A Different Kind of Resistance

Chapter 1

When people talk about D'Qar many people think of a planet located on the Outer Rim with little to no known life. They would think of lush fields teeming with wild flowers. They would be wrong.

That is always what we have wanted the galaxy to see. I planet of little to no use. This has helped us over the last few millennia to remain unscathed in the wake of battles and wars that have plagued the galaxy.

D'Qar is actually a planet teeming with life just not above the surface. We have built an entire city under the surface of our planet. The only visible artifact one might see is the entry way to the palace. That is a trained eye of course.

D'Qar is home to over 5,000 people and other life forms and I am their princess. My name is Estrella and I am heir to the D'Qar throne upon my 21st birthday.

Due to being located on the outer rim we spent a millennia unbothered and out of the way until the day that the resistance showed up and asked to established a base.

It was actually General Leia herself who had landed unaccompanied and proposed this idea to us.

At the time I was only eighteen and thought that the woman appearing before me was that of legend. I had grown up listening to the tales of a warrior princess who had fought time and time again for her galaxy and would stop at nothing to bring peace and her was legend personified sitting right in front of me.

My father, King consort of D'Qar, has always believed in a united galaxy and a better world. One where my siblings and I could travel and explore the galaxy without fear. He was a resistance sympathizer and quickly moved to join their aid. The rest is history.

He quickly helped build one of the largest resistance bases in the galaxy and has helped to maintain its secret.

Secrecy is at the heart of our people's beliefs and it was not hard to blend the base in with the rest of our hidden city. We were able to integrate our day to day life to the needs of the resistance and our people responded by joining to cause and housing those who needed it.

That was two years ago.

I am now Twenty years old. I have helped to establish some of the most complex communication systems for the resistance and have served in over forty missions over the last two years.

My siblings and I are known for our expertise in advancing technologies and have helped in keeping the resistance up to date in order to be better prepared against the First Order. We are able to intercept most communication networks within the next planets with our technology and this allows us to get ahead of the First Order.

"Estrella", my father calls over the intercom system.

"Yes Father", I answer back.

"It is time for you to come home. We need to discuss your coronation".

My coronation. Something I have conveniently forgot about over the last couple of weeks. I will be Twenty One in Three months time and will rule D'Qar.

"Can we worry about that, tomorrow? I am almost done fitting this ship with our new communication software"!, I reply

"No Estrella it is time to put the needs of Estrella first. The saving the galaxy part can wait".

I sigh as I signal my youngest brother to finish what I have started and start to climb down the latter.

I have five other siblings all younger than me. Two brother and three sisters and my father is not nearly as hard on them as he is one me.

I have always understood that I carried the weight of D'Qar on my shoulders and was happy to keep that burden from my siblings if it meant that they would get to lead a normal life.

As I began to walk towards the palace entrance I felt a tremor go through the planet. It felt as the world stood still as I looked to the sky only to see what looked like a thousand First Order pilots heading straight for us.

My blood ran cold as I lunged for the emergency alarm button. As soon I hit it ships were taking off, racing toward the impending fleet in order to allow time for others to evacuate and destroy any information that could hurt our cause.

Our communication tools had failed. We had no warning of this. No time to prepare and all hell was breaking loose.

I took off running for the palace. Running as my siblings and I had been taught to do in order to reach the escape pods. In order the give D'Qar a future. I see four take off and know that it is only my father, my younger brother and I who have not left yet.

I turn as I near the palace entrance and I am suddenly sent flying as a ship hits the planet mere feet from where I had just been. I don't have to look back to know it was one of ours.

People are screaming as the world begins the turn red. I reach the palace only to realize I was too late.

As I enter the palace I see my father, heavily bleeding, being held hostage by several stormtroopers. I immediately reach for my weapon only the have it pulled out of my grasp by what can only be described as the force.

The force was once again one of those things that was described to my siblings and I in legends. Feeling it first hand made me realize just how dangerous it was.

Turning I am only yards away from what or better yet who plagues my nightmares and keeps me awake at night. Kylo Ren himself.

I am immediately seized on either side by two stormtroopers. I start to kick and scream. I would rather die than be his hostage or die at his hand.

He starts to approach me. Closing the distance between us. I struggle against the stormtroopers looking for any way to escape.

"What Spirit you have. I look forward to breaking it". Kylo says as he reaches out and grabs ahold of my chin.

"Go to Hell" I spit at him.

He laughs as if I said something funny.

"I'm beginning to grow tired of this planet. We have what we came for. Let's move out." He instructs the stormtroopers.

I start digging my heels into the ground. Screaming and scratching to do what ever I could to get away from the strong hands that were holding me.

This does little and only succeeds in further annoying the storm troopers. As we near the ship I start to panic and start to attract a larger amount of attention including that of Kylo Ren.

One look from him has me loosing all control of my body as the darkness swallows me whole.