Omega Squad: Targets
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"Omega Squad: Targets" is a short story
by Karen Traviss
that first appeared in Star Wars Insider
issue #81. It was later reprinted in the end of the book Star Wars Republic Commando: Triple Zero
. It describes a mission on Coruscant
in which a group of terrorists from the planet Haruun Kal is keeping hostages in a space port. They demand that the Republic leave their planet so they can stay out of the war or else they will kill the hostages with explosives (which turn out to be fakes). The main characters are Omega Squad: RC-1309 Niner, RC-1136 Darman, RC-8015 Fi and RC-3222 Atin. A Jedi comes to negotiate the surrender but only gets killed and the body thrown out with a bomb attached to it. Fi jumps on top of the bomb before it can detonate, shielding the police with his armor. Luckily the armor protects him too and he is regarded as a hero for saving the men and gains the respect of N-11 Null ARC trooper Ordo.
This is also when the character Kal Skirata enters. Skirata is the man responsible for training some of the Republic Commandos including all of Omega except for Atin. The squad after watching the video captured by a camera on the Jedi figured out that the terrorists would be in colored coded clothes green, gray, tan and dark brown.
The squad then begins the attack. N-11 Ordo covers the roof as Darman sets explosives to destroy the door that protects the terrorists. Then Fi throws some flash bangs in to stun the terrorists and upon entering shoots the green one in the chest. Atin takes out the gray one out and Darman and Niner take out the dark brown one. But the terrorists had switched the clothes of a hostage with the tan man and only by shielding the hostage does Skirata keep Fi from shooting. Then Ordo seeing the one in the hostages clothing with a gun kills him. Later it was discovered that the hostage who had been framed was an important executive for the Corporate Sector, people with a lot of money and armaments. And that the terrorists were trying to get the hostage shot because then CorSec would have sided with the CIS. All the hostages are rescued, including a Senator who was the bait to attack the terrorists, and CorSec did not lose the executive.
Short story
A short story is a work of fiction that is usually written in prose, often in narrative format. This format tends to be more pointed than longer works of fiction, such as novellas and novels. Short story definitions based on length differ somewhat, even among professional writers, in part because...
by Karen Traviss
Karen Traviss
Karen Traviss is a science fiction author, and full-time novelist from Wiltshire, England. Originally from the Portsmouth area, Traviss worked as both a journalist and defence correspondent before turning her attention to writing fiction. She also served in both the Territorial Army and the Royal...
that first appeared in Star Wars Insider
Star Wars Insider
Star Wars Insider is the official Star Wars magazine. Its contents include stories, articles relating to the Star Wars universe, letters, and the fan newsletter "Bantha Tracks". It began in 1987 as the official magazine of The Lucasfilm Fan Club...
issue #81. It was later reprinted in the end of the book Star Wars Republic Commando: Triple Zero
Star Wars Republic Commando: Triple Zero
Star Wars Republic Commando: Triple Zero, by Karen Traviss, is the second novel in the Star Wars Republic Commando series. The title comes from the galactic coordinates of the planet Coruscant .-Plot:...
. It describes a mission on Coruscant
Coruscant
Coruscant is a planet in the fictional Star Wars universe. It first appeared onscreen in the 1997 Special Edition of Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, but was first mentioned in Timothy Zahn's 1991 novel Heir to the Empire...
in which a group of terrorists from the planet Haruun Kal is keeping hostages in a space port. They demand that the Republic leave their planet so they can stay out of the war or else they will kill the hostages with explosives (which turn out to be fakes). The main characters are Omega Squad: RC-1309 Niner, RC-1136 Darman, RC-8015 Fi and RC-3222 Atin. A Jedi comes to negotiate the surrender but only gets killed and the body thrown out with a bomb attached to it. Fi jumps on top of the bomb before it can detonate, shielding the police with his armor. Luckily the armor protects him too and he is regarded as a hero for saving the men and gains the respect of N-11 Null ARC trooper Ordo.
This is also when the character Kal Skirata enters. Skirata is the man responsible for training some of the Republic Commandos including all of Omega except for Atin. The squad after watching the video captured by a camera on the Jedi figured out that the terrorists would be in colored coded clothes green, gray, tan and dark brown.
The squad then begins the attack. N-11 Ordo covers the roof as Darman sets explosives to destroy the door that protects the terrorists. Then Fi throws some flash bangs in to stun the terrorists and upon entering shoots the green one in the chest. Atin takes out the gray one out and Darman and Niner take out the dark brown one. But the terrorists had switched the clothes of a hostage with the tan man and only by shielding the hostage does Skirata keep Fi from shooting. Then Ordo seeing the one in the hostages clothing with a gun kills him. Later it was discovered that the hostage who had been framed was an important executive for the Corporate Sector, people with a lot of money and armaments. And that the terrorists were trying to get the hostage shot because then CorSec would have sided with the CIS. All the hostages are rescued, including a Senator who was the bait to attack the terrorists, and CorSec did not lose the executive.
External links
- Omega Squad: Targets fan made audio drama, produced & directed by Dany Pépin.
- Audio drama teaser trailer