User:Alex2424121/Sandbox II

Plot
The Rebels arrive at Mykapo on a mission to assist Rebel sympathizers in evacuating the planet before the Empire invades. Upon arrival, the Rebels notice an orbiting Imperial tansport and a squadron of TIEs are occupied with a freighter, possibly smugglers. Wondering why they are not jumping to lightspeed, the Ghost crew decide to go in and assist them while the rest of their forces proceed with the mission. As the transport ship heads down to the surface of Mykapo, the Ghost, accompanied by Phoenix two and three, moves in to assist the freighter. Just then the freighter turns about and attacks the Empire head on. Hera contacts the freighter to convince them to retreat, but the commander of the freighter, calling himself Iron Squadron, refuses. The freighter continues to head straight for the Imperial transport, and as soon as it gets close enough the ship releases some of its cargo. The containers collide into the transport and explode, disabling the Imperial vessel. After the crippled vessel retreats, Hera congratulates Iron Squadron on their victory and in return is invited to meet them. As the rest of Phoenix Squadron head down to the surface with Kanan and Zeb, Hera first reports in to Commander Sato before paying Iron Squadron a visit. Sato is familiar with Iron Squadron because it was his brother's detachment, who was killed at some point on Mykapo. He also reveals that he has a nephew known as Mart Mattin. Up till now he believed Matt was dead, but was never so sure since he never received a reply to any of his transmissions. He described his nephew to be somewhat rebellious, and judging by what Hera saw deduces that the commander of Iron Squadron is Mart. Sato then asks for Hera to make sure that Mart and his comrades escape safely with the other evacuees.

Later, the Ghost docks with Iron Squadron's ship. Hera, accompanied by Ezra, Sabine and Chopper board the freighter and are first greeted by Gooti Terez and Jonner Jin. Following Gooti and Jonner to meet their captain, they find the ship to be in pretty bad shape. They even have a hyperdrive that does not work, to which Jonner claims they do not need one. Soon the Rebels meet Gooti and Jonner's captain, Mart Mattin, along with their droid, R3. After everyone gets acquainted, Hera moves onto explaining their plan of evacuating their fellow dissidence. Unfortunately, Mart, Gooti and Jonner have no intention of leaving Mykapo. They would rather stay and fight rather than runaway and allow the Empire to claim their world. Despite the Rebel's best efforts, they are unable to convince the stubborn crew members of Iron Squadron to leave the system.

Meanwhile, orbiting Lothal, Grand Admiral Thrawn is being briefed on the Imperial blockade over Mykapo. He is informed by an Imperial officer that the blockade is proceeding as planned but admits they have had troubles with resisting forces, which brings up the Iron Squadron's recent attack on their patrols with the aid of the Ghost. Thrawn is most curious about the Iron Squadron. He then turns to Admiral Konstantine and orders him to accompany a squadron of light cruisers to lock down the Mykapo system. Back over Mykapo, the evacuation is complete with everyone, except Iron Squadron, leaving the system. Before the Ghost crew get on their as well, Ezra convinces Hera to let him, Sabine and Chopper stay behind and try again to persuade Iron Squadron to leave, and at the same time try to fix their hyperdrive. Despite her concerns, Hera grants them permission to go back as long as they escape before the Empire arrives, wherever they succeed in convincing Iron Squadron to leave or not. The Ghost departs from the system, leaving Ezra, Sabine and Chopper with the Phoenix. They re-dock with Iron Squadron, and Sabine and Chopper start affecting repairs on the hyperdrive. Mart, Gooti and Jonner still remain reluctant to leave their home. Ezra can understand how they feel since he too did not wish to leave his home. When he chose to fight the Empire it came with a cost to give up everything he treasured. Despite his loses, Ezra stands by what he and the Rebellion are fighting for. Just then Sabine and Chopper have completed their repairs on the hyperdrive, only for Matt to divert power to the weapons and shields. Mart then instructs his crew members to report to their battle stations because an Imperial light cruiser, accompanied by two transports, have arrived in orbit with Admiral Konstantine in command. As the Empire deploys their fighters, Mart prepares his ship for battle, despite Ezra and Sabine's plea to have him retreat. Even Gooti and Jonner finally agree with them, but Mart does not listen and moves in to attack. Everyone continues to plea for Mart to abandon ship, but after a couple of hits that causes minor damage to the ship Mart reluctantly agrees too. They make their way to the phantom, and pretty soon everyone, except Mart, is aboard. Mart chooses to stay behind and detaches the Phantom form his ship. Then he proceeds to engage the Imperials. Mart heads straight for the leading ship and like before releases some of his cargo containers. However, his plan is foiled when the cruiser destroys the incoming creates before making impact. Mart tries to escape but the TIEs disable his engines, leaving him dead in space. Despite Gooti and Jonner's plea to go back for him, Sabine and Ezra are unable too. They are forced to retreat back to the fleet but promise to come back for Mart.