Untitled RtF Fiction
by LC Ulrich Drachen

"Okay, this is dumb," LC Ulrich Drachen commented to himself. The last time he strapped himself into a TIE Fighter was so long ago that he even forgot where the straps even were in the god forsaken eyeball of a craft. He hated everything about it bit this was for Kappa and his ship, the ISDII Warrior.

His task was simple: fly as fast as he could hit all the check points and destroy the few light targets at those check points in the quickest time. His squad was up against Epsilon in the test of speed and accuracy. The fastest squadron between the two of them took the points for their ships.

Up first were the commanders, Drachen vs. LC Miles Prower. Neither had logged much flight time in a TIE in a long time so it should be a fair race bit only time would tell.

As they waited on the starting line, both pilots could hear each other's teams shouting their support with the deafening noise of KAPPA HYPE and whatever Epsilon liked to chant. Drachen and Prower switched over to a clear channel and the countdown started. "10... 9 ... 2 ... 1... GO!!!"

As both fighters left the line, Prower's had a small lead. Both of them knew it would come down to the skills portion that will make or brake the race. Entering the first checkpoint, Drachen missed one target and had to back track, eating away time and giving Prower a wide lead which he held through the first half of the course.

Drachen was letting his anger and frustration get the better of him until he saw a note stuff on the side of the console which simply read: "don't forget the HYPE all you need to do it turn on the shields!"

Knowing this ship had no shields, there was still was a button crudely labeled "Shields!". Without thinking, Drachen hit the button and a false panel opened to reveal a can of Kappa Hype that had been hidden in the console.

Quickly attaching the can to his water tube, Drachen took in the Hype and instantly regained his focus and pushed the craft as hard and as fast as he could. Not only was he able to hit more targets but he was able to catch up with Prower and barely overtake him in the final push towards the finish line.

This turn of events took the other Epsilon pilots shocked and the pilots of Kappa in a state of ecstasy and insanity. The TCCOM almost had them all thrown in the brig to cool off but even he knew that it was a amazing finish and let them go for a few minutes.

VA Hawkins reminded them all that this was the first of twelve matches. If Kappa won any more, the clamor would reach an unimaginable level.

GN Frown scowled and exclaimed, "Well then I'll personally lock them in the brig myself and let them stay there till they rot!"