Star Wars: Echo Squad

Chapter 5: Leadership

We were given instruction by Zaurus to go to a room at the lower part of the building where we could get our gear.

However, we were expecting a small armoury, not a whole storage room.

Shelves were lined with gear and armour, most of it old and broken.

Zaurus: In typical Division 0 fashion, we don't give you armour. Instead you have to scavenge for it. You will give your armour the proper markings with the spray painter droid on that table over there.

We looked over and saw a work bench, that had a four legged droid on it, with a spray painting device attached.

Zaurus: Have fun. I'll be back in a bit.

He put his hands behind his back and walked out the room, locking it behind him.

Colter: Oh this oughta be fun! Hey Fenrir! First one finish their armour wins!

Me: Wins what?

Colter: First choice on next training course!

Me: Okay! I'll get behind that!

Colter: Go!

We ran into the halls of the many shelves.

I looked around cautiously, careful to choose my selected armour.

I noticed that there was a ton of Clone armour in this scrapheap.

Eventually, I turned a corner and almost ran into Hanna and Rain.

Me: Hey girls! Sorry!

Rain: What's the rush?

Hanna: He wants to win against Colter.

Rain: Your racing for armour? Why?

Me: For fun, gotta Go!

I was gonna run past them, but Rain grabbed my arm.

Rain: It's not about going fast, Fenrir. It's about ensuring your success.

Me: Yeah, which I have to go fast to do!

Rain: Not that success. The success of the battle. Colter is brash, and kinda stupid. He's gonna pick some sloppy armour, that may get him hurt, or worse. Take your time, find good gear, and you may not die during this battle.

She let go.

Rain: Now go.

I sighed, and slowly walked off.

I went around and looked for the best gear I could find, hoping for something nice.

Putting together a ton of things, I wondered if this armour was good enough to even protect us.

After a while, I got my entire set together, except for my helmet.

I went to the helmet section and looked around.

Mostly standard helmets.

Nothing special.

But out of the corner of my eye, I saw something interesting.

It wad an old phase 2 Clone helmet, but it didn't have the nose part of the. visor.

I looked inside, and saw this thing was built for mobility.

My entire combat style was basically mobility.

I carried it over to the workbench, and saw I was the only one who hadn't set up my entire set yet.

Colter: Ya lost, mate! What's with that?

Me: I took some advice.

I had the droid paint the armour I had.