Location: Punisher Squadron headquarters/staging area, hidden rebel base, Utapau 7, Utapau system, Tarabba sector, Outer Rim Territories
Time/Date: 2200 Taungsday, 01/13, 0 BBY

[b]"Lieutenant, your new assignment is an undercover mission. We have received a tip from Intelligence saying their spies on Utapau have confirmed a rumor that the Fey family is sympathetic to the rebellion, but Garnak Fey, their leader and CEO of Silica Tab production lines, has chosen to remain neutral. Intelligence has also confirmed that there are members of the family that feel they should remain loyal to the Empire, command fears that the Imperials will send an agent to kill off those sympathetic to our cause and force Fey into the Empire. Your mission is top secret. I'm placing you in command, and I'm sending you Punisher Three, Four, and Five as your security. You are to influence the Fey family to support our cause, identify the Imperialists, and halt any Imperial attempts to influence the family. If you are engaged or your cover is blown you are authorized to use force. If engaged by the Empire, eliminate the Imperial threats by any means necessary. Any questions?"[/b] Commander Hook, otherwise known as Punisher One or Punisher Leader, looked Lt. Tracinya Reem in her blue eyes, making an attempt not to stare at anything else. She was wearing nothing but a tank top and her Alliance issued, orange flight pants and boots. She looked stunning and Tracy knew the commander fancied her, but he remained professional never did he flirt with her or express his feelings for the Mandalorian fighter pilot. The commander was a hardliner and rightly so, as a former squadron leader in the Royal Naboo Space Fighter Corps. His unit was engaged by the Imperial pilots of the 501st Legion and he was the only survivor.

[b]"With all due respect, why me, sir?"[/b] Tracy sighed, thinking about how much she hated missions where she wasn't in the seat of her X-wing.

[b]"Reem, I know how much you love flying, but I chose you because you fit the description of the mission requirements we are looking for. Garnak Fey is looking for a new personal secretary and we have already made and submitted your resume. Your name is Alexandra Rae. You have an interview tomorrow for the job, and he'd be a fool not to hire you... or gay, which in that case we have plenty of male candidates to secure that job position to get close to the Fey family. I need you to report everything Fey does, using a secure transmission, and please don't blow your cover. Our agents have worked hard to secure this for you. If you fail, we could lose everything the Alliance has been working for in this system. Now get some rest for your interview, you're dismissed."[/b]

Reem exited Commander Hook's office, and headed to the crew quarters and walked to her room. She needed a drink. Tracy kicked off her boots, pulled her pants off, and made her way across the room in her under wear. She opened a cabinet containing bottles of various alcohol. She found her favorite whiskey and poured herself a glass. It would help take the edge off her mind from tomorrow's mission. Tracy was tired and needed sleep, she climbed in bed and pulled a sheet over herself. She closed her eyes and before she knew it she began dreaming. 

In her dreams she saw her father in his old Mandalorian fighter pilot uniform with a helmet under his arm, with his other arm he picked up a young Tracinya and kissed her on the cheek. She must have been three or four. Not a memory she remembered well other than pictures, but she knew her father always said goodbye to the family before he flew on a mission. Her father was a veteran of the Clone Wars and like most Mandalorian warriors had joined the Confederacy of Independent Systems. When Tracy grew older her father eventually left the fighting at the end of the Clone Wars, he ended his career as a fighter pilot and pursued business, he eventually became a MandalMotors executive. Her father had no love for the Republic and no love for the new Galactic Empire, he remained in contact with his separatist contacts and allied himself with the new rebellion against the Empire. Eventually he was killed by Imperial agents, that was the reason she joined the Rebellion. Her father was her hero, and every day she hoped she was as good a hero, pilot, and freedom fighter as he was. 

As she continued to dream a smile light up her face.