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Chapter 2 - Chapter 2: Raiders first mission and a new friend

The team of Mandalorians would talk about the mission on their flight in hyperspace to Naboo to help pass time.

"Wrecker what's the plan here while we are on Naboo?" the team would ask

"We are going in to locate a rogue clone. He's been located near the casino" Wrecker would say to the team. Raider would look up at Wrecker after he says clone then gets excited that they are hunting down a clone trooper.

The Mandalorian that is piloting alerts the team that they are about 1 hour out from exiting hyperspace and arriving at Naboo. The team doesn't hesitate and starts to get ready for their arrival on Naboo, Raider still a little nervous is the first one to be ready. The other Mandalorians quickly notice that Raider is not here to mess around, they notice that he is here to get the job done without any errors.

"Remember Raider no mistakes can be made here got it," Wrecker would say

"Alright" Raider would say back "Failure is not an option" He would say to himself

"Here we are boys" the Mandalorian that is piloting would say as the ship exits hyperspace and hovers above Naboo

The team would be getting their booster packs ready to go as they start the approach into Naboo's atmosphere. Raider is nervous about this one because this is his first time jumping out of a ship with a booster pack. But then he thinks about the training and quickly overcomes the nervous feeling and puts the booster pack on his back and is ready to jump.

"30 seconds till jump time" The Mandalorian pilot would yell back to the others

"Alright boys its go time" Wrecker would say to the rest of the team before opening the door

"JUMP" The Mandoralian Pilot would yell out to the team, the team would quickly jump out on queue and free fall to the ground using their booster packs to slow them down. The team quickly lands and begins to move towards the inner city towards the casino where the rogue clone was last seen.

The team would be going through the city checking everyone and everything making sure this clone can't escape them. They would search all of the vendors and public areas looking for this rogue that has been running from the Grand Army of The Republic. "Have you seen this man?" Wrecker would ask to show a picture to a civilian that was trying to sell some black market weapons to other civilians. "Yeah I have but I ain't telling you where I saw him," the civilian said to one of the Mandalorians. "Tell me where he is," the Mandalorian says getting more aggressive with the civilian, Raider walks up to the two. "Hey calm yourself he's just a civilian" Raider would say to the other Mandalorian trying to calm him down before he hurts the civilian.

"Alright, boys we have two Recon Commandos from the Grand Army of The Republic working with us as well" Wrecker would say over their comms device. Raider and the other Mandalorians would be working as a team trying to figure out where this rogue clone is at in the casino. The two commandos would be seen interrogating a civilian near the front door of the casino trying to figure out where this clone is at in the casino. Raider and the Mandalorian would approach the two commandos and proceed to ask "what's going on?" One of the commandos code name Viper would turn and face the Mandalorians "You guys the Mandalorians coming to help us find this guy who went rogue on us?"

"Yeah we are, You get any info from this guy yet?" Raider and the other Mandalorian would ask

"No, not yet he's not being cooperative right now" Viper would say as the other commando is still questioning him

"Figured the last guy wasn't the best either. But you guys think this rogue is in here" Raider would ask looking at the casino doors

"Yeah, we think he is because we got a ping from here from a civilian saying he causing chaos with other people in here trying to steal from them. But the main thing is that he is wanted for treason against the Grand Army of The Republic" Viper would say quietly to the Mandalorians.

"Alright, that gives us more info on him now. So you boys gotta bring him back alive to where ever it is that you bring those guys." Raider would say to Viper

"Yeah, we gotta bring this guy in for questioning" Viper would say "also if you don't mind me asking what are your names?"

"I'm Raider and this is King" Raider would say tapping on King's chest plate

"Right. Well I'm Viper and this is Phantom" Viper would say hitting Phantom on the back

"Alright," both Raider and King would say at the same time the civilian would say where the rogue clone is at in the casino.

"About time you tell us" Phantom would say as pushes the civilian away. "Well let's go before he has time to move and escape from us. The group of four would go into the casino and look around for the rogue clone, they would check all of the crowds and people acting suspiciously. Raider would get on his comms "Wrecker we have located the rogue in the casino and met up with the two Recon Commandos, we have made entry into the casino now."

