal was received at NHC. It displayed that the forces were one Imperial II-Class Star Destroyer, two Nebulon B-Escort Frigates, and a few other support craft. It literally said a few other support craft. The connection was then terminated, and the vessel was presumed to be destroyed. These forces will be hard for us, but we need to live up to the Fast Attack Group's name, fast and attack. We must do this fast, and me must attack fast. Briefing over, file out to the hanger. We will hit the system in two hours."

Bacredi filed out of the briefing room, he had been assigned Aurek 9, a flight leader. It wouldn't last in any other Squadron, but he had been assigned this because he was the only rank legible person to fill the spot. Catching up to his Flight, the three members didn't look happy. They were rejects of actual squadrons, and they probably had never flown a Alpha threes, at least they had an astro droid. Bacredi had missed their presence. The flight moved in unison, they strolled into an elevator and were directly brought to the hanger. About one hundred dotted the hanger, mainly starfighters and shuttles. A few LAAT/Is could be seen, along with AT-TEs. Bacredi filed over to four fighters, he gently looked over the one designated as: Aurek 9. he looked around at the other four fighters, the other four were as scruffy looking as Bacredi's. Bacredi had a R6 droid standing next to his, he looked around again and noticed others had R5s and R3s.



Everyone braced as the Vigilance exited hyperspace. And Bacredi immediately jumped on his fighter, he then opened the cockpit and entered it. The other three men weren't as sharp, they lagged behind a 'bit, as did their droids. A message then sounded throughout the hanger: "All Squadrons, hanger door is being opened. Order is Aurek, Procurance, and then Judical Squadron." The huge hanger doors opened, revealing the Yretton Space. The eighteen planets in the system looked bare, Bacredi had seen them before. Earlier they had looked lush and green... now they looked like a giant heystack. "And the go is given." Bacredi powered up his fighter, the other three did as well. This time they did it in unison.

"All flights, this is Aurek Leader. Move out, stick close together, watch the enemy guns." Bacredi flew out of the hanger, and it revealed the New Republic Fleet Formation. The intelligence had been damn right. One Imperial II, two Nebulon Bs, and about ten other support craft. According to Bacredi's radar, they were powering up weapons. "They are powering up weapons, break formation. New orders from the Vigilance, we are to escort the three Venators to the NR Formation." Bacredi turned ass over teakettle. His fighter, and his flight followed him towards the Vigilance. The ship began to exchange fire with the enemy, but the fire was damp because of the long distance that the battlefield spanned.

"This is Aurek 5, what in hells name happened to the landscapes of the planets? They look like they are a desert of something." Aurek 5, Aurek's Executive Officer's Coruscanti Accent came through the COM. Bacredi had been wondering the same thing, he just hadn't spoken it. "Flight two, form up around the Command Bridge. I don't want any fighers to get ahold of this." Bacredi watched Flight two form up around the Vigilance's command tower. Flight One and Three formed up at the front of the Vigilance, forming an arrow formation. They looked like a dagger ready to stab, like a arrow pointing at the enemy.

"This is the Vigilance, it seems as though the atmosphere of those planets has been destroyed. We are dispatching special ops units to the surface, they will be planet side within seconds. Procurance Squadron, form up 'round the Vigilance's central shaft." The Vigilance's intelligence officer spoke. And Bacredi soaked in the words. His Alpha-3 sliced through space as he headed towards the enemy formation, the Vigilance on his tail. "Break, break!" The Vigilance hit full speed, and the squadron did a huge break turn and watched as the Vigilance headed straight for the enemy formations. The other two Venators began to unleash huge volleys of laser fire, while the two Lancers inched closer to the enemy fleet. The Vigilance brought itself in unison with the enemy Imperial II, and fired its side cannons. Aurek Squadron flew into the enemy fleet, Bacredi let out a quick volley of laser fire as he flew under a Nebulon B. He had analyzed that the weak points of the Nebulon Bs were their middle section, a huge tube. A huge vulnerable tube.

"This is the Cornerian, Aurek and Vulture Squadrons, use your Ion Cannons on the marked ships. I don't want the Nebulon Bs destroyed, his their cannons and allow our boarding craft easy entry." The Corenarian's Captain spoke. Bacredi immediately doubled back in his fighter, and prepped his Ion Cannon. It read 100 percent and he let out a Ion Blast, strait at one of the Nebulon B's swivel turret guarding the hanger. It let out a blur as electricity surged throughout it, and gently died. Now six LAATs could be seen streaking past the battle, and closer to the Nebulon B. One got hit on the side and kamikazied into the nearby Imperial II. The other five LAATs gently landed in the hanger, after Aurek took out the Shields. They were commandeering this vessel.