Here is an extending Briefing for R2F 603, compliments of Bethan
Lietbur:

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The room was dark as Bethan stepped into his quarters, ignoring the
light 
switch panel as he knew his way around his quarters by now.  It had been
a 
crazy month until recently, with Vender getting called up to take over
as 
the new Fleet XO, his subsequent promotion to Lieutenant Colonel and
Storm 
Wing CO, then that recon run from Hell.  At least it had disrupted the 
pirate and Imperial alliance.

Unfortunately, that had meant dull patrol runs around the system.
Elornia 
was a nice place, and well inside Republic hands, especially once the
new 
platoform was complete.  True, he'd feel better if they had an Impstar
or 
two to back them up, but the Freedom and Angelfire were fine for now.
Not 
like the enemy knew the base was being built here.

Setting his head down on his pillow, Bethan let out a long sigh of
relief, 
as he had not been able to sleep for the past thirty-six hours.  Letting
his 
mind drift some, he felt his brain relax.  He was so ready for this.

Just as it slipped into sleep though, a booming noise blazed into his
ear, 
and Bethan's eyes shot open, and out of shock he twisted away from the
sound 
only to find that he had rolled off the bed.  Smacking the hard floor
with a 
"thump", Bethan moaned as he rubbed his head, then finally realizing
what 
the noise had been; the general quarters alarm.

Flipping to his feet and sprinting immediately out the door, Bethan
froze as 
he noticed a rather cool breeze.  He then looked down, gasped, and shot
back 
into his quarters, coming out a moment later as he continued to tug his 
jumpsuit on.

Frowning until finally his jumpsuit zipped up, he tapped his comm link
and 
said, "Control, status please!"

"Colonel, this is Dev, sensors have picked up two enemy Frigates.
They've 
launched fighters.  Looks like they're after the platform."

"Shaavit."  How could they have possibly found the base?  It had been
kept 
classified, even he hadn't known until his arrival.  Oh well, that was 
thoughts for later.

"What we got?  Squints, dupes, brights, what?"

"Dupes and wishbones at the moment Colonel, but who knows what else is 
there.  Get your wing out there."

"Yes sir."  Not like they could move any faster.  This was a total
surprise, 
and the enemy's timing had been perfect.  Had they waited much longer,
the 
platform would have been up to snuff, and the Emancipator would have
been 
back from it's current mission at Curionis Maconis.

Rounding a corner Bethan suddenly smacked into another object.  Shaking
his 
head and looking at up, he saw another pilot on the floor trying to pull

himself up.  "Colonel, I..I'm sorry sir."

"Huttspit Taan, this is no time for apologies.  What were you doing? The

hanger is the OTHER way."

"I.. was on my way to cancel my pizza order."

Bethan rolled his eyes and then facepalmed.  Why him?  Pulling himself
to 
his feet, Bethan grabbed Taan and began dragging him off towards the
hanger.

"But sir, my pizza, it's non-refundable!"

"Yeah, and neither is your life if we get vaped.  Now I have no
intention of 
that happening, so let's go."

Taan sighed and finally got to his feet, taking off at a sprint to keep
pace 
with Bethan.  Reaching the hanger, Bethan could see his Wraith Squadron 
already in their fighters taking off, most of Slayer and Shadow right 
behind.  "That's my boys" he thought with a grin.

As he climbed into his cockpit, and began flipping on systems, he tapped
his 
comm unit and said, "Everyone ready?"

Then over the comm a voice said, "Mr Ronar, your pizza is ready."

Bethan facepalmed, then replied, "Taan, I said to forget the pizza, now 
LAUNCH!!"

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-Admiral Dev
R2F CO