Exegol preplay

[bb8_dad]

The ships exited hyperspace, and Poe's first thought upon seeing Exegol was that it looked dead. It was the the ugliest thing he'd seen in a long while, and he wondered if it had always been this way, or if building a colossal fleet of Star Destroyers here had killed the place.

And when the ships dived into the cloud cover, they nearly ran into the Sith fleet. It was massive. Their triangled hulls were enormous, but they grew even smaller as their numbers seemed to stretch into infinity.

"Great dark seas," Aftab Ackbar gasped across the comm. "Look at that!"

"No sign of the Falcon or allies," Tyce said from her ship.

"Help will get here," Poe assured them.

Comments

Re: Finale

[gffa_archer]

BB-8 kept rolling, but Jannah turned. "Finn! Let's go!"

Re: Finale

[nothowtheforceworks]

"The surface cannons stopped," he said. "They're resetting their systems. So before they do..."

He stared at the cannon. This had to be the worst idea he'd ever had. "Maybe we can do some shifty stuff... Jannah, go. I gotta do something."

Re: Finale

[gffa_archer]

She surprised them both by saying, "No. I'm staying with you."

Re: Finale

[nothowtheforceworks]

Finn blinked, but he'd learned better than to argue with a determined woman. He nodded his thanks, and together they sprinted for the cannon.

When they got close, the cannon was circling cautiously, like it was just looking for something to attack.

Re: Finale

[gffa_archer]

"This is the command ship," Jannah said. "We take it out now, the whole nav system goes down for good. Every Star Destroyer in this fleet!"

Re: Finale

[savingwhatwelove]

"Finn!" came Rose's concerned voice over the comm. She was safely on the lander, but couldn't help but notice he wasn't. "Lander's leaving. Where are you? What are you doing?"

Re: Finale

[nothowtheforceworks]

Finn reached for the massive gun barrel. This was probably going to go badly. He didn't have time to be nervous about it, but he did feel bad about this conversation right now had to happen. "I'm saving what I love."

Re: Finale

[gffa_archer]

Jannah whipped her bow to take out a jet trooper winging their way, then pivoted quickly and did the same to a ground trooper.

Re: Finale

[nothowtheforceworks]

"Go without us," Finn told Rose. "We're taking this whole ship down."

Re: Finale

[savingwhatwelove]

Rose couldn't believe what she was hearing, and she stepped forward like she was half debating going after him. She wouldn't, they'd been over this sort of thing before, but... "What? How?"

Re: Finale

[nothowtheforceworks]

"You'll see from the lander. Rose, please," Finn said. "Go. And... take care of yourself."

He cut the comm before she could argue. Jannah was doing a great job of keeping the troopers distracted, but Finn was having to really focus. Rey or Rose could have had this thing rewired in half the time.

"Okay, we're hot!" he announced, jumping down from the cannon, yanking a handful of wires with him. He was almost sure he had the right ones. He handed two to Jannah. He would aim, she would fire.

Finn touched the wires together, and the giant cannon barre swiveled until it was pointed directly at the deck. "Never another kid."

Re: Finale

[gffa_archer]

"Not even one," Jannah agreed, and she touched her wires together. They sparked, and a split second later the cannon fired a massive pulse blast. They waited, breathed-

The hull came apart beneath them as the lander took off.