Bat Squadron: Season 2

Episode 17

4BBY
Utapau

In a large circular room sat many rather comfy looking chairs, 10, to be exact. Many of the higher ranking squad members sat in the chairs chattering with one another when the doors open. Everyone turns silent as Bat walks in, accompanied by BS-7 and Mawn. They stand by the door as it closes and Bat walks to his seat. He nods to everyone as he sits down.

"Good morning everyone." Bat tells them.

"Good morning General Spacespawn." Many say in response.

"I've called this council today to discuss a serious matter." Bat says looking around. Captain Shear and Captain Warpom stood near the door beside the droid and Utai nodding to Bat.

"We need to discuss the possible invasion of Naboo, in an attempt to take it back from the empire." Bat says.

Chatter immediately breaks out amongst everyone and Bat looks around at them.

"Quiet! Quiet!" Bat says.

Everyone turns toward him.

"That's preposterous." Abo says.

"Quiet. First before we discuss this, we have Captain Warpom and Captain Shear who wish to speak. If we'll let them and hear them out first, before anything." Bat says.

Everyone nods and looks around as the Naboo pilot and soldier step forward to the middle of the room. They look around at everyone in the council then look toward Bat and nod.

"General Spacespawn, we must invade Naboo to take it back from the empire. Our people are dying under that imperial occupation. The rest of the small holdouts on the planet are all being destroyed. They need our help, our help to reunite them and lead a unified fight against the imperials on Naboo. I know we can. If you'd allow us to invade, we could find the leaders of these underground resistance movements and unite them with us. If we could do that we'd have an army. If not, there'd be nothing to go back to." Warpom starts.

"There are hundreds...possibly thousands of Gungans still there. Many...many of them are all soldiers in the Gungan army. They've been scattered. They're just waiting for the time to fight. If we don't act, they will all be hunted down and murdered." Shear says.

"Do you have more to add before we start the discussion?" Bat asks.

"Yes General." Warpom says.

"Go ahead." Bat tells him.

Warpom nods.

"Our people...they're being forced from their homes...rounded up in the middle of cities and executed....our houses are being blown apart...burned down...sometimes with the families still inside. Those that survive suffer horrible burns...often women and children. The schools have been bombed, can you imagine the pain this has caused us? We left...we let this continue to happen. If we had stayed...maybe we'd be fighting them...maybe we'd be successful....maybe this wouldn't be happening to our people...there are many children...plundering the streets...looking for their mothers and fathers...only to find nothing or a burnt hand severed from their bodies when they were killed in explosions...or their mother who was shot and killed after being raped by imperial Stormtroopers while their father watched....or..or...walking around the streets, scouring, hoping to find a meal to eat before their little bodies give in from the starvation and exhaustion and...die...or..walking the streets until they meet the unfortunate end of a Stormtrooper's barrel....do you want them to live like that? Can you imagine that? Can you live with yourselves...knowing you could've done something about it but yet did nothing?" Warpom asks.

Bat nods and looks around at everyone who appeared a bit speechless. Bat finally opens is mouth.

"Is that...excuse me...is that all? Anything else to add?" He asks.