Raider and King would split off away from the commandos to cover more ground trying to locate this clone trooper that went rogue. After some time the rest of the Mandalorians would show up and begin helping the others that are trying to locate and pinpoint this clone trooper. The clone trooper code name Buzz would spot King and start to try and blend in with the crowd to avoid being detected by him. Raider would see this movement and slowly move in towards the clone trying to spook or make the clone run from him. Raider gets up behind the clone and attempts to grab him, but the clone turns around and punches Raider right in the chest plate.

The clone takes off running but is quickly cut off by King and rerouted towards the commandos that are closing in. Viper and Phantom both cut him off apprehending him and cuffing him making it harder to run from them.

"Let go of me" Buzz would say trying to get out of the cuffs

"Not going to happen you traitor" Phantom would say in a dark mean sounding tone of voice

The other Mandalorians would surround them to create a wall so the public couldn't see what was going on. Viper would kneel and look Buzz right in the face "Why did you do it?" Buzz looks back at Viper "What do you mean by why did you do it?" Viper gets mad and asks again but in a meaner-toned voice "Why did you do it?" Buzz looks down "Because I was tired of being treated poorly by my brothers" Viper picks his head up "so you optioned to get a ton of them killed that's pathetic." Viper signals for Phantom to take him away then turns and faces the Mandalorian team and nods at them. Viper would then look at Raider "good job kid you did good helping out" then follows Phantom out of the casino.

King walks up to Raider "nice job not going to lie I thought you were going to screw this mission up and let that traitor get away."

"Thanks, King" Raider would say proudly then look at the others who are also very proud and impressed.

The team would then start to head out of the casino back towards the landing pads to get picked up and taken back to Mandalore. But as they walk out of the door they start to get shot at by a sniper from one of the rooftops in the downtown area. The team of Mandalorians quickly spreads out and looks to see if they can tell where that shot came from. "Anyone hit?" Wrecker would call out after he goes back into cover, They all say no except for Raider he doesn't respond. "Raider are you hit?" Wrecker would yell out again, Still no response. Wrecker would now be looking around for Raider to see if he's down or somewhere out of yelling range. "RAIDERS DOWN" King would yell out trying to administer medical aid to him while trying to keep out of sight of that sniper that has a trained eye on them.

"Roger. How bad is the injury King?" Wrecker would yell out to King while trying to locate the sniper

"Pretty bad he got hit in the lower torso just below the armor plate" King would yell back trying to stop the bleeding.

"That's not good we gotta get him out of here. The only issue is that sniper" Wrecker would call out

The rest of the team is now trying to locate the sniper while King is trying to treat Raider's injury to the lower torso. Wrecker locates the sniper and quickly moves to grab two other Mandalorians to go with him to take out this sniper. King is still trying his hardest to keep Raider alive and to stop the bleeds while the last remaining Mandalorian stands by to help King with Raider. Wrecker and the other two Mandalorians begin closing in on the sniper's position, but when they arrive they see that the sniper has moved and is no longer there. The team quickly tries to look for any signs of which way the sniper could have gone so they can track whoever it was. The team finds nothing that they can use to track the direction of travel of the sharpshooter that shot Raider.

While the team is searching for the sniper King is trying his hardest to keep Raider alive by doing what he can to the wound. The other Mandalorian codenamed Satan is on watch protecting King while he is treating Raider's wound on his lower torso. "Satan if we don't get him the medical care he needs he will die right here so we gotta move" King would say placing more quick clots into the wound attempting to stop the bleeding. "Roger, pick him up and get ready to move out" Satan would say as stands up to check and see if it's clear to move. "We're clear let's move out to the loading dock" Satan would say helping King pick up Raider to move him. The two would move Raider quickly towards the loading docks after King wrapped up the wound to protect it. The two would arrive at the loading docks and would wait for the other three to show up so they could depart from Naboo. Shortly after the other three arrive, they would quickly depart to get out of there as soon as possible so they could get Raider the medical he needs.

As the team enters the space above Naboo they are met with a force that stops them dead in their tracks. That force is three Venators from the Grand Army of The Republic 212th attack battalion that is coming out of hyperspace. The Venators would hover just a few hundred feet from the Mandalorian's ship blocking them from going into hyperspace.