Jax gripped the ceiling handle above him with all of his might, hanging on for dear life as he and the rest of Jedi squad were tossed around like ragdolls in the back of their LAAT. The pilot and co-pilot frantically attempted to dodge the immense amount of incoming enemy fire, seeming to not care how badly their evasive maneuvers were battering the passengers. 

After a long and painful flight, the LAAT came to a stop, the cabin lights flicked from an eerie red to green, and the doors opened. The rebels only had a moment to recover before blaster fire poured into the landing craft. A few members of the squad screamed and collapsed to the cabin deck, smoking from multiple blaster wounds.

Jax immediately leapt out of the craft, diving to the ground a couple feet below him. He painfully slammed into the hard ground and pressed himself against it, trying to make himself as small as possible. The LAAT’s forward laser turrets opened up, unleashing a devastating volley of suppressing fire on the Imperial stormtroopers and E-Webs engaging the gunship from nearby buildings and providing the rebel troopers time to get to cover. Seizing the opportunity and ignoring the pain spreading through his battered body, Jax scrambled to his feet and dashed for the nearest building that didn’t have dozens of blasters firing at him. He skidded to a halt behind the structure and turned back to see how the others were faring.

A few of his squadmates had also managed to disembark and were joining him behind the building, but the others weren’t as lucky. A long burst from an E-Web impacted on the front of the LAAT, slicing into the cockpit. The gunship’s weapons went dead and it suddenly jerked sideways, the pilots likely cut apart by the heavy fire. It crashed into the ground and threw sparks and debris into the air before skidding to a halt.

Jax aimed at the closest enemy position and fired a burst of armor piercing rounds at a stormtrooper illuminated by the flashes of blasters firing. The rebel wasn’t able to see the results of his shots before a burst of blaster fire forced him back into cover. 

“This is Jedi squad to all friendly forces! We are defiladed but pinned down and taking heavy fire. The LAAT is down and we’re taking heavy casualties! Requesting immediate support!” Jax shouted into his comm-link.

"Maintain security! They're going to try flanking us." One of his squadmates ordered. The remaining rebels stayed crouched behind the wall, watching their flanks. They were protected for the moment, but only until the Imperials decided to flank them or start using HE weapons, which would likely be within the next few seconds.